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Those desert sunflowers (Geraea canescens) were annual wildflowers, plants that escape unfavorable conditions by “not existing” during such periods.
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Two endemic species of passeriforms on the island are Mimus magnirostris (nightingale) and Vireo caribaeus, and other subspecies are Icterus leucopteryx lawrencii, Vireo altiloquus canescens, Coereba flaveola oblita and Dendroica petechia flavida.
Cayos Miskitos-San Andrés and Providencia moist forests 2007
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These savannas include the following species: Anoxopus canescens, Bowdichia virgilioides, Curatella americana, Leptocoryphium lanatum, Paspalum sp., and Trachypogon plumus.
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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.
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Other typical wetland plants include various sedges, like bottle sedge Carex rostrata, white sedge C. canescens, common bog-sedge C. limosa, tall bog-sedge C. magellanica, marsh cinquefoil Potentilla palustris, common cotton-grass Eriophorum angustifolium, bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata, and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccus.
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This area has communities of shrubs such as Skytnathus acutus, Encelia canescens, Frankenia chilensis, and Nolana rostrata.
Atacama desert 2007
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These grasslands include Acrocomia sclerocarpa, Andropogon selloanus, Axonopus canescens, Byrsonima crassifolia, B. coccolobifolia, Curatella americana, and Trachypogon plumosus.
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In Israel and North Africa, a Mediterranean species, A. halimus, has proven hardier than A. nummularia or A. canescens.
Chapter 9 1990
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A. canescens (four wing saltbush) is native to semiarid areas of North America where spring and fall rainfall patterns are typical.
Chapter 9 1990
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Pasture with a mixed population of A. canescens and native vegetation sustained three sheep per hectare with 250 mm annual rainfall.
Chapter 9 1990
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