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Tall redwood trees (Sequoia sempervirens) with straight trunks and green foliage, viewed from below in a dense California forest. redwood: scanning electron micrograph temperate softwoods and hardwoods selected to show variations Tall redwood trees with thick trunks rise from a dense, green forest floor covered in ferns and moss in Redwood National Park, California. Redwood trees
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Venus's-flytrap. Venus's-flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) one of the best known of the meat-eating plants. Carnivorous plant, Venus flytrap, Venus fly trap
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redwood, any of three species of large trees in the cypress family (Cupressaceae). See coast redwood, dawn redwood, and sequoia.

This article was most recently revised and updated by John P. Rafferty.