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Wintergreen is a ghost town in northeastern Karnes County, Texas, United States. It once stood at the intersection of the Victoria - San Antonio Roads and the lower Helena - Gonzales Roads . Wintergreen appeared on maps from 1858 to 1868, including an 1865 Civil War map.
Elymus repens, commonly known as couch grass, is a very common perennial species of grass native to most of Europe, Asia, the Arctic, and northwest Africa. It has been brought into other mild northern climates for forage or erosion control, but is often considered a weed .
Wildseed Farms is a wildflower farm near Fredericksburg, Texas, United States. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is the largest working wildflower farm in the country. [ 4 ] The farm won the Garden Center 2001 Innovator award.
The seed heads are produced in a cluster of two to six spikes together at the top of the stem, each spike 2–5 cm (0.79–1.97 in) long. [ 5 ] It has a deep root system; in drought situations with penetrable soil, the root system can grow to over 2 metres (6.6 ft) deep, though most of the root mass is less than 60 centimetres (24 in) under the ...
Elymus pungens, the sea couch grass, is a species of grass of the genus Elymus in the family Poaceae.It is a common grass species native to Europe and Asia. Elymus pungens is typically found in sandy, and saline environments and can tolerate harsh weather conditions; because of this it is a common pioneer species typically associated with sand dunes.
Crop art is an environmental art practice using plants and seeds in the landscape to create statements, marks and/or images. Agnes Denes , Matthew Moore (artist), Dennis Oppenheim and Stan Herd are practitioners of Crop art.
The Piney Woods is a temperate coniferous forest terrestrial ecoregion in the Southern United States covering 54,400 square miles (141,000 km 2) of East Texas, southern Arkansas, western Louisiana, and southeastern Oklahoma.
Coutchman (sometimes spelled Couchman) is a ghost town in northern Freestone County, Texas, United States, some four miles southwest of Streetman, off Texas Farm to Market Road 246, near CR 994 and CR 995. Coutchman was settled circa 1850 and named after local landowner William Coutchman. It had a peak population of approximately 300 people.