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Mitchella repens (commonly partridge berry or squaw vine) is the best known plant in the genus Mitchella. It is a creeping prostrate herbaceous woody shrub occurring in North America belonging to the madder family ( Rubiaceae ).
American Pregnancy Association was founded in 1995 as America's Pregnancy Helpline by Mike and Annie Sheaffer. [2] [3]Between 1995 and 2003, it worked as a helpline that provided information internationally to about 147,000 women and families and encouraged pregnant people to not have abortions.
Gaultheria procumbens, also called the eastern teaberry, the checkerberry, [a] the boxberry, or the American wintergreen, is a species of Gaultheria native to northeastern North America from Newfoundland west to southeastern Manitoba, and south to Alabama. [1] It is a member of the Ericaceae (heath family). [2]
In a ceremony joined by Native American tribal leaders, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed a bill that will remove the word “squaw” from nearly 100 geographic features and place names across ...
Five hours after the woman in pink had fallen, Grant was back on top of Squaw Peak. Paula, who has fully recovered, is Paula Kaplan-Reiss, a New Jersey psychologist who had traveled to the ...
The federal government has removed a word long used to slur Native American women from use on federal lands including 80 sites in California, U.S. Department of Interior officials announced Thursday.
Micro-climates, including cold air sinks and temperature inversions occur. The day/night temperature shift in Squaw Valley–Miramonte is less pronounced than in the valley, making the region’s growing season from one to three weeks later. Vineyards are located on south and southwest-facing slopes, providing the heat, needed for vine growth.
The genus Pulsatilla contains about 40 species of herbaceous perennial plants native to meadows and prairies of North America, Europe, and Asia.Common names include pasque flower (or pasqueflower), wind flower, prairie crocus, Easter flower, and meadow anemone.