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woody plant - a plant having hard lignified tissues or woody parts especially stems

bugbane - a plant of the genus Cimicifuga having flowers in long racemes or panicles reported to be distasteful to insects

melilot, melilotus, sweet clover - erect annual or biennial plant grown extensively especially for hay and soil improvement

aralia - any of various plants of the genus Aralia; often aromatic plants having compound leaves and small umbellate flowers

combretum - any of numerous shrubs or small trees of the genus Combretum having spikes of small flowers

ravenala, Ravenala madagascariensis, traveler's tree, traveller's tree - giant treelike plant having edible nuts and leafstalks that yield a refreshing drink of clear watery sap; reputedly an emergency source of water for travelers

Pipturus argenteus, Queensland grass-cloth plant - Australian plant of genus Pipturus whose fiber is used in making cloth

milk vetch, milk-vetch - any of various plants of the genus Astragalus

false indigo, wild indigo - any of several plants of the genus Baptisia

bush clover, lespedeza - shrubby or herbaceous plants widely used for forage, soil improvement, and especially hay in southern United States

lupin, lupine - any plant of the genus Lupinus; bearing erect spikes of usually purplish-blue flowers

bignoniad - any woody plant of the family Bignoniaceae

gesneriad - any of numerous tropical or subtropical small shrubs or treelets or epiphytic vines of the family Gesneriaceae: African violet; Cape primroses; gloxinia

figwort - any of numerous tall coarse woodland plants of the genus Scrophularia

nightshade - any of numerous shrubs or herbs or vines of the genus Solanum; most are poisonous though many bear edible fruit

tracheophyte, vascular plant - green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms

lignum - woody tissue

xylem - the woody part of plants: the supporting and water-conducting tissue, consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels

lignosae - a category in some early taxonomies

arborescent plant - having the shape or characteristics of a tree

tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

bramble - any of various rough thorny shrubs or vines

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[1], giraffes mainly browse on woody plant parts and forbs and feed selectively.

An Assessment of Forage Selection by Giraffe Introduced into Umfurudzi Park, Northern Zimbabwe

Plotting the habit spectrum of each individual site we can see a large variation in the relative share of woody and non woody plant species reported at each site (Fig.

A Phytogeographical Metaanalysis of the Semiarid Caatinga Domain in Brazil

Russian olive, the woody plant in which the greatest percentage of nests at the Middle Rio Grande were constructed, is frequently used as a nest-site by other riparian-nesting birds including mourning dove (Zenaida macroura), yellow-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus), southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus), and yellow-breasted chat (Icteria virens; Knopf and Olson, 1984; Stoleson and Finch, 2001).

Nest-location and nest-survival of black-chinned hummingbirds in New Mexico: a comparison between rivers with differing levels of regulation and invasion of nonnative plants

Dietary analysis has shown that eastern elk select woody browse more than other forage types (Murphy, 1963; Schneider et al., 2006; Lupardus et al., 2011) and thus have the potential to impact woody plant communities in similar fashion to their western counterparts.

Effects of browsing by captive elk (Cervus canadensis) on a Midwestern woody plant community

No significant differences were recorded in woody plant height, shrub and dead plant densities.

STRUCTURE AND COMPOSITION OF WOODY VEGETATION IN TWO IMPORTANT BIRD AREAS IN SOUTHERN ZIMBABWE

The rest of the funds will be allocated to combating two types of beetles that attack woody plant species - Asian longhorn beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis) and Chinese longhorn beetle (Anoplophora chinensis) - in Germany, Italy and the Netherlands, and combating red palm weevil (Rynchophorus ferrugineus), which attacks palm trees, in Cyprus and Malta.

PLANT HEALTH : 19 MN EURO TO FIGHT PESTS

1:12 And this world brought forth grass, and plant giving growth balls following his kind, and that woody plant giving fruit, who has growth balls of its own, following his kind: and God saw that it was good.

This good book, Chap. 1 (without that fifth symbol of our ABC's)

Eight teams from horticulture programs at two-and four-year institutions participated in the challenge, which consists of competitions in nine horticulture categories: paver installation, maintenance equipment operation, annual and perennial plant identification, woody plant identification, landscape plan reading and estimating, landscape design, skid steer operation, arboriculture skills and sales presentation.

A team of Kishwaukee College (Malta, Ill.) horticulture students competed in the 4th Annual Green Industry Challenge held at Joliet Junior College and placed in several categories, including two first-place finishes

The high degree of selectivity in foraging in combination with the creation o flight gaps through canopy openings and subsequent impacts on tree recruitment patterns, suggest beaver foraging could potentially exert an important influence on the structure and diversity of woody plant communities (Aldous 1938, Johnston and Naiman 1990, Fryxell and Doucet 1991).

Impact by North American beaver (Castor canadensis) on forest plant composition in the wilds, a surface-mined landscape in southeastern Ohio

The woody plant community was similar to the San Marcos and Blanco rivers with the addition of osage-orange (Maclura pomifera), western soapberry (Sapindus saponaria), live oak (Quercus virginiana), and Texas sophora (Sophora affinis).

Foraging preferences by American beavers, Castor canadensis (rodentia: Castoridae) on central Texas rivers