> Jack-in-the-pulpit It's easy to see how this little plant got its name. It looks like a little man in a pulpit, ready to give a sermon. It's called Jack-in-the-pulpit because "Jack" is another...
A tall plant with tasty seeds
Sunflowers are big plants with thick, hairy stems and big, heart-shaped leaves. Sunflower blossoms are often as big as dinner plates, and sunflowers sometimes grow twice as tall as a tall man. ...
The lion’s tooth
Dandelions are good to eat! For years, people in different parts of the world have eaten the young, spring leaves of dandelions. Some people boil them and eat them with salt and pepper. Some people...
Weeds and Wild Flowers
Queen Anne's Lace in frilly white, Dandelions gold, Stalwart, seedy plantain spears: These are weeds I'm told. Though many folks may call them weeds And weeds they well may be, I stand and stand...
The cushion plant
> cushion plant In New Zealand, there grows a plant that looks like a cushion made of white sheep's wool. It's called a cushion plant. And sometimes it's called a vegetable sheep. A cushion plant...
The oldest living tree
If trees had birthday parties, there's one tree in the United States that would need more than 4,000 candles on its birthday cake! Trees live much longer than people or animals do. A big oak tree,...
The biggest living things
The blue whale is the largest animal that has ever lived---bigger than an elephant, bigger than the biggest dinosaur. But even the blue whale isn't the largest living thing on earth. Trees are. And...
Odd and unusual trees
The world is full of unusual trees. One tree has fruits that look like big sausages hanging from its branches. Another tree looks a little like a giant umbrella. Still another tree looks somewhat...
Vampire plants
Some plants live like vampires. They fasten themselves to other plants and suck food and water out of them I When a plant called a dodder sprouts from the ground, it stretches out toward the...
Plants that climb
If a green plant doesn't get enough sunlight, it will die. The best way for a plant to get lots of sunlight is to grow tall. But if a plant with a very thin stem grows too tall, it will just topple...