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Plant Profile: Venus Flytrap
The botanical/scientific name of the Venus flytrap is Dionaea muscipula. The Venus flytrap is one of the most well known carnivorous plants, and perhaps one […]
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Plant Profile: Evening Primrose
The common evening primrose, Oenothera biennis, is a biennial herbaceous plant native to the Americas. It has soft yellow flowers that open at sunset. Hence […]
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10 Beautiful Fall Flowers
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The 3 Main Types of Forest on Earth
Latitude is the main influence on the types of forest on Earth. This is because latitude directly impacts the amount of sun and rain the […]
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Grasses vs Sedges, What’s the Difference?
I still think of that little poem I was taught in botany classes: “Sedges have edges, rushes are round, grasses have nodes from the top […]
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Types of Roots and Root Systems
There are 3 types of root systems plants can have: taproot, fibrous roots, or adventitious roots. A plant may have more than 1 of these […]
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Plant Profile: Gray Dogwood
The Gray Dogwood, or Cornus racemosa, is a perennial shrub that is native to majority of the northeastern United States and Texas. The gray dogwood […]
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Interesting Plant Species Discovered in 2023
New plant species are discovered every year. Let’s take a look at some newly discovered so far in the year 2023 and some interesting details […]
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Botanical Terminology: Parts of a Growing Plant Stem
A good way to think about a plant “stem”, or really any part of a plant, is with branches spreading from a central point of […]
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Plant Profile: Sunflowers
Sunflowers! In the Asteraceae family and within the genus Helianthus, which is comprised of over 70 species, the sunflowers are native to the Americas and […]
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