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A British Bramble

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There are 270,000 different kinds of plants.
So  .......

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The Tallest Plant

The Biggest & Smallest Flowers

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Set 1

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When you are in the countryside you see many different kinds of wild flower. Do you know what their names are? These are the ones that you are most likely to spot in England.

If you would like to print out the pictures then click for set 1 or set 2.

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Every living thing depends on sunlight. Plants have a very clever way of using the energy from sunlight to make their food. This is called photosynthesis. Here's a simple explanation.

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Have you ever wondered why plants have flowers? I bet you thought that it was to attract the insects. Here's the real reason. It so you can write poems about them. You choose the words ... then you can drag the bunch of flowers around to decorate your poem. (Might not work in Netscape!!)

The flowers for this section were adapted from scans found on Mark Charneski's site. There are some lovely pictures there.

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