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- 1From:Natural History (Vol. 131, Issue 2)In deep southern Illinois, there is a marvelous state park that has plant communities that characterize the Shawnee Hills. The core of this scenic park is a 140-acre parcel, once owned by Emma Rebman, a local...
- 2From:National Geographic (Vol. 241, Issue 3)A review of 280 Alpine regional plant studies over 45 years shows that blue flowers got the most attention; yellow, white, or red/pink the next most, and green/brown blooms much less. Also popular: tall flowers (so...
- 3From:Smithsonian (Vol. 50, Issue 6)TOMMY CABE PULLED a pipe from the leather pouch attached to his belt, lit it and crouched close to the ground. Silently, he prayed that he might be nourished by eating the green-headed coneflower plant, or sochan,...
- 4From:Natural History (Vol. 126, Issue 4)When angiosperms, or flowering plants, first appeared more than 160 million years ago, they rapidly spread and diversified. Throughout the Cretaceous period, they outcompeted previously dominant ferns and conifers. The...
- 5From:Horticulture, The Magazine of American Gardening (Vol. 71, Issue 1)Thirteen varieties of flowering indoor plants can provide plenty of color during the periods when outside garden color is dormant. Plant specifications and care instructions are provided. Most gardeners have...
- 6From:Science News (Vol. 173, Issue 12)Imagine discovering a mammal without mammary glands or an insect with eight legs. Aquatic herbs in the genus Hydatella pose a similar paradox--they lack a defining developmental feature of flowering plants, raising...
- 7From:Natural History (Vol. 115, Issue 5)Colorful petals, sweet perfumes, and delicate shapes make flowers a delight to the senses. Each of the 250,000 species of flowering plants--the plant division known as angiosperms--makes a distinct flower, and the...
- 8From:Natural History (Vol. 115, Issue 9)In an oft-quoted letter written in 1879, Charles Darwin confessed, with his usual candor, that the "rapid development as far as we can judge of [flowering plants] within recent geological times is an abominable...
- 9From:USA Today (Vol. 139, Issue 2793)The first intact fossil of a mature eudicot--a type of flowering plant whose membership includes buttercups, apple and maple trees, dandelions, and proteas--has been discovered by scientists from the U.S. and China. The...
- 10From:USA Today (Vol. 139, Issue 2793)Why mitochondrial genes ditch their cushy haploid environs to take up residence in a large and chaotic nucleus long has stumped evolutionary biologists, but scientists from Indiana University, Bloomington, report that...
- 11From:Best Life (Vol. 3, Issue 4)Byline: Thieme, Trevor Home Improvement Our summerhouse is infested with poison ivy. What's the best way to eradicate it? Put on a hazmat suit and start digging it out. "You might have to do it a few times, but...
- 12From:Science News (Vol. 171, Issue 2)Plants with buds the size of basketballs, which open flowers up to a meter across, must be reclassified as relatives of poinsettias, say researchers who've examined the DNA of the world's largest known flowers. For...
- 13From:Geographical (Vol. 75, Issue 6)A new UK scheme hopes to save two thirds of the world's flowering plants. One hundred and sixty countries have agreed to join the Plantlife international project, which aims to reverse the decline by 2010. Ecologists...
- 14From:Science News (Vol. 154, Issue 2)A big thistle and a monument plant share the mother-of-the-year award from plant ecologists. Both species die after flowering only once, and the decaying bodies trap soil moisture that boosts survival of the...
- 15From:Horticulture, The Magazine of American Gardening (Vol. 71, Issue 7)Butterfly weed is a member of the milk weed species. It is hardiest in growing zones three to nine. It requires substantial sun and effective drainage. Its terra-cottage orange, red and yellow blossoms look best when the...
- 16From:Science News (Vol. 173, Issue 11)Urban living quickly drives a species of little yellow flower to make seeds that end up living with mum, say researchers in France. A member of the dandelion family, Crepis sancta naturally produces two kinds of...
- 17From:The Economist (Vol. 411, Issue 8893)Fruit of many chromosomes In the vegetable kingdom, more sets of chromosomes are often better AN HEIR and a spare are reckoned a desirable outcome of a royal wedding. Something similar seems to have applied during...
- 18From:USA Today (Vol. 139, Issue 2793)Why mitochondrial genes ditch their cushy haploid environs to take up residence in a large and chaotic nucleus long has stumped evolutionary biologists, but scientists from Indiana University, Bloomington, report that...
- 19From:Spectator (Vol. 315, Issue 9527)A Bangor university study has claimed that Antarctica has become greener as the climate in the Western Peninsula has warmed. While most of Antarctica is under permanent snow and ice, one per cent of the continent's...
- 20From:Science News (Vol. 147, Issue 3)Researchers believe that fluctuating symmetry, the tendency of one side of the body to match the other, is an indicator of the general well-being of animals. Symmetry in an animal indicates that its genes manifested...