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The Kile Oak Tree has been honored with two plaques. In 1973, the tree received a plaque in recognition from the Indiana Arborist Association. [2] Then in 1976, the tree received a plaque as "Bicentennial Tree of the Year" in joint recognition from the International Society of Arboriculture and the National Arborist Association for having "lived here during the American Revolutionary Period."
Auburn is located 20 mi (32 km) north of Fort Wayne in Northern Indiana. According to the 2010 census, the city has a total area of 7.10 square miles (18.4 km 2), all land. [15] Most of Auburn is located in Union civil township. Portions of Jackson and Keyser civil townships are also within the city limits.
Toxicodendron diversilobum is extremely variable in growth habit and leaf appearance. It grows as a dense 0.5–4 metres (1 + 1 ⁄ 2 –13 feet) tall shrub in open sunlight, a treelike vine 3–9 m (10–30 ft) and may be more than 30 m (100 ft) long with an 8–20 centimetres (3 + 1 ⁄ 4 – 7 + 3 ⁄ 4 inches) trunk, as dense thickets in shaded areas, or any form in between.
The oak trees used to celebrate have been vandalized on multiple occasions. In 2010, the trees were poisoned using a herbicide called Spike 80DF . Two months later, on January 27, 2011, the perpetrator called the Paul Finebaum sports radio talk show to confess the actions, which were presumed to have been driven by Alabama's loss the previous ...
The differences in toxicity in poison ivy, poison oak, and poison sumac are due to differences in the side chains of the chemicals in these plants. In general, poison ivy has a C 15 side chain, poison oak has a C 17 side chain and poison sumac has a C 13 side chain. The dermatitis shows itself in painful and long continued swellings and ...
There is a correlation between high concentration of prunasin in the vegetative regions of the plant and the sweetness of the almond, which is relevant to the almond agricultural industry. In almonds, the amygdalin biosynthetic genes are expressed at different levels in the tegument (mother tissue, or outer section) and cotyledon (kernel, or ...
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Amygdalin (from Ancient Greek: ἀμυγδαλή amygdalē 'almond') is a naturally occurring chemical compound found in many plants, most notably in the seeds (kernels, pips or stones) of apricots, bitter almonds, apples, peaches, cherries and plums, and in the roots of manioc.