Dr. Heiser points out that the common name pigweed refers to a number of different plants, including calcium-rich amaranth.
Any one subterranean fungus, like that Montana mammoth, can be plugged into a number of different plants.
In the Serengeti migration, numerous species travel together or in waves, eating different parts of different plants.
First, it addresses (albeit on a small scale) a question that we don't know the answer to: how long can seeds of different plants remain viable?
On my yarrow and on lots of different plants in the garden I am noticing white, frothy blobs along the stems.
Now, we shipped that product from a number of different plants at different times, over a period of about eight months.
Loboda potted groups of different plants in an arrangement that mimics the floor plan of the smoking room.
Since most insects are monophagous or oligophagous, the distinctness of the odours of different plants often enables them to locate their specific hosts from a distance.
We're losing biodiversity globally at an alarming rate, and we need a cornucopia of different plants and animals, for the planet's health and our own.
In Colorado, Ms. Ogden's hell strip is now teeming with "hundreds of different plants that I grew from seed," she said.
The next frontier, as in so many other areas of biology, is genetic manipulation, as scientists seek to blend the best attributes of different plants -- and not just plants.
