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Plants

Plants
The Mission to Build a Better Peanut  (Aug 2006) 
A Humble Tree Delivers a Nutritional Punch  (Sep 2005) 
Brush Overgrowing Tundra in the Arctic  (Apr 2005) 
Green Spinach May Soon Power More Than Popeye's Biceps  (Jan 2005) 
A Startling New Marine Habitat in Alaska  (Nov 2004) 
The Art of Bonsai: Little Big Trees Marry Science and Aesthetics  (Aug 2004) 
Good Luck Weeds  (Jul 2003) 
When the Trees Die  (Jan 2002) 
Autumn's Bounty  (Nov 2000) 
A Short Pine Fills a Tall Order  (Sep 2000) INGRW
Fascination of Fronds  (Jun 1999) 
The Aquatic Nymph  (Aug 1998) 
Crocus Capers  (Mar 1998) 
It's a Nutty World  (Oct 1997) 
Some Like It Hotter  (Aug 1997) 
Restoring the American Elm  (Feb 1997) 
Plants With an Appetite  (Aug 1996) 
The Secret Life of Cones  (Feb 1996) 
Autumn's Dazzling Showcase  (Oct 1995) 
The Sod That Came in From the Cold  (Dec 1994) 
Ponderosa Pine Forests  (Aug 1994) 
Giant Forests of the Sea  (Jul 1994) 
A Singular Trinity  (May 1994) 
A Gift from Mexico  (Dec 1993) 
Leaf To Root, Come In, Please  (Oct 1993) 
The Wild Gourd of the Ozarks  (Oct 1993) 
Native American Apples  (Sep 1993) 
Alien Purple  (Aug 1993) 
The Itinerant Tree  (May 1993) 
An Ancient Tree  (Feb 1993) 
Zone of Combat  (Jun 1992) 
Old King of the Green Desert  (Apr 1992) 
The Aspen Paradox  (Oct 1991) 
Unsung Grass  (Jun 1991) 
The Perfect Plant  (Apr 1991) 
The Holiday Nut  (Dec 1990) 
Alerce: The South American Giant  (Oct 1990) 
Ocean Biology and Global Climate  (Apr 1990) 
China's Living Fossil  (Feb 1990) 
The Root of Plant Science: Rhizobotany  (Jan 1990) 
Old-time Apples  (Oct 1989) 
Trees and Drought  (Aug 1989) 
Ginseng: The Man-Shaped Root  (Jul 1988) 
The Mayapple  (May 1988) 
How Hardy Trees Survive Winter  (Jan 1988) 
Mistletoe and Its Lore  (Dec 1987) 
Nature's Feisty Partnerships  (Oct 1987) 
The Dandelion: Golden Conqueror  (Jun 1987) 
Tree Flowers  (Apr 1987) 
Autumn Seeds  (Sep 1986) 

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