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Psamma (Ammophila) arenaria, Tussilago, Farfara, and Asperula odorata, multiply very readily by means of stolons; or others, such as Cirsium arvense, and Sonchus arvensis, produce buds from their roots; or yet others produce numerous seeds which are easily dispersed and may remain for a long time capable of germinating, as is the case with Calluna,
Introduction to the Science of Sociology Robert Ezra Park 1926
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A recent introduction, thistle (Cirsium vulgare), has spread extensively since a 1974 fire.
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Among the more characteristic genera of the Bulgarian flora are the following: -- _Centaurea_, _Cirsium_, _Linaria_, _Scrophularia_,
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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_Cirsium_ reproduced the same condition in the seedlings, [13] while a similar tendency is inherited in the case of the cockscomb (_Celosia_).
Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Maxwell T. Masters
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Edible plants, species of _Mentha, Chenopodium, Cirsium_, for instance, and the common water-cress, are, at a certain time of the year, numerous; but fruits and berries are rare, blackberries being the most common ones.
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Among the more troublesome weeds that infest mammoth clover are the Canada thistle (_Cirsium arvense_), the plantain (_Plantago lanceolata_), and in some instances the horse nettle
Clovers and How to Grow Them Thomas Shaw 1880
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Cirsium muticum (swamp-thistle), well in bloom Webster Stream, August 31.
The Maine Woods 1858
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_Cirsium spinosissimus_ on the Col; while the _Lloydia serotina_,
The Huguenots in France Samuel Smiles 1858
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Cirsium arvense (Canada thistle), abundant at camps and highway sides in the north of Maine.
The Maine Woods 1858
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He graduated at Zurich with a dissertation on the Swiss species of Cirsium.
More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 Charles Darwin 1845
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