> yeast plants > > Yeast plants are growing in the dough this baker is mixing. The small > photo shows how growing yeast cells look under a microscope. If it weren't for a plant called yeast, we...
Strange and Surprising Plants
If you think that all plants are green, have leaves, and grow in the ground, you're in for a surprise. Some plants are white, orange, or even purple, instead of green. Some plants grow on bread,...
Plants that like it hot and dry
Desert plants are able to live without much water. A desert seems like a bad place for plants. In most deserts, the sun is burning hot, and there's little water. Yet, many plants do live in...
Plants of the northern forest community
Most trees in the northern \< forest are conifers---trees that have cones. > Plants of the northern forest community > bunchberry Life in the northern forest Evergreen trees grow close...
Underwater forests and meadows
> ocean community Most ocean plants live in shallow water where they can get plenty of sunlight. Some plants live only in the salty water of the ocean. These plants live together in strange...
Plants of ponds, lakes, and rivers
Life in ponds, lakes, and rivers Plants that grow in and around ponds, lakes, and rivers give food and shelter to many animals. Grebes and other water birds use these plants to make nests....
Plants that like wet feet
Cats don't like wet feet. But the plants called cattails do. And so do many other kinds of plants. So these plants often live together in ponds, lakes, and rivers. Cattails, bulrushes, and bur reeds...
Plants of the grassland community
> Grasses and small plants with white or colored flowers are neighbors > in a grassland. or bushes grow on a grassland, but there are many small plants with white or colored flowers. Big herds of...
Where the plants change their clothes
Do the trees where you live change their clothes during the year? Do they wear light green buds in the springtime, dark green leaves in the summer, and beautiful reds, golds, and purples in the fall?...
Nature’s Neighbors
Do you know that plants live in communities just as people clo? A forest is a plant community of many trees. A pond is a community of many water plants. Prairies, deserts, and oceans are plant...