14 Best Botany Books
Goal: Find the best Botany books according to the internet (not just one person's opinion).
Method:
- Search for "best botany books" and study the top 4+ pages.
- Add only the books mentioned 2+ times.
- Rank the results neatly here.
14 Best Botany Books
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Botany
An Introduction to Plant Biology
by James D. Mauseth
Botany in a Day
The Patterns Method of Plant Identification
by Thomas J. Elpel
Flora
Inside the Secret World of Plants
by DK
The Drunken Botanist
by Amy Stewart
The Hidden Life of Trees
What They Feel, How They Communicate―Discoveries from A Secret World
by Peter Wohlleben
Also recommended by:
Emma Watson, Patrick O'Shaughnessy, Brit Marling, Morgan Housel
Gathering Moss
A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses
by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Also recommended by:
Botanicum
Welcome to the Museum
by Kathy Willis
Botany for Gardeners
by Brian Capon
Braiding Sweetgrass
Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Encyclopedia of Plants and Flowers
by Christopher Brickell
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Identifying and Harvesting Edible and Medicinal Plants
in Wild (and Not So Wild) Places
by Steve Brill
Plant Identification Terminology
An Illustrated Glossary
by James G. Harris
Practical Botany for Gardeners
Over 3,000 Botanical Terms Explained and Explored
by Geoff Hodge
The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants
Ethnopharmacology and Its Applications
by Christian Ratsch
