All Over the World - The Cycad Society

All Over the World - The Cycad Society

All Over the World
Name
Use the information from the map to complete the chart.
bamboo
redwood tree
stinking corpse lily
United States
China
Mexico
Brazil
Malaysia
Australia
New
Zealand
Mexican cycad
black tree fern
giant water lily
tall dawsonia
Plant
Country
Interesting Facts
China
fastest growing plant
can grow about 18 in. a day
black tree fern
New Zealand
largest tree fern in the world
can be as tall as 66 ft
giant water lily
Brazil
has the largest floating leaves in the world
can have leaves more than 6 ft wide
Mexican cycad
Mexico
slowest growing plant
grows less than ½ in. a year
redwood tree
United States
tallest tree in the world
can be taller than 375 ft
stinking corpse lily
Malaysia
largest flower in the world
can be 3 ft wide
smells like rotting meat
tall dawsonia
Australia
tallest moss in the world
can be about 20 in. tall
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Lesson 31
Expansion
The country given for each plant is one place the plant is
commonly found. Plants of the same species may also be
found in other places around the world.
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bamboo
Bob Jones University – Science 4 Curriculum
Chapter 3, Page 54 – Photo Credits
Fotolia.com/Kenneth Sponsler 54 (top left); www.istockphoto.com/Sergei Sverdelov 54 (top middle);
www.istockphoto.com/Vladimir Pomortsev 54 (top right); Photo © 2005 Jody Haynes, The Cycad
Society, Inc. (www.cycad.org) 54 (middle left); www.istockphoto.com/Richard Goerg 54 (middle right);
www.istockphoto.com/Philip Lange 54 (bottom left)