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Adaptation to Site

Plants, much more than animals, must adapt to the terrain, the climate, this or that local particularity of where they live, must modify their structure and behavior. This program shows the adaptations of plants that grow in walls, brassicas, sedges that grow at water’s edge and prevent beach erosion, plants that take in so much salt that they exude it through their leaves, and others that live in soil so poor they become carnivorous to survive; how insectivorous plants trap and digest their prey and attract without destroying the insects that pollinate them; different types of insectivores; plants that live in water and those that live in fire-ravaged terrain. (28 minutes)



 
    

Item#: BVL1677




Part of the Series : The Life of Plants
     
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The Life Cycle of Plants

Beginning with the oldest film ever made about plants, shot between 1898 and 1900 to show through accelerated images what the naked eye can't see, the program shows how and why plants move. It reveals the characteristics of a plant: the roots, which ...(more details)
 
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Plants in the Scheme of Things

By way of introduction to the series, this program provides a quick overview of the history of life on earth: bacteria, the simplest plant life that arose in the still-warm volcanic waters; the progressively more complex forms of algae. Photosynthesi...(more details)
 
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The Ecology of the Forest

Forests produce more animal and plant biomass-more life-than all the oceans combined, while occupying only one-eighth the area. This program looks at the life of both the temperate and rain forests: how the area of the forest is increased many times ...(more details)
 
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Plant Defenses

Animals can escape, bite, claw; plants, being rooted in one spot, have had to come up with a host of ingenious protective devices: spines and thorns that cause pain to those who would steal their fruits; insecticides; caffeine-whose purpose is not to...(more details)
 
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Water and Plant Life

This program examines the water cycle in plants, focusing on ways they adapt to insufficient water or problems of water storage. The program looks at extended shallow root networks, seed pods that open only during rain, bulbs, the effect of leaf shap...(more details)
 
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