Retama

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retama

(rɛˈtɑːmə)
n
(Plants) a type of shrub that grows in the Mediterranean, genus Genista
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Noun1.Retama - small genus of Mediterranean shrubs; often included in genus Genista
rosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plants
Papilionoideae, subfamily Papilionoideae - alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae
Genista raetam, juniper, juniper bush, raetam, Retama raetam, retem - desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genista
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Ambas estaciones induyen parcelas de pasto, utilizadas por ganado vacuno y en ocasiones ovejas, zonas con bosque de tala y zonas con matorral con prevalencia de retama. Cabe subrayar que en el periodo entre los dos mues treos (2001-2010) no hubo ningun cambio en el uso antropico del suelo y del territorio.
Retama raetam (Forssk.) Webb, (Family: Fabaceae, Arabic name: Ratem).
r en 7; Allium roseum, Brachypodium sylvaticum y Equisetum arvense (+) en 8; Equisetum telmateia 1 y Bromus squarrosus + en 10; Carthamus lanatus, Cynosurus echinatus 1 y Bromus diandrus + en 12; Bromus lanceolatus, Daphne gnidium, Mantisalca salmantica, Ononis spinosa, Saponaria officinalis y Thapsia villosa + en 11; Dittrichia viscosa 2, Marrubium vulgare 1 y Retama sphaerocarpa + en 14; Mentha pulegium 3, Bellardia trixago y Trifolium campestre 1, Briza minor, Trifolium angustifolium y Trifolium spumosum + en 16; Carduus bourgeanus 1 y Taeniatherum caput-medusae + en 17.
Other dominant, woody vegetation at the river site included netleaf hackberry (Celtis laevigata), spiny hackberry (Celtis pallida), retama (Parkinsonia aculeata), black willow (Salix nigra) and mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa).
US-based hydrocarbon and energy business management software provider Quorum has acquired ePrime from Retama Resources, LLC, the company said.
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