The tallest trees in the world are (1) the coastal redwoods of California, (2) Mt. Ash, a eucalypt from southeastern Australia, and (3) the Douglas-fir and Sitka spruce trees of British Columbia and Washington State.
Chemical cornucopia
Chemical cornucopia Recent research conducted on the mould
'"Penicillium", has resulted in the development of a synthetic
organic compound that could be used to produce a new generation of
pesticides. Penicillium mould is the source of the medicine
"penicillum", which was the first antibiotic ever
discovered. 31 OCTOBER 1998, P. 26
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