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Flowering plants, shrubs and trees provide the environment with much needed oxygen and fight soil erosion. They also provide food and shelter for many animals, as well as contribute to the fertility of soil with their dead leaves and flowers.
How Grow Houses Work
Have you ever suspected your neighbor was up to something illegal? He's always home and he gets midnight deliveries. Doesn't he have a job? Maybe he does, just not the kind you think.
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How Kudzu Works
They call kudzu the plant that ate the South for a reason. How did this leafy green legume make its way here all the way from Asia, and how has it managed to devour entire buildings?
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How Poison Ivy Works
Poison ivy is often very difficult to spot. But if you come into contact with it, you'll soon know by the itchy, blistery rash that forms on your skin. Learn how poison ivy causes that rash, and how to get rid of it.
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How tall can a tree grow?
For Jack and his beanstalk, the sky was the limit, but nature's giants hit a point at which they can't grow any taller. What prevents lofty trees like sequoias from soaring any higher?
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How Venus Flytraps Work
Plants that eat other creatures? It sounds like a genetic experiment gone awry. But there's actually nothing unnatural about it; carnivorous plants have been around for thousands of years. Find out all about the Venus Flytrap.
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Why do leaves change color and turn red?
Autumn rolls out its very own red carpet to make a fashionable arrival. So how do falling leaves change colors to dramatic hues of crimson and scarlet?
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Why does the stink plant stink?
The corpse flower looks like a giant phallus and smells like a rotting animal, the perfect addition to any garden. So how can gardeners get their gloved hands on one of these unique specimens? Or can they?
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Acanthus, the name of a genus of herbaceous plants native to southern Europe. There are 20 species.
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Aconite, the name of the genus of plants that includes wolfsbane and monkshood. The plants are found in cool areas of the north temperate zone and belong to the buttercup family.
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Adonis, a genus of annual and perennial flowers of the buttercup family, native to temperate regions of Europe and Asia.
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African Violet, or Saintpaulia, a flowering perennial plant native to tropical Africa.
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Agave, a genus of cactuslike plants. Agaves are native to arid and semiarid regions of North, Central, and South America.
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Ageratum, a garden plant. Some 30 species of ageratums are native to the warm parts of North and South America.
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Agrimony, a genus of hardy perennial herbs of the rose family. They are native to the north temperate zone, and are considered wild flowers, although they are sometimes cultivated.
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Ailanthus, a genus of trees native to eastern and southern Asia and northern Australia.
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Alder, a tree or shrub belonging to the genus Alnus. There are about 35 species. Alders are related to the birches and are found primarily in the Northern Hemisphere.
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Aloe, a genus of perennial plants of the lily family. There are about 200 speccies, almost all native to Africa.
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Alyssum, a genus of herbs. Members of this genus are commonly called madworts. There are about 160 species, all native to Europe and Asia.
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Amaranth, the name of a family, as well as a genus, of plants found throughout the world except in polar regions.
See more »Amaryllis
Amaryllis, the name of a genus, as well as a family, of lilylike plants that are mostly native to tropical regions.
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