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    Stevia Botanical Name: Stevia rebaudiana Family Name: Asteriaceae 2n chromosome: 22 (X=11) Botanical explanation: Stevia is member of Asteriaceae family which has 200 genus. Its height up to 1 m tall. It is a perennial herbaceous plant having extensive root system. Its leaves are sessile, 3–4 cm in length, elongate lanceolate or spatulate shaped with blunt-tipped lamina, serrate tip. The upper surface of the leaf is granular. Its stem is woody and weak at the bottom. The flowers

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    the root system of a perennial plant. The annual wheat plants need help from other substance and can’t rely on its own system to grown again every year. The perennial plants don’t need help from other substance at all because of its root system it does not need to start every year to grow again from seed. #18. The relationship between the diversity of plant root systems and erosion is that the roots protect the soil from erosion and the thinner the soil is the more perennial the roots become. #19

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    Container Cheating

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    Container gardening is a style of small space gardening in which vegetables and flowers are planted in containers instead of directly in the ground. One reason container gardening has become so popular in recent years is that the containers can be moved around to areas where a person might not normally think of planting a vegetable garden. Patios, stoops, sidewalks and even along driveways are some of the more typical places that a gardener might grow container vegetables. While you can use just

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    don't have big advertising budgets, but these are often the best sources for plants that can really make a garden exquisite. California is lucky in having quite a few smaller nurseries that have propagated some rare and very beautiful shade-loving perennials and offer them for sale to the public, either by mail order or by direct sales. http://www.diggingdog.com/pages2/plantsshade.php p.o. box 471 Albion, CA 95410 (707) 937-1130 The people at Digging Dog Nursery have made hunting for shade

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    Sugary Mints History

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    Have you ever wonder about the facts of the sugary candy called breath mints and the reason they turn your mouth cold Well this essay is for you. it has what the mint is, history about mints, type of mint flavors and everything else about mints. I would recommend reading this because candys cool. Mint scientifically called Mentha is Herbaceous plant that belongs to the family Lamiaceae. Mint is small plant that can reach 4 to 47 inches in height. The stem is square-shaped and divided in nodes

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    Merced County is the best known as the County in Central Valley part, where the location for food production and processing is. It is also a peaceful and quiet place to live and study, however, when I moved to Merced County, I have been facing some problems such as climate change, river flow unsteadily, and insects migrate. In fact, I have been watching the trees that belong to UC Merced were dying, which led to my question, is this effect overall Merced County? Because all trees and plants have

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    This study included three experiments that were conducted during the winter seasons of 2013/2014 (one experiment) and 2014-2015 (two experiments). 4.1 Frist season of 2013/2014 One experiment was designed to investigate the effect of three plant spacing (20, 30 and 40 cm), three humic acid (HA) rates (control, 1000 and 2000 mg l-1), three boron (B) rates (control, 100 and 200 mg l-1) and their interactions on the vegetative growth and earliness as well as the green pods yield of broad bean

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    Desertification is the spread of the desert where a forest or other vegetation used to be. It became very well known in the early 1930’s. There are hundreds of factors that contribute to the causes of Desertification. One of the main causes, although nature also plays a big part, is the human race. Some of the wildlife in the area where the Desertification is taking place can cause the death of a thousands of animals. There is a type of plant that the people of all nations are planting when they

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    Treasure Flower Essay

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    Treasure flower, a common name often applied to Gazania, originated because this plant is such a valuable asset in the garden. Many attributes recommend its inclusion in a variety of gardens, including drought tolerance once established, adaptability to many soil types, deer resistance, fire resistance, and tolerance of coastal conditions, heat, and wind. A member of the large Asteraceae (Compositae) family, commonly known as the aster, daisy, or sunflower family, Gazania is one of some 2,000 genera

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    Hello, everyone. Gaeun and I are about to present a plant called ‘Snapdragon’. The contents will be: We will first speak ‘About the Snapdragon’, then the ‘Characteristics of Snapdragon’, ‘The myth of Snapdragon’, the ‘Uses of Snapdragon’, and lastly a brief summary. /(슬라이드 넘김) So, what is the snapdragon? It is also known as Antirrhinum in botanical terms but most commonly referred to as snapdragon. (botanical term means 식물학적 명칭). The origin of it’s Korean name, 금어초, comes from it’s appearance

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