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Pieris japonica, the Japanese andromeda or Japanese pieris, is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae. It is native to eastern China, Taiwan, and Japan, where it grows in mountain thickets. [2] This medium-sized evergreen shrub or tree is widely cultivated in gardens.
Pieris (/ ˈ p aɪ. ər ɪ s / or / ˈ p ɪər ɪ s / [1]) [2] is a genus of seven species of shrubs in the flowering plant family Ericaceae, native to mountain regions of eastern and southern Asia, eastern North America and Cuba.
It is commonly known in North America as mountain fetterbush [3] or mountain andromeda. [4] All parts of Pieris floribunda are poisonous if ingested. [ 5 ] In landscapes it should be grown in full to part shade, out of windy locations, and have a good quality soil with much organic matter with acidity of pH 4.5 to 6.5.
The Mountain fire could have been a second coming of the 2018 Woolsey fire — or even the the 2017 Thomas fire — but luckily it didn’t pan out that way, said Mark Lorenzen, the Ventura County ...
The Mountain Fire erupted at 8:51 a.m. Wednesday and was fueled by what fire officials called a significant Santa Ana wind event, with gusts of over 60 mph. Embers from the fire were carried over ...
The Mountain fire in Ventura County has grown to 10,500 acres and injured several people, who were hospitalized, according to the county Fire Department. The high winds mean retardant-dropping ...
The Mountain Fire began shortly before 9:00 a.m. PST on November 6 during an episode of strong Santa Ana winds in Southern California. [2] The National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center delineated an "extremely critical" risk area on their Day 1 fire weather outlook, warning of low relative humidity values combined with a strong wind event with gusts of over 65 miles per hour (105 km/h ...
The Mountain fire has burned more than 20,000 acres and destroyed 134 structures in Ventura County. It was about 26% contained as of Sunday morning. Firefighters continue to make progress in ...