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Noun1.Amorpha - any plant of the genus Amorpha having odd-pinnate leaves and purplish spicate flowersamorpha - any plant of the genus Amorpha having odd-pinnate leaves and purplish spicate flowers
genus Amorpha - American herbs or shrubs usually growing in dry sunny habitats on prairies and hillsides
Amorpha canescens, lead plant, leadplant - shrub of sandy woodlands and stream banks of western United States having hoary pinnate flowers and dull-colored racemose flowers; thought to indicate the presence of lead ore
Amorpha californica, bastard indigo, false indigo - an erect to spreading hairy shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having racemes of red to indigo flowers
Amorpha fruticosa, bastard indigo, false indigo - dense shrub of moist riverbanks and flood plains of the eastern United States having attractive fragrant foliage and dense racemes of dark purple flowers
bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
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Rescue and restoration: experimental translocation of Amorpha herbacea Walter var.
Potential production of aspidosperma cylindrocarpon seedlings viarescue seedlings/Potencial de producao de mudas de Aspidosperma cylindrocarpon via resgate de plantulas
Greene Leadplant Amorpha canescens Pursh Illinois bundleflower Desmanthus illinoensis (Michx.
Preference of pen-reared northern bobwhite among native plant seeds of the sand sagebrush-mixed prairie
Boophilus microplus infection by Beauveria amorpha and Beauveria bassiana: SEM analysis and regulation of subtilisin-like proteases and chitinases.
Evaluacion in vitro de Cordyceps bassiana (Ascomycota: sordariomycetes) en el control biologico de rhipicephalus microplus
They occur naturally as constituents of the roots, stems and leaves of many leguminous species of the genera Derris, Lonchocarpus, Tephrosiaand Amorpha.
Biological activity on the extract of Derris elliptica: an optimization approach to investigate the effect of processing parameters on mortality of Artemia salina
giant ragweed Ammannia robusta Heer & Regel toothcup Amorpha fruticosa L.
A floristic analysis and comparison of plant communities in Harlan County, Nebraska
Of the 113 native species at our site, twelve species (Asclepias incarnata, Senecio glabellus, Rorippa palustris, Rorippa sessiliflora, Cephalanthus occidentalis, Hibiscus laevis, Salix nigra, Phyla lanceolata, Forestiera acuminata, Amorpha fruticosa, Saururus cernuus, and Mimulus alatus) are almost always found in wetlands in our region.
Evaluating the quality of a disturbed wetland in southwestern Indiana: a survey of native and exotic flora at Vectren Conservation Park
The substances, which have a simple chemical structure, are not only found in liquorice root, but are also in the fruit of the Amorpha fruticosa bush.
Anti-diabetic substance discovered in liquorice root
pallidipennis feeding on seeds of Amorpha fruticosa (Tuda et al.
Taxonomy, Distribution and Pest Status of Indian Biotypes of Acanthoscelides obtectus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae) - A New Record
Distinctive shrubby species are relatively infrequent: Amorpha croceolanata, Asimina triloba, Ilex decidua, Symphoricarpos orbiculatus, and Viburnum rufidulum.
The vegetation of Pulliam Prairie, Chickasaw County, Mississippi: a significant remnant of pre-Columbian landscape in the Black Belt
pollen of the thistle Carduus nutans is beautiful and purple-spiked, whereas that of the legume Amorpha canescens is often colorless and bean-shaped).
Team echinacea & construction of a key using online images of fresh prairie plant pollen
Soil microbe numbers were determined by plate-count techniques; -, not detected Dune age: 0 year 16 years Year: Control 1991 RSS (A) No Amorpha fruticosa, Artemisia ordosica, Artemisia whaerocephala, Caragana korshinskii, Caragana microphylla, Calligonum arboresscens, H.
Soil nematode community succession in stabilised sand dunes in the Tengger Desert, China
N H * * 44 Cyclosorus gongylodes N H * * 45 Amorpha fructicosa E Sh * * 46 Apium sp.
A distribuicao de especies exoticas e nativas em diques marginais do baixo delta do rio Parana, Argentina

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