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  • Other nationally important terrestrial vegetation species include the early spider orchid Ophrys sphegodes, the Early Gentian Gentianella anglica, the Nottingham catchfly Silene nutans and Wild cabbage Brassica oleracea var. oleracea

    Dorset and East Devon Coast, United Kingdom 2008

  • Dicotyledons endemic to Lesotho include Glumicalyx lesuticus and Dianthus basuticus var. basuticus, and those endemic to the Drakensberg center are Glumicalyx nutans and Craterocapsa montana.

    Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests 2008

  • At higher altitudes, there are shola-type forests characterized by Phoenix robusta, Pterospermum acerifolium, and Clematis nutans.

    Chhota-Nagpur dry deciduous forests 2008

  • Little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium), and Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans) are frequently dominants on Blackland Prairie alfisols and vertisols.

    Texas blackland prairies 2008

  • The dominant grass species in this ecoregion are big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii), switchgrass (Panicum virgatum), and Indian grass (Sorghastrum nutans).

    Flint Hills tall grasslands 2008

  • Graminoids include the sedges Kobresia capifolia, K. humilis, and Carex spp. and the grasses Elymus nutans, Festuca ovina, F. rubra, Ptilogrostis coccinna, Poa spp.,

    Qilian Mountains subalpine meadows 2008

  • As in the other tallgrass ecoregions, the dominant grass species in this ecoregion are big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii), switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) and Indian grass (Sorghastrum nutans).

    Northern tall grasslands 2007

  • The dominant grass species in this ecoregion are big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii), switchgrass (Panicum virgatum), and Indian grass (Sorghastrum nutans).

    Central tall grasslands 2007

  • I confused the idea of natural pastures a bit with that permanent ones, and thought, we will have our problems anyway because we have many tracts of land covered with marabu (the weed dicgrostachys nutans, indigenous to Cuba -- ed.), which we cannot count on, but which must be planted anyway.

    INAUGURATES VOISIN 1964

  • LYNCH, S.J. (1944) Notes on some newer hard-drying vegetable oils from Aleurites trisperma Blanco and Garcia nutans Rohr.

    Chapter 5 1953

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