Environmental science Appropriate design elements and native plant selection for living roofs in north central Texas TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY Tony L. Burgess KinderJonathan WilliamLiving roofs, or green roofs, provide ecosystem function to rooftops. Plant selection for living roofs in North America ...
example, Pedernales in Central Texas, Langtry in the lower Pecos, and Tortugas in South Texas. In some regions, specific types of site are present, especially the burned-rock middens of Central Texas (apparently used for cooking wild plants of various sorts, especially the bulbs of sotol) an...
Nine Republican-led states have asked a federal judge in Texas to shut down the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, also known as DACA. CBS News immigration reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez joins John Dickerson with the latest.
In traditional as well as commercial contexts, cycads are highly valued as ornamental plants in public and private landscapes, and native species are often mixed with Old World cycad species (Figs. 19, 20, 21, and 22) (see “Other uses” column, Additional file 1: Table S1). Many MNCA...
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The biodiversity of natural or semi-natural native, old oak woodlands have high conservation importance, especially in landscapes of monocultural forest pl
A Cleburne, Texas native, Lewis had great success playing across Europe in the 1930s. Fields, having no children of his own, and upon passing, left his drums and accessories to Ayres’ father, in hopes one of his three sons would develop a love for the instrument. Ayres found a passion...
Species of conservation concern that still inhabit native prairie habitats include: burrowing owl, ferruginous hawk, mountain plover, McCown's longspur, chestnut-collared longspur, and long-billed curlew, as well as northern pocket gopher, ornate box turtle, massasagua rattlesnake, and Texas horned...
According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List, it is listed as a critically endangered species due to native habitat destruction. 10 Arboretum Access Looking to the south, you can get a glimpse of the tree canopy of the Arboretum. A tree lover’s delight, ...
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