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As Dampier studied the plants he encountered in Australia, he wrote that they were “for the most part unlike any I had seen elsewhere.” In fact, nearly all the plants Dampier observed were entirely unknown to botanists at that time.
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More Australian Plants

 As Dampier studied the plants he encountered in Australia, he wrote that they were...
How do plants respond to rising CO2 levels? To find out, plant physiologist Bert Drake monitors plants used in his CO2 study at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) near the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland.
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CO2 Marsh Study

 How do plants respond to rising CO2 levels? To find out, plant physiologist Bert...
A close-up image of Johnson's seagrass growing in sand.
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Johnson's Seagrass

 Johnson's seagrass (Halophila johnsonii) is the lone ocean plant species...
Kelps are large, brown algae that grow along coasts around the world, especially in cooler regions.
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What is a Sea Vegetable?

 Take a trip to the produce aisle in any Western country’s grocery store and you...
February 2021
A beautiful bromeliad blooms among the mud and roots of a mangrove swamp.
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Dancing Bulb

 This beautiful bromeliad, also called an air plant because it gets its nutrients...
A landscape photo of a shoreline with tall grass-like plants lining the water's edge.
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Phragmites australis

 An invasive strain of the plant Phragmites australis dominates this Chesapeake Bay...