Lauraceae is well known for its significant phylogenetic position as well as important economic and ornamental value; however, most evergreen species in Lauraceae are restricted to tropical regions. In contrast, camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora) is the most dominant evergreen broadleaved tree in subt...
The mangrove forest is an ecosystem that thrives in intertidal zones along coastal areas, characterized by evergreen trees and shrubs. China represents the northernmost extent of global mangrove distribution, with primary habitats in Hainan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian, as well as Macau, Hon...
His junk would begin to infiltrate the inside of the house through the tacked-on sun porch he’d built, accumulating around his desk, on the table, starting out innocuously as stacks of receipts, losing lotto tickets, used nails. But then it expanded into mounds of inoperable fans, dismantl...
more than 80 % of vascular plants are herbaceous plants (Whigham2004), and herbaceous plants are of great significance for maintaining the species diversity of forest ecosystems. Compared with trees and shrubs, understory herbs are more sensitive ...
(standard deviation). Shrub height and cover and basal area of both live and dead trees can change drastically in relation to time since fire and post-fire management (i.e., shrubs grow rapidly post-fire and snags begin to fall, while salvage operations can disrupt shrub growth and remove ...
Tea trees are tropical evergreen shrubs, small trees/arbors, and trees/arbors, plants up to 1–6 m even 15–30 m tall, that are grown mainly between 30 and 16 degrees north–south latitude of the equator. Generally, the finest tea is grown at altitudes of 900 to 2100 m.Heng DuanMoun...
2015). The mean standing biomass C for the present forests is within the range reported for tropical dry deciduous (12.79–62.48 Mg C ha−1) and evergreen forests (18.85–48.58 Mg C ha−1) but higher than tropical thorn forests (4.91–13.3 Mg C ha−1) from ...
The late successional stage contains three layers of vegetation, with 50–90% of the canopy being occupied by evergreen crowns [23,26]. Although the study area has secondary forests in different successional stages, small patches of old-growth forest cannot be completely ruled out. 2.2. ...
Mimusops kummel is an evergreen tree that can reach 30 m and has a diameter of more than 1 m, with a leafy and oval crown. The fruit is a hard 2-cm-long drupe that is pointed and orange yellow and contains one red‒brown seed [108]. The native range of M. kummel is Tropical...
The various types of surfaces that can be included in each tile include the following: (1) broadleaf deciduous trees; (2) broadleaf evergreen trees; (3) broadleaf shrubs; (4) grassland (groundcover); (5) dwarf trees (tundra); (6) needle-leaf trees; (7) desert soil; and (8) ...