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  • The vegetation of the Carpathians displays a pronounced zonation: the foothills are mostly covered by mixed deciduous forests, dominated by pedunculate oak (Quercus robur), lime (Tilia cordata) and hornbean (Carpinus betulus) in the north, and by various oak species (Quercus sessilis, Q. cerris, Q. pubescens, Q. frainetto) in the south.

    Carpathian montane conifer forests 2008

  • Nine species are endemic, and include Afrotrilepis jaegeri, Digitaria phaeotricha var. patens, Dissotis sessilis, Gladiolus leonensis, Ledermanniella jaegeri, Loudetia jaegeriana, Loxodera strigosa, Schizachyrium minutum (S. brevifolium), and Scleria monticola.

    Guinean montane forests 2007

  • Semi-deciduous tropical moist forest are the most widespread; they include canopy trees such as Bombacopsis quinata, B. sessilis, Enterolobium cyclocarpum, Licania hypoleuca, Pltypodium elegans, Pseudobombax septenatum, Sterculia apelata, Terminalia amazonica, Tetragastris panamensis and Vitex cymosa.

    Eastern Panamanian montane forests 2007

  • Coopers rely mainly on two European oak species (Quercus robur and Q. sessilis), and ten North American species, the most important being the white oak (Q. alba).

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

  • Coopers rely mainly on two European oak species (Quercus robur and Q. sessilis), and ten North American species, the most important being the white oak (Q. alba).

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

  • Suetonius in a very short sketch adds the personal aspect of the poet Horace, who, it is true, had led the way by such allusions (Epist.i. 4, 15-16), and tells us how Augustus said he was "a squat little pot" (sessilis obba).

    The Jesus of History T. R. Glover

  • Suetonius in a very short sketch adds the personal aspect of the poet Horace, who, it is true, had led the way by such allusions (Epist.i. 4, 15-16), and tells us how Augustus said he was “a squat little pot” (sessilis obba).

    The Jesus of History Glover, T R 1916

  •  sessilis_, the end of the filament becoming club-shaped and ending in a short protuberance (Fig.  36, _B_).

    Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses Douglas Houghton Campbell

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