Plants & Fungi

IntroductionMosses are small, green, non-vascular plants that thrive in places where larger plants often fail. Their abi...

IntroductionMany garden and wildflowers appear to open with the morning sun and close at night. This daily cycling—calle...

IntroductionMushrooms are the visible fruiting bodies of fungi, but unlike flowering plants they do not reproduce with s...

IntroductionSeeds can remain dormant for years and still grow because they enter a state of suspended development that p...

IntroductionBelow the surface of forests, grasslands and gardens, fungi weave extensive, often hidden networks that conn...

IntroductionTrees that live for centuries or even millennia capture our imagination: they were saplings when civilizatio...

IntroductionMany garden plants, trees, shrubs, and wild species survive freezing winters without moving indoors through ...

IntroductionCacti are icons of dry landscapes. Their ability to thrive where most plants wilt comes from a suite of phys...

IntroductionOld trees often host a surprising variety of life: mosses, fungi, insects, birds, small mammals, and even mi...

IntroductionEvergreen plants keep their leaves year-round, unlike deciduous plants that lose leaves seasonally. But bein...

IntroductionThe plant kingdom contains many surprising lifestyles. One of the most intriguing is the group of plants tha...

IntroductionSeeds are tiny packages of life that can remain dormant for months, years, or even centuries. When condition...