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... plants containing 28 families and over 3,000 species . They may be large forest trees , shrubs , stout woody vines , or delicate herbs . Plants belonging to this order are dis- tributed throughout the world ; they grow on all conti ...
... plants containing 28 families and over 3,000 species . They may be large forest trees , shrubs , stout woody vines , or delicate herbs . Plants belonging to this order are dis- tributed throughout the world ; they grow on all conti ...
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... plants , in- cluding wild , nursery , and crop plants , were begun in regions in which white pines are of commercial and eco- nomic importance . Thus today , in many places in the United States where Ribes was once native , wild plants ...
... plants , in- cluding wild , nursery , and crop plants , were begun in regions in which white pines are of commercial and eco- nomic importance . Thus today , in many places in the United States where Ribes was once native , wild plants ...
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... plants that grow upon other plants for sup- port , are infrequent in the order except in the family Gesneriaceae , which also includes species that grow on rocks . Many of these plants have tubers ( thickened storage stems , such as ...
... plants that grow upon other plants for sup- port , are infrequent in the order except in the family Gesneriaceae , which also includes species that grow on rocks . Many of these plants have tubers ( thickened storage stems , such as ...
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