scabra

Two vegetation associations are characteristic on the treeless northwestern section which is situated upon acidic soils: Anthaenantia lanata, Trachypogon polymorphus, and Macairea scabra shrub with a groundlayer of Mesosetum penicillatum and Bulbostylis juncoides.

Beni savanna 2008

There are two endemic genera representing relicts of subtropical origin: Borderea pyrenaica and B. chouardii from the central Pyrenees, and Xatardia scabra from the eastern Pyrenees.

Pyrenees conifer and mixed forests 2008

The shrub Vernonia scabra occurs in low densities.

Pantanal 2007

Subtropical species such as the African egg eating snake (Dasypeltis scabra), the Senegal earth squirrel (Xerus erythropus), and the dark chanting goshawk (Melierax metabates) have been recorded in Essaouira.

Mediterranean acacia-argania dry woodlands and succulent thickets 2007

Spear grasses (Stipa scabra and S. bigeniculata) grow on flat or gently undulating treeless basalt plains near the Geelong area, and on the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales.

Southeast Australia temperate forests 2007

This photo of Chaetodon capistratus (four-eye butterfly fish) and Lima scabra (rough fileclamp) was taken by Marcos Guerra.

Dazzled by the Smithsonian Photography Initiative 2006

This photo of Chaetodon capistratus (four-eye butterfly fish) and Lima scabra (rough fileclamp) was taken by Marcos Guerra.

Archive 2006-09-01 2006

I one day noticed, growing on the sandstone cliffs, some very fine plants of the panke (Gunnera scabra), which somewhat resembles the rhubarb on a gigantic scale.

Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle 2003

I one day noticed, growing on the sandstone cliffs, some very fine plants of the panke (Gunnera scabra), which somewhat resembles the rhubarb on a gigantic scale.

Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle 2003

MEDICINAL: Roots are mixed with those of Diospyros scabra (tuwot), boiled and used to treat tuberculosis (Pokot).

Chapter 7 1999