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Growing Bamboo in the Landscape
... Bamboo flowers are small, grass-like, and appear in the mid-spring. Because bamboo flowers so rarely, it is usually ... of its foliage gives a "fountain" effect. Native Habitat: Cold mountain forests of southwestern China, mostly at elevations above 3,000 ... An elegant specimen and a natural companion plant for rhododendrons, mountain laurel, and similar broadleaf evergreens. Other notes: Difficult to ...
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Book recommendation 'Sierra Nevada: The Naturalist's Companion.'
... death between a skink and a scorpion. We encounter old-growth forests and riparian greenery, tule elk and mountain beaver. Johnston is an acurate and loving observer of the ... the mid-mountain forests two types of communities intermingle: (a) "tightly packed shrub jungles of chaparral" and (b) "open stands of trees and grasses that form the [foothill] woodlands." Chapter 2: Mid-mountain forests. ...
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California Birds in your native plant garden
... Western Tanager, Sage Thrasher, Swainson's Thrush, Hermit Thrush, Important food during summer, mostly mountain forests Antirrhinum multiflorum Many Flowered Snapdragon birds work flowers, birds eat seeds spring-summer ... areas of coast ranges and Sierras from mid-state northward and desert slopes of so. California mountain ranges Cercocarpus sp. Mountain Mahogany birds eat seeds and birds eat leaves ...
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Abies concolor (Gord
... and lasts longer. Height growth begins later in white fir than in associated species at mid-elevations and lasts only about 6 weeks. Occasionally, in California, height growth begins again ... Silviculture of central and southern Rocky Mountain forests: a summary of the status of our knowledge by timber types. USDA Forest Service, Research Paper RM-120. Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment ...
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Larix occidentalis Nutt
... survive regardless of the type of seedbed (38). Drought is the major physical factor affecting mid-to late-season seedling survival. Unlike insolation, drought losses are heaviest in full shade because ... in the spring and summer, to gold in the fall, enhances the beauty of these mountain forests. Because larch is an aggressive pioneer species, it quickly reforests areas denuded by natural or ...
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JC Raulston Arboretum - Autumn in the Arboretum 2001 -Self Guided Tour
... color, usually ranging from orange to red to purple. 6. Smoothleaf maple (Acer oblongum) A mid-sized maple, not before grown in the southeastern U.S., that has astounded us with ... skutchii) A close relative of our sugar maple (Acer saccharum), Guatemalan maple occurs in high mountain forests of Central America and is surprisingly cold hardy even here in Raleigh. Owing to its ...
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Psychopsis sanderae Culture
... high up the trunks of trees and on large branches in wet mountain forests. Habitat elevation was not reported, so we have estimated it at 4000 ft ... 8 in. (4 cm) wide across the fully open mid-lobe. The margins of the mid-lobe are very crisped, and it is deeply notched at ... the base with a thick outer edge with 2 knobs. Its thick mid-section is divided in 3 with 2 lateral subconical teeth separated by ...
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Chapter 7: Conservation, Article 2
... a palm scientist) are recognized as fathers of evolution theory through their work in the mid-19th Century. Conservation only became an issue of concern when human populations began their dramatic ... of habitat, from the dense, wet, tropical lowland rainforest (e.g. Chamaedorea spp.), to high mountain forests (e.g. wax palms [Ceroxylon] up to 12,000 ft), in wet lowland estuarine habitats ...
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Information about Eucrosia Flower
... genus of bulbs that are mostly native to Peru and Ecuador, where they grow in mountain forests that experience seasonal dry periods. They are somewhat unusual in that they have extremely long ... and healthier plant growth the following season. Do not fertilize the plant when dormant. By mid-spring the bulbs should begin to wake up and the leaves and flowers will come ...
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San Diego Fern Society Fern Catalog
... venustum Evergreen Maidenhair. India, Canada. A most attractive fern from the mountain slopes of the Himalayas. Can also be found in Canada. It ... of its leathery texture. Has large fronds and grows in the mountain forests but will grow well in the garden. Seldom seen here. [Tropical ... . The pinnules (leaves) are olive green with a dark green mid-vein. It is of medium size, likes partial shade, and ...
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