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Plant Adaptations

Watch to see how plants are superheroes at adapting to their surroundings.

Cartoon image of an anthropomorphized tree and acorn both wearing gloves and flowing red capes, like superheroes

How Do Oak Trees Adapt? | Plant Adaptations

cartoon illustration of a watering can watering a plant

How Do Plants Find Water? | Plant Adaptations

collage illustration of a carnivorous plant venus flytrap

Carnivorous Plants and Their Traps | Plant Adaptations

cartoon illustration of an anthropomorphized carrot wearing boxing gloves, boots and a sweatband as it punches the air.

How Do Plants Protect Themselves? | Plant Adaptations

cartoon illustration of an anthropomorphized acorn wearing a thong, wide-brimmed hat and sunglasses.

How Do Plants Get Light? | Plant Adaptations

Botany Basics

Discover mushroom magic, understand photosynthesis, learn what makes good soil, and see how plants breathe.

cartoon image of an anthropomorphic acorn wearing a lab coat. he is surrounded by many different kinds of mushrooms.

What Are Mushrooms? | Botany Basics

cartoon of a worm moving through soil

Soil: A Perfect Recipe | Botany Basics

cartoon of a plant with the sun's light shining upon it.

How Do Plants Make Food? | Botany Basics

cartoon of different leaves showing how plants breathe in carbon dioxide (labeled) and breathe out oxygen (labeled)

How Do Plants Breathe? | Botany Basics

Botanical Relationships

Discover how plants and animals work together to grow and thrive.

photo illustration of children enjoying looking at plants in a garden

Botanical Buddies | Botanical Relationships

Illustration of a bee pollinating a pink flower.

How Are Plants Pollinated? | Botanical Relationships

digital illustration of animal pollinators including birds, rabbits, and mice, with flowers and seeds

What Is Seed Dispersal? | Botanical Relationships

digital illustration of a compost pile with visible scraps of fruits and vegetables

What Is Compost? | Botanical Relationships

Plants and People

See how people interact with plants to create medicine, color our world, and make our food better.

digtial illustration of a pharmacy's shelves full of medication next to fruits and veggies

Medicinal Plants | Plants and People

Cartoon showing domesticated and wild varieties of corn plants.

How Do Farmers Make Our Food Better? | Plants and People

digital illustration of anthropomorphized acorn smiling, surrounded by colorful plants and fruits

How Plants Color Your World | Plants and People

digital illustration of vegetables like bell peppers, eggplant, broccoli and beets.

What Parts of a Plant Can We Eat? | Plants and People

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collage image illustration featuring a cartoon acorn along with several plants, including a tree, cactus and carrot.

All About Plants

planted in rocky soil, a spherical green agave plant with white tips is displayed next to its plant label, which shows its common name, scientific name, native range, family, and accession number.

How Are Plants Named?

View of cacti in the Desert Garden. Species include Euphorbia xantii and Pachycereus pringlei.

Plant Adaptations to Dry Environments

glass greenhouse conservatory building ceiling filled with leafy green plants.

Plant Adaptations to Environments with Abundant Water