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• Agriculture and Food
  Food and Agriculture
  Earth Science
  Geography
  Soil Types
  Sustainability
   

  Monoculture

  Monoculture describes systems that have very low diversity. In agriculture, "monoculture" describes the practice of relying on a very small number of genetic variants, or cultivars of a food crop for ... > 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
• Pregnancy and Childbirth
  Developmental Biology
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Birth Defects
  Sports Medicine
   
  

  Embryo

  In organisms that reproduce sexually, once a sperm fertilizes an egg cell, the result is a cell called the zygote that has all the DNA of two parents. In plants, animals, and some protists, the ... > more
• Organic
  Ecology Research
  Wild Animals
  Frogs and Reptiles
  Endangered Plants
  Nature
   
  

  Wildlife gardening

  Wildlife gardening is a school of gardening that is aimed at creating an environment that is attractive to various forms of wildlife such as birds, amphibians, reptiles, insects, mammals and so on. A ... > more
• Food and Agriculture
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Sports Medicine
  Nutrition
  Endangered Plants
   
  

  Potato

  The potato is a perennial plant of the Solanaceae, or nightshade, family, grown for its starchy tuber. Potato plants have a low-growing habit and bear white to purple flowers with yellow stamens. In ... > more
• Exotic Species
  Invasive Species
  Botany
  Endangered Plants
  Nature
  Trees
   
  

  Kudzu

  Kudzu is a climbing, woody or semi-woody, perennial vine capable of reaching heights of 20 - 30 m (66 - 98 ft) in trees, but also scrambles extensively over lower vegetation. Kudzu is sometimes ... > more
• Trees
  Botany
  Nature
  Invasive Species
  Seeds
  New Species
   
  

  Sequoiadendron

  Giant Sequoia is the world's largest tree in terms of total volume. They grow to an average height of 50-85 m (150-280 ft) and 5-7 m (16-23 ft) in diameter. Record trees have been reported to be 93.6 ... > more
• Invasive Species
  Botany
  Trees
  Endangered Plants
  New Species
  Nature
   
  

  Ivy

  Hedera (English ivy) is a genus of about ten species of climbing or ground-creeping evergreen woody plants in the family Araliaceae, native to the Atlantic Islands, western, central and southern ... > more
• Trees
  Invasive Species
  Botany
  Frogs and Reptiles
  Veterinary Medicine
  Nature
   
  

  Toxicodendron

  Toxicodendron is a small genus of woody trees, shrubs and vines, all of which produce the skin-irritating oil urushiol, which can cause a severe allergic reaction; hence the scientific name which ... > more
• Sports Medicine
  Nutrition
  Seeds
  Trees
  Healthy Aging
  Food
   
  

  Pomegranate

  The Pomegranate, Punica granatum, is a species of fruit-bearing deciduous shrub or small tree growing to 5-8 m tall. Pomegranates are high in polyphenols. The most abundant polyphenols in pomegranate ... > more

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