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  2. Aesculus californica - Wikipedia

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    Aesculus californica is a large deciduous shrub or small tree, up to 4–12 m (13–39 ft) tall, with gray bark often coated with lichens and mosses. It typically is multi-trunked, with a crown as broad as it is high. Trees are long lived, with an estimated lifespan between 250–280 (300 maximum) years.

  3. List of California native plants - Wikipedia

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    Of California's total plant population, 2,153 species, subspecies, and varieties are endemic and native to California alone, according to the 1993 Jepson Manual study. [4] This botanical diversity stems not only from the size of the state, but also its diverse topographies , climates, and soils (e.g. serpentine outcrops ).

  4. How California eco-bureaucrats halted a Pacific Palisades ...

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    California’s eco-bureaucrats halted a wildfire prevention project near the Pacific Palisades to protect an endangered shrub. It’s just the latest clash between fire safety and conservation in ...

  5. Flora of the Sierra Nevada alpine zone - Wikipedia

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    The alpine zone, or alpine fell-field, is above the tree line, generally at 11,000 to 11,500 feet (3,400 to 3,500 m) in the south, [4] [5]: 8 and 9,900 feet (3,000 m) [6]: 17 to 10,500 feet (3,200 m) [4] in the north. The plants are influenced by having to endure long and very cold winters, poor to no soils, constant high winds, intense ...

  6. List of cucumber varieties - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of varieties or cultivars of cucumber, a widely cultivated vine in the gourd family, Cucurbitaceae. The cucumber vine bears edible fruit. The cucumber vine bears edible fruit. A lemon cucumber

  7. California's oldest tree may be threatened by proposed ...

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    California's oldest tree, a Palmer's oak thought to be 13,000 to 18,000 years old, may be threatened by a proposed development, environmentalists say.

  8. LA County's Hughes wildfire goes from brush blaze to 9,000 ...

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    Editor's note: This file captures the news of the California wildfires from Wednesday, Jan. 22. For the latest updates on the fires, follow USA TODAY's coverage for Thursday, Jan. 23.. A fast ...

  9. Beit Alfa - Wikipedia

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    Children from Kibbutz Beit Alfa on Mount Gilboa, circa 1935. Beit Alfa (Hebrew: בֵּית אַלְפָא; also Beit Alpha, Bet Alpha and Bet Alfa) is a kibbutz in the Northern District of Israel, founded in 1922 by immigrants from Poland. [2] Located at the base of the Gilboa ridge, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gilboa Regional Council ...