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Plants (organisms)

Organisms which belong to the plant kingdom. Commonly multicellular, they produce food through photosynthesis.

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Nonvascular plants (6 items)
Vascular plants (10 items)

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The saga of leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula) in the northern Great Plains [More info]: Explains why this invasive plant is successful in taking over land in many northern states, and what might be done to impede its dominance.
USGS-National Park Service (NPS) Vegetation Mapping Program [More info]: The USGS-NPS Vegetation Mapping Program is a cooperative effort with the National Park Service (NPS) to classify, describe, and map vegetation communities in over 270 U.S. national park units with links to overview, standards, products, and applications.
Using observed warming to identify hazards to Mozambique maize production [More info]: Over 30 years of substantial warming, the timing of life cycle events in maize here has changed, threatening the crop yield by exposing the plant at sensitive phases in its life cycle to increased heat and drought, and lowering the weight of its grains.
Vegetation sampling and classification of Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Cades Cove and Mount Le Conte quadrangles): final report [More info]: Report of a pilot study to classify vegetation communities in parts of the Smoky Mountains National Park by sampling vegetation in selected areas with information on field methods and data analysis and lists of communities identified.

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