The discussion below focus on medicinal plants and their importance. These plants include sea weed, American gingseng, Aloe Vera, Achillea millefolium, and black cohosh.
Sea Weed
Geographical distribution
Sea weed are found in all oceans.
Ecology
Habitat type
Sea weeds are aquatic plants. Some are suspended in water, for example phytoplankton while others like are submerged. Temperature
Sea weeds can tolerate a wide ranges of temperature. They grows at a water temperature ranging from 2 °C to 30 °C
Soil type
Sea weed grows in sandy soil in oceans. The diagram in the next page shows a photograph of sea weed.
Figure 1. Sea weed (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Department, 2014).
American Ginseng
Geographical distribution
Ginseng is extensively distributed in the East of North America.
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