Let’s get to know those mysterious and interesting marine plants. What are marine plants? Marine plants refer to autotrophic organisms in the ocean that use chlorophyll for photosynthesis to produce organic matter. There are many types of marine plants, from lower algae without true nuclei (i.e. prokaryotic cells of cyanobacteria and prochlorophytes), to red algae, … Read more
There are many species of organisms living in the ocean, with a total of more than 200,000 species. Among these organisms, there are about 100,000 species of marine plants and about 160,000 species of marine animals.There are many species of marine plants, from simple lower plants to complex higher plants, which form the basis of … Read more
The ocean occupies 71% of the total area of the earth. Marine plants in the marine ecosystem are also very rich. Marine plants are autotrophic organisms in the ocean that use chlorophyll for photosynthesis to produce organic matter. Marine plants are primary producers. There are huge numbers of marine plants and a wide variety of … Read more
The seabed is a mysterious and beautiful world, where there are all kinds of creatures, including seabed plants. Seabed plants not only provide important energy and materials for the marine ecosystem, but also have many amazing characteristics and functions. This article will introduce you to ten common seabed plants, so that you can understand their … Read more
Leafy sea dragonThe appearance of the sea dragon looks like both seaweed and seahorse. In fact, it is an animal belonging to the family Syngnathidae and is a “relative” of seahorses. Unlike seahorses, leafy sea dragons can grow very large. The life of sea dragons depends on this seaweed-like camouflage. Usually, they just need to … Read more
According to Jack C Schultz, plants are “just very slow-moving animals”. This is not a misunderstanding of basic biology. Schultz is a professor in the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Missouri in Columbia, USA. He has spent four decades studying the interactions between plants and insects. He knows his work inside out. … Read more
In the dense primeval forests and vast swamps of the Amazon River Basin in South America, there grows a terrifying man-eating plant called the sun wheel flower. The leaves of the sun wheel flower are generally about 1 meter long, and the flowers are scattered on the leaves. Does the sun wheel flower hunt for … Read more
When we hug a tree, nothing electrical happens – because we and the tree have the same voltage, that’s ascertained so far. But can’t trees sense human touch in at least some other way? It just wants to protect itselfThere is a phenomenon that can occur in young trees called thigmomorphogenesis, where the plant grows … Read more
A study published in the journal Plants, People, Planet classified more than 80,000 plant species around the world and found that most of them will become extinct because people do not need them. This indicates that in the future Plant communities will be more homogeneous than today. Araucaria muelleri, a coniferous tree endemic to New … Read more