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Deer Brush
''Ceanothus integerrimus'', known by the common name deer brush, is a species of woody shrub in the family Rhamnaceae, native to the western United States in Arizona, New Mexico, California, Oregon, and Washington (U.S. state), Washington. It grows in California montane chaparral and woodlands, montane chaparral and woodlands regions, in hardwood forests, and in fir, spruce, and Ponderosa pine plant community, plant communities, being most abundant in the California chaparral and woodlands and Sierra Nevada (U.S.), Sierra Nevada.[Oakley][Jepson] Description ''Ceanothus integerrimus'' is a deciduous shrub from tall with an open ascending to erect branch habit.[Jepson] It is a drought-tolerant phanerophyte. Nitrogen-fixing actinomycete bacteria form root nodules on ''Ceanothus'' roots.[Howard] Its stems are round yellow to pale green in color with either small soft to straight stiff sharp hairs parallel to or in contact with the surface of the stem,.[Jepson] The leaf, leaves are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Jackson Hooker
Sir William Jackson Hooker (6 July 178512 August 1865) was an English botanist and botanical illustrator, who became the first director of Kew when in 1841 it was recommended to be placed under state ownership as a botanic garden. At Kew he founded the Herbarium and enlarged the gardens and arboretum. Hooker was born and educated in Norwich. An inheritance gave him the means to travel and to devote himself to the study of natural history, particularly botany. He published his account of an expedition to Iceland in 1809, even though his notes and specimens were destroyed during his voyage home. He married Maria, the eldest daughter of the Norfolk banker Dawson Turner, in 1815, afterwards living in Halesworth for 11 years, where he established a herbarium that became renowned by botanists at the time. He held the post of Regius Professor of Botany at Glasgow University, where he worked with the botanist and lithographer Thomas Hopkirk and enjoyed the supportive friendshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
