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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 (7 items)
Vascular plants (8 items)
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Biological resource status and trends: Contaminants in plants [New Window]
Information concerning status and trends of biological resources, focusing on contaminants in plants
Biological resource status and trends: Nonvascular plants [New Window]
Information concerning status and trends of biological resources, focusing on nonvascular plants such as mosses and algae
Biological resource status and trends: Plants [New Window]
Information concerning status and trends of biological resources, focusing on Plants
Nonindigenous Plants and Animals Program [New Window]
Brief descriptions of programs of research on aquatic nonindigenous plants and animals at the Florida Integrated Science Center with links to descriptions, videos, posters, and reports on various exotic plant and animals species.
Biological resource status and trends: Forbs [New Window]
Information concerning status and trends of biological resources, focusing on forbs, herbaceous flowering plants that are not grasses, such as clover, sunflower, and milkweed
Biological resource status and trends: Grasses [New Window]
Information concerning status and trends of biological resources, focusing on grasses
Biological resource status and trends: Shrubs [New Window]
Information concerning status and trends of biological resources, focusing on shrubs
Biological resource status and trends: Trees [New Window]
Information concerning status and trends of biological resources, focusing on trees
Biological soil crusts [New Window]
Explains biological soil crusts, organism-produced soil formations commonly found in semiarid and arid environments, with special reference to their biological composition, physical characteristics, and ecological significance.
PDF Biological soil crusts: webs of life in the desert [New Window]
Fact sheet on the need to protect biological soil crusts in the desert. These crusts are most of the soil surface in deserts not covered by green plants and are inhabited by cyanobacterium (blue-green algae) and other organisms useful to the ecosystem.
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