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Norway maple paper birch red maple Dispersal of several types of seeds.
The differences between monocots and eudicots explained
Quizzes
Spreading oak tree in summer. (green, leaves, deciduous, shade)
Trees: Giants Holding the Sky
Field of baobab trees, Madagascar. (bottle tree)
Trees of the World
Venus's-flytrap. Venus's-flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) one of the best known of the meat-eating plants. Carnivorous plant, Venus flytrap, Venus fly trap
Plants: From Cute to Carnivorous
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Plant seedlings emerging from rich fertile soil
Do Plants Feel Pain?
Flower bingo
Britannica’s Flower Bingo
Dandelion with seeds blowing in the wind. Seed dispersion.
Falling Far from the Tree: 7 Brilliant Ways Seeds and Fruits Are Dispersed
Zoomed in photo of a pile of sugar cubes in a wooden stop on a wooden table.
What’s the Difference Between Sugar in Fruit and Sugar in Sweets and Candy?
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Chinese pictograph, calligraphy tablet of Huang Tingjian, a famous calligrapher in Ancient Song Dynasty. The background of Chinese cultural elements.
The World’s 5 Most Commonly Used Writing Systems
Submerged sperm whale off east Sri Lanka coast, mammal
How Did the Sperm Whale Get Its Name?
Artist interpretation of a Space meteoroid impact. Meteor impact. Asteroid, End of the world, danger, destruction, dinosaur extinct, Judgement Day, Planet Earth, Doomsday Predictions, comet
10 Failed Doomsday Predictions
Mona Lisa, oil on wood panel by Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1503-06; in the Louvre, Paris, France. 77 x 53 cm.
Why Is the Mona Lisa So Famous?
The Colosseum, Rome, Italy. Giant amphitheatre built in Rome under the Flavian emperors. (ancient architecture; architectural ruins)
New Seven Wonders of the World
Agnes with a lamb near her feet. St. Agnes (Saint Agnes) design drawing for stained glass window by J&R Lamb Studios, ink, mount size 10.5 x 14.5 in.
Roman Catholic Saints
Statue of Nostradamus
Nostradamus and His Prophecies

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Also Known As Acer

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Norway maple
paper birch
red maple
Dispersal of several types of seeds.
The differences between monocots and eudicots explained
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Pierre Dansereau
Canadian plant ecologist

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Venus's-flytrap. Venus's-flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) one of the best known of the meat-eating plants. Carnivorous plant, Venus flytrap, Venus fly trap
Plants: From Cute to Carnivorous
Field of baobab trees, Madagascar. (bottle tree)
Trees of the World
Spreading oak tree in summer. (green, leaves, deciduous, shade)
Trees: Giants Holding the Sky
List
Dandelion with seeds blowing in the wind. Seed dispersion.
Falling Far from the Tree: 7 Brilliant Ways Seeds and Fruits Are Dispersed
Demystified
Plant seedlings emerging from rich fertile soil
Do Plants Feel Pain?