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Africa. This plant is cited as a noxious weed in several countries; for example Brazil and the United States. It is designated an "injurious weed" under...

shade and deep, moist, soft soils. In the western part of North America an example typical habitat would be in a shaded ravine or riparian corridor with common...

colours. Another interesting point is a colour-changing phenomenon. For example, in the yellow variety, as the plant matures, it can display flowers that...

species of grass. It is a perennial plant sometimes found in acidic bogs, for example in the Portlethen Moss, Scotland and mountain pasture, throughout Europe...

temperatures, will still be accorded the same hardiness zone. An extreme example is the Shetland Islands and southern Alabama, which are both on the boundary...

in a monotypic genus Nemopanthus. I. amelanchier grows near water, for example on streambanks. The dull red berries appear in October to November, and...

English tends to use climber to refer to the broader category, including, for example, ivy.) The remainder of this article uses the term vine in its broader,...

but moisture-retentive soil. It can also be grown epiphytically, as, for example, with moss around its roots and wired to rough bark. There aren't too many...

base). Though rosettes usually sit near the soil, their structure is an example of a modified stem. Often, rosettes form in perennial plants whose upper...

dwindling of its habitat. It can also be found in Great Britain locally, for example Butomus umbellatus at Caldicot and Wentloog Levels otherwise known as Gwent...

monoploid number, possibly excluding the sex-determining chromosomes. For example, a human cell has 46 chromosomes, which is an integral multiple of the monoploid...

an evergreen tree growing to 40 m tall and 2 m trunk diameter. It is an example of a living fossil. It is considered as the national tree of Chile. The...

its native habitat and will capture water arthropods and tadpoles, for example, while submerged. Sarracenia psittacina f. heterophylla J. & J.Ainsworth...

genera. It is not uncommon for one to come across multi-genera hybrids, for example, Yamadara (Brassavola × Cattleya × Epidendrum × Laelia). Although the flowers...

forms mixed forests with Araucaria araucana (monkey-puzzle) trees, for example in the Villarrica National Park in Chile. The coihue usually has elegant...

funding. However, not all botanical gardens are open to the public: for example the Chelsea Physic Garden. According to the International Agenda for Botanic...

Through selection of seedlings the fruit could be greatly improved; as an example, a seedling is known in the Isle of Pines in which the flesh separates readily...

031210-0226 Kalanchoe tubiflora.jpg File:Kalanchoe delagoensis (Habitus).jpg For example Sapphire-spangled Emerald (Amazilia lactea) in Brazil (Baza Mendonça & dos...

phosphate minerals (for example Nauru and the Christmas islands) increases the contamination of soil with Cadmium, for example in New Zealand. Uranium...

6–8 mm long. Outside its native range, Ribes species may be invasive. For example, in Michigan, planting of any currant and gooseberry species is prohibited...