(Encyclopedia) loosestrife, common name for the Lythraceae, a widely distributed family of plants most abundant as woody shrubs in the American tropics but including also herbaceous species (chiefly…
Some dinosaurs ate lizards, turtles, eggs, or early mammals. Some hunted other dinosaurs or scavenged dead animals. Most, however, ate plants (but not grass, which hadn't evolved yet). Rocks that…
WHY ARE TREES SO IMPORTANT? HOW DO TREES GROW? WHAT ARE BROAD-LEAVED TREES? TREE CLASSIFICATIONDECIDUOUS TREESCANOPYFIND OUT MOREThese tall, seed-producing plants have a single woody stem, called a…
(Encyclopedia) pampas grass, any species of the genus Cortaderia, tall South American plants of the family Poaceae (grass family) cultivated in warm climates for ornament. The common pampas grass (C…
CAN PLANTS MOVE? WHICH ARE THE BIGGEST PLANTS? WHY DO PLANTS HAVE ROOTS? HOW DO PLANTS DEFEND THEMSELVES? PLANT CLASSIFICATIONPHOTOSYNTHESISTRANSPIRATIONFIND OUT MOREPlants are one of the five…
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Rose pogonia, Pogonia ophioglossoides, a member of the orchid family
orchid, popular name for members of the Orchidaceae, a family of perennial herbs widely distributed in both…
WHAT EXACTLY DO BIOLOGISTS STUDY? DO BIOLOGISTS ONLY STUDY STRUCTURE? MICROBIOLOGYFIND OUT MOREThe study of life and living things is called biology. Scientists who study biology are known as…
