Month: September 2014

Rare and Endangered Plants

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A potted plant with white twigs in it.

Each year new flora and fauna are added to endangered species lists and recently three plants found throughout the United States have made the cut. These plants are the Gladecress, Short’s Bladderpod, and the Whorled Sunflower. Currently these plants can be found in several states including Kentucky, Tennessee, and Alabama. The US Fish and Wildlife… Read more »

Gene Discovered for 24 Hour Photosynthesis

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A light bulb with a tree inside of it.

It was only a matter of time before scientists uncovered and unraveled the genome of a plant. In fact, they had done so to a number of plants recently, and the biggest gene discovery of them all is the one that controls the shutdown of a plant growing when it is not light out. This… Read more »