On milkweed & dandelions, each one comes with its own "parachute"
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Milkweed - Wild Blessings  Each cluster of blossoms is followed by one or two large warty pods with a seam ... flat brown seeds arranged like scales on a fish, each with a folded parachute of fine .... Its common name comes from the milky latex that exudes from the plant ... The latex from dandelion stems can be used similarly, but milkweed latex is...
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J! Archive - Show #618, aired 1987-04-22  (Alex: And finally, a new category for us, [*], and I say new because all of the material in ... On milkweed & dandelions, each one comes with its own "parachute"...
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Seed Travel - msdiazclass  Sep 21, 2006 ... seeds, each with its own silky parachute for riding the wind. Milkweed seeds come in pods instead of blowballs. If you open a ripe ... have two wings. Actually, each seed has one wing, and the seeds grow in pairs. Dandelion...
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Wind Dispersal Of Seeds - Wayne's Word  The pollen grain (and pollen tube) come from the "male" organs (called ... This article concerns one of the most remarkable of all seed dispersal ... They become airborne when released from their fruit and sail through the air like a true glider. .... with seed pods (follicles) and parachute seeds similar to those of milkweeds.
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Plant - Ray Sahelian, M.D.  Plants and their beautiful flowers, trees, Flowers and Plants list and definition by Ray Sahelian, M.D. ... mother, While its name means flesh colored, it's usually a white one that men wear ... Milkweed On milkweed & dandelions, each seed comes with its own "parachute" The floss of this weed, named for the white liquid in its...
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Dandelions: Hear Them Roar | Eat The Weeds and other things, too  First, it was a big sharp knife. ... Well, how about they are pretty and free and on a windy day spreading their ... name dandelion came from French, dent de lion, or tooth of the lion, referring to ... could also come from the Greek word taraxi to disturb, referring to its ability ... Add dandelion leaves, flower petals, buds, and salt.
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Sugar Gliders | Bio-aerial Locomotion 2011 - BU Blogs  Oct 19, 2011 ... They have a thin membrane that extends from both of their wrists to both of their ankles, called a patgium. ... The patagium acts like a parachute, greatly increasing the sugar glider's surface area, which ... It is remarkable how similar sugar gliders and flying squirrels are, despite being only distantly related.
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Mil's Place: "DRIFTING ALONG WITH THE TUMBLING SALSULA ...  Jun 7, 2012 ... Tumbleweeds are actually dried-up Russian Thistles (SALSULA ... big growths and piles of tumbleweeds around the base of the mill. ... across the field, it will break the crust of the soil and cause wind erosion. ... Maybe it's their carefree, irresponsible drifting, without a care and ... Nowhere to go but I'll find
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Colorado State Flower, White and Lavender Columbine (Aquilegia ...
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A Beginner's Guide to Bromeliad Pups - Bromeliad Propagation  As sad as it may seem, most bromeliads are one time bloomers. ... Pups can form at anytime but this most often occurs after your bromeliad has ... Propagation occurs in a similar way for each of these different varieties. ... From what I understand, a mother plant doesn't grow pups until after it has .... Reply. Tuataragirl says:.
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jeopardy/133_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  TEEN CUISINE | When parents hear this word, they think "heavy snowstorm"; when ... the Greek for "leaf", they're the individual parts of a flower's corolla | petals.
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Epimedium 'Dancing Stars' | 2016 PDN Spring Flowering Plants ...  Fairy Flower for sale buy Epimedium 'Lilac Cascade' ..... The Dark Side ... Epimedium 'Yokihi' (Yokihi Fairy Wings) -- part sun to light shade; spring blooming; deer resistant; 1' x 18" .... Adorable fairy garden- probably my favorite one that I have see. ...... Strophanthus preussii [Corkscrew Flower, Poison Arrow Vine, Spider...
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Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) - Illinois Wildflowers  The margins are slightly wavy and irregular, and sometimes coarsely dentate. ... Habitats include lawns, gardens, degraded meadows, vacant lots, and sunny areas along ... Sometimes the flowerheads are used to make dandelion wine. ... pernicious weed (with some justification), even though the flowers are quite attractive.
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Plant - Ray Sahelian, M.D.  Plants and their beautiful flowers, trees, Flowers and Plants list and definition by Ray Sahelian, M.D. ... seed comes with its own "parachute" The floss of this weed, named for the white liquid in its stems, was used in lifebelts in World War II
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An Emergency Source of Natural Rubber - National Agricultural ...  rubber, 53 percent of the world total. ... emergency sources of rubber made during the war years, one must .... and field tests of kok-saghyz, the so-called Russian dandelion, as an ..... to be two types of plants, one of which begins to flower in the first ...... greatly by germination and growth of weed seeds from previous years.
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The Biology of Dandelions - NatureNorth.com  It's scientific name is Taraxacum officinale. ... The flower head is actually a tightly packed mass of many tiny florets (individual flowers), typical of the entire family of plants, the ... Most of the seed production in Dandelions is due to this process. ... In fact, the family of plants that the Dandelion belongs to also includes lettuce!
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Seeds and Greens- Gardening life! on Pinterest | Watering Cans ...  A large plant that deserves the landscape or a big container all its own. ... Creeping Jacob's Ladder, Greek Valerian 'Stairway to Heaven' (Polemonium reptans) . ... In addition to facilitating the reproduction of flowering plants, flowers have long ... the innermost whorl (consisting of an ovary, style and stigma) is called a pistil.
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Give me your answer do | Life and style | The Guardian  Jun 26, 2009 ... Daisies and poppies and more mystery flowers in the meadow. ... Mystery plant one looks like it might be a thistle family member, but I have no...
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Milkweed - Wild Blessings  Historical Uses: Externally, Milkweed has been used in traditional medicine to treat warts. ... The milk is not the sap of the plant but a special secretion. ... During World War II when imports of natural rubber from the rubber tree were cut off, the ... The Butterfly Weed or Pleurisy Root with its glowing orange flowers is the most...
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wcs: May 2011  May 31, 2011 ... The rain isn't expected to be heavy, so it won't help the drought much. ... The grape flowers have formed and are beginning to open. ... to describe this kind of lettuce, too, though you may know it as "curly endive. ... in English), is a broad leaf variety that I planted at the same time. ..... Give me your answer do.
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Stop Milkweed Pests from Ruining Milkweed for Monarchs  Apr 6, 2016 ... NOT the Monarch Caterpillar Jackpot Tussock moth larvae are the other ... I am noticing on my Butterfly Weed an orange and black bug. ... Rabbits will also eat milkweed plantsespecially seedlings. .... Netting can be helpful against birds/waspsgood luck! .... I've seen her do it here in New Hampshire.