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Other characteristic species include: Alopecurus ventricosus, Hordeum brevisubulatum, Agropyrum repens, Puccinelia distans, Saussurea amora, and Aster tripolium.
Kazakh forest steppe 2007
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The bottom of the valleys and plains are dominated by cebada silvestre (Hordeum comosum), with Alopecurus antarticus, Phleum conmutatus, Poa pratensis, Agrosti sp ..
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Agrimonia, Stemodia grandiflora, a species of Alopecurus in inundated rice fields, Fragaria, in the wood, Arenaria, Gymnostomum on the terraces.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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Alopecurus pratensis, meadow or tall grass, which is found in the Confederate States, is much cultivated as a grass in Europe; it is much relished by horses and cattle.
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Another grass belonging to this genus, grows very generally in the South; it is the Floating Foxtail, Alopecurus geniculatus.
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Under conditions of cloudy nights, those species that gain carbon at night, for example, Arctic dryad ( '' Dryas integrifolia ''), alpine foxtail ( '' Alopecurus alpinus ''), glaucous willow ( '' Salix glauca ''), and arctic willow ( '' Salix arctica '') (25 – 30% of diurnal carbon gain [131]), are likely to have reduced competitive ability compared with species that do not.
Phenotypic responses of arctic species to changes in climate and ultraviolet-B radiation 2009
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| Alopecurus pratensis | 0·47 | 6·25 | 2·16 | 0·65 | 38·75 |
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry Thomas Anderson
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In Alopecurus pratensis he describes the pollen as adhering to the end of a projection from the stigma where it germinates; the tube crawls along or spirally round this projection until it reaches the angle where the stigmatic branch is given off; here it makes an entrance and travels in the middle lamella between two cells.)
More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 Charles Darwin 1845
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