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The term green season is also sometimes used as a euphemism by tourist authorities. [3] Areas with wet seasons are dispersed across portions of the tropics and subtropics. [4] Under the Köppen climate classification, for tropical climates, a wet season month is defined as a month where average precipitation is 60 millimetres (2.4 in) or more. [5]
Ocimum americanum, known as American basil, lime basil, [2] or hoary basil, [3] is a species of annual herb in the family Lamiaceae. Despite the misleading name, it is native to Africa, the Indian Subcontinent, China, and Southeast Asia. The species is naturalized in Queensland, Christmas Island, and parts of tropical America.
Through photosynthesis, plants use CO 2 from the atmosphere, water from the ground, and energy from the sun to create sugars used for growth and fuel. [22] While using these sugars as fuel releases carbon back into the atmosphere (photorespiration), growth stores carbon in the physical structures of the plant (i.e. leaves, wood, or non-woody stems). [23]
Standing in a forest of naked trees and brown leaves, brilliant white clusters appeared up and down the stems of the otherwise bare plant, the video shared Jan. 15 on Facebook by the Texas Parks ...
Due to an increase in heavy rainfall events, floods are likely to become more severe when they do occur. [59]: 1155 The interactions between rainfall and flooding are complex. There are some regions in which flooding is expected to become rarer. This depends on several factors. These include changes in rain and snowmelt, but also soil moisture.
The blooms thrive on poor, rocky soil under a full sun, which is why they thrive in Texas on pastures that have been heavily grazed, experienced recent fires and land that have been mown, such as ...
Basil leaves are glossy and ovulate, with smooth or slightly toothed edges that typically cup slightly; the leaves are arranged oppositely along the square stems. [7] Leaves may be green or purple. Its flowers are small and white, and grow from a central inflorescence, or spike, that emerges from the central stem atop the plant.
Not only are they visually appealing as bell-shaped blooms, but the tabebuia (ta-bee-BEW-ee-uh) also rain golden pedals in a final hurrah. The rough silvery bark takes a back row seat to the showy ...