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Acacia
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Acacia leaves are open during the day and droop and close at night. This is in stark contrast to most leaves!
| 12-01-2008 |
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Bladderwort
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The only carnivorous plant with a true "trapdoor" is the remarkable bladderwort
(Utricularia). This little submersed aquatic plant has one of nature's most precise
and delicate traps, and certainly the most rapid.
| 12-01-2008 |
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Dama De Noche
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It is an unusual kind of flower
that emits sweet-scented fragrance only at night. It blooms at night and closes during the day. This is in stark contrast to most flowers!
| 12-01-2008 |
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Edible Plants
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God has provided a free harvest of plants. There are 30,000 species of edible plants
in the world.
| 12-01-2008 |
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Giant Kelp
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Giant kelp looks like a kind of seaweed, but it is in fact the largest-known kind
of algae. It grows in very long strands up to 65 m in length, and is fastened to
the seabed with a root-like organ called a holdfast.
| 12-01-2008 |
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Giant Sequoia
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The most massive living thing on earth is the Giant Sequoias in the Redwood Forest
of California. There are taller trees but no other compares to its volume and weight.
| 23-04-2008 |
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Maple Tree
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The Sugar Maple is one of the most important Canadian trees, being (with Black Maple)
the major source of sap for making maple syrup; Sugar Maple being regarded as slightly
better.
| 12-01-2008 |
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Mimosa Pudica
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The 'sensitive plant', also known as 'humble plant', or 'touch-me-not',
is a source of fascination to adults and children alike. When you gently touch the
narrow fern-like leaflets they almost instantaneously fold together and the leaf
stalk droops.
| 12-01-2008 |
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Pitcher Plants
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Pitcher plants are carnivorous plants whose prey-trapping mechanism features a deep cavity
filled with liquid known as a pitfall trap.
| 12-01-2008 |
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Plants and Cosmetics
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Plants have formed the basis of traditional medicine for thousands of years. The first records are from Mesopotamia and date from about
2600BC, and include use of cedar, cypress, licorice, myrrh and opium poppy.
| 23-04-2009 |
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Raffia Palm
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Raffia palm is a native to tropical Africa and has the largest leaves in the world which can grow as
long as 80 ft!
| 12-01-2008 |