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Physocarpus opulifolius, known as common ninebark, [3] Eastern ninebark, Atlantic ninebark, or simply ninebark, is a species of flowering plant in the rose family Rosaceae, native to eastern North America, named for its peeling multi-hued bark [4]
On 14 June, Amber Jubilee Ninebark shrubs were planted on the grounds of the NWT legislative assembly. [82] Four days later, a gala concert was held at Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto, at which 600 diamond jubilee medals were awarded to members of the Order of Canada and Order of Ontario.
Physocarpus are deciduous shrubs with peeling bark [2] and alternately arranged leaves. The leaves are palmate with 3 to 7 lobes and often toothed edges. The inflorescence is a cluster of bell-shaped flowers with 5 rounded white or pink petals and many stamens.
Physocarpus alternans also known as dwarf ninebark and Nevada ninebark is a flowering shrub native to east California, currently found throughout Western North America. [1] It was first described by J.T.Howell in 1931. It prefers growing on dry, rocky slopes, grows in pinyon and juniper shrublands, also found near limestone outcrops.
The bark is brownish and shreds, revealing many layers, hence the name "ninebark" (Elmore 1976). In May or June, mountain ninebark bears "rather lovely" white or rose-colored flowers, with five petals based in a cup-like structure. The flowers have one style, the meaning of "monogynus" (literally "one female part"). They turn red-brown and stay ...
Made from a nitrocellulose compound developed at the Edison laboratory—though occasionally employing Bakelite in its stead and always employing an inner layer of plaster—these cylinder records were introduced for public sale in October 1912. The first release in the main, Popular series was number 1501, and the last, 5719, issued in October ...
Canadian amber - also known as chemawinite or cedarit, found near Cedar Lake (Manitoba), Cretaceous age amber. Charentese amber - opaque amber found in the Aquitaine Basin, France. Cretaceous (Cenomanian) age. Cambay amber - amber from Gujarat, India, unlike most ambers readily dissolves in solvents, Eocene age.
There are three main sites in the Dominican Republic where amber is found: La Cordillera Septentrional, in the north, and Bayaguana and Sabana de la Mar, in the east.In the northern area, the amber-bearing unit is formed of clastic rocks, washed down with sandstone fragments and other sediments that accumulated in a deltaic environment, even in water of some depth.