Scrub typhus is a vector-borne zoonotic disease with the potential of causing life-threatening febrile infection in humans. The disease is caused by a Gram-negative bacterium,Orientia tsutsugamushi, and is transmitted by the larval stage of mites (“chiggers”) in the family Trombiculidae. Scrub...
Herbal medicine has been used for the treatment of human and livestock ailments since ancient times. Numerous rural and urban communities in Ethiopia practice traditional medicine and transfer the knowledge verbally from generation to generation. Thus, t
Ethiopia is recognized as one of the centers of origin for the diversity of many plant species, including medicinal plants. Throughout the country, a large proportion of the population relies on these therapeutic plant species for primary healthcare. Whi
Mesquite shrubs are scatted through the grassland. Full size image Unlike in California, however, the arrival of European settlers, livestock, and associated organisms did not quickly rearrange the southwest’s native vegetation. Scholars believe that the first cattle entered the region with the exped...
Such fires would also have favored the proliferation of shade intolerant, fire-adapted oaks at the expense of shade-tolerant conifers. This would have increased the amount of oaks on the landscape and, critically, the acorns they produce (Dey 2002; Lear and Brose 2002; Klimaszewski-Patterson ...
My girls want to move further down the row, but I keep us in the shade, the brute sun sure to transform the fun of berry picking into absolute drudgery. After we fill our quart and before we wander back to the tea house replete with spinning fans and cups of ice water, I take a ...
Similarly, shrubs had the largest live BGB, whereas HLV had the least. There were evident differences between the three communities in TB (including total dead biomass). The total live biomass were 140.05, 117.05 and 82.97 g m–2 in EDC, STC and ASC, respectively, most of which was ...
Plant Size: 4’-5’ tall and wide Sun Exposure: Filtered Light to Full Shade Plant Zone: 7-10 This wonderfully fragrant camellia has a delicate appearance. Deep pink buds open to reveal dainty pale pink to white, single petal form blooms. A large cluster of fully visible yellow stamens ...
2017). This means that the potential vegetation on watersheds is broad-leaved forests dominated by the trees littleleaf linden (Tilia cordata), English oak (Quercus robur), Fraxinus excelsior, Acer platanoides, and Wych elm (Ulmus glabra); shade-tolerant shrubs and an undergrowth of shade ...
Maybe your lilac was planted alongside some other young plants and has been hogging the sunlight for years, but now the trees are starting to throw shade and the other shrubs are starting to rise up. Or maybe your neighbor put an addition on his house and it’s completely eclipsing your ...