SciShow: Half of All Plants Are Invisible

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Content of the Lesson: Visit https://brilliant.org/scishow/ to get started learning STEM for free. The first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription and a 30-day free trial. If you see an acorn sprout under an oak tree, you're seeing that tree's grandchild. Here's why half of all higher plants are invisible, and why it works for them. Hosted by: Reid Reimers ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Adam Brainard, Alex Hackman, Ash, Bryan Cloer, charles george, Chris Mackey, Chris Peters, Christoph Schwanke, Christopher R Boucher, Dr. Melvin Sanicas, Harrison Mills, Jaap Westera, Jason A Saslow, Jeffrey Mckishen, Kevin Bealer, Matt Curls, Michelle Dove, Piya Shedden, Rizwan Kassim, Sam Lutfi, Silas Emrys ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow #SciShow #science #education #learning #complexly ---------- Sources: Sources: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2021.789789/full annualreviews.org/doi/pdf/10.1146/annurev-arplant-080620-021907 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3268550/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1692790/pdf/10905608.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK9980/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionary_history_of_plants#life_cycles https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.03054.x https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev-genet-120215-035227 https://www2.tulane.edu/~bfleury/diversity/labguide/mossfern.html IMAGES https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/oak-young-green-acorns-on-a-tree-branch-in-a-wild-forest-stock-footage/1511152180?adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/a-young-oak-sprout-sprouting-from-an-acorn-close-up-royalty-free-image/1157219698?phrase=oak+sprout&adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/australia_vic_macedon_ranges_11_sanatorium_lake_ferns-stock-footage/1455116484?adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/gametophytes-of-fern-on-tree-trunk-royalty-free-image/1395499508?phrase=Fern+gametophytes&adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/tree-tops-against-sunset-stock-footage/1341706528?adppopup=true https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Angiosperm_life_cycle_diagram-en.svg#/media/File:Angiosperm_life_cycle_diagram-en.svg https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/germinating-tree-a-small-oak-on-a-black-background-royalty-free-image/1125954485?phrase=oak+sprout&adppopup=true https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Darwin_Hybrid_Tulip_Mutation_2014-05-01.jpg#/media/File:Darwin_Hybrid_Tulip_Mutation_2014-05-01.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Young_lemon_basil_plant_(Ocimum_%C3%97_africanum).jpg#/media/File:Young_lemon_basil_plant_(Ocimum_%C3%97_africanum).jpg https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/haircap-moss-royalty-free-image/164641997?phrase=moss&adppopup=true https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Celery_cross_section.jpg#/media/File:Celery_cross_section.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gametophyte2.png#/media/File:Gametophyte2.png https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Macro_Photography_of_Moss_Sporophytes.jpg#/media/File:Macro_Photography_of_Moss_Sporophytes.jpg https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/racks-of-cultivated-plant-crops-at-indoor-vertical-farm-stock-footage/1162045426?adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/green-moss-with-spores-on-the-stump-moss-bloom-royalty-free-image/1406045227?phrase=moss+sporophyte&adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/illustration/angiosperm-plant-life-cycle-diagram-of-life-royalty-free-illustration/1028211098?phrase=flower+gametophyte&adppopup=true https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Imbricate_Bog-moss_iNaturalist.jpg https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/illustration/mothers-and-daughters-in-matching-clothes-royalty-free-illustration/902827736?phrase=parent+child+matching+clothes&adppopup=true


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