Dollarweed is a summer perennial weed better known as Pennywort.The Pennywort bears a small white flower with five petals on the end of a long stem where the flowers form in clusters. Pennywort grows along the Atlantic coastline from Maine…
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Scaphopods are a small class of molluscs with shells shaped like elephant tusks, which gives them their common name of tusk shells. The name scaphopod means shovel-foot but it is actually their ‘head’ that they use for burrowing through the…
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Nemerteans or ribbon worms are small, flat, acoelomate worms related to flatworms. They are abundant in the littoral zone of temperate oceans where they make tubes in mud and sand or crawl among the rocks and seaweeds. There are about…
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The bunchberry (cornus canadensis or chamaepericlymenum canadense) is a small, shade-loving deciduous plant that grows near the Pacific coast of North America. It is also known as dwarf dogwood, puddingberry, pigeonberry, dwarf cornel and crackerberry. The pigeonberry name comes from…
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Seagrass and importance Seagrasses are angiosperms and perform a wide spectrum of biological, physical, ecological, social and commercial functions in the marine environment. Seagrass ecosystems play an important role in nutrient cycling and in the food web. Seagrass ecosystems provide…
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Plants are everywhere. They grow naturally in the wilderness, they add landscaping to upscale hotels, and they provide beauty to improve a person’s backyard. Despite their prevalence everywhere throughout the world, very few people know much about plants. Plants have…
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Glacier Lilies are a wild flower. They are native to north America and grown mainly from California to Alberta and over to New Mexico.They are usually found slopes, in clearings and mountain meadows. They grow in the sub-alpine zone. That…
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Roadside treasure: Drive along a country lane in the north east at any time in late spring or early summer and chances are you will see them paralleling the thoroughfare, stretching into the roadway for that extra nurturing sunbeam. They…
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Poison sumac is a shrub or small tree that grows in water-oversaturated soil, primarily in swamps and marshes. All parts of the poison sumac plant are toxic to the touch, causing a severe rash, and the smoke from burning poison…
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The black-eyed susan is probably the most common wildflower in North America. It is an annual or perennial and is native to the eastern United States. This brightly colored flower has a raised domed brown center and beautiful yellow florets or…
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