| 单词 | flowering plant |
| 例句 | Paths of white stones meandered among flower beds, hedgerows, vegetable gardens, fruit trees, and flowering plants. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z That was just her empty shell over there, whereas here I could touch things she had touched, look out on the flowering plants she had looked at, and walk through her house. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The hedges had gone wild and the lawn was a riot of weeds and flowering plants. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Butterflies flitted through the moist air, bigger than any I'd ever seen, and there were flowering plants everywhere. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z We loved coming here to shop and walk around because all the stores were outside between palm trees and flowering plants, fountains, and brick walkways. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z Inside is the first beautiful thing I’ve seen in the District 13 compound: a replication of a meadow, filled with real trees and flowering plants, and alive with hummingbirds. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z And then the gardener plucks the weed and the flowering plant can fill the world with its brilliance and explosive color. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Almost like one of those flowering plants that's overpowered by a thorny weed. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The ground at first glance is like a greenish carpet, but up close you notice myriad diminutive flowering plants. A Botanist in Swedish Lapland 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z There also are videos, two mannequins, flowering plants, knickknacks that include shotgun shells and a well-known show tune. Review | In the galleries: Crossing the line between aesthetics and science 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z Now a grassy expanse dotted with flowering plants and tree saplings, Jimi Hendrix Park was a parking lot fronting a derelict elementary school until 2003, when a city-funded program tore up the asphalt. Jimi Hendrix Park Opens at Last, With a Purple Flourish 2017-06-18T04:00:00Z Smith’s idea – the tapestry lawn – was to plant squares of different hardy, perennial flowering plants. More birds and bees, please! 12 easy, expert ways to rewild your garden 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z With a flowering plant from scratch in as little as three years, growers produce so many varieties that they don’t even bother to name them. There are 30,000 species of orchids. You can see some of the unusual, beautiful and weird varieties in D.C. 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z Turmeric spice comes from another plant part — the rhizomes, or underground stems, of the flowering plant Curcuma longa. How do spices get their flavor? 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z Too few or too many visits or visits by ineffective insect pollinators, can diminish the quality of food a flowering plant produces. AI can track bees on camera. Here’s how that will help farmers 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z A church mosaic in the exhibition from eighth-century Jordan provides fascinating evidence of iconoclasm: a large feline figure whose hindquarters have been replaced by flowering plants. Art Review: ?Byzantium and Islam: Age of Transition? at the Met 2012-03-15T23:06:56Z The fruits, which belong to the nightshade family of flowering plants, are deliciously salty with syrupy undertones, making them perfect to use in salads, pizzas or, even, desserts. An expert guide to summer tomatoes, from Beefsteak to Roma and Cherokee Purple 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z In contrast, an oil lamp is so attenuated that it resembles an exotic flowering plant, in silver. With a Centerpiece Like This, Who Needed Cake? 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z Our cultural understanding of the word fruit usually implies something sweet and rich-tasting, though fruit is a scientific term for the seed-bearing object formed from a fertilized flower in flowering plants. Don't trash the best part of the melon 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z Wright used abstracted iterations of the hollyhock, Barnsdall’s favorite flowering plant, throughout the exterior and interior, and even in furniture and textiles. An Insider’s Tour of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Hollyhock House 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z All the flowering plants for the show were forced into bloom in greenhouses in the greater Philadelphia area. A flower show offers some calm amid the storm 2017-03-12T05:00:00Z Here the young Kenyan photographer Mimi Cherono Ng’ok presents evocative images, some sapped of color and others saturated with it, of flowering plants or a young man gazing out a window. At the Berlin Biennale, the Art of Saying ‘No’ 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z Its galleries are centered around a fabulously faux-Venetian courtyard overflowing with tropical and flowering plants, both a reflection of Gardner’s catholic tastes and an image of feminine power. 2010-01-21T06:29:00Z Also known as the daisy family, it forms the largest group of flowering plants, containing as many as 32,000 species. Sunflowers: The garden’s late-summer stars 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z They depict real things: hallucinogenic flowering plants and a species of moth known to pollinate them. The Best Art Books of 2018 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z Mountains rise, seas flood the lowlands, flowering plants appear. “Life Story,” Virginia Lee Burton’s Picture Book for the Ages 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Arboretum Flower Power: Casual walking tour featuring flowering plants in blossom, 1 p.m. For Mother’s Day, wildlife and flowers | Community Corner 2014-05-09T18:05:48Z Then, there was the time in 1998, when I took Julia to one of those state-run restaurants for foreigners only, set inside an old colonial house, enveloped by bright flowering plants with large, swaying leaves. Mariane Pearl: Revisiting the Cuba of My Youth 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z SUN Casual walking tour featuring flowering plants, 1 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z Mr. Brant still owns many major works by Mr. Koons, including “Puppy,” a lovable 43-foot-tall terrier fashioned from more than 70,000 flowering plants that is regally positioned on his property in Greenwich. Inside Art: Richard Avedon Portraits Go to Israel Museum 2013-09-05T20:07:39Z Green, blooming spaces — cactus, water lily and orchid gardens; ponds alive with koi; Jewel’s indoor forest — beckon with flowering plants, palms and water flowing over rocks into pools and ponds. My 27-Hour Vacation in Singapore’s Changi Airport 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z The ratios of the contrasting metals continue to fluctuate in a group of trays and vaselike hookah bases, as do treatments for water, flowering plants, horizon lines and architecture. Review: ‘Sultans of Deccan India,’ Unearthly Treasures of a Golden Age, at the Met 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z We found that strawberry plants grown near borage plants produced a greater quantity of fruits that were larger and of superior quality compared to strawberry plants located further away from other flowering plants. Bees and hoverflies are key to growing more fruit and veg in cities 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z In front, facing the water, the grounds are a bird's paradise with lots of greenery and flowering plants in tidy beds. This new take on hummingbird cake captures the nostalgia of a timeless Southern dessert 2022-05-08T04:00:00Z She explained that the reason their magnolia tree was pollinated by beetles was that a hundred million years ago, when the magnolia appeared along with the first flowering plants, bees did not yet exist. A Last Glimpse Into the Mind of Oliver Sacks 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z He and his team continue to care for more than 4,500 trees and all the flowering plants on 274 acres of Capitol landscape. This flower power couple curates more than 300 acres of Washington’s downtown 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z It’s a flowering plant on which monarchs feed and lay their eggs. Monarch butterflies may gain government protection, but you can help, too 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z Word: Murraya, a genus of flowering plants in the citrus family. Winning words from the last 5 National Spelling Bees and their unexpected meanings 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z Yes, peonies are pricey, but few other flowering plants live so long or are so showy. Peony passion: A garden icon blooms anew in the age of social media 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z Here, the old roads are narrow and almost completely free of cars; roses and other flowering plants, growing between the cobblestones, frame 18th-century homes. Overnighter: Lund, a Swedish College Town With Some Viking Mayhem in Its Past 2011-09-23T18:55:21Z His laboratory included five greenhouses and a vegetable garden, and his initial experiments consisted of observing 1,000 flowering plants over three summers in the gardens on his relatives’ grounds. From 25,540 Paper Fragments, How Darwin Himself Evolved 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z Turmeric, cardamom, and ginger all belong to the Zingiberaceae family of flowering plants. The 4 best substitutes for ginger 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, she says, in 2020 about 16 million pounds of vanilla extract—collected from vanilla orchids, a large group of flowering plants—was produced worldwide, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization. Does your vanilla ice cream have beaver goo in it? 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z Unlike flowering plants, mosses do not use stomata for CO2 entry and therefore may have less access to the available CO2. Research provides crucial insights into moss growth under elevated CO2 levels that may benefit climate change models 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z A bee-friendly lawn doesn’t look a whole lot different from a traditional lawn, because these tiny flowering plants grow at the same height as grass plants. A healthy lawn begins with fall maintenance 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z Forty-five per cent of the world's known flowering plants could be threatened by extinction, scientists have warned. Pressure on nature threatens many flowering plants with extinction 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z Honeybees have been considered generalists when selecting flowering plants, in other words, they can use a wide range of different plants. Honeybees are more selective in their choices for nutrition than previously thought 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z One theory for the demise of the world’s ginkgo species begins 130 million years ago, when flowering plants began diversifying and spreading. Ginkgo trees nearly went extinct. Here’s how we saved these ‘living fossils.’ 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z Tarantula hawks are pollinators, sampling nectar from flowering plants, but when it’s time to raise their young, the females of the species take on a different demeanor. Eaten, Crushed or Starved; Male Tarantulas Trade Their Life to Impregnate a Mate 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z Sea grasses are flowering plants that grow in shallow waters near coasts. World’s Largest Plant is a 4,500-Year-Old Sea Grass 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z Sea grasses are flowering plants that normally grow in shallow waters near coasts. Sharks Help Discover World’s Largest Sea Grass Meadow 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z Especially flowering plants — a win for people of all ages, and for wildlife. For a more pleasurable garden, make it fully immersive 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z In a paper published Wednesday in the journal Biology Letters, researchers present evidence that flowering plants survived the Cretaceous-Paleogene, or K-Pg, mass extinction relatively unscathed compared with other living things on Earth at the time. Wiping Out the Dinosaurs Let Countless Flowers Bloom 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z Near her grave, she would sit and pray under the date palm and among the flowering plants, a few hours of peace in Cairo ’s historic City of the Dead. Historic Cairo cemetery faces destruction from new highways as Egypt’s government reshapes the city 2023-09-10T04:00:00Z When customers seek design help, Chips offers this basic advice: “I’ll say, ‘Include a hardy shrub, two other flowering plants, or a drooler or mound.’” If you grow a tiny trough garden, expect to draw a crowd 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z Grasses and the hollow stems of some flowering plants offer nesting habitat, which bumps up insect numbers. Amazon's rooftop prairie welcomes nature into the heart of Seattle 2023-08-05T04:00:00Z The dry and warm weather last month affected wildlife and nature with environment groups warning of fish deaths and flowering plants wilting. UK weather: hottest June since records began - Met Office 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z The catastrophe may have even helped flowering plants blossom into the dominant green things they are today. Wiping Out the Dinosaurs Let Countless Flowers Bloom 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z Mustard was among the most prominent of wild flowering plants that seemingly popped up everywhere in California this spring. California artists, chefs find creative ways to confront destructive ‘superbloom’ of wild mustard 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z For example, Australia has 12 of the 19 known families of primitive flowering plants, two of which occur nowhere else. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The flowering plants are divided into two main groups—the monocots and eudicots—according to the number of cotyledons in the seedlings. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z During a helicopter trip through California’s Klamath Mountains, Julie Kierstead, a research associate with the academy, stumbled upon an unfamiliar species of allium — the group of flowering plants including onions, garlic and shallots. The Lone Hospital in This Central Valley County Closed 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z Seagrass is a flowering plant able to live in seawater. Strangford Lough: Scheme to stimulate seagrass growth 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z Gardeners say area residents can protect flowering plants during a light cold by wrapping frost blankets, old linens and even newspapers around vulnerable trees and shrubs. Early blooms could face late-March doom if cold returns 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z Analysis of the genome of A. trichopoda has shown that it is related to all existing flowering plants and belongs to the oldest confirmed branch of the angiosperm family tree. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Figure 14.30 The major crops in the world are flowering plants. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z Byproducts of juniper and cypress trees and resin from a flowering plant genus called Pistacia were probably sourced from the Mediterranean region. Surprising mummy ingredients found at ancient Egyptian workshop 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z At least three-quarters of flowering plants require the assistance of pollinators, including bees, butterflies and moths, to produce fruit and seeds. U.S.D.A. Approves First Vaccine for Honeybees 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z But nothing can save flowering plants from an overnight freeze, they say. Early blooms could face late-March doom if cold returns 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z The appearance and dominance of flowering plants in the Cenozoic Era created new niches for insects, as well as for birds and mammals. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z One example of the use of analytical chemistry and molecular biology is in the identification of oleanane, a compound that deters pests and which, up to this point, appears to be unique to flowering plants. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z That's more than a third of all the world’s flowering plants, and more than half of all bird and mammal species on Earth. Explainer: What the world's nature-rich nations want out of a global conservation deal 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z At least three-quarters of flowering plants require the assistance of pollinators, including bees, butterflies and moths, to produce fruit and seeds, and about one-third of the food humans eat depends on pollination by honeybees. ‘This Will Take Years’: Florida’s Beekeepers Reel From Hurricane Ian 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z In a career spanning almost 60 years, Janaki studied a wide range of flowering plants and reworked the scientific classification of several families of plants. EK Janaki Ammal: The 'nomad' flower scientist India forgot 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z By the mid-Cretaceous, a staggering number of diverse flowering plants crowd the fossil record. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Oleanane was recovered from sediments dating from the Permian, much earlier than the current dates given for the appearance of the first flowering plants. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z But it is not clear why tree ferns would keep so much genetic material; most flowering plants return to slimmer genomes after duplications. Strange Tree Fern Has a Surprisingly Enormous Genome 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z The fern genomes, with some 30,000 genes each, reveal a panoply of genes previously tied to flowering plants, which evolved more than 200 million years later. Genes for seeds arose early in plant evolution, ferns reveal 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z Like snapdragons, another flowering plant that prefers cooler temperatures, annual stock grows upward and flowers in colors such as pink, white and purple. Plants (beyond pansies) that will thrive in cooler weather 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z The same geological period is also marked by the appearance of many modern groups of insects, including pollinating insects that played a key role in ecology and the evolution of flowering plants. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Mosses, ferns, conifers, and flowering plants are all members of the plant kingdom. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z This appears to have happened early in the evolution of flowering plants, but most of the duplicated genes have been stripped out after tens of millions of years of natural selection. Cracking the Case of the Giant Fern Genome 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z That fern’s genome also contains a trio of genes that regulate seed development in flowering plants, adds Hongzhi Kong, a plant evolutionary developmental biologist at the Chinese Academy of Sciences’s Institute of Botany. Genes for seeds arose early in plant evolution, ferns reveal 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z It also involves something that gardeners too often skip: proactive maintenance tactics that help coax the maximum output from flowering plants — even annuals planted months ago. Why ‘September is the new May’ when it comes to planting flowers 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z To his teachers, Severyn presented bouquets of guelder roses, a flowering plant symbolic of Ukraine, she said. In Ukraine, first day of school is 190th day of Russian invasion 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z Their crop of choice is Camelina, a flowering plant related to canola with seeds rich in fatty acids—key ingredients in coaxing plants to produce these raw materials. Researchers just made it easier—and cheaper—to confuse crop pests 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z Ferns are closely related to flowering plants, but they have roughly 20 percent more base pairs in their genome. Cracking the Case of the Giant Fern Genome 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z Extreme weather and climate change also pose a danger, particularly because large blues rely on flowering plants and ant nests. Huge recovery for butterfly once extinct in the UK 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z As global temperatures change, many flowering plants are flowering earlier. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Studies have also shown that compared with cattle, bison graze in a way that makes them more effective at trimming dominant grasses, allowing sunlight to reach the smaller flowering plants known as forbs. A bigger home on the range for Montana bison 2022-08-07T04:00:00Z In his own research, he has estimated that only 10 percent of the more than 300,000 known species of animal-pollinated flowering plants have had their pollinators documented. In a First, Tiny Crustaceans Are Found to “Pollinate” Seaweed like Bees of the Sea 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z Sea grasses are the only flowering plants that grow in marine environments, but they remain closely related to terrestrial plants. Like Bees of the Seas, These Crustaceans Pollinate Seaweed 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z One group developed into mosses; another gave rise to ferns, cone-bearing plants, and flowering plants. Miller & Levine Biology 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z Insects will be deprived of their nectar, leading to decrease in numbers; but flowering plants will not be affected, as other animals will pollinate them. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z As Pangea started to break apart, mammals, birds, and flowering plants developed. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z Scientists have long believed that animal-driven pollination originated sometime in the Mesozoic era, when flowering plants first appeared around 140 million years ago. In a First, Tiny Crustaceans Are Found to “Pollinate” Seaweed like Bees of the Sea 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z Such professionals will also be careful to avoid spraying anything that attracts pollinators, such as flowering plants, a home garden or an aviary. How to get rid of mosquitoes without killing friendly pollinators 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z The successes of flowering plants are due to the reproductive advantage they receive from their flowers and from the fruits they form around their seeds. Miller & Levine Biology 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z Neither plants nor pollinators will be affected, as new or different species of insects are going to pollinate the flowering plants. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z However, in the world of flowering plants, fewer than 10% produce truly blue blooms. These true blue flowers bring a welcome cool and calm to gardens (and gardeners) 2022-07-02T04:00:00Z He added that if you want additional color throughout the seasons, weave in other flowering plants such as bush sunflowers, California fuchsia or easily reseeding California poppies. Oh, no! Your native plants look dead. Here’s what to do 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z As for flowering plants, a study found that purple, green, red, pink and white ones could lower people’s blood pressure and heart rate. What science tells us about the mood-boosting effects of indoor plants 2022-06-06T04:00:00Z While most flowering plants produce both male and female gametophytes, in some species the male and female gametophytes are produced on different plants. Miller & Levine Biology 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z Identify the type of symbiotic relationship that exists between honey bees and flowering plants, and explain why your reasoning. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Not quite the same, but I bought two small straw baskets, and filled them with little flowering plants and delivered them. May Day baskets: Joy through the ages 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z This fine, powdery substance is produced by the male structures of cone-bearing and flowering plants. Perspective | How to protect pollinators and cope with pollen season 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z The next step on her bucket list, after persuading gardeners to add key wasp-friendly flowering plants to enhance their pollinator plantings beyond the bees’ top choices? Why you should plant a garden that’s wasp-friendly 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z Many flowering plants can also reproduce asexually by a process known as vegetative reproduction. Miller & Levine Biology 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z It has been suggested a population of a flowering plant is being jeopardized by population declines in a butterfly species thought to be the primary pollinator of the plant. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z The team selected five species of flowering plants native to the meadows of Vermont, where the research took place. Pollinators like their flowers with a dash of salt 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z To minimise risks to bees, farmers will be banned from growing flowering plants for 32 months after the sugar beet crop. UK allows emergency use of bee-harming neonicotinoid pesticide 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z For instance, many flowering plants depend on insects for pollination. Noise Pollution, Wildfires Top U.N. Report on Emerging Environmental Threats 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z Angiosperms are flowering plants and include nearly all crops grown as food. Miller & Levine Biology 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z For example, the forest with the pine trees includes populations of flowering plants and also insects and microbial populations. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z More than 80 percent of flowering plants need pollinators — including a lot of our favorite foods. Take photos of butterflies to help scientists learn more about these amazing insects 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z The study drew on more than 400,000 individual observations of flowering plants from around the United Kingdom, dating all the way back to the year 1753. Spring in the U.K. Arrives a Month Earlier than in the 1980s 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z To minimise risks to bees, George Eustice says that farmers will be forbidden from growing flowering plants for 32 months after the sugar beet crop. 'Banned' bee-harming pesticide approved for use, despite expert advice 2022-01-17T05:00:00Z Anyone in California can grow up to six flowering plants on their own property. Opinion | A California breakfast hack that could catch fire 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z Alternatively, flowering plants tend to bloom at different times depending on where they are along the slope of a mountain, known as an altitudinal cline. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z “I find a lot of peace passing through all the different types of trees and flowering plants, and I always keep an eye out for the bald eagles that have a nest there.” The best places for running in the D.C. area 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z Some studies, like the U.K. analysis, focus on the timing of flowering plants. Spring in the U.K. Arrives a Month Earlier than in the 1980s 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z The species is only found near a flowering plant called grass of Parnassus, which, in the Northeast United States, only grows in alkaline wetlands, or fens. To Learn Bees’ Secrets, Count Them One by One 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z Environmentalists argue that the mine would worsen the “extinction crisis,” citing the Tiehm’s buckwheat, a flowering plant that grows only on a 10-acre stretch of federal land in western Nevada. Biden’s climate commitment tested as greens fight Nevada lithium mine 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z Suppose populations of rabbits that eat flowers is introduced into an environment with flowering plants. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z “Our findings don't so much suggest that researchers focus on prettier plants,” Adamo says, “but rather that more conspicuous, easy-to-locate and colorful flowering plants are the ones receiving more attention.” Flashy Plants Attract More Scientists 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z The changes in flowering plants present unavoidable evidence of the consequences of climate change, Büntgen pointed out. Spring in the U.K. Arrives a Month Earlier than in the 1980s 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z Nearly 90 percent of flowering plants rely on animal pollinators to reproduce, and around 35 percent of the world’s crops are also dependent on pollinators. To Learn Bees’ Secrets, Count Them One by One 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z Julian Woodman of NRW said his job was to "make life a little bit more certain" for some of our most threatened species of ferns and flowering plants. Snowdonia Hawkweed: 'One of most threatened in the world' 2021-08-28T04:00:00Z Terraced stone walls and flowering plants add color and texture, while waterfalls and meandering “streams” serve as decorative touches as well as water hazards on multiple holes. Fun is par for the course at these five mini-golf destinations 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z He’s looking into creating an import company for the Moroccan hibiscus he uses, because he says he’s on track to be that country’s biggest buyer of the flowering plant. Sorel liquor is back, with a big investor and a goal to help lift up more Black distillers 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z Avant-garde admitted Friday that she thought one word would end her run: “nepeta,” a genus of flowering plants that includes catnip. Zaila Avant-garde wins 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee, becoming bee’s first African American champion 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z Old men played cards outside an apartment complex in a neatly tended garden full of flowering plants. A place to sleep, party and kill: Abandoned L.A. buildings become MS-13 gang ‘destroyers’ 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z That, in turn, means more flowering plants, about three-quarters of which require pollination. Ditching grass could help your backyard thrive 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z On social media, suggestions include lemongrass and small flowering plants. In poorest countries, surge combines with vaccine shortage 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z From roses to redwoods to rice, flowering plants are among the most diverse and successful organisms on the planet. Exquisite fossils unearthed in Inner Mongolia reveal how peas got their hard coat 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z Orchids are among the most devious flowering plants on the planet. Bees and hoverflies gobble fake pollen, benefiting both insect and plant 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z White begonias and nicotiana are easy-to-care-for white flowering plants that thrive in part sun and part shade container gardens. Container gardening trends, from all-white plants to punchy herbs 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z In the shadier sections below, a rainbow of flowering plants flourished. Asteroid that wiped out dinosaurs probably helped create our rainforests 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z A second explanation is that falling ash from the impact enriched soils throughout the tropics, giving an advantage to faster-growing flowering plants. Dinosaur-killing asteroid strike gave rise to Amazon rainforest 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z Now, thanks to cutting-edge technology and a chance find in the Inner Mongolian countryside, researchers have taken a big step toward understanding how flowering plants, or angiosperms, came to be. Exquisite fossils unearthed in Inner Mongolia reveal how peas got their hard coat 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z This influx of nitrogen, along with phosphorus from the meteorite’s ash, enabled other flowering plants to thrive alongside the legumes and to displace conifers. The Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs Created the Amazon Rain Forest 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z “You plant a lot of white flowering plants in one spot so that at night it’s illuminated by the moon or an outdoor light and you can enjoy it after the sun goes down.” Container gardening trends, from all-white plants to punchy herbs 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z That threatens flowering plants that grow in field margins, providing food and habitat for other species. Birds versus bees: These species are losing out in the great pesticide trade-off 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z More than three quarters of the world’s crops and flowering plants, whether wild or cultivated for human food or ornamentation, are pollinated by animals—primarily by wild and domesticated bees. Save the Butterflies, but Not to Save Our Food Supply 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z A wildflower can refer to any flowering plant that was not cultivated, intentionally planted or given human aid, yet it still managed to grow and bloom. The Perseverance of New York City’s Wildflowers 2021-03-20T04:00:00Z The thick-leaf bladderpod is a small, flowering plant that depends for survival on a fragile type of soil that’s made of lichens, mosses and other organisms. Groups say mining plan risks rare plant in Pryor Mountains 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z Botanists and volunteers of the group Plantlife said the number of flowering plants had rocketed from two in 2019, to 85 at the latest count. Rare wild plant flourishes in Suffolk car park 'nature reserve' 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z Over the course of 40 years, they collaborated on an enormous “root atlas” that maps the underground trajectories of common European plants, from Acanthosicyos horridus, a melon, to zygophyllum, flowering plants. 1,000 archived images reveal how root systems of plants fuel soil health 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z Alternative chemicals should be used to kill any wild flowering plants in and around the crops, the government said. Legal threat over bee-harming pesticide use 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z Forgotten historical documents show a rival scientist was arguing for divine intervention in the rise of the flowering plants. New light shed on Charles Darwin's 'abominable mystery' 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z Asafoetida, or hing as it's commonly known in India, is a perennial, flowering plant that largely grows in the wild. Asafoetida: The smelly spice India loves but never grew 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z "In just a year there has been such an increase in the number of flowering plants both in the reserve and the verges and of the beetles that feed on them," she said. Rare wild plant flourishes in Suffolk car park 'nature reserve' 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z Seagrasses are underwater flowering plants, so seeds are among the main ways they reproduce and spread to new environments. Restoring Seagrass Brings Barren Bays To Life 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z However, there is no single agreed list of the UK's flowering plants and even more uncertainty over fungi, with estimates ranging from 12,000 to 20,000. Two-fifths of plants at risk of extinction, says report 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z The mystery centres on the rise of the flowering plants, or angiosperms, the family of plants that produce flowers and bear their seeds in fruits. New light shed on Charles Darwin's 'abominable mystery' 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z Each room is “painted” with a colorful mix of flowering plants. A landmark house, a world-class garden 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z Nestled among the slopes of Nevada’s Silver Peak Range are six patches of Tiehm’s buckwheat, a rare flowering plant found nowhere else in the world. 'Unfathomable destruction': thousands of rare wildflowers wiped out in Nevada 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z Purple loosestrife, an invasive flowering plant, is sprouting up - a problem that Rothman said will be resolved by galerucella beetles that were released in the area in the 1990s and that eat purple loosestrife. Plants cropping up in lost Michigan lakes where dams failed 2020-08-08T04:00:00Z Purple loosestrife, an invasive flowering plant, is sprouting up — a problem that Rothman said will be resolved by galerucella beetles that were released in the area in the 1990s and that eat purple loosestrife. Plants cropping up in lost Michigan lakes where dams failed 2020-08-08T04:00:00Z "Why isn't there a gradual evolution of the angiosperms? Why can't we see intermediate forms between the gymnosperms - things like conifers - and the flowering plants? And why, when they appear, are they already so diverse?" New light shed on Charles Darwin's 'abominable mystery' 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z And then I would plant the California native milkweed, which is a white flowering plant, with beautiful white flowers. This farmer in Pomona will inspire you to plant your own garden, no matter how small 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z “Seventy to 80% of flowering plants and crops are pollinated by animals overall. Pollination contributes to $20 billion in agriculture in the United States.” Dramatic decline found in Western bumblebee populations 2020-07-25T04:00:00Z In nature, for example, flowering plants attract animals to spread their pollen, forming a partnership that benefits both. ‘Friendliest,’ not fittest, is key to evolutionary survival, scientists argue in book 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z Antagonistic pathways and gene products that balance trait characteristics are frequently found in flowering plants. Genetic drivers of high-rise rice that survives deep floods 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z Darwin toyed with the idea that flowering plants might have evolved on an as yet undiscovered island or continent. New light shed on Charles Darwin's 'abominable mystery' 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z Now, scientists are using DNA analysis of modern flowers—and their pollinators—to solve Darwin’s “abominable mystery” of when flowering plants emerged and diversified, researchers write in Science. Can scientists solve Darwin's ’abominable mystery’ about the angiosperm explosion? 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z Alongside the animal species, Himalayan alpine meadows boast a wealth of herbaceous flowering plants — strange, colourful and delicate — often with medicinal properties. The Himalaya should be a nature reserve 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z This allows more sunlight to reach flowering plants that attract pollinators. Fast-growing mini-forests spring up in Europe to aid climate 2020-06-13T04:00:00Z Miller moths, also known as army cutworms, originated in eastern Colorado and areas of western Kansas and Nebraska and migrate west around May to follow the flowering plants for nectar. Study: Miller moth population has increased in Colorado 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z In a lecture to the Geologists Association in the library of University College London, Carruthers highlighted the problems that Darwin had with the fossil record, focussing on the sudden appearance of flowering plants. New light shed on Charles Darwin's 'abominable mystery' 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z “Three-fourths of the world’s flowering plants and about 35 percent of the world’s food crops depend on animal pollinators to reproduce,” according to the Agriculture Department. Perspective | Citizen naturalists keep watch over at-risk dragonflies, butterflies, bugs 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z Earth’s southernmost continent boasted an abundance of plant and animal life before becoming a frozen wasteland, with numerous dinosaurs previously identified along with flora including conifers, ferns and flowering plants. Before becoming frozen wasteland, Antarctica was home to frogs 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z If people are buying flowering plants from these businesses for the joy and beauty they bring, that seems pretty essential right now, too. Opinion | Promoting hydroxychloroquine for covid-19 treatment is illegal 2020-04-12T04:00:00Z “When this happens the moths that are present concentrate in areas where large numbers of flowering plants are present.” Study: Miller moth population has increased in Colorado 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z The famous naturalist was haunted by the question of how the first flowering plants evolved. New light shed on Charles Darwin's 'abominable mystery' 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z But in her appearance on Sunday, seated next to a writing desk with a flowering plant, she looked alert and at ease. Boris Johnson Hospitalized as Queen Urges British Resolve in Face of Epidemic 2020-04-05T04:00:00Z The sample also contained countless traces of pollen and spores from plants, including the first remnants of flowering plants ever found at these high Antarctic latitudes. Evidence of ancient rainforest in Antarctica point to warmer prehistoric world 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z In return, flowering plants got nectar-sipping critters to carry their genetic code — instructions for making more flowers, bundled up in balls of pollen — far and wide. Flowers are begging for your attention. They're worth it. 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z If insects were to vanish, he explained, so would nearly all flowering plants and the food webs they support. Perspective | Welcome bugs into your yard. You might just save the world. 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z Questions raised by the sudden appearance of flowering plants are at the heart of Darwin's abominable mystery, he explains. New light shed on Charles Darwin's 'abominable mystery' 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z Sages, lavenders and other popular flowering plants are known for attracting hummingbirds and insects. Go wild: Make a garden oasis for bees, butterflies and birds | Provided by Northwest Flower and Garden Festival 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z However, the orchid family, known as Orchidaceae, is the largest flowering plant family on earth, with more than 20,000 species. Missoula’s ‘best kept secret’ helps save imperiled orchids 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z Tripp says it is crucial not to interrupt natural reproductive cycles with fire — nesting birds, flowering plants — but to burn in ways that encourage growth of critical plants like hazelnut bushes and acorn-bearing oaks. Native Solutions to Big Fires 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z Lawless also encouraged growing flowering plants to support the bees as they’re foraging and if one is interested, trying their own hand at beekeeping. Bears, cold weather complicate southeast Alaska beekeeping 2019-12-21T05:00:00Z Darwin was deeply bothered by how flowering plants conquered the world seemingly in the blink of an eye, while other large groups, such as the mammals, evolved gradually. New light shed on Charles Darwin's 'abominable mystery' 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z The Carolina parakeet had a liking for eating cockleburs, a coarse flowering plant that contains a powerful toxin called carboxytractyloside. Humans 'sole culprits' in US parrot extinction 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z She and other biologists propose the microbes helped the insects exploit new food sources and habitats, resulting in a rapid diversification that paralleled the diversification of flowering plants. A love of insects and their microbial partners helped this biologist reveal secrets of symbiosis 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z The scientists couldn’t determine the exact plant that produced the pollen, but it appears to be related to the eudicot group of flowering plants, which includes many of today’s trees and woody plants. This amber-encased beetle may have been one of the first insects to pollinate flowers 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z The most likely agent of natural selection was the nectar being produced by the many new species of flowering plants, Dr. Kawahara’s team believes. How the Butterfly Discovered Daylight 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z The advent of flowering plants suggested evolution could be both rapid and abrupt, in direct contradiction to an essential element of natural selection, natura non facit saltum - nature makes no leap. New light shed on Charles Darwin's 'abominable mystery' 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z A few flowering plants are hungrier for food than most others. Cover your ground, for your plants’ sake | Produced by Advertising Publications 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z Find a spot in the back, where you’re surrounded by flowering plants and trees. D.C. has places to see and be seen. These are 14 spots where you can escape. 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z How the seedling became the majestic flowering plant of Sontag’s maturity is an inspiring story—though perhaps also a chastening one. Susan Sontag and the Unholy Practice of Biography 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z Both share the genus cannabis in the plant family cannabaceae among the major group angiosperms or flowering plants. Kentucky editorial roundup 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z Around three fourths of the earth’s flowering plants and crops benefit from animal pollinators, including 87 of the 115 leading global food crops. Surprise: Bees Need Meat 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z Cycads are a relic from a time before flowering plants. Global heating: ancient plants set to reproduce in UK after 60m years 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z But Dr. Koch wonders what direct tests of the new study’s hypotheses will reveal, or what would happen to the bees if other flowering plants were available. Seeking a Culprit When Bumblebee Carcasses Pile Up 2019-08-03T04:00:00Z Animals pollinate 87 percent of flowering plant species. Opinion | Want to stop climate change? Start by planting a trillion trees. 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z These grasshoppers aren’t picky when it comes to food, but they do have a preference for crinum lilies and other toxic flowering plants. Monster grasshoppers swarm the Everglades 2019-07-21T04:00:00Z Just a few blocks up Reforma, the number 43, painted fire engine red, sits in a traffic median surrounded by flowering plants and succulents. Mexico ‘anti-monuments’ recall dark moments, demand justice 2019-06-30T04:00:00Z The invasion is weakening the bees’ tolerance to pesticides, introducing new viruses and exacerbating a shortage of flowering plants they forage for nectar. University of Maryland-led survey finds honeybee losses highest in 13 years this winter 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z You can't turn around without bumping into a sweet-smelling box hedge or herb garden or a repurposed wine barrel exploding with flowering plants; even the parking lot smells of fresh roses. Review: The Farmhouse at Roger's Gardens suffers from convoluted cooking 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z If not, you might want to take a lesson from Nasa poissoniana, a star-shaped flowering plant from the Peruvian Andes with an unusual skill set. Watch a Flower That Seems to Remember When Pollinators Will Come Calling 2019-04-20T04:00:00Z Of the nearly 300,000 species of flowering plants, around 90 percent of these rely on an animal pollinator to complete their reproductive cycle. Opinion | Butterflies aren’t expendable. Our brittle reality depends on them, too. 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z The event is part of a nationwide effort to remove of trees, vines and flowering plants that encroach on native plant species. State parks looking for volunteers to remove invasive plants 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z In places like Maryland, where flowering plants are only abundant for a few months, honeybees already struggle to find nectar for much of the year. University of Maryland-led survey finds honeybee losses highest in 13 years this winter 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z Inside are cotton, arabidopsis – a small, flowering plant of the mustard family – and potato seeds, as well as fruit-fly eggs and yeast. Giant leaf for mankind? China germinates first seed on moon 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z Whatever the case, we adopted numerous flowering plants into an expanding circle of domesticated species. How Beauty Is Making Scientists Rethink Evolution 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z Some duckweeds are the smallest flowering plants in nature. One of Nature’s Smallest Flowering Plants Can Survive Inside of a Duck 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z Restrict plantings under trees and shrubs to bulbs or other low-growing flowering plants and regularly dispose of dead leaves and other dry plant debris. Forget curb appeal — when it comes to fire-safe landscaping, think embers, meadows and 'defensible space' 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z Because of the flowering plant’s resemblance to the head of a crane, the colonists called the fruit “craneberries” and used it in sour sauces they served with wildfowl. The dishes on your Thanksgiving table have deep, indigenous roots beyond the first feast 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z Also, leaves in most flowering plants attach to the stem through a base called a petiole. This lovely lily’s cousin is an ear of corn. Now, scientists know how they are related 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z Their daughter Azalea is named for one of the area’s flowering plants, and their son Carter for one of its creeks. Couple dedicates life to clearing Kalmiopsis Trail 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z Several hundred million years ago mosses and their kin went one way, evolutionarily speaking, and the lineage of trees and flowering plants went the other. Lowly Moss-Like Plant Seems to Copy Cannabis 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z Honeybees originated in Eurasia roughly 35m years ago, and as long as they have had steady access to flowering plants, they have thrived. Invasion of the ‘frankenbees’: the danger of building a better bee 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z But the timelessness of the school, the flowering plants, the well-kept lawns and the picturesque homes all struck a chord with the Sterling Park native. Park View gets support from actress and graduate Hilarie Burton after varsity football cancellation 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z Thanks to a common ancestor 137 million years ago, the roots, seeds, and sometimes leaves of these flowering plants—known as monocots—look alike. This lovely lily’s cousin is an ear of corn. Now, scientists know how they are related 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z With cherry and almond blooms lasting only a short time, bees in orchards need other flowering plants nearby for food. Honeybees Are Hurting. What Else Can Pollinate Our Food? 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z The European Union banned some neonicotinoids on flowering plants in 2013, and earlier this year further restricted their use to greenhouses. Bees at risk from common crop pesticides, California study finds 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z SUN Casual walking tour featuring variety of hydrangeas and other flowering plants; 1 p.m. Community calendar: Beat the Heat at Seattle Public Libraries, Alki Art Fair, First Thursday and more 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z That’s because, unlike crops and many popular flowering plants, little is known about the genes of houseplants. ‘Smart plants’ could soon detect deadly radon and mold in your home 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z Not just seeds, but monocot leaves and roots are different from those of other flowering plants, and the aquatic origin may explain why. This lovely lily’s cousin is an ear of corn. Now, scientists know how they are related 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z SUN Casual walking tour featuring variety of hydrangeas and other flowering plants, 1-2:30 p.m. Community calendar: Bite of Seattle, Bon Odori, San Juan Island Lavender Festival, West Seattle Parade and more 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z Butterflies are benefitting from the early summer heat and enjoying the flowering plants - but Mr Traill said "at the moment we are in that balance". What are the effects of a heatwave? 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z One way to help remedy this problem is to integrate flowering plants known to attract honeybees, bumblebees and native bees into the area surrounding your vegetable garden. How to plant, nurture and harvest great-tasting, nutritional squash 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z The plant fossil record shows that the asteroid caused global deforestation and extinction of most flowering plants, destroying the habitats of tree-dwelling animals. How birds survived asteroid strike 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z For example, monocot leaves tend to have parallel veins running the long way up the leaves, whereas other flowering plant leaves have branching veins. This lovely lily’s cousin is an ear of corn. Now, scientists know how they are related 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z “The extent to which the evolutionary histories of major modern groups, like birds, mammals, and flowering plants, were influenced by the end-Cretaceous mass extinction is only now coming into focus,” Field says. How Did Dino-Era Birds Survive the Asteroid 'Apocalypse'? 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z Weighing roughly seven pounds, this experiment will attempt to germinate seeds from potatoes and Arabidopsis, a small flowering plant related to cabbage and mustard. Comsat Launch Bolsters China's Dreams for Landing on the Moon's Far Side 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z He marveled at reports of “bud sports,” strange, atypical blooms on flowering plants. Every Cell in Your Body Has the Same DNA. Except It Doesn’t. 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z The lunar probe will carry seeds for growing potatoes and arabidopsis, a flowering plant related to cabbage, for a “lunar mini biosphere” experiment. China aims to land on dark side of moon via launch of 'Magpie Bridge' satellite 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z Consequently, it is interesting to watch the flowers on local dogwoods enlarge and fade to green as they mature, in a manner quite unlike other flowering plants. Blaze of Glory 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z SAT Hosted by Edmonds in Bloom, kids pick a beach pail, adorn it with stickers, and add a variety of flowering plants for Mom, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Community calendar: Mother’s Day events, animal sightings and more 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z In April and May, mason bees pollinate early fruits, berries and flowering plants. With a leafcutter home base in your yard, these gentle pollinators will boost your summer fruits and veggies 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z SUN Guided tour focusing on flowering plants, 1 p.m. Community calendar: Cinco de Mayo in Seattle, Free Comic Book Day, Bike-n-Brew and more 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z The forecast was calling for rain the next day, an element as necessary for all this — the flowering plant life, the whinnying animal life — as is the sun. Perspective | In spring, a middle-aged man’s fancy turns to blossoms and batteries 2018-04-29T04:00:00Z One recent project found an association between the health of marine flowering plants - "seagrasses" - and fish noise. Silent robots listen to ocean winds 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z To many observers, the difference between willows may seem inconsequential; they all bloom on catkins and almost all can be counted among the very first flowering plants of the season. Spring Arrives on Kitten’s Paws 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z These spring flowering plants bloom in colors as varied as Easter eggs, including purple, pink, violet, yellow, coral and white. These Easter blooms do double duty in the garden 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z You'll find tomatoes, peppers and other vegetables along with herbs, salvias, scented geraniums, flowering plants and fruitless olive trees on the gift shop patio and a used book sale in the Arboretum Library. It's spring gardening season: 12 plant sales to get you digging 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. Bot. Evolutionary history resolves global organization of root functional traits 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z Sunflowers and all other flowering plants likely arose from a common ancestor.Credit: Debate blooms over anatomy of the world’s first flower 2018-02-04T05:00:00Z The evolution of flowering plants would later trouble Charles Darwin, who famously called the rapid expansion of such a vast range of flower shapes, colours and pollination strategies an “abominable mystery”. The lost art of looking at plants 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z This provides "strong evidence", they say, that the success and rapid spread of flowering plants around the world is down to "genome downsizing". How flowering plants conquered the world 2018-01-13T05:00:00Z The oldest previously known such fossil was from 129 million years ago—just as flowering plants were making their spectacular emergence around the planet. Triassic Butterfly Park? 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z They helped call the universe of flowering plants into being. ‘A different dimension of loss’: inside the great insect die-off 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z Analysis of the genome sequence of the flowering plant Arabidopsis thaliana. Genome sequence of the progenitor of the wheat D genome Aegilops tauschii 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z These flowering plants, which grow in near-shore waters, are under intense pressure - some estimates suggest global losses are running at 7% a year. Fishing is 'best argument for seagrass' 2017-11-17T05:00:00Z For instance, why were flowering plants able to shrink their genomes more than others? How flowering plants conquered the world 2018-01-13T05:00:00Z That “challenges the underlying notion,” the authors wrote, that the emergence of flowering plants roughly 130 million years ago drove the evolution of the Lepidoptera proboscis. Triassic Butterfly Park? 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z They offered to let someone name the yellow, flowering plant for a $10,000 donation. New plant species to be named after late Idaho governor 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z It may sound counterintuitive—after all, earlier springs mean longer growing seasons for flowering plants, which should be a boon for the bees that rely on them for food. Longer Springs Might Hurt Bees, Not Help Them 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z Then it’s a race against time as brewers load up thousands of pounds of the flowering plants into their trucks and high-tail it to their breweries before the hops decompose. Fresh-hop beer is here, so hop to it 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z Then, about 150 million years ago, the first flowering plants appeared on the scene. How flowering plants conquered the world 2018-01-13T05:00:00Z The orchid is one of the biggest families of flowering plants. Orchid gives up the secrets of its success 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z The little-known, delicate flowering plant grows on a sandy patch of land, less than 1.5 acres, on the shores of Yellowstone Lake. Yellowstone’s hidden secret 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z Genome duplication is a common phenomenon in the history of flowering plants. Scientists discover a new flower of Shetland - BBC News 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z If you lived near a tannery, for instance, it was common knowledge that you should plant extra-fragrant flowering plants in your window boxes. ‘Smell Detectives’: Meet the people who combated the stench of urban decay 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z By comparing the similarities and differences among related flowering plants, it is possible to infer the characteristics of their recent ancestors. Revealed: The First Flower, 140-million Years Old, Looked Like a Magnolia 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z Before now, we didn’t understand much about the origin of most of today’s flowering plants, called angiosperms. The earliest flower ancestor had both male and female parts 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z The evolution of flowering plants also foxed Darwin, who described their sudden diversification as an “an abominable mystery”. Mother of all blooms: is this what the last common ancestor of flowers looked like? 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z Charles Darwin himself wrung his hands over how flowering plants exploded in diversity early in their evolution. The world’s first flower may have looked like this 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z Sharks are ancient: The first sharks evolved more than 400 million years ago, long before mammals, dinosaurs and flowering plants. Shark Week is a sham. But sharks are still super cool. 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z According to the British Antarctic Survey, these are the only two flowering plants found in the icy polar region, growing around its more temperate edges. Scientists find sunscreen potential in Antarctic plants 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z This was surprising, because there is a moratorium on the use of the pesticides to treat seeds of flowering plants in the European Union. Controversial pesticides may threaten queen bees. Alternatives could be worse. 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z “This is what we infer to be the ancestral flower of all living flowering plants,” said Sauquet. Mother of all blooms: is this what the last common ancestor of flowers looked like? 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z The bird lived in forests and dined on fruits and seeds from flowering plants. Fossil sheds light on bird evolution after asteroid strike - BBC News 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z The peels and seeds of these flowering plants were “designed to penetrate our gut wall and make us sick,” Gundry says. Inside Gwyneth Paltrow's first wellness summit, In Goop Health 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z According to the British Antarctic Survey, these are the only two flowering plants found in the icy polar region, growing around its more temperate edges. Scientists find sunscreen potential in Antarctic plants 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z More familiar life - like birds, flowering plants and pollinating insects - began to emerge and populate the planet. University of Texas at San Antonio educator reviews rocks 2017-06-11T04:00:00Z Writing in the journal Nature Communications, the team describe how they constructed a family tree of flowering plants based on genetic data from 792 species, and mapped the structural characteristics of the plants’ flowers. Mother of all blooms: is this what the last common ancestor of flowers looked like? 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z Tsidiiyazhi lived at a time when the planet was undergoing great change, with placental mammals and flowering plants also diversifying rapidly. Fossil sheds light on bird evolution after asteroid strike - BBC News 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z The tract is filled with native wildflowers, including rare trilliums that are one of Indiana’s most attractive flowering plants. Conservation easement protects 400 acres of Indiana habitat 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z The Museum of Natural History in Paris sent the flowering plant specimens to a research center in Australia’s Queensland state. Rare French flowers destroyed in Australian quarantine drama 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z The research began a decade ago, when astronauts placed about 2000 seeds from tobacco plants and a flowering plant known as Arabidopsis thaliana on the outside of the International Space Station. Morning glory seeds are tough enough for an interplanetary trip 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z Plantlife is calling for better management of grassy verges to preserve a wealth of different flowering plants. Road verges 'last refuge' for plants - conservation charity - BBC News 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z From rare species to exotic new hybrids, the 72nd Annual Santa Barbara International Orchid Show offers something for all fans of the delicate flowering plants. Some of the world's most exotic orchids are heading to Santa Barbara 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z Seagrass first evolved tens of millions years ago, when some flowering plants moved from land into the ocean. Disappearing Seagrass Protects Against Pathogens, Even Climate Change, Scientists Find 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z Many of the proteins are related to those that other flowering plants use to fend off pathogens2, 5. How plants evolved into carnivores 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z The hardy seeds of the common flowering plant would probably even survive a voyage between planets, say the researchers. Morning glory seeds are tough enough for an interplanetary trip 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z It depends on the nectar of agaves, cactuses and other flowering plants in the desert region. Bat-friendly tequila, research play role in species recovery 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z It belongs to the Solanaceae, or nightshade, family of flowering plants, which includes crops, tobacco, medicinal plants and garden flowers such as the petunia. Fossil fruit from 52 million years ago revealed - BBC News 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z Alongside their seven acres of crops – including tomatoes, cucumbers and onions – they’ve also planted flowering plants, dogwood and elderberry hedgerows to accommodate species of bees and butterflies essential for the health of the crops. Bee's knees: a new $4m effort aims to stop the death spiral of honeybees 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z Today, the bees help pollinate the cemetery’s tons of flowering plants and trees. Cemetery beekeeping, honey operation buzzes among graves 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z Up close, they were startlingly green, their slopes covered by trees, bushes, and flowering plants. Death Valley Is Alive 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z Each caregiver can serve as many as five patients and grow up to six flowering plants for each. Maine’s ‘Clean’ Medical Marijuana: ‘Organic’ in Disguise 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z The ovules are inside the flowers, as they are in other flowering plants. One Tiny Wasp Turns Fig Trees Into Eden “There’s now a ton of bees – bumblebees, honeybees, sweat bees – and predatory insects,” Joan Olson said, adding that the flowering plants also add beauty to the land. Bee's knees: a new $4m effort aims to stop the death spiral of honeybees 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z And then it’s a race against time as Seattle-area brewers load up thousands of pounds of the flowering plants into their trucks and high-tail it to their breweries before the fresh hops decompose. Sorry, pumpkin ale; fresh-hop beers should be the style of the season 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z Other recent work has questioned the consequences of gene duplications in flowering plants as well. Fossil fishes challenge an evolutionary ‘urban legend’ 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z The plum tree thriving in its nook was a seedling from her grandmother’s yard; some of the flowering plants were from a friend whose mother brought them from outside the U.S. Woolley Food Forest Association aids local food bank 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z Mr. Telfer’s quarry was Thismia americana, a thumbnail-sized flowering plant found only in Chicago—for the few years it was found anywhere at all. Chicago, Seeking Lost Glory, Hunts for a Plant Last Seen in 1916 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z The least costly habitat might be around $500 an acre, Black said, but a thriving habitat with a dense amount of flowering plants can set a farmer back $1000 to $2000 an acre. Bee's knees: a new $4m effort aims to stop the death spiral of honeybees 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z The hotel started the "Broadway Bees" project as part of their green initiative as bees are the main pollinators of flowering plants, including many fruits and vegetables. Beekeeping is all the buzz in New York City 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z In several groups of flowering plants, such as the Brassicales, which include cabbage and papaya, diversity seems to have exploded perhaps as much as 35 million years after the genomes doubled. Fossil fishes challenge an evolutionary ‘urban legend’ 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z That’s because the nurseries grow and sell trees, shrubs, flowering plants and other products for landscapers serving home and commercial construction contractors, offices with lots of plants and consumer garden centers, they said. Farm Credit celebrates 100 years of helping agriculture 2016-07-24T04:00:00Z Yarrow is a favorite butterfly enticements to have in a yard with other flowering plants, he noted as he highlighted what lures the insects. Butterfly walks popular with all ages 2016-07-24T04:00:00Z Each type of flowering plant offers a slightly different set of nutrients. The Last, Best Refuge for North America's Bees 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z The efforts to plant milkweed, which is the monarchs’ favorite source of nectar, and other flowering plants will also help honey bees, Mirth said. Oklahoma City butterfly garden opens along ‘monarch highway’ 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z Duckweed — so called because ducks eat it — is a flowering aquatic plant that floats on or just below the surface of still bodies of water, while watermeal is the world’s smallest flowering plant. A Green Way to Clean Ponds “The increase in flowering plants likely increases the number of available seeds and fruits – also insects might be co-evolving with the plants,” said Grossnickle. Rise of the mammals began before dinosaur extinction, research suggests 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z The rest are conifers, cycads, ferns and so on, whose heydays were back in times like the Carboniferous or the Jurassic, before flowering plants began taking over everything during the Cretaceous. Botany at bay 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z But the beetles’ origin does line up with the age of the dinosaurs and the rise of flowering plants. Dung beetles may have evolved to eat dinosaur poop 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z On the park’s Valley Trail, Ferebee points to a delicate flowering plant. These Animals Live in the Most Powerful City in the World 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z A forest of ferns, palm trees and flowering plants stretched down Hollywood Boulevard. Robert Iger’s Success at Disney Makes Him a Tough Act to Follow 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z He was constantly scanning, his eyes high and low — “that’s the harbinger of spring, just a few inches tall and amongst our earliest flowering plants,” he said, and “you got spicebush starting” up here. Maryland botanist makes a rare find on the banks of the Potomac 2016-03-27T04:00:00Z The Tasmanian Wilderness is home to ancient forests, some of the tallest flowering plants in the world and is a stronghold for several animals that are either extinct or threatened on Australia's mainland. Australia drops Tasmanian Wilderness logging campaign - BBC News 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z He hopes to find fossils of flowering plants, which were evolving at the same time as the ancient pines. Fossil of oldest pine tree discovered - BBC News 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z “It was genuinely exciting,” said Wes Knapp, a botanist and ecologist for the agency who found the yellow flowering plant in September. Rare flower rediscovered in Maryland after 112 years 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z Scientists think that early fungi contributed to soil formation and the rotting process, thereby paving the way for flowering plants and trees, then animals. 'Humble little fungus' is oldest known land fossil - BBC News 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z A network of freshwater streams in the reserve supports a rich diversity of flora and fauna, including more than 1,000 species of flowering plants and over 500 species of animals. A subway tunnel under Singapore's rainforest? No way, say activists 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z Pollinators, including some 20,000 species of wild bees, contribute to the growth of fruit, vegetables and many nuts, as well as flowering plants. Decline of Species That Pollinate Poses a Threat to Global Food Supply, Report Warns 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z This reveals unique insights into the genomic losses and gains involved in achieving the structural and physiological adaptations required for its marine lifestyle, arguably the most severe habitat shift ever accomplished by flowering plants. The genome of the seagrass Zostera marina reveals angiosperm adaptation to the sea : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z The flowering plant, which is very rare on the east coast, is found along river edges scoured by floods. Rare flower rediscovered in Maryland after 112 years 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z But these plants also fall within the "asterid" family, which includes more than 80,000 flowering plants including many of the ones humans eat, from potatoes and mint to sunflowers and coffee beans. Extinct plant species discovered in amber - BBC News 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z It is the most widespread marine flowering plant in the Northern Hemisphere, inhabiting the cooler ocean waters of the North Atlantic and North Pacific. Seagrass meadows around British Isles in 'perilous state' - BBC News 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z The Claim: Echinacea, a herbal remedy made from a flowering plant, can prevent respiratory infections—or even help treat them once they begin. Can Echinacea Melt Winter’s Colds and Flu? 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z He added that not all flowering plants were confused. December Heat Tricks Flowers Into Putting On Spring Display 2015-12-24T05:00:00Z If you look at butterflies, they are tied to flowering plants that are suppressed by trees.” Colorado Editorial Roundup 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z The jungle is lush, with an immense variety of ferns, palms, flowering plants and trees in a thousand shades of green. Tropical Paradise Retirement in Sultry Bali 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z Seagrass is a group of flowering plants that live in shallow sheltered areas along the UK coastline where they form dense green meadows under the sea. Seagrass meadows around British Isles in 'perilous state' - BBC News 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z Grow sites with up to four flowering plants would have to be locked if outdoors and would need to be away from public sight. 1st East Coast State May Legalize Pot Tuesday 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z Our prehistoric ancestors certainly made use of flowering plants. Our Vanishing Flowers 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z By promoting the reproduction of angiosperms, or flowering plants, bees are also central to the survival of countless other animal species that rely on those plants and their fruits to survive. “The bees are trying to tell us something”: We may want to listen to the animal our survival depends on 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z Over the past decade, Hayes, 56, has become known for her blown-glass terrariums: biomorphic bubbles that house miniature ecosystems of ferns, bonsai, crystals and flowering plants. At Home With Artist and Landscape Designer Paula Hayes 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z The wait is finally over for Chicagoans who'd been looking forward to inhaling the odor of rotting flesh from a giant, flowering plant. What Makes the Corpse Flower Stink So Bad? 2015-09-30T04:00:00Z Its larvae feed on tropical flowering plants, but Rubinoff and Haines don’t think it poses a threat to Hawaii’s plant life. New butterfly, Sleepy Orange, thriving on Hawaiian islands 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z But now we are losing many flowering plants to extinction before we even knew they existed. Our Vanishing Flowers 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z More than 85% of flowering plants — including some crops — require pollinators to reproduce. Bee tongues tell a tale of climate change 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z In spring, they eat insects and small flowering plants, switching to sagebrush in fall. Q&A: What is a greater sage grouse and why is the ground-dwelling bird of the West imperiled? 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z The intoxicating, extravagant, and not-to-mention enormous magnolia was long thought to be the poster bloom for the earliest flowering plants, as depicted on many a dinosaur-infested mural. Were the First Flowers Aquarium Plants? 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z And flowering plants need to be available throughout the growing season. Bees feel the squeeze as cropland consumes habitat 2015-09-06T04:00:00Z Patches of flowering plants beckon as colorful and scented beacons in otherwise drab monotones of brown earth and green vegetation. Our Vanishing Flowers 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z The researchers, working with a small flowering plant called Arabidopsis thaliana common in laboratory experiments, found that specimens with a mutation in a gene called MDHAR6 were able to thrive in TNT-contaminated soil. Explosive news: Plants can fight back against TNT pollution - researchers 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z But because it contains seeds enclosed in a fruit, the basic characteristic of angiosperms, it is classified as a flowering plant. Ancient Aquatic Flora Was Among the First Flowering Plants 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z The rocks date to 125 to 130 million years ago, close to believed born-on date of flowering plants around 130 million to 210 million years ago. Were the First Flowers Aquarium Plants? 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z “We are going to create another kind of potato bun stuffed with white kidney bean paste and osmanthus,” says Chen Baohua, the company’s production director, referring to a flowering plant. In Latest Mash-Up, China Puts Spotlight on Spuds 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z The greatest biodiversity of flowering plants occurs in rain forests like Peru’s Tambopata National Reserve. Our Vanishing Flowers 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z Finding more fossils of aquatic flowering plants and placing those fossils in the family tree “will tell us whether the first angiosperms were aquatic or terrestrial.” World’s first flowers may have come from fresh water 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z This very early and inventive way for flowering plants to manage their reproduction so early in their evolution is impressive. Ancient Aquatic Flora Was Among the First Flowering Plants 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z At one point, based on DNA comparisons, Ceratophyllum, not Amborella, was considered to the be the earliest diverging living flowering plant, the scientists say. Were the First Flowers Aquarium Plants? 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z Khat: Africa Native to the Horn of Africa, khat is a flowering plant that in 1980 was classified by the World Health Organisation as a “drug of abuse.” It's not cocaine: what you need to know about the pope's coca drink 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z An estimated 68 percent of the world’s flowering plants are now threatened or endangered. Our Vanishing Flowers 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z This kinship with foxtail is intriguing, says Dilcher, because in the 1990s, foxtails were widely considered to be at the base of the flowering plants family tree. World’s first flowers may have come from fresh water 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z Montsechia places the Ceratophyllumlineage as one of the oldest of all the flowering plants and suggests that we need to reevaluate the nature of the evolution of the original angiosperm again. Ancient Aquatic Flora Was Among the First Flowering Plants 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z The magnolias are also still in the mix as very early flowering plants. Were the First Flowers Aquarium Plants? 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z They also sampled fish living in the underwater meadows of flowering plants. Call for more protection for seagrass meadows - BBC News 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z His team has previously shown that a transgenic version of the flowering plant Arabidopsis thaliana, which emits an alarm pheromone, is not protected against aphids3. GM wheat that emits pest alarm-signals fails in field trials 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z Provided with the right habitat - a variety of flowering plants that aren’t sprayed with pesticide - they’ll thrive in the ground or in holes in pieces of wood. California Editorial Roundup 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z Some thought they were mosses, some considered them to be conifers, but few recognized the fossils as flowering plants. Ancient Aquatic Flora Was Among the First Flowering Plants 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z According to the UN’s Food and Agricultural Organisation, about 80% of flowering plant species are pollinated by insects, as well as by birds and bats. Bees are worth billions to farmers across the globe, study suggests 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z June may be the best month for California lavender lovers, as festivals that celebrate the fragrant flowering plant abound during the next few weeks. Lavender harvest may also be a season of healing power 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z He says many research questions remain about which types of wild bees interact with which species of agricultural flowering plants — “And above all, why?” he asks. Wild bees: Lone rangers : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z A common flowering plant, Arabidopsis, hands down “memories” of recent temperatures to its seeds to prepare them for incoming spring weather conditions, a new study shows. Mother Plants Tell Their Seeds When to Sprout 2015-05-16T04:00:00Z This flowering plant didn’t display any of the showy blossoms we tend to associate with flowers. Ancient Aquatic Flora Was Among the First Flowering Plants 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z Impeccably maintained, it sports a similar rolling topography and variety of trees and flowering plants. Deal of the Week: Golf and gamble at Pearl River in Mississippi: The Loop 2013-10-16T04:00:00Z It contains a variety of flowering plants, hanging greenery and ornaments like the stainless steel daisy wedged into her cart. Herb festival soothes the tensions of modern life 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z But don’t rip out all flowering plants from your garden; they attract pollinators that are important for food cultivation. 6 Ways To Cut Your Water Usage With Your Fork 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z Researchers now believe that a mix of factors are combining to kill the bees, namely a lack of flowering plants due to monocrop agriculture, disease, parasites, and exposure to pesticides. Long-suspected pesticide is harming bumblebees 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z Pollen grains send many people into sneezing fits, but they are key to the reproduction of flowering plants. Science as art: Wellcome Image Awards 2015 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z “This is the golden time of flowering plants,” exults Munir Nasser, a professor of biochemistry at Birzeit University with a passion for local flora. The king of cauliflowers 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z Over time exotic animals like rats and mice and ornamental flowering plants and trees were introduced, and they played havoc with the native birds and other species. Helping an Island by Helping Hawks 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z Each combination of trace metals reflects the composition of certain soils: The elements were taken up by flowering plants and then foraged by bees. A Lab Is Trying to Keep China From Dodging U.S. Tariffs on Honey 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z He said 368 species in flower is an unprecedented 15% of the flowering plants in Britain and Ireland – an “amazing” total. Unusual number of UK flowers bloom 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z How did Antarctica descend to its current status, where it boasts no terrestrial vertebrates, no trees, few insects and just three flowering plant species? Strange Life in an Improbable Place 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z There were also about two extra sets' worth of mitochondrial genes from what appear to be parasitic flowering plants. Gene-Hoarding Shrub Puzzles Biologists 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z More than 600 miles north of Alaska, it harbors more than 150 species of brightly flowering plants. Warming Temperatures Threaten Fragile Balance in Canadian Arctic 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z There are more umbrella-shaded tables and benches, trellises covered with greenery and flowering plants, and a tiny outdoor bar with a trio of Maryland draft beers, usually from Evolution, Flying Dog or DuClaw. Take happy hour outdoors at Denizens, Republic and Piazza Beer Garden It is also known that flowering plants sailed majestically through the life-destroying asteroid impact at the end of the Cretaceous period, which did for the dinosaurs and many other animals. Double or quits 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z Each is about 4 feet wide, about 3 feet tall and filled with flowering plants and shrubs. Downtown Washington getting a makeover 2014-05-31T04:00:00Z But New York City is the native home to hundreds of species of flowering plant — from the delicate white starburst of a Canada mayflower to the pink-purple bravado of wild geranium. New York Today: Stalking the Urban Wildflower 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z The 1300-year big chill is known as the Younger Dryas, so called because of the sudden worldwide appearance of the cold-weather flowering plant Dryas octopetala. What Caused a 1300-Year Deep Freeze? 2014-05-12T04:00:00Z Ferns dominated the botanical world for hundreds of millions of years, between the Devonian, about 360m years ago, and the rise, about 120m years ago in the Cretaceous, of the flowering plants familiar today. Fern evolution: Time and chance 2014-04-14T15:19:24Z The phenomenon occurs in flowering plants that have been infected by a pathogen transmitted by the tiny insects called leafhoppers. Observatory: Zombies in the Garden, Killing Themselves Slowly 2014-04-14T20:43:59Z Roses were the primary flowering plant, but seasonal flowers were interspersed to add year-round color. Rachel Mellon, Heiress Known for Garden Designs, Is Dead at 103 2014-03-17T20:16:09Z Introduced carbon nanotubes found the chloroplasts in the leaves of an Arabidopsis thaliana, a small flowering plant often used in such studies. Bionic Plants Offer Superpowered Photosynthesis 2014-03-16T18:01:00Z It is thought to be one of the largest flowering plant families and contains around 25,000 species. Plant hunters' paradise at Kew 2014-02-07T12:16:12Z Found only on New Caledonia in the South Pacific, the Amborella plant is the only survivor in a lineage descending directly from the ancestor of all flowering plants. Observatory: On New Caledonia, a Lone Survivor 2013-12-23T23:31:52Z Orchids are one of the most diverse and widespread families of flowering plants, with Europe home to more than 300 species. Rare orchid rediscovered in Azores 2013-12-10T12:01:16Z The colourfully named bowles mauve everlasting wallflower was also very attractive to pollinators, while the least attractive flowering plant for insects was the very popular geranium. Bee-friendly plants put to the test 2013-10-17T04:12:46Z But pollinators are not the exclusive domain of the flowering plants. Are Cycads Social Plants? 2013-10-17T02:45:06.783Z Based on the increase in abundance and diversity of flowering plants during the Early Cretaceous period - approximately 140 million years ago - it has been assumed that they originated in this period. Earlier origin for flowering plants 2013-10-01T19:40:40Z Before European colonists brought the honeybee to America, native bees alone pollinated all the wild flowering plants and the crops grown by indigenous peoples. The Mind-Boggling Math of Migratory Beekeeping 2013-09-12T14:16:20.567Z For 24 hours, starting on Monday afternoon, a dozen experts in lichens, spiders, birds, fish, reptiles, mammals and flowering plants fanned out across the park in a so-called bioblitz. Canvassing Central Park and Finding New Tenants 2013-08-28T02:47:19Z The doubling of the genome to create polyploidy is common among land plants, and most major flowering plant lineages exhibit some history of genome duplication. [Report] Polyploids Exhibit Higher Potassium Uptake and Salinity Tolerance in Arabidopsis 2013-08-09T19:26:56.957Z Most flowering plants grow oil in their seeds as a way to supply their offspring with an energy supply. Looking at Oil Palm’s Genome for Keys to Productivity 2013-07-24T17:00:39Z He seemed particularly happy about toothwort, a flowering plant whose root has a horseradishlike bite. Foraging in Hong Kong With Denmark's Most Famous Chef 2013-07-11T13:54:44Z The team also cites evidence from other archaeological sites that some flowering plants were domesticated as early as 5,000 years ago, ostensibly as decoration. Saying it With Flowers—14,000 Years Ago 2013-07-01T22:56:25Z Like so many other things in the natural world, the late spring has also delayed flowering plants from blooming. 10 consequences of the late spring 2013-05-28T09:59:34Z The highest number of threatened species are found within the flowering plants but bees, flies, moths and butterflies each have more than 200 listed. 'Worrying declines' for UK species 2013-05-22T07:23:06Z In theory, it’s got eight copies of each gene, with respect to the two-copy ancestor of nearly all true or “eudicots“, a massive group of flowering plants. For Plants, Polyploidy Is Not a Four-Letter Word 2013-05-19T23:45:00.497Z In most land plants, including conifers and flowering plants, one of the plants is tiny, and frequently hidden inside its doppelganger. Mosses Make Two Different Plants From the Same Genome, and a Single Gene Can Make the Difference 2013-05-12T19:45:00.233Z By breaking in in this way, though, a bumblebee nullifies the 100m-year-old pact between flowering plants and insects: that the plant feeds the insect in exchange for the insect pollinating the plant. Entomology: Bad beehaviour 2013-04-25T15:03:50Z A naturally occurring substance in a flowering plant of the geranium family, there are plenty of endorsements online. How safe are running supplements? 2013-02-01T17:45:01Z Jensen and Zwieniecki considered only flowering plants, or angiosperms, such as maples and oaks, but not gymnosperms, such as pines and redwoods. Simple Physics May Limit the Size of Leaves 2013-01-04T17:10:00Z According to a report in Science Daily: Researchers compared the genome macrostructure for 157 gene families present both in conifers and flowering plants. Conifer genome constant for 100 million years 2012-12-13T22:09:00Z "We are talking about the loss of the biggest living organisms on the planet, of the largest flowering plants on the planet of organisms that play a key role in regulating and enriching our world." Green Blog: Mighty Old Trees Are Perishing Fast, Study Warns 2012-12-07T22:57:04Z If you are a plant, though, things look rather different—for from the point of view of some flowering plants many bumblebees are nothing more than thieves. Entomology: Bad beehaviour 2013-04-25T15:03:50Z Pandit’s ecological modelling suggests that, by 2025, this would reduce tree biodiversity in the region by more than one-third, and lead to the extinction of 22 flowering plants and 7 vertebrate taxa. Flood of protest hits Indian dams 2012-12-05T18:50:16.967Z Their mission: To collect as many species of flowering plants as possible and return to base camp before heavy afternoon rains swell the river to dangerous levels. Colombia's Cloud Forests Imperiled by Climate Change, Development 2012-12-05T15:17:01.767Z Overall, flowering plants—the angiosperms—were at greater risk than pine trees and their relatives—the gymnosperms. Trees Living on the Edge 2012-11-21T18:00:00Z Giant Eucalyptus Trees Earn Rain Forest Stripes Australia’s giant eucalyptus trees, the tallest flowering plants on earth, should be classified as a species of rain forest tree, a new study reports. Observatory: Giant Eucalyptus Trees E arn Rain Forest Stripes 2012-11-05T20:26:24Z The researchers returned to the lab for an experiment with one of B. stricta's closest cousins, Arabidopsis, a small flowering plant. Burn Notice: Mustard Species' Specialized Spices Keep Local Bugs at Bay 2012-08-30T21:45:06.873Z Lichens and flowering plants, some unique, such as the recently discovered Pankhurt's dandelion, exist at the absolute limits of tolerance and support feral Soay sheep, living relics of domestic livestock from the Iron Age. Vision set out for remote isles 2012-08-29T00:27:30Z When flowering plants entered the scene, these mites shifted their feeding habits, and today, only 3 percent of the species live on conifers. Amber drops yield ancient mites 2012-08-28T14:55:43Z Their presence in 230-million-year-old amber, researchers say, shows for the first time that mites evolved long before the appearance of flowering plants. ScienceShot:Ancient Insects Trapped in Time 2012-08-27T20:05:35Z They pollinate a breathtaking number of flowering plants. Why Bats Are So Misunderstood 2012-08-10T12:00:14Z They wondered if chemical signals or scents are involved as they are for flowering plants. Moss Sex Driven By Scent 2012-07-18T19:11:43Z I photographed at least 15 species of flowering plant which include some very attractive saxifrages and wintergreens. Operation Iceberg diary: Part 1 2012-07-11T08:54:55Z The Eurasian flowering plant Scabiosa columbaria develops severe health problems from inbreeding. Inbreeding's Downside Is Not All in the Genes 2012-07-11T00:20:00Z Cast: An elderly gentleman and a better-than-middle-aged gentleman deeply engrossed in choosing the perfect potted flowering plant. City Room: Metropolitan Diary: An Annual Father-Son Conversation for Mother's Day 2012-05-11T13:16:03Z Tulip trees belong to the magnolia family, among the earliest flowering plant groups, one that dates to the time of dinosaurs and ferns. City Room: Spring Time: After a Storm, Gifts on the Forest Floor 2012-05-10T16:57:38Z In flowering plants, the gametophyte usually doesn’t exceed a handful of cells. Ferns, Secret Ninja Ferns, and their Alluring Asexual Bits 2012-05-07T11:15:00.827Z There are a great many species of flowering plants that are common in the larger island but unknown in the smaller one except in gardens. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z There are 456 species of indigenous flowering plants, besides many which have been introduced. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z A genus of ericaceous flowering plants of northern climates, of which the original species was found growing on a rock surrounded by water. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z Sweet-scented shrubs and flowering plants are rooted in the crannies of the limestone, and next the path leads under an old gatehouse, spanning the whole width of the ground between precipice above and abyss below. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z I cannot doubt that the first gardens that our foremothers had, which were wholly of flowering plants, were front yards, little enclosures hard won from the forest. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z Layer the tops of chrysanthemums, to obtain dwarf flowering plants. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z Additions were made to their flowering plants, and up to this date twenty-two varieties had been found. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z The pistillidium or female organ in the higher cryptogamic plants, corresponding to the pistil in flowering plants. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z In North America they comprise about one sixth of all the flowering plants. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z It will be noticed that only Puccoon, Cohosh, Pipsissewa, Hackmatack, and Yucca are names of flowering plants; of these Yucca is the only one generally known. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z The great object must be to exhibit to advantage the graceful forms and glorious hues of flowering plants and shrubs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z Cyclamen is a favourite winter and spring flowering plant. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z Spore, spōr, n. the reproductive body in flowerless plants like the fern, analogous to the seeds of ordinary flowering plants, but containing no embryo: a germ, a seed, a source of being generally.—adjs. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z After passing a huge gateway, I entered a large courtyard, which was ornamented with big, flowering plants and Indian laurels. Donahoe's Magazine, Volume XV, No. 3 Volume XV (Jan 1886-Jul 1886) 2012-01-23T03:00:12.223Z CRUCIFERAE, or Crucifer family, a natural order of flowering plants, which derives its name from the cruciform arrangement of the four petals of the flower. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" 2012-01-22T03:00:24.397Z Some of the species look more like lichens than flowering plants. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z It is laid down with matting and rugs, and standing here and there are flowering plants and two fine araucarias. Notable Women Authors of the Day Biographical Sketches 2012-01-19T03:00:21.017Z But Giotto does not forget to place a flowering plant in the balcony just as the peasants have always done in his mountain home. The Story of Assisi 2012-01-14T03:00:18.710Z Milk′-weed, a general name for plants of the genus Asclepias, from their milky juice; Milk′-wort, a genus of handsome flowering plants, containing a milk-like juice.—adj. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z We are producers of vegetables, seasonal flowering plants and outdoor plants. Qatar's next big purchase: a farming sector 2012-01-06T20:55:15Z The Pruning of flowering plants is generally a much lighter matter than the pruning of fruit trees. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z There are but few of our flowering plants that grow so widespread over the world. Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. 2011-12-26T03:00:15.410Z In the more heterogeneous structure of the wood and in the possession of true vessels the Gnetales agree closely with the higher flowering plants. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z The Oldest Buttercup Yet Darwin called the origin of flowering plants an "abominable mystery." The Year in Pictures 2011-12-22T19:11:37Z Darwin called it the “abominable mystery”: the reason for a sudden explosion of diverse flowering plants in the fossil record. Green Blog: The Tree of Life Gets a Makeover 2011-12-19T21:11:21Z Some of the most beautiful of hardy flowering plants belong to this class. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z In the south, in the Julianehaab district, even flowering plants, such as aster, nemophilia and mignonette, are cultivated, and broccoli, spinach, sorrel, chervil, parsley, rhubarb, turnips, lettuce, radishes grow well. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z Grass stems are not like the stems of flowering plants or vines. Text Books of Art Education, Book IV (of 7) 2011-11-29T03:00:14.593Z The wing in which the family lived had been surrounded with flowering plants and shrubbery. The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence 2011-11-28T03:00:23.427Z As a musician might say, every natural group of flowering plants is a sort of visible fugue, wandering about a central theme which is never forsaken, however it may, momentarily, cease to be apparent. Aphorisms and Reflections from the Works of T. H. Huxley 2011-11-24T03:00:46.350Z In some genera of flowering plants, and notably in Bryophyllum, little plants form on various parts of the leaves. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z Large stoneware flower-pots and pedestals can be purchased in Manila, and no more suitable ornament can be found than handsome palms, ferns, or flowering plants, for halls, corridors, or reception rooms. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z It had the aspect of a bourgeois residence; the shutters were painted green, there was a pretty gate, and flowering plants were in profusion on all sides. San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z It is one of the largest and most widespread and, from an economic point of view, the most important family of flowering plants. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z By way of it, human personality resembles a mystical flowering plant that breathes and feels and moves; and a fruiting plant that reproduces. Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z Pelargoniums, pinks, monthly roses and all the half-hardy kinds of flowering plants should be planted early, but coleus, heliotrope and the more tender plants should be delayed until the end of the month. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z Through the rejas across the doorways you obtain glimpses of trim little patios, bedecked with flowering plants. Southern Spain 2011-11-11T03:00:28.423Z Over 700 distinct species of flowering plants have been collected within the park, and doubtless many more await discovery and identification by the careful student. Rocky Mountain [Colorado] National Park 2011-11-05T02:00:11.333Z Distribution.—Grasses are the most universally diffused of all flowering plants. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z On the hillsides are a great variety of flowering plants indigenous to the soil, which blossom at different times of the year. The South Isles of Aran 2011-10-26T02:00:28.363Z The railway, already overtaken by small trees, flowering plants and tall grasses waving in the wind, resembles a meadow weaving among a series of huge old buildings — some redeveloped, some vacant. NYC skyline park inspires ideas for new life for old viaduct blighting Philly?s ?eraserhood? 2011-10-17T13:21:59Z From his father, the pastor of the church at Femsj�, he early acquired an extensive knowledge of flowering plants. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z In this cabinet, filled with many different flowering plants, and with windows wide open to the garden, sat the king at a square writing-table. For Sceptre and Crown, Vol. I (of II) A Romance of the Present Time 2011-10-13T02:00:45.883Z The only genus of flowering plants peculiar to the arctic regions is the beautiful and rare grass Pleuropogon Sabinii, of Melville Island. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z This is proved by several of our flowering plants that have been wonderfully varied by ingenious crossing of different species. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z Shrubs and flowering plants stood in great vases of stone, screening the enclosure from the eyes of the curious. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z Near its center, hidden from prying eyes among palms and flowering plants, they found Mr. Melville's son stretched out on a bench. The Secret Toll 2011-09-12T02:00:26.853Z It is a curious fact, in this connection, that many of the flowering plants have contrivances which guard them from the approach of ants. The Relations of Science and Religion The Morse Lecture, 1880 2011-09-11T02:00:11.613Z Owing to its early blooming, it is of course a great favourite with other early flowering plants. Beautiful Bulbous Plants For the Open Air 2011-09-10T02:00:24.197Z Hybrids are, however, very frequently produced by art, and particularly among our flowering plants, under the hands of ingenious gardeners. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z Shrubs and flowering plants partly hid the marble columns. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z The broad staircase made a great bend, and in the angle was a high window, looking westward, with a deep bench, covered with a row of flowering plants in curious old pots of blue China-ware. Henry James 2011-09-05T02:00:22.877Z This original or primordial form of vitalising agency is carried from one part of the flower to another, and this transference is the law regulating the propagation of flowering plants. The Relations of Science and Religion The Morse Lecture, 1880 2011-09-11T02:00:11.613Z The children of the big stone houses can play in inner courtyards among flowering plants and fountains. Little Folks of North America Stories about children living in the different parts of North America 2011-09-01T02:00:19.377Z More than 1,500 species of ferns and flowering plants are thought to occur in Las Orquídeas National Park, but many of the known species are inadequately documented. Scientist at Work Blog: Discovery and Conservation of Plants 2011-08-25T21:56:03Z Halidrys siliquosa is remarkable for its spore receptacles, which have quite the appearance of the seed vessel of a flowering plant. Sea-Weeds, Shells and Fossils 2011-08-20T02:00:11.557Z The dust-like pollen flying from the shaken grasses and the flowering plants got inside their nostrils and on the roofs of their mouths and in their throats, causing an unbearable thirst and tickling. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z The new reserves include the Styx Valley, home to some of the world's tallest flowering plants. Historic Tasmania forestry deal 2011-08-08T06:43:23Z One pretty lake of considerable size contains three or four small islands, covered with flowering plants, while on the shore are pretty summer houses and inviting arbors. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z "It is an interesting example of the ongoing coevolution of flowering plants and their animal pollinators," he says. How to Invite Bats for Dinner 2011-07-28T19:00:00Z The river now flowed along, glittering in the bright sunlight, between banks covered with flowering plants. The Romance of Polar Exploration Interesting Descriptions of Arctic and Antarctic Adventure from the Earliest Time to the Voyage of the ?Discovery? 2011-07-22T02:00:16.487Z Potato belongs to the asterid clade of eudicot plants that represents ~25% of flowering plant species and from which a complete genome sequence has not yet, to our knowledge, been published. Genome sequence and analysis of the tuber crop potato 2011-07-13T17:21:42.673Z On the Southern side the river Pichinango did the same, the woods which bordered its banks being even more beautiful, hung with creepers and flowering plants, the river winding peacefully in between. Blanco y Colorado Old Days among the Gauchos of Uruguay 2011-06-28T02:00:11.447Z Bee diversity—the number of different kinds of bees—was higher in areas with less tree canopy, but with a higher diversity of flowering plants and an abundance of nesting resources, such as woody debris. Picky Pollinators 2011-06-23T14:39:00Z They saw 12 different species of songbird drinking nectar from the flowering plants there. Energy drink 2011-06-20T09:30:16Z It is surprising what a tiny bit of Phlox will make a strong flowering plant in one season. Wood and Garden Notes and thoughts, practical and critical, of a working amateur 2011-06-02T02:00:22.983Z The higher cryptogams or flowerless plants are found to be at one in their structure and functions with the lower phsenogams or flowering plants. The Gospel Of Evolution From "The Atheistic Platform", Twelve Lectures 2011-05-31T02:00:36.420Z Seagrasses are flowering plants that grow on the ocean floor. Seagrasses face extinction threat 2011-05-23T08:18:47Z But their work shows that even after flowering plants evolved, it took some time before they developed the efficient plumbing systems that would allow them to develop into giant life-forms like tropical trees. First Rainforests Arose When Plants Solved Plumbing Problem 2011-05-05T15:53:00Z The luxuriant flowering plants spring 68 into existence as if by magic as soon as the winter's snow melts, and under the warmth and light of the nightless arctic summer grow with wonderful rapidity. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z The rapidity and vigour of the four months' growth from bulb to giant flowering plant is very remarkable. Wood and Garden Notes and thoughts, practical and critical, of a working amateur 2011-06-02T02:00:22.983Z And under all these grew many good herbs and beautiful flowering plants. A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead 2011-05-03T02:00:17.413Z A garden of old urns and ancient growths, Some flowering plants around the wall. Domesday Book 2011-04-30T02:00:13.397Z The first jump—when the vein density in fossil leaves of flowering plants first exceeded vein density in the leaves of flowerless plants—took place approximately one hundred million years ago. First Rainforests Arose When Plants Solved Plumbing Problem 2011-05-05T15:53:00Z They represent rude, primitive types of vegetation; they are the earliest specimens of Nature's effort to produce flowering plants. True and Other Stories 2011-04-26T02:00:27.117Z In places, often nearly concealed by flowering plants, were little houses,—lovers' nooks they are called,—made also of trained arbor vit�. Final Proof or the Value of Evidence 2011-04-20T02:00:19.580Z Literally the word signified “life,” and was symbolised in the primitive picture-writing of the country by a flowering plant. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z The Barcode Wales project will aim to catalogue all 1,143 species of native flowering plant based on each plant's unique gene sequence. Wales to DNA 'barcode' plants 2011-04-07T07:00:19Z Among the species were rice and sorghum, which represent one modern group of flowering plants called the monocots. Double the Genes, Double the Flora 2011-04-10T18:00:00Z Wales is set to be the first country to produce a DNA barcode for every one of its native flowering plants, scientists claim. Wales to DNA 'barcode' plants 2011-04-07T07:00:19Z Darwin called the origin of flowering plants an "abominable mystery." ScienceShot: The Oldest Buttercup Yet 2011-03-30T18:04:28Z On each side of the graveled path down the center were flowering plants, like great bouquets each. Home Fires in France 2011-03-22T02:00:24.093Z Declines in flowering plants, a spread of parasites, use of pesticides or air pollution were among more than a dozen factors behind recent collapses of bee colonies mainly in North America and Europe, the U.N. Bee deaths may signal wider pollination threat: U.N. 2011-03-10T20:39:46Z There were now palmlike cycads and many tropical conifers, though as yet there were no flowering plants and no grasses. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z All the useful woods are to be found in the highest sub-kingdom of the plant world, the flowering plants or Phanerogamia of the botanist. Wood and Forest 2011-03-01T03:00:42.647Z Now they routinely live, because of drugs developed from the Madagascar rosy periwinkle, a flowering plant. Specimens: How Species Save Our Lives 2011-02-28T12:46:50Z It supposes that law produces at once a vertebral animal and a flowering plant; for the first, certainly, we find in the very lowest of the fossiliferous rocks. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z “Plenty,” answered Dorothy; “and by this time next year I hope we’ll have a little hot-house of our own so that we can have flowering plants all winter, but I like other things, too.” Ethel Morton at Sweetbriar Lodge 2011-02-24T03:01:03.877Z There were a few pictures on the walls, and a statuette of white marble peeped forth from a group of flowering plants that perfumed the air. The Alpine Fay A Romance 2011-02-11T03:00:27.700Z Orchids are among the most successful flowering plants, with more than 22,000 species around the world. Orchids Share Pollinators But Guard Their Fungi 2011-02-03T16:45:02.400Z One day a certain Jugi came to him, and said, “Oh! raja, if you fill your garden with all kinds of flowering plants, your whole city will appear enchanting.” Santal Folk Tales 2011-01-26T03:00:24.700Z |
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