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The Green Planet

One Sharpshooter Way to Stop an Invasive Plant

Miconia, a plant native to Mexico, grows taller than native Hawaiian plants. A single plant can produce 10 million seeds a year, proliferating rapidly. Unable to land their helicopters, marksmen shoot Miconia plants at the stem with paintballs filled with herbicide while flying. Killing the whole plant without damaging any wild plants.

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Sir David Attenborough reveals how humans help plants, many of which face extinction.
Desert Worlds
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Sir David Attenborough explores desert plants with survival tactics.
Seasonal Worlds
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Sir David Attenborough reveals the surprising effects of the seasons on plant life.
Water Worlds
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Sir David Attenborough discovers amazing water plants, some of which can count and hunt.
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Tropical Worlds
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Sir David Attenborough takes a plants-eye view of life in a rainforest.
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