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Matricaria discoidea, commonly known as pineappleweed, [3] wild chamomile, disc mayweed, and rayless mayweed, is an annual plant native to North America and introduced to Eurasia where it grows as a common herb of fields, gardens, and roadsides. [4] It is in the daisy family Asteraceae. The flowers exude a chamomile/pineapple aroma when crushed ...
Astelia alpina called pineapple grass, silver astelia, or perching lily is a commonly found species in alpine and subalpine areas of Tasmania and the Australian Alps. [1] It is a perennial herb that typically dominates its environment by growing in dense clusters, called mats, in alpine bogs. [2]
The introduction of the pineapple plant to Europe in the 17th century made it a significant cultural icon of luxury. Since the 1820s, pineapple has been commercially grown in greenhouses and many tropical plantations. Pineapples grow as a small shrub; the individual flowers of the unpollinated plant fuse to form a multiple fruit.
Ohio's prolonged drought is forcing the premature harvest of withered crops and depleting hay and feed reserves that had been stored for winter. 'A struggle to grow things': Ohio's drought has ...
On average, Ohio's capital city sees its first measurable snow on Nov. 20, according to the NWS Wilmington office, and gets an inch or more starting on Dec. 12.
Plants in the Bromeliaceae are widely represented in their natural climates across the Americas. One species ( Pitcairnia feliciana ) can be found in Africa. [ 30 ] They can be found at altitudes from sea level to 4,200 meters, from rainforests to deserts . 1,814 species are epiphytes , some are lithophytes , and some are terrestrial.
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In the United States, the forest cover by state and territory is estimated from tree-attributes using the basic statistics reported by the Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program of the Forest Service. [2] Tree volumes and weights are not directly measured in the field, but computed from other variables that can be measured. [3] [4]