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Visit www.readinga- for thousands of books and materials.Strange PlantsA Reading AZ Level N Leveled BookWord Count:620WritingChoose two strange plants from the book.Write a paragraph comparing and contrasting the two plants.Science and ArtChoose one strange plant from the book to research further.Draw a diagram of the plant and label its important features.ConnectionsStrange PlantsKNQLEVELED BOOK Nwww.readinga-Written by Kira FreedStrange Plantswww.readinga-What makes some plants strange?Focus QuestionWritten by Kira FreedPhoto Credits:Front cover,page 15:Mark Karrass/Corbis;back cover,pages 11,12:Learning A-Z;title page,page 5:Jeremy Woodhouse/PhotoDisc/Getty Images;page 3:F.Schussler/PhotoLink/Photodisc/Getty Images;page 4:Robert Glusic/PhotoDisc/Getty Images;page 6:Siede Preis/PhotoDisc/Getty Images;page 7:iStock/Vickie Sichau;page 8:WILDLIFE Gmb/Alamy Stock Photo;page 9:A.Jagel/Blickwinkel/age fotostock;page 10:Chris Mattison/Alamy Stock Photo;page 13:David Muench/Corbis;page 14:Mark Moffett/Minden Pictures/National Geographic StockCorrelationLEVEL NM2028Fountas&PinnellReading RecoveryDRAattracteddigestsmoistureodorparasiteplantsWords to KnowStrange PlantsLevel N Leveled Book Learning AZWritten by Kira FreedAll rights reserved.www.readinga-3When we think about plants,we often think of trees,flowers,bushes,and grass.Like most plants,these plants have green leaves and sometimes flowers.They also have roots growing into the ground.Gerbera daisiesStrange Plants Level N4Some plants are different from most other plants.This book explores what makes some of these strange plants special.Saguaro cactus3When we think about plants,we often think of trees,flowers,bushes,and grass.Like most plants,these plants have green leaves and sometimes flowers.They also have roots growing into the ground.Gerbera daisiesStrange Plants Level N4Some plants are different from most other plants.This book explores what makes some of these strange plants special.Saguaro cactus5Plants called air plants live in trees high above the ground in North and South America.Their roots are not buried in dirt.Instead,the plants grow on tree branches.They take moisture from the air through their leaves.They do not live in soil as most plants do.Air plants growing on swamp treesStrange Plants Level N6Can you imagine plants that eat meat?Well,there are such plants.They eat insects,spiders,and even some other small animals.Like all plants,they use sunlight and water to make their own food.The animals they“eat”on the side help them grow better,though.Venus flytrap5Plants called air plants live in trees high above the ground in North and South America.Their roots are not buried in dirt.Instead,the plants grow on tree branches.They take moisture from the air through their leaves.They do not live in soil as most plants do.Air plants growing on swamp treesStrange Plants Level N6Can you imagine plants that eat meat?Well,there are such plants.They eat insects,spiders,and even some other small animals.Like all plants,they use sunlight and water to make their own food.The animals they“eat”on the side help them grow better,though.Venus flytrap7One well-known meat-eating plant is the Venus flytrap.This plant lives in moist environments.Its leaves look like traps.They have small spikes along the edges.When a critter walks inside a leaf,the leaf snaps shut.The critter is trapped by the spikes.Fly caught in a Venus flytrapStrange Plants Level N8The sundew is another meat-eating plant that lives in moist environments.It catches its food in a different way.Sticky hairs on its surface smell sweet.Insects attracted to the smell land and get stuck.Then the plant digests the insects.The giant sundew plant of Australia even eats small frogs!Sundew plant7One well-known meat-eating plant is the Venus flytrap.This plant lives in moist environments.Its leaves look like traps.They have small spikes along the edges.When a critter walks inside a leaf,the leaf snaps shut.The critter is trapped by the spikes.Fly caught in a Venus flytrapStrange Plants Level N8The sundew is another meat-eating plant that lives in moist environments.It catches its food in a different way.Sticky hairs on its surface smell sweet.Insects attracted to the smell land and get stuck.Then the plant digests the insects.The giant sundew plant of Australia even eats small frogs!Sundew plant9Some plants steal food from other plants.The dodder plant lives on many continents but is most common in North and South America.It sends slender rootlike stems into another plant and sucks food and water from the plant.The dodder plant is a parasite a living thing that lives off another living thing.Dodder plantStrange Plants Level N10Many flowers have bad smells that attract insects.The stapelia flower,also called the“carrion flower,”smells like rotting meat.On hot days,the odor is noticeable from about 1.6 kilometers(1 mi.)away.Flies like the smell,so they fly into the flower.Special powder called“pollen”gets on their bodies.They carry the powder to other flowers.The flowers use the powder to make seeds and grow new plants.Stapelia flower9Some plants steal food from other plants.The dodder plant lives on many continents but is most common in North and South America.It sends slender rootlike stems into another plant and sucks food and water from the plant.The dodder plant is a parasite a living thing that lives off another living thing.Dodder plantStrange Plants Level N10Many flowers have bad smells that attract insects.The stapelia flower,also called the“carrion flower,”smells like rotting meat.On hot days,the odor is noticeable from about 1.6 kilometers(1 mi.)away.Flies like the smell,so they fly into the flower.Special powder called“pollen”gets on their bodies.They carry the powder to other flowers.The flowers use the powder to make seeds and grow new plants.Stapelia flower11Some plants look like stones.The plants in this picture are called“stone plants”or“living stones.”They live in very hot,dry places such as South Africa.They hold water very well because the biggest part of each plant lives underground.These plants usually have only two leaves.Their shape helps to hide them so that animals do not eat them.Stone plantsStrange Plants Level N12Some cactus plants are covered with wool-like hairs.These plants come from the Andes Mountains in South America.The“wool”protects them from daytime heat and nighttime cold.The“wool”also helps the cactus plants hold moisture.Old man cactus11Some plants look like stones.The plants in this picture are called“stone plants”or“living stones.”They live in very hot,dry places such as South Africa.They hold water very well because the biggest part of each plant lives underground.These plants usually have only two leaves.Their shape helps to hide them so that animals do not eat them.Stone plantsStrange Plants Level N12Some cactus plants are covered with wool-like hairs.These plants come from the Andes Mountains in South America.The“wool”protects them from daytime heat and nighttime cold.The“wool”also helps the cactus plants hold moisture.Old man cactus13Some trees and shrubs grow out of solid rock.They grow up high where the wind blows strong.The wind can blow seeds into small cracks in the rock.Then the seeds start to grow.Their roots reach down into small cracks for moisture.As the roots grow,they split the rock.Tree roots growing in rockStrange Plants Level N14Some plants have animals living inside them.Ant colonies live inside ant plants.The ants protect the plant from animals that would eat it.They use spaces in the plants stem as houses.Some spaces are used for raising young ants.Other spaces are used for garbage.The ant plant uses some of this garbage for food.Ant plant13Some trees and shrubs grow out of solid rock.They grow up high where the wind blows strong.The wind can blow seeds into small cracks in the rock.Then the seeds start to grow.Their roots reach down into small cracks for moisture.As the roots grow,they split the rock.Tree roots growing in rockStrange Plants Level N14Some plants have animals living inside them.Ant colonies live inside ant plants.The ants protect the plant from animals that would eat it.They use spaces in the plants stem as houses.Some spaces are used for raising young ants.Other spaces are used for garbage.The ant plant uses some of this garbage for food.Ant plant15There are many more kinds of strange plants.Bamboo makes noise when it grows.Some Australian orchids grow and flower completely underground.Bat plants have fruit that looks like bats hanging upside down from the flowers.There are many amazing plants in the world.Bamboo shootsStrange Plants Level N16Glossaryattracted(adj.)drawn near to someone or something(p.8)digests(v.)processes food in the body and turns it into energy(p.8)moisture(n.)a small amount of water in the form of a liquid or vapor(p.5)odor(n.)the scent or smell of something(p.10)parasite(n.)a plant or animal that grows on or feeds off another(p.9)plants(n.)living things that make their own food from sunlight and cannot move from place to place on their own (p.3)15There are many more kinds of strange plants.Bamboo makes noise when it grows.Some Australian orchids grow and flower completely underground.Bat plants have fruit that looks like bats hanging upside down from the flowers.There are many amazing plants in the world.Bamboo shootsStrange Plants Level N16Glossaryattracted(adj.)drawn near to someone or something(p.8)digests(v.)processes food in the body and turns it into energy(p.8)moisture(n.)a small amount of water in the form of a liquid or vapor(p.5)odor(n.)the scent or smell of something(p.10)parasite(n.)a plant or animal that grows on or feeds off another(p.9)plants(n.)living things that make their own food from sunlight and cannot move from place to place on their own (p.3)Strange Plantswww.readinga-What makes some plants strange?Focus QuestionWritten by Kira FreedPhoto Credits:Front cover,page 15:Mark Karrass/Corbis;back cover,pages 11,12:Learning A-Z;title page,page 5:Jeremy Woodhouse/PhotoDisc/Getty Images;page 3:F.Schussler/PhotoLink/Photodisc/Getty Images;page 4:Robert Glusic/PhotoDisc/Getty Images;page 6:Siede Preis/PhotoDisc/Getty Images;page 7:iStock/Vickie Sichau;page 8:WILDLIFE Gmb/Alamy Stock Photo;page 9:A.Jagel/Blickwinkel/age fotostock;page 10:Chris Mattison/Alamy Stock Photo;page 13:David Muench/Corbis;page 14:Mark Moffett/Minden Pictures/National Geographic StockCorrelationLEVEL NM2028Fountas&PinnellReading RecoveryDRAattracteddigestsmoistureodorparasiteplantsWords to KnowStrange PlantsLevel N Leveled Book Learning AZWritten by Kira FreedAll rights reserved.www.readinga-Visit www.readinga- for thousands of books and materials.Strange PlantsA Reading AZ Level N Leveled BookWord Count:620WritingChoose two strange plants from the book.Write a paragraph comparing and contrasting the two plants.Science and ArtChoose one strange plant from the book to research further.Draw a diagram of the plant and label its important features.ConnectionsStrange PlantsKNQLEVELED BOOK Nwww.readinga-Written by Kira Freed
