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  • In overgrazed areas, decreases in little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium), needleandthread (Stipa comata), and Andropogon hallii, and increases in hairy grama (Bouteloua hirsuta), Calamovilfa longifolia, and dropseed (Sporobolus cryptandrus) are apparent.

    Nebraska Sand Hills mixed grasslands 2008

  • Ramonda myconi, endemic to the Pyrénées, is found in this habitat and others species such as the Pyrenean saxifrage Saxifraga longifolia, Antirrhinum sempervirens and Pinguicula longifolia occur in the same habitat.

    Pyrenees-Mont Perdu, France and Spain 2008

  • Although Aglaia haselettiana, Carum villosum, and Pycnocyclea glauca are endemic, endangered plant species in this ecoregion, Diospyros melanoxylon, Madhuca longifolia, Butea monosperma, and Shleichera oleosa, are more economically useful species.

    Chhota-Nagpur dry deciduous forests 2008

  • Along the coast, halophytic species such as Suaeda, Atriplex, and Zygophyllum are common, together with plants such as Salsola longifolia, Heliotropium undulatum, and Lycium intricatum.

    Atlantic coastal desert 2008

  • The Sand Hills contain a distinct grassland association dominated by sand bluestem (Andropogon hallii), Calamovilfa longifolia, and needleandthread (Stipa comata).

    Nebraska Sand Hills mixed grasslands 2008

  • The mesophilic herbaceous undestory layer includes Anisantha sterilis, Elytrigia repens, Mentha longifolia, Cousinia umbrosa, Anthriscus longirostris, Physocaulis nodosus, and sometimes endemic wild onion Allium paradoxum.

    Kopet Dag woodlands and forest steppe 2008

  • In India it is composed of rice flower or powdered bark of the mango, Deodar (uvaria longifolia), Sandalwood, lign-aloes or curcuma (zerumbat or zedoaria) with rose-flowers, camphor, civet and anise-seed.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • There is also with a very representative liana layer, including Lonicera periclymenum subsp. hispanica, Smilax aspera subsp. mauretanica, Rubia peregrina var. longifolia, Hedera helix, and H. algeriensis.

    Mediterranean woodlands and forests 2007

  • Towards central Barotseland, Brachystegia spiciformis, B. longifolia and Colophospermum mopane become more frequent.

    Zambezian Cryptosepalum dry forests 2007

  • Common trees in the Typical Coastal-belt Forest include Millettia grandis and Protorhus longifolia, which are indicator species for this forest type, as well as Vepris undulata, Combretum kraussii, and Rhus chirindensis.

    KwaZulu-Cape coastal forest mosaic 2007

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