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ear candy is the tender spring cane-shoots of a wild relative of the garden-raspberry. In the greater Pacific Northwest of the US, this plant, R. spectabilis, is a ranking – and rank – invasive native weed. Those who work in the brush in this region, in the landscaping trades, or just take care of their …
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wamp current is the prefered popular name on the Olympic Peninsula of maritime west-coast North America. More-widely, it is typically called skunk current. Ribes glandulosum. But it grows especially well on slurpy-wet ground; usually on slopes, and maybe not ‘in’ swampiness, but conspicuously on elevated stumps & hummocks, in swamp-habitat.
Modelling of nature-questions with computer-code has been developed using the . This simple code produces stricking results, even though the code itself is fully define and unchanging. There is the alternative technique of self-modifying code, which may offer further modelling opportunities.
eer foot-Vanilla leaf is a delicate spring-flowering perennial of moist & shady woodlands, characteristic of coastal zones with marine influence … and stream-valleys and lake-sides. The leaf is a triplet, with a shape more like a duck or goose foot; the hoof-analogy is a stretch … but the leaf-edge shape is distinctive. It has a …
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ammocks are usually seen as a way to rig a suspended bed, to avoid having to lay down on the uncomfortable ground, to sleep. However, a hammock-suspension that supports the whole weight of a person is way more than strong enough to also support a tent or tarp shelter, which are insignificant loads in comparison. …
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ackpacks come in either external or internal frame designs. Internal types dominate in the market today, due to two main factors. Most-conspicuously, but functionally secondary, is the popularity (or more accurately, prestige) of mountain climbing, rock-climbing, ice-climbing & etc. More-pragmatically & realistically, the problem with external frame designs is that they really need to be …