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Salix humilis, known as prairie willow, is a species of willow native to the United States and Canada, east of the Rockies. [2] It is a shrub, 2–12 feet tall, which often forms thickets. The stems are yellowish to brown. The gray-green to blue-green foliage has insignificant fall color. [3] [4] Male and female flowers are found on separate ...
A honey bee collecting nectar from an apricot flower.. The nectar resource in a given area depends on the kinds of flowering plants present and their blooming periods. Which kinds grow in an area depends on soil texture, soil pH, soil drainage, daily maximum and minimum temperatures, precipitation, extreme minimum winter temperature, and growing degre
The inland barrens buck moth (Hemileuca maia) is a state-listed special concern animal; and other rare moths include the broad-lined catopyrrha (Catopyrrha coloraria), several noctuid moths (Apharetra purpurea, Chaetaglaea cerata, Chytonix sensilis, Macrochilo bivittata, and Zanclognatha martha), bird dropping moth , and a geometrid moth .
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A good predictor for when a plant will bloom and produce pollen is a calculation of the growing degree days. The color of pollen below indicates the color as it appears when the pollen arrives at the beehive. After arriving to the colony with a fresh load of pollen, the honey bee unloads its pollen from the pollen basket located on its hind legs.
The mountainous western North Carolina city of Asheville is mentioned several times throughout the book. Kya’s dad, Pa, is from Asheville. His family owned a plantation there, but lost it during ...
Salix cascadensis — Cascade willow; Salix chamissonis — Chamisso's willow; Salix chlorolepis — green-scaled willow; Salix commutata — undergreen willow; Salix cordata — sand dune willow; Salix discolor — pussy willow; Salix drummondiana — satiny salix; Salix eriocephala — heart-leaved willow; Salix exigua — narrowleaf willow ...
Salix discolor, the American pussy willow [2] or glaucous willow, [3] is a species of willow native to North America, one of two species commonly called pussy willow.. It is native to the vast reaches of Alaska as well as the northern forests and wetlands of Canada (British Columbia east to Newfoundland), and is also found in the northern portions of the contiguous United States (Washington ...