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Plants-In-Motion
Visit this site to see short movies of plants in motion. Go to the menu at the left. Under the heading movie menus, click on the arrows to see a list of plant movies at this site. Click on the movie you would like to see. It takes a while for each movie to load, so be patient. Once the movie is loaded, click on the arrow in the bar at the bottom of the photograph to watch the movie.

Natural Perspective: The Plant Kingdom
Go to this site to learn all about plants and plant classification. Scroll down to read about mosses and allies and how they are different from all other plants.

The Sex Life of Plants
At this site you can read about the basics of plant reproduction and about three categories of flowers.

Sexes in Ornamental Plants
Go to this site by the Ohio State University Extension Service Fact Sheet to learn more about dioecious plant species. Scroll down to see photographs of male and female flowers from several dioecious plant species.

Seeds for Future
Visit this site to learn about the National Plant Germplasm System (NPGS), a program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. You can find out here what germplasm is and where the NPGS gets its germplasm.

Seed Banks
At this site by the Canadian Botanical Conservation Network you can find out why storing seeds in seed banks is important to the conservation of plant species. Scroll down to find out what types of seeds can be stored.