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Threatened and Endangered Plants
Features: An endemic of the northern shores of Lakes Huron and Michigan. Substrates include limestone crevices, gravel, adn moist sand, under the slight shade of cedar or fir. RANGE MAPS ... Recovery Plan: Yes-1997 Key Habitat Features: Found within damp interdunal hollows and flats, swales, limestone crevices and pavements (alvars). An endemic to the northern shores of Lakes Huron and Michigan. ...
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Freshwater Website: Groundwater (What is groundwater?)
It is found underground in the spaces between particles of rock and soil, or in crevices and cracks in rock. The water filling these openings is usually within 100 metres of ... through water-bearing formations (aquifers) at different rates. In some places, where groundwater has dissolved limestone to form caverns and large openings, its rate of flow can be relatively fast but ...
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Iguana Specialist Group (formerly the West Indian Iguana Specialist Group)
The substrate may be sandy, but often consists of sharp, pitted limestone containing numerous holes and crevices. Solution and sink holes in which organic soils accumulate are common, providing ... islands, the availability of water for irrigation has enabled agricultural development of forested areas. Limestone mining has destroyed large forest tracts on Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Jamaica. In many ...
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ASM | Mammals of Oklahoma
Central OK. 891 351 A wanderer from the southwestern deserts and Mexico. Crevices, buildings. Fly late. Some authors assign this bat to genus Nyctinomops. XENARTHA (armadilos, sloths, ... Southern & eastern parts of state; isolated populations. 48 Found in rocky habitats, especially limestone outcrops & boulders. Brush Mouse Peromyscus boylii Uncommon Extreme western Panhandle (Black Mesa). 1171 ...
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2007 IUCN Red List – Search
If available, iguanas will use additional holes or crevices as emergency retreats. Whereas degraded vegetation ... in part of the species’ former range (Goodyear and Lazell 1994). This is not a limestone island, and does not provide as many natural retreats as Anegada. In the absence of ...
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Glossary of Terms - Environmental Protection Agency, Ireland
Earth's temperature. Groundwater - Water that occupies pores and crevices in rock and soil, below the surface and above a layer of impermeable material. ... varying from un-enriched to highly enriched. Turlough - A temporary water body on carboniferous limestone. U Ulcerative Dermal Necrosis Disease - A disease that primarily affects salmonids returning from the ...
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Unique Vabbinfaru Lotus Reef
H) at the surface of the growing limestone crystals and at the surface of the coral’s limestone skeleton, greatly speeding up their growth. Corals normally have to ... are the corals attached? Coral fragments are attached to the structure by wedging them into crevices and holes built into the structure, or by attaching them using plastic cable ties or ...
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Oklahoma Tallgrass Trip Journal
A few limestone blocks gave us a place to stop, rest and take in the view. A very ... on contour, winding among huge hunks of the limestone ledge which makes the caprock on the north side of the lake. Columbines grew from crevices in the sides of these blocks, making ...
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This alga grows in three-dimensional mats tightly adherent to hard substrata ... or other algae. It is common in intertidal pools and low intertidal to shallow subtidal crevices. Padina spp. (Phaeophyta) Features: Flat calcified blade with rings Chalky white to light yellow-brown ...
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2007 IUCN Red List – Search
Saraburi. Countries: Native: Thailand Population Population Trend: Habitat and Ecology Habitat and Ecology: Limestone outcrops growing in full sun or part shade in crevices ...
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