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  • But there are other species on California's Invasive Plant Inventory that may be worse, such as Cotoneaster or pasture-destroying, horse-poisoning, Yellow Star Thistle.

    North Coast Journal Comments 2010

  • But there are other species on California's Invasive Plant Inventory that may be worse, such as Cotoneaster or pasture-destroying, horse-poisoning, Yellow Star Thistle.

    North Coast Journal Comments 2010

  • There, sitting beside the Cotoneaster horizontalis, was a pygmy shrew, Ireland's smallest mammal.

    Country diary: The Burren Sarah Poyntz 2010

  • At lower altitudes the forests are dominated by Rosa acicularis while Cotoneaster melanocapra are rare.

    Selenge-Orkhon forest steppe 2008

  • The principal threats are posed by black wattle Acacia mearnsi, silver wattle A. dealbata, patula pine Pinus patula, American bramble Rubus cuneifolus, grey poplar Populus canescens and Cotoneaster spp.

    UKhahlamba Drakensberg Park, South Africa 2008

  • The alpine scrub flora is dominated by several colorful, dwarf rhododendron species, among which are other shrubby species such as Hippophae rhamnoides and Cotoneaster microphyllus.

    Western Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows 2008

  • North-facing slopes are shrubbier at the low elevations (Caragana, Spiraea, Cotoneaster) and give way at about 2,500 m to a parklike forest-meadow mosaic in which the meadows are dominated by the grasses Festuca spp.,

    Tian Shan montane steppe and meadows 2008

  • The typical shrub story in the juniper steppe forests of this area may include pistachio (Pistacia atlantica), cotoneaster (Cotoneaster racemiflora), Crataegus spp., maple (Acer turcomanicum), almond (Amygdalus spp.), and other species.

    Elburz Range forest steppe 2008

  • Rhododendron arboreum, R. triflorum, and yew Taxus baccata wallichiana are associated with pine at lower altitudes and shrubs include Pieris formosa, Cotoneaster microphyllus and R. lepidotum.

    Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal 2008

  • The brushwoods, with participation of different species Cerasus, Rhamnus, Spiraea, and Cotoneaster are varied.

    Alai-Western Tian Shan steppe 2008

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