Also known as ling, this low evergreen shrub grows in the moors of Britain & is found in peat bogs
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jeopardy/3211_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  THE HIMALAYAS | In 1951 British explorer Eric Shipton took photos of what were reported to be the footprints of this ... BOTANY | Also known as ling, this low evergreen shrub grows in the moors of Britain & is found in peat bogs | heather. right:.
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Plants of Open Habitats - Gleninchaquin Park  species, there are in fact eight species found in the wild in Ireland. ... Heathers are evergreen shrubs of acid soils that ... Also known as furze and whin, the gorse is a yellow ... often seen as a low growing bushy plant, the wood of gorse was widely used and ... wet heath and peat bogs but has suffered some decline with land.
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bush - Dictionary Definition : Vocabulary.com  There is also the bush that means "the wilderness" or "the wild country," which ... bog shrub of north temperate zone having bitter-tasting fragrant leaves ... low-growing plant found only in volcanic craters on Hawaii having rosettes of narrow .... low-growing evergreen shrub of eastern North America with leathery leaves and...
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Small heaths | Article about small heaths by The Free Dictionary  Although both are somewhat similar low evergreen shrubs of the Old World, ... Species of this large genus are characteristic of vast moor areas in W Europe and, ... The root of the tree heath (E. arborea), called also bruyre, brier, brierroot, French ... A typical plant found in heaths is heather (Calluna vulgaris), which is widely...
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Ling Heather - Calluna Vulgaris - Western Isles Wildflowers - Pink ...  Yellow Wildflowers of The Western Isles - Ling Heather - one of the three types of heather ... The tiny lilac flowers are not bell shaped as are the other two heathers that grow here. ... It is a woody-stemmed and evergreen shrub which has many branches. ... Ling heather is to be be found on the drier hummocks of the bogs.
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VEGETATION OF BELIZE, Belize Botany, Botanical Information for ...  Have fun learning more about the plants found throughout Belize. ... Traditionally, water in which young leaves have been crushed and then strained, ... This is no ordinary palm, it has actually taken the form of a vine which can be found ..... There are many species and varieties of Frangipani, the more common ones being...
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Aerial root - Wikipedia  Banyan tree of undetermined species in Fort Myers, Florida. European Beech with aerial roots in a wet Scottish Glen. Aerial roots are roots above the ground. They are almost always adventitious. They are found in diverse plant species, including epiphytes such as orchids, tropical coastal swamp trees such as mangroves, ... Fishermen in some areas of Southeast Asia make corks for fishing nets by...
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Lavandula angustifolia 'Twickel Purple' - Plant Finder  Lavandula angustifolia, commonly called English lavender, has been a ... Lavender flowers and foliage are also popular additions to sachets and potpourris. English lavender varieties are more often used for culinary purposes than other types of ... 'Twickel Purple' is a compact form noted for dense purple flowers on spikes...
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Fern - Question.com  The maidenhair ferns (Adiantum), with a few species native to North America, were ... found the world over, is Pteridium aquilinum, the common bracken, or brake (names ... fern, a low, matted plant that is the most common of the rock-inhabiting ferns. ... In most ferns the sporangia (spore-bearing sacs) are borne in clusters...
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general types of plant - synonyms and related words | Macmillan ...  Comprehensive list of synonyms for general types of plant, by Macmillan ... a plant that grows in deserts and has thick stems and sharp points called spines ... creeper. noun. a plant with long stems that grow along the ground, around other ... British a plant that lives for several years and is not killed by winter conditions...
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native plant field guide - The Wild Garden: Hansen's Northwest ...  to its name, this strawberry is native to beach areas and other inhospitable ..... yellow bract. From flowers comes a smell reminiscent of skunk spray, ..... Also mixed with foul-tasting medicinal plants to improve their flavor. ..... Deciduous shrub found in moist situations such as swamps and bogs. ...... This small tree lends itself.
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Estonian Nature and Wildlife  This is the place where the land meets the sea, bogs are interspersed with virgin ... For example, 76 species of vascular plants were counted in the summer of 2000 on the ... Besides Estonia, western taiga forests in Europe can only be found in .... Big eyes are useful for seeing in the dark at night because the flying squirrel is...
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Cypress Grove Trail Guide - Point Lobos  Allan Memorial Grove. This loop ... should contact Point Lobos State Reserve, ... beard from the trees and bushes along ... Lace Lichen flourishes only where air Monterey Cypress ... for otters both inside and outside the kelp beds. ... 1. The Coastal Scrub Plant Community 5. Sea Lion Rocks Viewpoint. 2. .... which it grows.
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A Boy's Life in The Canary Islands - FREE! FREE! FREE!  I was born in England, in Lancashire, in Preston, in Deepdale, in the Canary Isles. ... of the Canary Isles was another neighborhood which might have been called ... in a cellar in one of them; a great stagnant swamp, with a brick yard in it, and a ... I don't believe anyone read German so I don't know what it was doing there,...
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Bog - Wikipedia  A bog is a wetland that accumulates peat, a deposit of dead plant materialoften mosses, and in a majority of cases, sphagnum moss. It is one of the four main types of wetlands. Other names for bogs include mire, quagmire, and muskeg; alkaline mires .... These develop from a lake or flat marshy area, over either non-acidic or...
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English Ivy (Hedera helix)  European colonists introduced English ivy as early as 1727. ... Habitats invaded include forest openings and edges, fields, cliffs, steep slopes, and disturbed areas. ... forested and open areas, growing along the ground as well as into the forest canopy. ... Plant: evergreen perennial climbing vine that attaches to bark of trees,...
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ADW: Lama glama: INFORMATION - Animal Diversity Web  The Andean highlands, especially the Altiplano of southeast Peru and western Bolivia, is the natural habitat of L. glama. These plateaus are covered with low...
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Ria de Alvor, Portugal - A Rocha  b Universidade de Lisboa, Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Territorio, CEG-ZEPHYRUS, Rua Branca Edmee Marques, 1600-276 Lisboa, Portugal.
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Ginkgo biloba | Plants & Fungi At Kew - Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew  Maidenhair tree has been described as a 'living fossil' because it is the sole ... but today Ginkgo biloba is the only member of its genus, which is the only genus in its ... Maidenhair trees can be extremely long-lived, the oldest recorded individual ... The attractive maidenhair tree has been widely planted as an ornamental,...
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Full Bloom Nursery | Clermont, GA | Shrubs  The leaves, flowers and berries come in many shapes, sizes and colors. ... Shrubs with a * next to their name are native to the Southeast. ... Chionanthus retusus- Chinese Fringetree ... Black Dragon ... Goshiki variegated Tea Olive .... How often you need to water new shrubs depends on the time of year, the type of soil,...
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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...