Botany Articles

• Botany
  Endangered Plants
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  Botany

  Botany is the scientific study of plant life. Virtually all of the food we eat comes from plants, either directly from staple foods and other fruit and vegetables, or indirectly through livestock, ... > more
• Botany
  Endangered Plants
  Mating and Breeding
  Nature
  Pests and Parasites
  Seeds
   
  

  Plant sexuality

  Plant sexuality deals with the wide variety of sexual reproduction systems found across the plant kingdom. This article describes morphological aspects of sexual reproduction of plants. That plants ... > more
• Exotic Species
  Invasive Species
  Botany
  Endangered Plants
  Seeds
  Nature
   
  

  Purple loosestrife

  Purple loosestrife is a semi-aquatic herbaceous plant belonging to the loosestrife family, Lythraceae, native to the wetlands of Eurasia. It is a herbaceous perennial plant, growing 1-2 m tall, ... > more
• Invasive Species
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Frogs and Reptiles
  Veterinary Medicine
  Sports Medicine
   
  

  Poison ivy

  Poison ivy is a woody vine that is well-known for its ability to produce urushiol, a skin irritant which for most people will cause an agonizing, itching rash. Poison ivy grows vigorously throughout ... > more
• Trees
  Botany
  Sports Medicine
  Invasive Species
  Nature
  Healthy Aging
   
  

  Olive

  The Olive has been used since ancient times for the making of olive oil and for eating of the fruit, which, being bitter in its natural state, are typically subjected to fermentation or cured with ... > more
• Seeds
  Food
  Trees
  Botany
  Agriculture and Food
  Endangered Plants
   
  

  Nut (fruit)

  A nut in botany is a simple dry fruit with one seed (rarely two) in which the ovary wall becomes very hard at maturity, and where the seed remains unattached or unfused with the ovary ... > more
• Trees
  Botany
  New Species
  Nature
  Invasive Species
  Endangered Plants
   
  

  Maple

  Maples are trees or shrubs in the genus Acer. There are approximately 125 species, most of which are native to Asia, but several species also occur in Europe, northern Africa, and North America. ... > more
• Forest
  Rainforests
  Grassland
  Trees
  Botany
  Biodiversity
   
  

  Savanna

  A savanna or savannah is a grassland with widely spaced trees, and occurs in several types of biomes. In savannas, grasses and trees are co-dominant vegetation types, with trees and grasses often ... > more
• Nutrition
  Botany
  Food
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Sports Medicine
   
  

  Leaf vegetable

  Leaf vegetables, also called potherbs, greens, or leafy greens, are plant leaves eaten as a vegetable, sometimes accompanied by tender petioles and shoots. Although they come from a very wide variety ... > more
• Fungus
  Microbes and More
  Microbiology
  Pests and Parasites
  Botany
  Seeds
   
  

  Spore

  In biology, a spore is a reproductive structure that is adapted for dispersion and surviving for extended periods of time in unfavorable conditions. Spores form part of the life cycles of many ... > more

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