Elephants are highly social and intelligent creatures, with social networks that can grow to be as large as a human’s. Elephant mothers are very tender, protective, and nurturing to their young. In fact, all the female elephants in the herd…
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Mangroves love saltwater marshes and swamps. Some of the more spectacular mangrove specimens grow in coastal areas of Florida. Here and elsewhere, extensive lowland areas remain permanently flooded except in cases of very low tides that leave mangrove tree and…
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The term krummholtz refers to trees showing deformity in some way. Often, they have branches that curve usually in a specific wind direction. The dwarf forest of the treeline is not necessarily one made of trees unless the trees also…
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Equisetum species, also known by multiple names including horsetails, scouring rushes, candock, puzzlegrass and snake grass, is a family of ancient vascular plants. These primitive plants have rhizomes, underground stems, as well as above ground stems, and show a close…
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Tulip poplars, Liriodenron tulipifera, and tulip magnolias, Magnolia soulangeana and similar cultivars, are members of the magnoliaceae family. Neither tree is at its best when crowded, nor are some of the cultivars tidy trees. Nevertheless, many gardeners find their ethereal…
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The Apocynaceae family is also known as the dogbane family. It was names after the American dogbane or Apocynum cannabinum. This group of plants include over 2000 tropical and subtropical plants, including lianas, herbs, shrubs, and trees. Many popular ornamental…
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Long ago, when people were a bit more flexible and in touch with the land, there was a short little rhyme that taught people how to separate sedges from grasses. It is no longer socially acceptable, but goes “Sedges have…
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Toxicity in plants is often a matter of application and degree. Many plant medicines derive from deadly poisons, and many medicines are poisons if overused. Poisons also have their uses in the world. Foxglove Digitalis, foxglove, grows in many gardens….
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Teaching a child about plants can seem to be a daunting task at first, however, this is not the case. Children are naturally curious about the world that surrounds them. Do you remember how many questions you asked as a…
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Abstract The following article will briefly define what an ecosystem is as well as go into depth on how certain circumstances of changing factors within an environment can bring about devastating results. To further this discussion, this paper will describe…
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