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  2. Deadheading spent blooms, fall planting and the Goldilocks of ...

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    Providing a bit of shade with a shade cloth or similar structure would help drop the temperature around the plants a bit. If the leaves turn yellow and then drop, there may be low nitrogen in the ...

  3. Shade tolerance - Wikipedia

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    In simple terms, shade-tolerant plants grow broader, thinner leaves to catch more sunlight relative to the cost of producing the leaf. Shade-tolerant plants are also usually adapted to make more use of soil nutrients than shade-intolerant plants. [2] A distinction may be made between "shade-tolerant" plants and "shade-loving" or sciophilous ...

  4. Geranium californicum - Wikipedia

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    Geranium californicum is a species of Geranium known by the common name California cranesbill. It is endemic to California , where it grows in the Sierra Nevada and coastal ranges in the southern part of the state.

  5. List of tree species by shade tolerance - Wikipedia

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    A list of tree species, grouped generally by biogeographic realm and specifically by bioregions, and shade tolerance. Shade-tolerant species are species that are able to thrive in the shade, and in the presence of natural competition by other plants. Shade-intolerant species require full sunlight and little or no competition.

  6. Shade avoidance - Wikipedia

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    Shade avoidance is a set of responses that plants display when they are subjected to the shade of another plant. It often includes elongation, altered flowering time, increased apical dominance and altered partitioning of resources. This set of responses is collectively called the shade-avoidance syndrome (SAS).

  7. In a rural California region, a plan takes shape to provide ...

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    The plan would cover the unincorporated communities of Mecca, Thermal, Oasis and North Shore, near the Salton Sea, California's largest lake, and not far from the desert resort city of Palm Springs.

  8. Riparian zone - Wikipedia

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    Riparian zones may be natural or engineered for soil stabilization or restoration. [8] These zones are important natural biofilters, protecting aquatic environments from excessive sedimentation, polluted surface runoff, and erosion. [9] They supply shelter and food for many aquatic animals and shade that limits stream temperature change. [10]

  9. Flora of the Sierra Nevada alpine zone - Wikipedia

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    [5]: 36 [6]: 59 The low-growing head of flowers of red sierra onion (Allium obtusum) appears to sit on the ground. [6]: 144 In the carrot family , Clemen's mountain parsley (Oreonana clementis) forms a dense mat of tiny plants with tiny leave that might cover several square yards the area like a blanket.