Tampico fiber

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Tam`pi´co fi´ber


1.A tough vegetable fiber used as a substitute for bristles in making brushes. The piassava and the ixtle are both used under this name.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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TABLE I LIST OF THE SCRUB FLORA COMPRISING THE Larrea tridentata SCRUB IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF GARCIA, NUEVO LEON, MEXICO Agavaceae Agave lechuguilla Torr.
STRUCTURE AND DIVERSITY OF Larrea tridentata (DC.) Coville, MICROPHYLLUS DESERT SCRUB IN NORTHEAST MEXICO/ESTRUCTURA Y DIVERSIDAD DE UN MATORRAL DESERTICO MICROFILO DE Larrea tridentata (DC.) Coville EN EL NORESTE DE MEXICO/ESTRUTURA E DIVERSIDADE DE UM MATAGAL DESERTICO MICROFILO DE Larrea tridentata (DC.) Coville NO NORDESTE DE MEXICO
tridentata, Agave lechuguilla, and Opuntia leptocaulis; however, only Prosopis glandulosa showed significant differences in IVI between sites with and without livestock (Table 2).
LIVESTOCK EFFECT ON FLORISTIC COMPOSITION AND VEGETATION STRUCTURE OF TWO DESERT SCRUBLANDS IN NORTHWEST COAHUILA, MEXICO
Agave lechuguilla is an agave species found in deserts.
An experimental study on physical and mechanical properties of agave lechuguilla fiber used in the concrete
Agave lechuguilla is a very common and abundant agave, so its conservation is not a problematic issue.
From isozymes to genomics: population genetics and conservation of Agave in Mexico
The most common plant debris sheltering whipscorpions were fallen leaves or stems of lechuguilla (Agave lechuguilla), sotol (Dasylirion leiophyllum), blind prickly pear (Opuntia rufida), and rat-tail cactus (Coryphantha pottsii).
Types of shelter sites used by the giant whipscorpion Mastigoproctus giganteus (Arachnida, Uropygi) in a habitat characterized by hard adobe soils
At both sites active shrews were most frequently observed under decaying leaves of lechuguilla (Agave lechuguilla) and Torry yucca (Yucca treculeana) which had fallen to the ground, as well as under mesquite (Prosopis juliflora) and creosote (Larrea divaricata) shrubs.
Observations on nest site selection and litter size in the gray shrew (Notiosorex crawfordi) from Presidio County, Texas
One of the agaves, lechuguilla (Agave lechuguilla), is considered the primary diagnostic species of the Chihuahuan Desert.
The Chihuahuan Desert: diversity at risk
Another striking vegetation change was the loss of the succulent Agave lechuguilla, which was gone from all 10 transects in 2014, having declined in cover from 3.9% in 1981 to 1.1% in 1995 (Table 1).
Native desert grassland plant species declines and accelerated erosion in the Paint Gap Hills of southwest Texas
Sp Regression Model [r.sup.2] Bouteloua ramosa [log.sub.e(wt) = 0.12(ht) - 1.86 0.94 Agave lechuguilla above [log.sub.e(wt) = 0.49(bas) + 2.41 0.97 below [log.sub.e(wt) = 0.48(bas) + 0.61 0.91 total [log.sub.e(wt) = 0.49(bas) + 2.57 0.97 Acacia greggi [log.sub.e(wt) = 0.05(ht) + 2.61 0.98 Dalea frutescens [log.sub.e(wt) = 0.08(can) - 0.65 0.94 Condalia ericoides [log.sub.e(wt) = 0.04(can) + 2.87 0.99 Sp SEE P Biomass Range(g) n Min Max Bouteloua ramosa 0.31 <0.00001 2.74 146.71 10 Agave lechuguilla above 0.22 <0.00001 21.71 1388.51 10 below 0.40 <0.00001 2.34 127.06 10 total 0.23 <0.00001 24.05 1515.57 10 Acacia greggi 0.19 0.00002 62.04 1434.84 5 Dalea frutescens 0.45 0.00136 3.47 220.61 6 Condalia ericoides 0.07 0.00009 117.32 1074.98 5
Size and biomass relationships for five common Northern Chihuahuan Desert plant species. (General Notes)
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