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| Plants : Introduction |
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| Different types of plants
make up the British flora - land plants such as ferns, mosses,
flowering plants and more. Some are green and contain chlorophyll.
This enables plants to capture light energy which they use to
produce food - sugar, starch and other carbohydrates. Without
sources of food, most life on earth would not exist. There could
still be mushrooms and algae but there would be no grains, vegetables,
fruits or animals which also have to rely on plants. |
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The variety of plants include:
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Algae: |
Terrestrial
Marine (excluding plankton) |
1,500
730 |
| Bacteria
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500 |
| Bryophytes
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Liverworts Mosses |
280
630 |
| Ferns and fern-allies
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70 |
| Fungi |
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15,000 |
| Lichens |
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1,200 |
| Vascular - flowering
- plants |
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1,500 |
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