Gardens and Grass
This grass named after a U.S. state is the most popular grass for lawns across America.
Kentucky Bluegrass
This popular staple food has been used for nearly everything, from alcoholic beverages to fuel, and is even identified as a deity in some Mesoamerican cultures.
Corn/Maize
More than half of the world’s tree species can be found in this country.
Brazil
Water Lilies
Herbs have been used medicinally for millennia, as shown by Ancient Egyptian medical herbal texts written on this pounded reed.
Papyrus
This edible flower often used European and Mesoamerican cuisine will eventually grow into a summer barbecue favorite.
Squash Blossoms
This popular salty snack, native to South America, must be dug up from the soil to be harvested.
Peanuts
This national tree’s leaves and seeds are toxic to most livestock, with the exception of pigs.
Oak
Vincent Van Gogh famously painted many still-lifes of these late summertime flowers, a personal favorite of the starving artist.
Sunflowers
This herb, used historically to treat many different ailments, is still available in both cooking and supplements for anti-inflammatory relief.
Turmeric
586 million tons of this global food staple, that is actually a type of grass, was consumed by humans in 2024.
Rice
The well-draining loamy soil that covers a majority of Massachusetts is also the Commonwealth’s official soil and goes by this name.
Paxton Soil
This expansive country also has the largest amount of forested land in the world.
Russia
Andy Warhol
This herb with a flowery name was used for love potions, among other things, in Ancient Rome.
Rosemary
The oil extracted from this “Queen of Flowers” is widely considered as the most popular ingredient in perfumes.
Rose
This crop, native to East Asia, is the world’s most grown legume.
Soybeans
The world’s tallest tree in California’s Redwood Forest shares this name with a Greek Titan who was the personification of the Sun.
Hyperion
A so-called "fever" overtook the Netherlands in the 17th century over the introduction of this flower, permanently making it a centerpiece of many Dutch still-lifes.
Tulips
This ingredient used widely in cooking today is actually a vegetable, and was believed to give strength in Ancient Egypt.
Garlic
This tall grass type is considered sacred to many North American Indigenous groups, including Indigenous Peoples of the Great Plains and Canadian Prairies, who consider it one of the “four sacred medicines”.
Sweetgrass
This term is used to name the entirety of the globe’s soil.
The pedosphere
“Wood Wide Webs” are mycorrhizal networks made of these organisms that trees and other plants use to communicate under the forest floor.
Fungi
This artist, who spent most of her life in the American Southwest, is best known for her zoomed-in paintings of flowers, which appeared as nearly abstract paintings due to the frames of the paintings being so close up.
Georgia O'Keeffe
This root herb was grown in pots on Ancient Chinese vessels to bolster the food supply and prevent scurvy.
Ginger