Post by Tumbleweed on Oct 3, 2008 13:00:39 GMT -6
Brazil has the most variety of plant species in the world: 55,000
www.wikipedia.org
Rainforests have 250,000 plant species.
kids.mongabay.com/elementary/201.html
There are 75,000 plant species that are said to be edible but on ly 20 species provide over 80% of the worlds nutritional needs. Mosty wheat, rice and corn.
www.centerforplantconservation.org
About 1,100 native plants currently grow in Hawaii, and 90% of these are endemic, meaning that they grow nowhere else in the world.
www.centerforplantconservation.org
At least 1 of every 8 plant species in the world -- and nearly 1 of 3 in the United States -- is under threat of extinction, according to the first comprehensive worldwide assessment of plant endangerment.
www.sustainable-city.org/articles/survey.htm
www.well.com/user/davidu/plantextinction.html
Did you know more than 200 native plant species in the United States have gone extinct?
www.centerforplantconservation.org/SupportFYI.html
Conservative estimates count 2,000 alien plant species that have established themselves in the United States, 350 of which experts say are serious and dangerous invaders. Non-native animal species cause $123 billion worth of damage each year to crops, range land and waterways, according to a report by the federal government.
www.ncw.wsu.edu/uh/InvasivePlantSpecies_000.htm
www.wikipedia.org
Rainforests have 250,000 plant species.
kids.mongabay.com/elementary/201.html
There are 75,000 plant species that are said to be edible but on ly 20 species provide over 80% of the worlds nutritional needs. Mosty wheat, rice and corn.
www.centerforplantconservation.org
About 1,100 native plants currently grow in Hawaii, and 90% of these are endemic, meaning that they grow nowhere else in the world.
www.centerforplantconservation.org
At least 1 of every 8 plant species in the world -- and nearly 1 of 3 in the United States -- is under threat of extinction, according to the first comprehensive worldwide assessment of plant endangerment.
www.sustainable-city.org/articles/survey.htm
www.well.com/user/davidu/plantextinction.html
Did you know more than 200 native plant species in the United States have gone extinct?
www.centerforplantconservation.org/SupportFYI.html
Conservative estimates count 2,000 alien plant species that have established themselves in the United States, 350 of which experts say are serious and dangerous invaders. Non-native animal species cause $123 billion worth of damage each year to crops, range land and waterways, according to a report by the federal government.
www.ncw.wsu.edu/uh/InvasivePlantSpecies_000.htm