If you want to see really tall trees, go to Washington State. Higher Than or Taller Than? "Rachel is higher than Craig" means that Rachel's location is above Craig's. For example, it could mean that Rachel's height on a mountain is greater than Craig's (i.e., she has climbed to...
The maximum height of trees is limited by their ability to pull water up the trunk, with tracheids playing a crucial role in water transport. The diameter of tracheids, which are pitted dead cells that move water, decreases as you go higher in the tree, complicating water transport and eve...
b.Having considerable height, especially in relation to width; lofty:tall trees. 2.Having a specified height:a plant three feet tall. 3.InformalFanciful or exaggerated; boastful:tall tales of heroic exploits. 4.Impressively great or difficult:a tall order to fill. ...
We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls. —Mother...
It represents the endpoint of several gradients: age, biomass (890 Mg ha~(-1)), structural complexity (two-sided leaf area index = 7-18, tree tops at 65 m, and 1,740 trees ha~(-1)). Mean above-ground biomass in other northwest forests is about 150 Mg ha~(-1).Trevor Newton...
On television, she played pivotal roles in successful series like Men in Trees, Hung, and Save Me, further establishing her versatility as an actress. In addition to her acting career, Heche has made significant strides behind the camera. She directed an episode of If These Walls Could Ta...
Cyclists were overheating and stopping along roadsides, under shaded trees or beside tree lined fence rows. I realized by the time we had traveled a mere 7 miles past SAG stop #2 that we would not make it to #3 without stopping. We were also in the area around Indianapolis where our ...
trees and flowers in the resulting open areas. This category would include the Seagram Building, of 1956-57, by Mies van der Rohe and Philip Johnson (1906-2005), with plaza and reflecting pools. It would also include Pittsburgh's U.S. Steel Corporation Building, of 1967, by Harrison, Abr...
After a globe-spanning struggle to return, I was suddenly back in Golden Gate Park. But it had changed completely, the gardens and towering eucalyptus trees replaced by strip malls, fast food joints, and other plagues. I was hopelessly forlorn as the dawn approached and I could not find my...
I cruised a little faster and found Nicole sleeping in a group of trees. She had her stuff spread out all over the place and I told her we planned to keep going to get down into the big bowl below the West Ridge before nightfall. She had been playing that morning and did Ingall’...