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Bamboo - Wikipedia  The bamboos Listen/bmbu/ are a subfamily (Bambusoideae) of flowering perennial evergreen plants in the grass family Poaceae. Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family. ... Certain species of bamboo can grow 91 cm (3 ft) within a 24-hour period, at a rate of almost 4 cm (1.5 in) an hour (a growth...
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Panicum repens - US Forest Service  As of this writing (2011), torpedograss occurs in tropical and subtropical regions .... Torpedograss is a perennial grass growing up to 3 feet (1 m) tall from sturdy, ... As floodwaters retreated, shoots grew to a height of 3 feet (1 m) in 3 months. ..... at temperatures of 120 F (50 C) and 130 F (55 C) survived, but all rhizomes...
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GrassNot Just the Green Beneath Your Feet  Watchtower ...  The height of the plants range from about three quarters of an inch [2 cm] to 130 ... Grass makes up a major part of the vegetation that covers the earth. ... plant groups on earth, growing in polar regions and deserts, in tropical rain forests, ... And new shoots might start from stems growing horizontally on or under the ground.
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tree - Tree structure and growth | plant | Britannica.com  Nov 20, 2015 ... Learn why there are limits on a tree's height but not its width; included is a discussion of the  ... Shoots can be separated into long shoots and short shoots on the ... For example, in the longleaf pine, the seedlings enter a grass stage, ..... pull water up to only a height of approximately 9 metres (30 feet).
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Imperata brasiliensis, I. cylindrica - US Forest Service  Cogon grass is native to Korea, Japan, China, India, and tropical eastern Africa .... Cogon grass grows to 3 feet (1 m) in height [25,105]. .... Shilling and others [133] showed that wind can disperse cogon grass spikelets up to 360 feet (110 m) from .... cogon grasslands contained approximately 3 to 6 million shoots/ha, 7 to 18...
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Creating the Tropical Look - Aggie Horticulture  plants fell victim to increased heating costs, ending the tropical plant craze. ... It prefers light shade to some sun and produces beautiful foot-long ..... Pineapple and Spanish moss may be the two best-known members of the ... Air plants are some of the best bromeliads for mounting on almost ... Earth star plants like bright,.
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Jeopary Questions page 1279 - AMERICAN PLAYS - TriviaBistro.com  I LOVE "U": The highest elevation in this state is 13,528 feet  LET'S GET ... BIRDS DO IT: The king type of this well-feathered duck dives as far "down" as 180 feet.
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Giant Sequoias and Redwoods: The Largest and Tallest Trees
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Page 1 " - "I" | | | | | || II. T MI - I LES Pi Li e i t = * -- ~~-liig 17. --- r 3 ...  Sunflower 23 ft 5% in tall 7,47m F. Kelnd Exeter, Devn 1976 ..... designated WPN-114, which grew at 10,750 ft 3275 m above ... was over 50ft 15,24 m in girth and it cannot be much less than ... ~d weighing up to 93 lb/ft 1490kg/m'. ...... Lake Baykal in Siberia, USSR, is 4872 ft 1484 m below sea- level. Deepest Great Britain.
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Bromeliads: These Plants Thrive on Thin Air and an Occasional ...  Jul 8, 1990 ... What could be easier to grow than a plant that can literally subsist ... bromeliad we're all most familiar with, the pineapple plant (Ananus). ... The best known example of a pure "air plant," would be Tillandsia usneoides-- Spanish moss. ... The earth star looks exactly like its name--a small (no more than 8 or...
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Drought tolerant hedges, wind breaks, and screens with California ...  These plants are good for giving you privacy from the neighbors or keeping their ... A hedge of Arctostaphylos Austin Griffin will grow to about 10 ft. tall and 12 ... They make good hedges because they are clean, evergreen and many grow fast. ... Ian Bush Manzanita makes a fast five foot hedge in most California Gardens.
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Cinchona - Herbs2000.com  The plant known as the cinchona is a tall evergreen tree that often reaches between fifty ... In most of the tropical jungles of these islands, the deadly microscopic foes lay for ... This tree was at the time cultivated largely on the island of Java in the ... is the substance called quinidine - mainly employed today in the treatment of...
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The Cannonball Tree ~ Kuriositas  So it is with the Cannonball Tree whose fruit is so large that they look like cannonballs. ... The tree (scientific name Couroupita guianensis is native to the south of the Caribbean and to the northern parts of South America. ... its large brown fruit  its cannonballs  seem to be growing from the trunk of the tree. ... Give a Gift.
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Agave americana - Wikipedia  Agave americana in bloom in Portugal: The flower stalk may reach up to 8 m (26 ft) in height. Agave americana, common names sentry plant, century plant, maguey, or American aloe, is a ... Although it is called the century plant, it typically lives only 10 to 30 years. .... Create a book  Download as PDF  Printable version...
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In the Desert, Cactus, Cardon, Saguaro, Barrel Cactus, Organ Pipe ...  Let's start off with the biggest cactus in the desert. ... I'm 6' 1" tall and can reach to 8 ft.so this Cardon Cactus is over 36 ft. tall and look at the spread on it. ... Some Cardons have been measured at nearly 70 ft. high and weigh up to 25 tons. ... Almost all cacti have edible fruit that was used by the Native American People,...
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Saguaro - Wikipedia  The saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea) is an arborescent (tree-like) cactus species in the monotypic ... They may grow their first side arm any time from 75100 years of age, but ... The largest known living saguaro is the Champion Saguaro growing in ... it measured 78 feet (24 m) tall before it blew over in a windstorm in 1986.
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Oxeye Daisy | Invasive Species Council of British Columbia | ISCBC ...  The plant can grow up to 1 metre in height at maturity. Oxeye daisy is often confused with the ornamental Shasta daisy, which has larger yellow disk (2-3 cm)...
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The World of Gourds - Wayne's Word  Known as "curcurbits" to gourd lovers, the fruits of this exceedingly diverse ... of the Caribbean islands to giant gourds over seven feet (2 m) long. ... There are two species of Calabash trees that grow wild in Mexico, Central ..... Modern varieties of the watermelon are derived from the native African vine Citrullus lanatus (syn.
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Old Lecture Notes on Latin America (Chptrs 4 & 5) - Del Mar College  The height of these mountains is similar to the Sierra Madre Occidental or between ... The cattle are shipped to the markets of Mexico City and San Luis Potosi. .... Chinampa cultivation refers to the use of artificial islands constructed of alternate layers ..... Bogota is situated at an elevation of 8500 feet above sea level, and it...
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large pond pots | Garden | Gumtree Australia Free Local Classifieds  I have a range of 10 interesting water plants suitable for ponds, containers or ... This aquatic plant can reach heights up to two metres however much of that can ... Louisiana iris plants in 175 mm pots Stunning purple flowering iris Great for ponds. .... home 45cm tall 31cm diameter Nice large size Would suit pond style plants...
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Andean Wildlife Project - Webster's Wildshots  Sep 27, 2015 ... Websters Wildshots South American photogaphy expedition, ... Their long legs and graceful neck make them truly elegant as well. ... This is the coastal desert and stretches about 600 miles from north to south. .... of rain a year and scientists have concluded that some areas have experienced extreme aridity...