Wildlife
Lake Rankul
Plants are adapted to the desert-like conditions of high altitude lakes.
Plants are adapted to the desert-like conditions of high altitude lakes.
Photosynthesis at work
Leaves are the food making factories for all plants.
Leaves are the food making factories for all plants.
Perfect pump
Trees are incredibly efficient engines, able to pump water to great heights.
Trees are incredibly efficient engines, able to pump water to great heights.
Hay fever and pollen
Hay fever - it's just pollen in the wind.
Hay fever - it's just pollen in the wind.
Climbing plants
In rainforests, plants must climb to reach sunshine.
In rainforests, plants must climb to reach sunshine.
Lignin legacy
To make it on land, plants needed to evolve a 'skeleton' to defy gravity.
To make it on land, plants needed to evolve a 'skeleton' to defy gravity.
Toxic plants
Lethal cocktails protect plants from being eaten.
Lethal cocktails protect plants from being eaten.
Purple Saxifrage
In this clip from Iolo's Welsh Safari, Iolo Williams visits Cwm Idwal in search of Arctic Alpine plants.
Iolo Williams visits Cwm Idwal with reserve manager Hywell Roberts to look at the purple saxifrage.
Petrified trees
Ancient trees still look like wood, but have turned to solid stone.
Ancient trees still look like wood, but have turned to solid stone.
The rise of land plants
Britain's fossilised plant remains tell the story of how plants first moved on to land.
Britain's fossilised plant remains tell the story of how plants first moved on to land. This programme was first shown in 1997.
Spore story
Though no fossils of the earliest land plants yet exist, fossilised spores reveal an affinity to liverworts.
Though no fossils of the earliest land plants yet exist, fossilised spores reveal an affinity to liverworts.
Pioneering plant
Cooksonia fossils show how the earliest plants learned how to master life out of the water.
Cooksonia fossils show how the earliest plants learned how to master life out of the water.
In their element
Early plants needed a wet environment to be able to reproduce.
Early plants needed a wet environment to be able to reproduce.
The Nature of Britain - Woodland Britain
Winter turns to spring in a British woodland.
Winter turns to spring in a British woodland.
The real Shangri-La?
Time-lapse sequences showcase the incredible diversity of North Yunnan's botanical paradise.
Time-lapse sequences showcase the incredible diversity of North Yunnan's botanical paradise.
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