# The Science of Plants - Understanding Plants and How They Grow

- By: Tom Michaels, Matt Clark, Emily Hoover, Laura Irish, Alan Smith, and Emily Tepe
- Publisher: University of Minnesota
- Source: [LibreTexts](https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Botany/The_Science_of_Plants_-_Understanding_Plants_and_How_They_Grow_(Michaels_et_al.))
- Licence: [CC BY-NC 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)
- Read at LibreTexts: https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Botany/The_Science_of_Plants_-_Understanding_Plants_and_How_They_Grow_(Michaels_et_al.)
- PDF: https://downloads.libretexts.org/api/v1/download/bio-93137/pdf

An approachable guide to the fundamentals of plant science. Created for horticulture students, gardeners, science teachers, and anyone interested in understanding plants and how they grow. This is the required text for HORT 1001/6001 Plant Propagation at the University of Minnesota Department of Horticultural Science.