The document describes 15 different plant species, including details about their physical characteristics, where they are found, and other facts. It covers a variety of plant types such as algae, mosses, club mosses, whiskferns, horsetails, primitive ferns, gymnosperms, flowering plants, pitcher plants, and birds of paradise. The plants described are native to locations around the world, including North America, Asia, Africa, and other regions.

1. Examples of
Plants

2. Pediastrum boryanum

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

4. Fontinalis novae-angliae

5. Fontinalis novae-angliae
 Non-vascular
 Native to the U.S
 Fontinalis are the largest mosses

6. Lycopodium clavatum

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

8. Psilotum nudum

9. Psilotum nudum
 Wiskfern
 Not a true fern
 “primitive”
 Lacks roots
 Located in tropical regions

10. Equisetum telmateia

11. Equisetum telmateia
 Typicallygrow in wet areas
 Close relative of ferns

12. Dipteris conjugata

13. Dipteris conjugata
 Found in many places in east Asia
 Primitive fern

14. Cycas circinalis

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

16. Pinus resinosa

17. Pinus resinosa
 Native to North America
 Evergreen
 Grows tall and straight (65-115 ft)
 Needle-like leaves

18. Ginkgo biloba

19. Ginkgo biloba
 No close living relatives
 Effective in treating dementia
 Seeds can be eaten
 Largely planted in China, Japan, and
Korea

20. Magnolia grandiflora

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

22. Nepenthes villosa

23. Nepenthes villosa
 Tropicalpitcher plant
 Grows at elevations over 3200 m
 Rarely exceeding 60 cm in height

24. Strelitzia reginae

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