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Pieris (/ ˈ p aɪ. ər ɪ s / or / ˈ p ɪər ɪ s / [1]) [2] is a genus of seven species of shrubs in the flowering plant family Ericaceae, native to mountain regions of eastern and southern Asia, eastern North America and Cuba.
Pieris floribunda is a North American species of broadleaf evergreen shrub, a member of the fetterbush genus in the blueberry family (Ericaceae). It is commonly known in North America as mountain fetterbush [ 3 ] or mountain andromeda . [ 4 ]
Winters are typically cool, relatively dry, and somewhat brief, albeit highly variable. January has a normal mean temperature of 39.2 °F (4.0 °C), but temperatures reach freezing on an average 71 days and fail to rise above freezing on an average 8.3 days, and, with an average in December through February of 6.3 days reaching 70 °F (21 °C), warm spells are common and most winters see the ...
The exterior of a tipping bucket rain gauge The interior of a tipping bucket rain gauge. The tipping bucket rain gauge consists of a funnel that collects and channels the precipitation into a small seesaw-like container. After a pre-set amount of precipitation falls, the lever tips, dumping the collected water and sending an electrical signal.
Pieris balcana has been assessed as a 'Least concern' species by the IUCN Red List in 2009 due to it having a large occurrence and population size of more than 10,000 adult individuals with no decline in populations of more than 25% in the previous 10 years. It also occurs in a number of protected areas across its range.
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Some locations in a swath from southeastern Kansas and southwestern Missouri through northeastern and central Oklahoma are expected to receive 8-12 inches of rain. The AccuWeather Local StormMax ...
Pieris erutae Poujade, 1888 (eastern Tibet, Yunnan (China)) Pieris euorientis (Verity, 1908) (Altai Mountains to central Yakutia) Pieris extensa Poujade, 1888 (western China, Fukien, India) – sometimes in Pontia; Pieris krueperi Staudinger, 1860 – Krueper's small white Pieris krueperi devta (de Nicéville, 1884) – green-banded white