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Encelia farinosa (commonly known as brittlebush, brittlebrush, or incienso), is a common desert shrub of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. It has a variety of historical uses. It has a variety of historical uses.
Encelia californica. Encelia is a genus of the plant family Asteraceae whose members are frequently called brittlebushes.It consists of shrubs (and one geophyte) of arid environments in southwestern North America and western South America.
A graminivore is a herbivorous animal that feeds primarily on grass, [1] specifically "true" grasses, plants of the family Poaceae (also known as Graminae). Graminivory is a form of grazing . These herbivorous animals have digestive systems that are adapted to digest large amounts of cellulose , which is abundant in fibrous plant matter and ...
The three species in this genus of New World mice are only distantly related to the common house mouse, Mus musculus.They are endemic to the United States and Mexico. The southern grasshopper mouse has around a 3.5 to 5.0 inches (8.9–12.7 cm) long body and a tail that is generally 1.0 to 2.5 inches (2.5–6.4 cm) long. [2]
The largest living land animal, the African bush elephant, is a herbivore. This is a list of herbivorous animals, organized in a roughly taxonomic manner. In general, entries consist of animal species known with good certainty to be overwhelmingly herbivorous, as well as genera and families which contain a preponderance of such species.
While the animals in the Amazon are often larger than life, this South American rainforest region have some of the world’s smallest creatures
The eastern meadow vole is an important food source for many predators, and disperses mycorrhizal fungi. It is a major consumer of grass and disperses grass nutrients in its feces. [31] After disruptive site disturbances such as forest or meadow fires, the meadow vole's activities contribute to habitat restoration. [31]
When periodical cicadas emerge, they’re consumed by just about anything that eats insects. Mammals and birds, amphibians and reptiles, and fish all eat cicadas — and benefit from the glut of them.