An invasive species are often defined as animals‚ plants or microbes that are found apart from its native land and affect the economy‚ ecology and even the way of life for other species. For this reason‚ the Osteopilus Septentrionalis is now an invasive species to Florida. The Osteopilus Septentrionalis‚ also known as the Cuban Tree frog‚ is native to Cuba and has become an amazingly invasive species to the United States‚ within the last hundred years. It is believed to have come from Cuba as a stowaway
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Subtropical Climates. Gainesville‚ FL: University Press of Florida. p. 136. Gilman‚ Edward. 1999. Aechmea Fasciata. In: University of Florida Cooperative Extension Service[Internet]. [cited 2010 June 3]; 3:44. Available from: http://hort.ifas.ufl.edu/shrubs/AECFASA.PDF Taylor‚ Norman. 1948. Taylor ’s Encyclopedia of Gardening. Boston‚ MA: Houghton-Mifflin Company. p. 130‚ 323. Watkins‚ John and Sheehan‚ Thomas. 1975. Florida Landscape Plants. Gainesville‚ FL: University Press of Florida. p. 79.
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i Crouch grass Elytrigia repens (couch grass; syn. Triticum repens L.‚ Agropyron repens (L.) P. Beauv.‚ Elymus repens (L.) Gould) is a very common species of grass native to most of Europe‚ Asia‚ and northwest Africa. Other names include twitch‚ quick grass‚ quitch grass (also just quitch)‚ dog grass‚ quackgrass‚ scutch grass‚ and witchgrassIt has creeping rhizomes which enable it to grow rapidly across grassland. The stems (’culms’) grow to 40–150 cm tall; the leaves are linear‚ 15–40 cm long and
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Sheryl Moppin 7-6-11 WD121 Descriptive Essay My Family I always hated doing my family tree. The reason for this‚ is because I really don’t know much about my grandparents. My grandparents passed away before I was born. The only thing I have of them are pictures. These pictures are not color. They are black and white. So‚ I am guessing these were taken sometime in the early 20’s or 30’s. Some of these pictures are faded. By looking at the pictures I can see a lot of history. My grandparents
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soil conditions may cause landslides in the worst case and soil erosions in the least case‚ thus another oppurtunity for sediment production. Kaingin(slash-and-burn) The kaingin farming practice refers to burning and clearing (by slashing)of wild shrubs or trees to give way to crop farming in the upland forest area. When these areas are planted with crops‚ soil erosion can be stopped if not minimized.Unfortunately‚ a lot of farmers do not necessarily own these lands ‚ so only during planting season
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cred A traditional means of biodiversity conservation‚ these groves can be considered the ancient equivalent of natural sanctuaries where No one is permitted to cut any tree or plant‚ or harm any form of life in this area. Ancient Indian texts have many references to sacred groves‚ for example‚ Kalidaasa’s Vikramorvawsiyam. Today‚ there are only about 1000 square kilometres of undisturbed sacred groves‚ scattered in patches all over the country.. These groves are important today as they are banks
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In You Are a Contract Painkiller (1997‚ p. 111)‚ author Maureen Littlejohn makes extensive use of personification to describe the functioning of Aspirin in our body‚ its various properties to fight pain‚ and its evolution over the years. Littlejohn describes how Aspirin claimed celebrity status as one of the world’s most popular‚ inexpensive painkillers by relieving headaches‚ sprains‚ blows‚ burns‚ swelling and fever. Furthermore‚ she added that Aspirin could also be used to reduce the risk of stroke
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plotting something. Soon after‚ they attacked. Imagery: “…weary‚ starving and sun-scorched‚ the earth under the blue sky and against the the prospect of the distant hills a velvet black expanse‚ with reed roofs‚ green trees‚ and‚ later‚ black-veiled shrubs and gates‚ barns‚ outhouses‚ and walls‚ rising here and there into the sunlight.” (book 1‚ chapter 15‚ page
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According to Socrates‚ an unjust person is an unhappy person. Why do you believe Socrates made this analogy? How does one become a balanced individual? Furthermore‚ Plato also has an opinion of what a well-balanced person is. Show how Plato’s understanding of a well-balanced person is necessary to a society in harmony with itself‚ and how that ties in with Socrates’ preceding analogy. Socrates believed a unjust person could not be happy that only the just person could be happy. The unjust person
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The Savanna A savanna is a rolling grassland scattered with shrubs and isolated trees. It can be found between a tropical rainforest and desert biome. Not enough rain falls on a savanna to support forests. Savannas are known as tropical grasslands. They are found in a wide band on either side of the equator on the edges of tropical rainforests. They are located in Africa‚ South America‚ India‚ and Australia .Some animals that habitat here are wildebeest warthog elephants zebras and rhinos
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