When it comes to landscaping your property, there are many sizes and shapes of trees to consider. Some soften the landscape while others make a bold, dramatic statement. In order to have the beautiful, well-balanced yard you want, consider the…
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The coast redwood, Sequoia sempervirens, also known as the California redwood and the giant redwood is an evergreen, long-lived monoecious[1] tree. The species, which is one of the longest lived of all living things (1200 years to 1800 years) on…
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The Asimina triloba is commonly known as the pawpaw, paw paw, paw-paw or common pawpaw. The pawpaw belong to the same family as the ylang-ylang, sour sop and the custard-apple. It is native to eastern, southern and Midwestern United States….
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The flowering plants or Angiosperms are divided into two classes: the Monocotyledons or monocots and the Dicotyledons or dicots. The fundamental difference occurs during development: monocots have one seed leaf or cotyledon while dicots have two. This seemingly small difference…
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Rainforest’s are some of the most diverse, yet primitive, ecosystems found anywhere on the planet. They are believed to comprise over 90% of the biology species known, and at least 60% of those species are epiphytic, some say as much…
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The vast majority of living plant species belong to the group called the Angriosperms or flowering plants. The term denotes the common characteristic of having seeds encased in an ovary and differentiates them from the gymnosperms, in which the seed…
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An epiphyte is any plant that does not live in the soil, have true root systems, and frequently lives on another plant providing no benefit but causing no harm. This differentiates them from symbiotic plants (though they are often symbiotic…
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Epiphytes are plants that grow on other plants but are not parasites nor symbionts because they neither harm their host nor benefit it. Because of the competition for space and light in the forest, many plants have taken up an…
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There is a book available from Kew Gardens, “Agaric Folia of the Lesser Antilles” by Pegler and it lists over 400 mushrooms found in the Caribbean. It refers to identification, growth characteristics and where they grow. The book is about…
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Bryophytes include the mosses (Musci) and liverworts (Hepaticae). These are undoubtedly plants but they lack features of higher plants like vascular tissue. Mosses are concidered by many as posessing leaves and stems while liverworts are thought of as flattened and…
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