black snake went reeling by. Head-down‚ tongue-flickering on the trail he quested through the parting grass; sun glazed his curves of diamond scale and we lost breath to watch him pass. What track he followed‚ what small food fled living from his fierce intent‚ we scarcely thought; still as we stood our eyes went with him as he went. Cold‚ dark and splendid he was gone into the grass that hid his prey . We took a deeper breath of day‚ looked at each other‚ and went on. Judith Wright
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buffelgrass (Cenchrus ciliaris). Buffelgrass‚ or African foxtail grass‚ is native to regions of Africa‚ southern Asia‚ Iran‚ and the extreme south of Europe. 2 It is a perennial grass that grows to about 50 cm tall with linear leaves. Buffelgrass was first introduced to Arizona‚ Texas‚ and Sonora‚ Mexico in the 1930’s as a means to feed cattle and prevent soil erosion. Unfortunately‚ many ranchers in Sonora‚ Mexico are still using this invasive grass as a means to feed their cattle and going as far as planting
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Food Web Diagram Snake (D) Hawk (D) Coyote (D) Insects (C) Scorpion (C) Lizard (C) Quail (C) Mouse (C) Cactus (P) Grass (P) When you are explaining an ecosystem you have producers‚ consumers‚ and decomposers. Producers are the plants and the tress in the ecosystem that provide the energy to the ecosystem. As for the desert the producers are cactus and grass. The consumers of the ecosystem are in three different kinds‚ they are herbivores‚ carnivores‚ and omnivores. Herbivores are the consumers
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diversity and uniform structure. For example‚ the cockatoo grass is a key species the conservancy is attempting to restore.
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and corn hub in a hollow block. A talahib is a grass native to South Asia. It is perennial‚ growing up to three meters high‚ with spreading rhizomatous roots. This grass quickly colonizes exposed silt plains created each year by floods‚ forming almost pure stands on the lowest portions of the floodplain. The reeds of this grass can be made into mats‚ screens‚ and thatch roofs. In this study‚ the researcher wants to test the feasibility of the grass to be an additive for hollow blocks. Cornhusks
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salt solution. The bacterial cells will shrivel and die‚ as water leaving the cell. 4. A small amount of fertilizer will make the grass of a lawn grow. Too much fertilizer will “burn” kill the grass. Why? Using too much fertilizer will create a hypotonic surrounding for grass cell. The water molecule will move out of the grass‚ and cause plasmolysis of cell. The grass will then become yellow‚ flaccid‚ and die. 5. The red blood
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little if not any furniture. The speaker develops this theme by introducing the room and explaining how his experience of being in it alone like Emily Dickinson; the speaker addresses it by using simile to compare room to the grass outside which he stated is “what we see of the grass outside—brittle‚ brown‚ as if it wanted to avoid the sun” to explain how dried out the room looks‚ the speaker then uses personification‚ stating “Any clue-under
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struggle between Cameron and his Dad in Going Bovine by Libba Bray by looking through the marxist literary lense. Throughout the book‚ Cameron’s Dad has always been in charge and rules the family through an iron grip. While Cameron’s Dad is cutting the grass‚ Cameron states “Our eyes meet for a nanosecond‚ and then Dad stoops to examine a particularly hearty clump of weeds. As I back the Turdmobile down the driveway‚ he’s running the mower over the same spot again and again‚ forcing the rebellious patch
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Walt was a poet who was active in the early to mid 1800s. He released one of his most famous works‚ Leaves of Grass‚ in 1855. Walter (Called Walt‚ to distinguish him from his father) Whitman was born in Long Island‚ as the second child of Walter Whitman and Louisa Van Velsor Whitman. He later had a total of eight siblings‚ and due to some bad investments the family had to move around and live in a series of different homes. Walt himself says he had a generally restless and unhappy childhood.
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instantly allows someone to see slow sloping depressions covered by dirt colored water‚ neighboring a wooden bridge that beautifies the scene. The water is as still as a cell phone when it is turned off. The air is fragrant with eucalypts‚ mesquites‚ and grass. For some strange reason‚ one feels that a whisper tone is mandatory to maintain the perfect unity with the outdoor temple. Vegetation is all along the bank with fragrance producing vines in astonishing numbers. Birds are flying making their presence
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