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Green Weddings

Taking the environment into consideration when planning weddings. by Elizabeth Olson Related Links Top Ten Greenest Buildings in the U.S. Weddings 101…

Plants

Plants Without plants, nearly all life on Earth would end. Plants provide oxygen for humans and animals to breathe and they provide food for many animals. There are about 260,000 plant species in…

gaillardia

(Encyclopedia) gaillardiagaillardiagālärˈdēə [key], any plant of the genus Gaillardia of the Asteaceae family (aster family), including annual, biennial, and perennial herbs with showy heads of red…

DK Science: Parasitic Plants

TOTAL PARASITEGREEN PARASITEFLOWERING PARASITEFIND OUT MOREMost plants make all the food they need by photosynthesis, but some species are parasites. They steal food from other plants, known as…

State Symbols

StateSongBirdTreeFlowerAlabama“Alabama” (1931)yellowhammer (1927)Southern longleaf pine (1949, 1997)camellia (1959)Salt water fish: fighting tarpon (1955); Fresh water fish: largemouth bass (1975…

Plant Kingdom

(or Plantae ) Virtually all other living creatures depend on plants to survive. Through photosynthesis, plants convert energy from sunlight into…

Xochimilco

(Encyclopedia) XochimilcoXochimilcosōchēmēlˈkō [key], town (1990 pop. 271,151), Federal District, S central Mexico, suburb of Mexico City. Mainly a commercial and tourist center, it is famous for its…

aster

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Cross section of a sunflower, a member of the aster family aster [Gr.,=star], common name for the Asteraceae (Compositae), the aster family, in North America, name for plants…

flower

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Longitudinal cross section of a flower at the time of fertilization, showing a pollen grain and a pollen tube. flower, name for the specialized part of a plant containing the…