3. Pediastrum boryanum
One type of green algae species
Usually grow in colonies
Have only one cell
Can make oxygen and their own food
Spreads to one body of water to another
by birds
7. Lycopodium clavatum
Most widespread species of the club moss
family
Vascular
The spores are explosive if present in air of
high enough density. They were used as
flash powder in early photography.
Endangered in many areas
15. Cycas circinalis
Only gymnosperm found among native Sri
Lankan flora
Was thought to be linked with the
degenerative disease Lytico-Bodig on the
island of GuamPollination can take up to
10 years
Seeds cause degenerative brain disease
to humans
21. Magnolia grandiflora
Native to Southeastern U.S
Evergreen
Can reach 90 ft tall
Leaves have a waxy coating that makes
them resistant to salt and air pollution
State tree of Mississippi
Flower was used as an emblem of the
confederate army during the civil war
25. Strelitzia reginae
Indigenous to South Africa
Can grow up to 6.6 ft tall
Leaves are evergreen
Easy to grow
Official flower of Los Angeles