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Convergent Evolution - Cactus and Succulent Society of New Zealand (CSSNZ) Inc.
... totally unrelated genera of plants evolve similar morphology to cope with similar conditions in different areas or even different continents. Euphorbias come from Africa and Cacti from the Americas, they are totally unrelated ... home. That's $20 for the euphorbia and the cactus please!! Introduction Completely unrelated plants and animals have evolved in similar ways to cope with similar environments ...
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Convergent Evolution - Cactus and Succulent Society of New Zealand (CSSNZ) Inc.
... storage is essential to enable the plant to survive between infrequent/small rainfalls. In summary totally unrelated families of plants have evolved similar morphology (body shape etc) to cope with similar environmental ...
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The Home Gardening Guide - Gowing your own garden
... take the place of another as soon as it is removed. Try to plant crops totally unrelated to the previous crop. For example, follow early beans with beets, bush squash, or bell ...
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Floridata: Tsuga canadensis
... by birds and small mammals, and porcupines eat the inner bark. Native Americans from many unrelated and geographically disjunct tribes used decoctions of hemlock inner bark, roots or needles internally ... there are no modern medicinal uses for hemlock. The "hemlock" that killed Socrates was a totally unrelated biennial herb (Conium maculatum) in the carrot family. Steve Christman 9/13/00; updated 01 ...
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Penstemon grinnellii Southern woodland Penstemon, Grinnell's Beard tongue, Grinnell's Penstemon.
... drainage. Drought tolerant. Native to California from Kern county south in several spots that are totally unrelated. A very showy rock garden plant. Needs perfect drainage, will survive in clay as long ...
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ASGAP - Frequently Asked Questions
... and, in many cases, common names that do exist can apply to two or more totally different plants. For example, "Native Fuchsia" can apply to either Epacris longiflora or Correa reflexa ... " also! Correa reflexa is sometimes referred to as "Native Fuchsia" but so are some other unrelated species! No true fuchsias occur in Australia. [27k]. Click the thumbnail image or plant name ...
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Love-in-a-mist
... ones never appeared on a seed packet. Many years ago, at first glance, I was totally smitten by Love-in-a-mist. Little did I know that lo! these many growing ... are interchangeably known in some Middle Eastern and Asian cuisines as black cumin—although botanically unrelated to the more familiar brown cumin, which is a member of the parsley family. I ...
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... the pteridophytes the sporophyte generation dwarfs and overtakes the gametophyte almost immediately and is totally independent of it for support and nutrition; it is the most commonly observed component ... may just be advantageous to generate numerous genetically identical individuals. A number of quite unrelated species produce vegetative buds or bulbils that are capable of producing roots and new ...
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APSnet Education Center - Introductions to the Major Pathogen Groups - Introduction to Parasitic Flowering Plants
... host xylem via the haustorium. Holoparasites lack chlorophyll (and are thus nonphotosynthetic) and must rely totally on the contents of the xylem and the phloem of the host. All holoparasites are ... for a species of Cuscuta, even by experienced plant scientists. The similarity between these two unrelated genera is one of the most striking parallelisms among the flowering plants. Common features of ...
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Grower Diaries - BigPumpkins.com
... , but gives me some temporary peace of mind in case the winds get stronger and totally rips the thing apart. Please, let's turn the fans off!   Friday, May 19 View ... out today that another kitten has joined the clan, although this one is orange and unrelated. I think someone in town is dropping unwatned cats off. This is "Shader". We also ...
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