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The Fabulous Plant Kingdom
« on: June 03, 2022, 04:15:45 pm »
THE TALLEST TREES IN THE 🌎 WORLD


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Meet the tallest trees in the world. These trees managed to be the biggest with the passage of time because many of them are hundreds of years old.

-Swamp gum
This tree inhabits naturally in the Southeast of Australia, in zones around 3280 feet above sea level with frequent rains.

-Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens)
It is a very large tree, which can easily exceed 350 feet in height. The highest recorded tree, the Hyperion is 389 feet. Located in Redwood National Park, in California. It was discovered in 2006 by hikers Chris Atkins and Michael Taylor. The exact location of the Hyperion is not known, however. 🦉 Scientists are keeping the location of Hyperion secret in order to protect it. 👍

Hyperion

Coast redwoods grow mostly in California and California's forests and state parks are believed to be home to the largest trees in the world. Another redwood, Del Norte Titan, is located in Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park in California. This tree is so large that if the tree were to be cut into planks, it could build 120 houses.

-Douglas Fir
It is the third largest tree in the world. Its maximum height is 327 feet tall, which is equivalent to a building of more than 33 floors.

-Sitka spruce Sitka 🌲 spruce trees have have NO knots! They make violins and guitars from them for that reason. It is the third largest conifer in the world. Its name comes from the town of Sitka, in Alaska.

-Giant sequoia
This tree can grow up to 314 feet in height. That is, twice the height of the Roman Coliseum.

-Yellow Meranti
It is the highest tropical tree in the world.

-Manna gum
The highest specimen of this tree lives in the Evercreech Reserve in Tasmania and measures 299 feet in height.

-Tasmanian Blue gum
Also known as Blue Eucalyptus or White Eucalyptus. This tree is native to Southeast Australia.

-Australian Alpine Ash
It has a straight and gray trunk tree whose highest measured specimen has a trunk diameter of 10 feet and 288 feet tall, which makes it as tall as the Capitol in Washington DC.

-Tasmanian oak
It is also known as Australian oak. The tallest specimen of this tree is called King Stringy, and it is, what a coincidence ... in Tasmania.

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AGelbert NOTE: More about trees and plants:

Plants absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen during the day, and absorb oxygen and release carbon dioxide at night. They release far more oxygen than they absorb.

The origin of the word "tree" is "tre" from Old English. "Forest" comes from the old French word "foresta" which meant "woodland."

Two mature trees produce enough oxygen to fulfill the annual oxygen needs of four people.
 

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The secret lives of plants 🤠
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The secret lives of plants
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Jun 8 2022 By Ella Ruehsen

Federally threatened orchid rediscovered in Vermont, thanks to a smartphone app

A small whorled pogonia blooms on Winooski Valley Park District conservation land. Vermont Fish & Wildlife photo courtesy of John Gange

SNIPPET:

This species is the only one of the three that’s historical, meaning it went missing in Vermont for more than 25 years — or in this case, for 120.

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https://vtdigger.org/2022/06/08/federally-threatened-orchid-rediscovered-in-vermont-thanks-to-a-mobile-phone-app/
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Biology Helps Us Understand the Blessing of Grasses
« Reply #3 on: August 17, 2022, 04:51:02 pm »
AGelbert NOTE: Don't miss the short video. It is quite beautiful and relaxing.

Biology Helps Us Understand the Blessing of Grasses

August 10, 2022, 12:46 PM By David Coppedge

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The journal Science offers a special section devoted to grasses. Bianca Lopez, Pamela J. Hines, and Caroline Ash introduce the cover story with some startling facts about these “often undervalued” plants. In “The unrecognized value of grass,” they say,

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Grasses are highly diverse, yet only six or seven grass species provide most of the calories that humans consume. … In addition to cultivated fields and pastures, grassy ecosystems (both Poaceae and Alismatales) cover large swaths of the planet, forming terrestrial grasslands and submarine meadows. Grasslands create and stabilize fertile soil; store carbon; generate oxygen; and provide animal habitat, building materials, and food. Even so, these species and systems are often undervalued. Land-use conversion and climate change pose threats, as do climate change mitigation efforts that prioritize carbon stored in trees over that stored in grasslands. Nevertheless, grasses could offer solutions to many of our societal challenges, if only we would fully recognize their diversity and value. [Emphasis added.]

Appreciating Grasslands

Here are a few points to increase our appreciation for the 12,000 known species of grasses.

Grasslands store about a third of the world’s terrestrial carbon stocks.1
Most of us will have either eaten, stepped on, or burned a grass within the past 24 hours.2


50 percent of the calories consumed by humans come from three species of grass: wheat, rice, and maize.2

Meat, eggs, and dairy products come from animals that eat grasses.2

Grasses are the predominant plants on all the continents except for Antarctica.2

Not all grasses live on land. About 72 species in 4 families are “seagrasses” that live in 🐠 water.3


Seagrasses have adapted to live 🐟 underwater, where light is limited, where salt and nutrients can be problematic, and where soils can become highly toxic.3

Seagrass is the world’s only underwater flowering plant.4

Seagrass “meadows” are important carbon dioxide sinks that can provide significant carbon sequestration yet are on the decline due to human activity. Conservationists are considering ways to help them recover.3

Seagrass meadows promote biodiversity for fish, reptiles, crustaceans, echinoderms and other marine organisms like sea cucumbers, clams, manatees, sea turtles, and crocodiles who use them for food or shelter.3,4

Along with mangroves and coral reefs, seagrass meadows help stabilize coastlines. They also reduce water acidity and purify water from viruses, bacteria, and heavy metals, helping coral reefs to flourish.3,4

Seagrass can be used as construction material, fertilizer, and habitat for seafood farming. When cotton is scarce, it can be used as an alternative fiber for clothing.4

The Smithsonian Ocean site adds additional praise for seagrasses:

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Seagrasses can form dense underwater meadows, some of which are large enough to be seen from space. Although they often receive little attention, they are one of the most productive ecosystems in the world. Seagrasses provide shelter and food to an incredibly diverse community of animals, from tiny invertebrates to large fish, crabs, turtles, marine mammals and birds.
... ...

All grasses are angiosperms (flowering plants) in the monocot clade, meaning their leaves display parallel venation and spring from a single seed leaf (cotyledon). They comprise about 20 percent of 60,000 known species of monocots, so while all grasses are monocots, the majority of monocots are not grasses, but other beautiful and useful plants like orchids, lilies, asparagus, and pineapples. The roots of grasses are fibrous, making them good for binding soil and preventing wind erosion while providing habitat for earthworms, moles, and gophers. We’re all familiar with the term “grass roots” as a metaphor for bottom-up popular movements. ... ...

Beneath this broadly conserved genome architecture lurks extensive diversity, including variation in nucleotides (single-nucleotide polymorphisms), gene structure, and even the presence or absence of genes. The nucleotide differences between two lines of Zea mays (maize) are greater than those between humans and chimpanzees. Genes central for plant structure in maize are missing in wheat and rice, and vice versa. In other words, not all grasses have the same complement of genes, and their morphology is altered accordingly. ... ...

Many refer cheerfully to “God’s green earth” when thinking of natural beauty, and grasses are a big part of that glorious world picture. Why should our planet be so blessed with these marvelous plants that do so much for the biosphere? Grasses are prime examples of the prior fitness of the universe for complex life that Michael Denton has elucidated with such clarity and passion in his Privileged Species series. It is likely that humans and other complex animals could not exist but for these abundant and nutritious little plants that help bind the biosphere together.

Let us stand in awe at the grass beneath our feet.

Full article with references:
https://evolutionnews.org/2022/08/biology-helps-us-understand-the-blessing-of-grasses/
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My 🍁🍂 Favorite Season 🤠
« Reply #4 on: October 12, 2022, 02:26:10 pm »

My 🍁🍂 Favorite Season 🤠


Autumn Last Year was quite Pretty
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This might be the world’s oldest tree
« Reply #5 on: October 14, 2022, 11:57:38 am »
Otober 13, 2022

In Between Times

This might be the world’s oldest tree

More news for caring humans (except you need to add about 4 to 8% to the BLS low balled inflation numbers 👉 SEE: Greenspan gamed CPI formula ):
https://inbetweentimes.substack.com/p/in-between-times-10-13-2022
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The Beauty of a Small Moving Drop of Water
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The beauty of a drop of water on a waxy leaf

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Swamp Red Milkweed Asclepias incarnata
Grows to 2-4 Ft Spread 2-3 Ft
Blooms June-October
Light Requirement: Sun, Part Shade
Soil Moisture: Medium, Wet
Soil Description: Clay, Mucky
Attracts: Monarchs, Native Bees, Bumblebees, Caterpillars, Butterflies, Hummingbirds, Beneficial Insects
Fragrant Flowers: Yes
Deer Resistant: Yes
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Plant Evolution: All Gaps and Miracles
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October 5, 2023, 6:33 AM by David Coppedge


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Plant Evolution: All Gaps and Miracles

A major 2023 study by ten evolutionary biologists shows that the fossil record of plants poses considerable challenges to Darwinian evolution. David Coppedge reviews the evidence and highlights attempted sleights of hand.

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https://evolutionnews.org/2023/10/plant-evolution-all-gaps-and-miracles/

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The Superior Programming that Makes Plants Look Smart
« Reply #9 on: November 08, 2023, 06:41:34 pm »

November 6, 2023, 6:29 AM by David Coppedge

The Superior Programming that Makes Plants Look Smart

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Wesley Smith has warned more than once against anthropomorphizing plants and ascribing intelligence — even personhood — to flowers and trees. But like responsive robots, plants can have smarts programmed into them. “So sure, investigate how plants interact with their environment,” he advises. “But use proper, non-personal language. They are plants.” Let’s do that, and look at some of the superior programming that makes plants look smart because their design is smart.

Oregon grape leaves

🍃 Leaf 🍂 Recycling
Science Magazine notes that “leaf recycling is a two-step process.” Leaves don’t just curl up and die on a cold day. That algorithm would be too simplistic, and potentially harmful to the tree if warm sunny days follow. Actually, two signaling molecules — strigolactone and ethylene — can work independently to begin the process of leaf senescence (pictured above), but together, they work in synergy. “This multistep process probably preserves leaves when possible, only carrying through to leaf senescence when the stress becomes too much.” (Emphasis added.)

Nitrogen Fixing
Separating molecular nitrogen’s triple bond requires a lot of energy and pressure when humans do it, but some plants do it with ease, utilizing the capabilities of nitrogen-fixing bacteria. These bacteria have an enzyme called nitrogenase that so far has defied our attempts to understand it or duplicate it. Even though legumes outsource the work, they regulate their symbiotic partners’ activity depending on nitrogen availability in the soil, according to researchers at Chapman University. This does not require plants to be sentient. We are all familiar with machines like thermostats, rheostats, and governors that can adjust their work depending on environmental conditions.

Climbing
Some plants and animals produce tentacles (in plants, tendrils) that can grab things. At Iowa State University, scientists are attempting to create (so far with only partial success) artificial tentacles that can wrap around delicate objects. The tendrils in ivy and other climbing plants are touch-sensitive. Contact changes the concentration of hormones in the tendril so that growth is accelerated on the far side, producing curvature. As a result, the tendril wraps around the object so that the plant can anchor itself to something firm. Time-lapse photos of ivy growing up a wall might look like the action of an intelligent agent. We see from Iowa State’s biomimetic experiments, though, that the intelligence is imposed by the agent. It’s a matter of programming with the right materials.

Watching the Clock
Every living thing keeps time, and plants are no exception. In fact, they have two clocks, says Duke University:


Continue Reading:
https://evolutionnews.org/2023/11/the-superior-programming-that-makes-plants-look-smart/
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