Plants & Trees Facts for Kids
Fascinating facts about the plant world
Young sunflowers move their heads to follow the sun across the sky each day, a process called heliotropism.
The Rafflesia arnoldii is the world's largest single flower and smells like rotting meat to attract flies for pollination.
Trees in a forest communicate and share nutrients with each other through a network of underground fungi called the 'Wood Wide Web.'
A Venus flytrap counts the number of times an insect touches its hairs — it needs at least two touches before it snaps shut.
Bamboo is the fastest-growing plant on Earth and can grow up to 91 centimetres (about 3 feet) in a single day.
Grass covers about one quarter of all the land on Earth, making it one of the most widespread plant families.
A cactus stores water inside its thick, fleshy stem and can survive for months in the desert without any rain.
Each dandelion seed has a tiny parachute of feathery hairs that lets it float on the wind and travel far from its parent plant.
Apple seeds contain a small amount of a chemical that can turn into cyanide, which is why you shouldn't eat large numbers of them.
Leaves look green because they contain a pigment called chlorophyll, which captures sunlight to make food for the plant.