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2. Ammophila breviligulata - Wikipedia

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   Ammophila breviligulata is perennial grass which produces an extensive rhizome system. The leaves have deeply furrowed upper surfaces and smooth undersides, and grow 1 to 3 feet (0.3 to 0.9 m) tall. The plant's inflorescence is a spike-like panicle that can reach 10 inches (25 cm) long; The spikelet is single-flowered, awnless. [4]

3. Hydroseeding - Wikipedia

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   A commercial hydroseeder. Hydroseeding (or hydraulic mulch seeding, hydro-mulching, hydraseeding) is a planting process that uses a slurry of seed and mulch. It is often used as an erosion control technique on construction sites, as an alternative to the traditional process of broadcasting or sowing dry seed. [1]

4. Tallgrass prairie - Wikipedia

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   Flowering big bluestem, a characteristic tallgrass prairie plant. The tallgrass prairie is an ecosystem native to central North America.Historically, natural and anthropogenic fire, as well as grazing by large mammals (primarily bison) provided periodic disturbances to these ecosystems, limiting the encroachment of trees, recycling soil nutrients, and facilitating seed dispersal and germination.

5. Broadcast seeding - Wikipedia

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   Broadcasting is used in areas of low rainfall and low soil fertility. It is a seeding method often used in areas that are too heavily sloped or wet to use mechanical seeding methods. Broadcast seeding may be suited for seeding smaller plots that are less than 1 acre (0.4047 hectares) in area. It has the potential for loss of seeds and the yield ...

6. Stratification (seeds) - Wikipedia

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   Many seed species have an embryonic dormancy phase and generally will not sprout until this dormancy is broken. [ 1 ] The term stratification can be traced back to at least 1664 in John Evelyn 's Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-Trees and the Propagation of Timber , [ 2 ] where seeds were layered (stratified) between layers of moist soil and the ...

7. Xylem - Wikipedia

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   The most distinctive xylem cells are the long tracheary elements that transport water. Tracheids and vessel elements are distinguished by their shape; vessel elements are shorter, and are connected together into long tubes that are called vessels. [6] Xylem also contains two other type of cells: parenchyma and fibers.