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Dolichandra unguis-cati is a liana with semipersistent foliage and woody stems that can reach a height of 30 metres (98 ft). Thin and small aerial roots are used for climbing. Leaves are dark green, opposite and bifoliate. Leaflets have a length of 3 to 4 cm (1.2 to 1.6 in). Long primary roots extend beneath the soil surface, producing large ...
The relationship is therefore classified as mutualistic. [ 1] Symbiosis ( Ancient Greek συμβίωσις symbíōsis: living with, companionship < σύν sýn: together; and βίωσις bíōsis: living) [ 2] is any type of a close and long-term biological interaction, between two biological organisms of different species. The two organisms ...
Description. Diuris filifolia is a tuberous, perennial herb, growing to a height of 200–450 mm (8–20 in) with between six and thirteen leaves, each 50–120 mm (2–5 in) long and 1–3 mm (0.04–0.1 in) wide. There are between two and seven pale yellow flowers with reddish-brown markings and 20–25 mm (0.8–1 in) long, about 20 mm (0.8 ...
Pressed flower decoupage on a miniature chair. Oshibana (押し花) is the art of using pressed flowers and other botanical materials to create an entire picture from these natural elements. [ 1] Such pressed flower art consists of drying flower petals and leaves in a flower press to flatten them, exclude light and press out moisture.
Land plants evolved from a group of freshwater green algae, perhaps as early as 850 mya, [3] but algae-like plants might have evolved as early as 1 billion years ago. [2] The closest living relatives of land plants are the charophytes, specifically Charales; if modern Charales are similar to the distant ancestors they share with land plants, this means that the land plants evolved from a ...
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (/ ˌ æ n dʒ i ə ˈ s p ər m iː /), [5] [6] commonly called angiosperms. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of broad-leaved trees , shrubs and vines , and most aquatic plants .
Euphorbia is a very large and diverse genus of flowering plants, commonly called spurge, in the family Euphorbiaceae . Euphorbias range from tiny annual plants to large and long-lived trees. [ 2] with perhaps the tallest being Euphorbia ampliphylla at 30 m (98 ft) or more. [ 3][ 4] The genus has roughly 2,000 members, [ 5][ 6] making it one of ...
Decoupage or découpage ( / ˌdeɪkuːˈpɑːʒ /; [ 1] French: [dekupaʒ]) is the art of decorating an object by gluing colored paper cutouts onto it in combination with special paint effects, gold leaf, and other decorative elements. Commonly, an object like a small box or an item of furniture is covered by cutouts from magazines or from ...