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In the wild, it is easily found growing in pastures, recently cleared areas, and woodland openings, edge habitats such as along fencerows, and in wastelands. The first word in its scientific name, Phytolacca americana, comes from the Greek words phyton ('plant') and lacca —the scarlet dye secreted by the Kerria lacca scale insect. The second ...
A Phytolacca-like fossil has been described from the Upper Cretaceous (late Campanian) Cerro del Pueblo Formation, Coahuila, Mexico, it is a permineralized multiple infructescence composed of berries with six locules, each containing a single seed with a curved embryo developed in a curved ovule with pendulous placentation, a berry anatomy that ...
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Almost all major groups of wild plants in British Columbia have edible members that are reported to have been used by the First Nations peoples. [1] Many are still used today. Native plants of B.C. largely contributed to the diets of First Nations peoples of this area before these people and their land were colonized.
None of the animals inhabiting the area near the ravine and adjoining meadow known as Nethermead at the center of the park were reported to have been injured in the Nov. 8 inferno, which law ...
The U.S. imports approximately 60% of its fresh fruit and 40% of its fresh vegetables. And among the countries of origin for those products, Mexico is the biggest contributor — meaning U.S ...
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