He indicated plants, many of them ordinary-looking, as we walked past.
Prairie State's builders say that adding 1,600 megawatts will accelerate the retirement of older plants, many of them coal.
They both are cognizant of the connection between native plants, many of which are endangered, and the wildlife they sustain.
Easy access to plants from around the world has encouraged gardeners to buy millions of exotic plants, many of which can arrive diseased.
The lot was edged with a margin of dirt; this was filled with scraggly plants, many of them no doubt introduced species.
As her interest grew, she began experimenting with an array of traditional and nontraditional plants, many of which were right in her garden.
"They took all my special plants, many of which are irreplaceable because I have collected them over the years from all the flower shows I visited.
Battered by competition with Asian plants, many of those factories closed in the 1980's, including his father's business; his mother is a physician-turned-homemaker.
The United States still depends on coal-fired plants, many of them built decades ago, to meet half of its electricity needs.
The park is home to some 800 species of plants, many of them introduced, in a range of habitats from moist subtropical highlands to semiarid scrubland.
The conditions necessary for juniper seeds to germinate are also beneficial to a host of other plants, many of which are also under threat".
