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58 relations: Alberta, Awn (botany), Biological dispersal, Bract, C4 carbon fixation, Carl Ludwig Willdenow, Carl Sigismund Kunth, Climax community, Climax species, Colorado, Culm (botany), Disturbance (ecology), Dormancy, Drought, Ecological succession, Endangered species, Erosion control, Fodder, Germination, Glossary of botanical terms, Grazing, Great Plains, Habitat, Horticulture, Illinois, Landscaping, Lemma (botany), List of U.S. state grasses, Mammal, Manitoba, Mexican Plateau, Mexico, Midwestern United States, Native plant, Navajo, New Mexico, North America, Ohlone, Perennial plant, Plant development, Poaceae, Primary production, Raceme, Restoration ecology, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Rocky Mountains, Root, Seed, Seral community, Shortgrass prairie, ..., Soil texture, Soil type, Tiller (botany), Topography, University of Montana, Vegetative reproduction, Wind, Zuni. Expand index (8 more) »
Alberta
Alberta is a western province of Canada.
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Awn (botany)
In botany, an awn is either a hair- or bristle-like appendage on a larger structure, or in the case of the Asteraceae, a stiff needle-like element of the pappus.
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Biological dispersal
Biological dispersal refers to both the movement of individuals (animals, plants, fungi, bacteria, etc.) from their birth site to their breeding site ('natal dispersal'), as well as the movement from one breeding site to another ('breeding dispersal').
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Bract
In botany, a bract is a modified or specialized leaf, especially one associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis or cone scale.
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C4 carbon fixation
C4 carbon fixation or the Hatch-Slack pathway is a photosynthetic process in some plants.
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Carl Ludwig Willdenow
Carl Ludwig Willdenow (22 August 1765 – 10 July 1812) was a German botanist, pharmacist, and plant taxonomist.
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Carl Sigismund Kunth
Carl Sigismund Kunth (18 June 1788 – 22 March 1850), also Karl Sigismund Kunth or anglicized as Charles Sigismund Kunth, was a German botanist.
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Climax community
In ecology, climax community, or climatic climax community, is a historic term for a biological community of plants, animals, and fungi which, through the process of ecological succession in the development of vegetation in an area over time, have reached a steady state.
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Climax species
Climax species, also called late seral, late-successional, K-selected or equilibrium species, are plant species that will remain essentially unchanged in terms of species composition for as long as a site remains undisturbed.
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Colorado
Colorado is a state of the United States encompassing most of the southern Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains.
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Culm (botany)
Culm, in botanical context, originally referred to a stem of any type of plant.
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Disturbance (ecology)
In biology, a disturbance is a temporary change in environmental conditions that causes a pronounced change in an ecosystem.
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Dormancy
Dormancy is a period in an organism's life cycle when growth, development, and (in animals) physical activity are temporarily stopped.
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Drought
A drought is a period of below-average precipitation in a given region, resulting in prolonged shortages in the water supply, whether atmospheric, surface water or ground water.
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Ecological succession
Ecological succession is the process of change in the species structure of an ecological community over time.
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Endangered species
An endangered species is a species which has been categorized as very likely to become extinct.
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Erosion control
Erosion control is the practice of preventing or controlling wind or water erosion in agriculture, land development, coastal areas, river banks and construction.
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Fodder
Fodder, a type of animal feed, is any agricultural foodstuff used specifically to feed domesticated livestock, such as cattle, rabbits, sheep, horses, chickens and pigs.
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Germination
Germination is the process by which an organism grows from a seed or similar structure.
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Glossary of botanical terms
This glossary of botanical terms is a list of terms relevant to botany and plants in general.
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Grazing
Grazing is a method of feeding in which a herbivore feeds on plants such as grasses, or other multicellular organisms such as algae.
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Great Plains
The Great Plains (sometimes simply "the Plains") is the broad expanse of flat land (a plain), much of it covered in prairie, steppe, and grassland, that lies west of the Mississippi River tallgrass prairie in the United States and east of the Rocky Mountains in the U.S. and Canada.
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Habitat
In ecology, a habitat is the type of natural environment in which a particular species of organism lives.
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Horticulture
Horticulture is the science and art of growing plants (fruits, vegetables, flowers, and any other cultivar).
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Illinois
Illinois is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.
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Landscaping
Landscaping refers to any activity that modifies the visible features of an area of land, including.
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Lemma (botany)
Lemma is a phytomorphological term used in botany referring to a part of the spikelet of grasses (Poaceae).
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List of U.S. state grasses
The following is a list of official U.S. state grasses.
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Mammal
Mammals are the vertebrates within the class Mammalia (from Latin mamma "breast"), a clade of endothermic amniotes distinguished from reptiles (including birds) by the possession of a neocortex (a region of the brain), hair, three middle ear bones, and mammary glands.
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Manitoba
Manitoba is a province at the longitudinal centre of Canada.
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Mexican Plateau
The Central Mexican Plateau, also known as the Mexican Altiplano (Spanish: Altiplanicie Mexicana), is a large arid-to-semiarid plateau that occupies much of northern and central Mexico.
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Mexico
Mexico (México; Mēxihco), officially called the United Mexican States (Estados Unidos Mexicanos) is a federal republic in the southern portion of North America.
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Midwestern United States
The Midwestern United States, also referred to as the American Midwest, Middle West, or simply the Midwest, is one of four census regions of the United States Census Bureau (also known as "Region 2").
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Native plant
Native plants are plants indigenous to a given area in geologic time.
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Navajo
The Navajo (British English: Navaho, Diné or Naabeehó) are a Native American people of the Southwestern United States.
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New Mexico
New Mexico (Nuevo México, Yootó Hahoodzo) is a state in the Southwestern Region of the United States of America.
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North America
North America is a continent entirely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost all within the Western Hemisphere; it is also considered by some to be a northern subcontinent of the Americas.
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Ohlone
The Ohlone, named Costanoan by early Spanish colonists (the Spanish word costa means "coast"), are a Native American people of the Northern California coast.
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Perennial plant
A perennial plant or simply perennial is a plant that lives more than two years.
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Plant development
Plants produce new tissues and structures throughout their life from meristems located at the tips of organs, or between mature tissues.
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Poaceae
Poaceae or Gramineae is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants known as grasses, commonly referred to collectively as grass.
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Primary production
Global oceanic and terrestrial photoautotroph abundance, from September 1997 to August 2000. As an estimate of autotroph biomass, it is only a rough indicator of primary-production potential, and not an actual estimate of it. Provided by the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center and ORBIMAGE. In ecology, primary production is the synthesis of organic compounds from atmospheric or aqueous carbon dioxide.
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Raceme
A raceme is an unbranched, indeterminate type of inflorescence bearing pedicellate flowers (flowers having short floral stalks called pedicels) along its axis.
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Restoration ecology
Restoration ecology is the scientific study supporting the practice of ecological restoration, which is the practice of renewing and restoring degraded, damaged, or destroyed ecosystems and habitats in the environment by active human intervention and action.
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Rocky Mountain Research Station
The Rocky Mountain Research Station (RMRS) is one of five regional units that make up the US Forest Service Research and Development organization — the most extensive natural resources research organization in the world.
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Rocky Mountains
The Rocky Mountains, also known as the Rockies, are a major mountain range in western North America.
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Root
In vascular plants, the root is the organ of a plant that typically lies below the surface of the soil.
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Seed
A seed is an embryonic plant enclosed in a protective outer covering.
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Seral community
A seral community (or sere) is an intermediate stage found in ecological succession in an ecosystem advancing towards its climax community.
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Shortgrass prairie
The shortgrass prairie is an ecosystem located in the Great Plains of North America.
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Soil texture
Soil texture is a classification instrument used both in the field and laboratory to determine soil classes based on their physical texture.
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Soil type
In terms of soil texture, soil type usually refers to the different sizes of mineral particles in a particular sample.
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Tiller (botany)
A tiller is a stem produced by grass plants, and refers to all shoots that grow after the initial parent shoot grows from a seed.
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Topography
Topography is the study of the shape and features of the surface of the Earth and other observable astronomical objects including planets, moons, and asteroids.
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University of Montana
The University of Montana (often simply referred to as UM) is a public research university in Missoula, Montana, in the United States.
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Vegetative reproduction
Vegetative reproduction (also known as vegetative propagation, vegetative multiplication or vegetative cloning) is any form of asexual reproduction occurring in plants in which a new plant grows from a fragment of the parent plant or grows from a specialized reproductive structure.
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Wind
Wind is the flow of gases on a large scale.
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Zuni
The Zuni (A:shiwi; formerly spelled Zuñi) are Native American Pueblo peoples native to the Zuni River valley.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouteloua_gracilis
