California greasewood
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california greasewood — noun Usage: usually capitalized C : iodine bush … Useful english dictionary
Greasewood — Taxobox name = Greasewood regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta ordo = Caryophyllales familia = Sarcobataceae genus = Sarcobatus genus authority = Nees (1839) subdivision ranks = species subdivision = see textGreasewood ( Sarcobatus ) is a… … Wikipedia
California native plants — s. Some of them have extraordinary horticultural appeal, and have been grown in European gardens for over a century. California native plants are in rapid decline in their land of origin due to pressures from urban development, agriculture,… … Wikipedia
Deserts of California — Coachella Valley Preserve, in the Colorado Desert The Deserts of California have unique ecosystems and habitats, a sociocultural and historical Old West collection of legends, districts, and communities; and a popular tourism region of dramatic… … Wikipedia
iodine bush — noun : a shrub (Allenrolfia occidentalis) of the family Chenopodiaceae with fleshy jointed stems, leaves resembling scales, and flowers in crowded spikes that grows in moist saline soils in the southwestern United States and is used for winter… … Useful english dictionary
cha|mi|so — cha|mise or cha|mi|so «shuh MEES», noun. an evergreen shrub of the rose family found abundantly on the dry coastal ranges and foothills of California; greasewood. ╂[< American Spanish chamiso ] … Useful english dictionary
cha|mise — or cha|mi|so «shuh MEES», noun. an evergreen shrub of the rose family found abundantly on the dry coastal ranges and foothills of California; greasewood. ╂[< American Spanish chamiso ] … Useful english dictionary
List of plants by common name (Sonoran Desert) — This is a List of plants by common name (Sonoran Desert), for the Sonoran Desert and local environs; (S California, etc New Mexico, S, SW or Rio Grande Valley Northern Mexico states: Sonora, Chihuahua and Baja California, North and South, and… … Wikipedia
Northern Basin and Range ecoregion — This article is about the ecoregion designated by the EPA. For the associated geographical feature, see Great Basin. Level III ecoregions in the Pacific Northwest. The Northern Basin and Range (80) borders the Sierra Nevada (5), Eastern Cascades… … Wikipedia
Northern Basin and Range (ecoregion) — The Northern Basin and Range ecoregion is a Level III ecoregion designated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the U.S. states of Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, and California. It contains dissected lava plains, rolling… … Wikipedia
