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Malpighia emarginata is a host plant for the caterpillars of the white-patched skipper (Chiomara asychis), [25] Florida duskywing (Ephyriades brunneus), [26] and brown-banded skipper (Timochares ruptifasciatus). [27] Larvae of the acerola weevil (Anthonomus macromalus [d]) feed on the fruits, while adults consume young leaves. [28]
Markus Alexej Persson was born in Stockholm, Sweden, to a Finnish mother, Ritva, [3] and a Swedish father, Birger, [4] on 1 June 1979. [5] [6] [3] He has one sister.[3] [7] He grew up in Edsbyn until he was seven years old, when his family moved back to Stockholm.
Although about 80 percent of humans' food supply comes from just 20 kinds of plants, [159] humans use at least 40,000 species. [160] Earth's surviving biodiversity provides resources for increasing the range of food and other products suitable for human use, although the present extinction rate shrinks that potential.
Typha / ˈ t aɪ f ə / is a genus of about 30 species of monocotyledonous flowering plants in the family Typhaceae.These plants have a variety of common names, in British English as bulrush [4] or (mainly historically) reedmace, [5] in American English as cattail, [6] or punks, in Australia as cumbungi or bulrush, in Canada as bulrush or cattail, and in New Zealand as reed, cattail, bulrush ...
Peat forms when plant material does not fully decay in acidic and anaerobic conditions. It is composed mainly of wetland vegetation: principally bog plants including mosses, sedges and shrubs. As it accumulates, the peat holds water. This slowly creates wetter conditions that allow the area of wetland to expand.
Some mining methods (lithium mining, phosphate mining, coal mining, mountaintop removal mining, and sand mining) may have such significant environmental and public health effects that mining companies in some countries are required to follow strict environmental and rehabilitation codes to ensure that the mined area returns to its original ...
A leaf (pl.: leaves) is a principal appendage of the stem of a vascular plant, [1] usually borne laterally above ground and specialized for photosynthesis.Leaves are collectively called foliage, as in "autumn foliage", [2] [3] while the leaves, stem, flower, and fruit collectively form the shoot system. [4]
Some Koreans do not eat the meat, but feel that it is the right of others to do so. [268] A group of activists attempted to promote and publicize the consumption of dog meat worldwide during the run-up to the 2002 FIFA World Cup , co-hosted by Japan and South Korea, which prompted retaliation from animal rights campaigners and prominent figures ...