This distinguishes them from the more than 350,000 species of seed plants living on Earth today. Imagine taking a fertile fern leaf, shrinking it down and wrapping it up tightly into a tiny pellet.

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Earth Skills — a continuing series of monthly ... sensory-rich experiences how to live in concert with the land, plants and animals around them, says ENC Vice President Lori Whalen.

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