Natural Science Forum / Biology / Botany / September 2004

Has it become acceptable in teaching to just fit a curve to data points
and not report a correlation coefficient to indicate how well the curve
fits? American Biology Teacher author Stanley Rice seems to think so and
justifies his position because "most classes taught by readers of ...

Has it become acceptable in teaching to just fit a curve to data points
and not report a correlation coefficient to indicate how well the curve
fits? American Biology Teacher author Stanley Rice seems to think so and
justifies his position because "most classes taught by readers of ...

I am looking for the (botanical) name of the plant, showed in the
picture http://www.giftpflanzen.com/040918.html .
IMHO it is a solanaceae.

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Somebody contended that tree is not a scientific term. However, Stearn's
Botanical Latin tells us that the Latin word for tree is arbor. He even
declines the word in several directions. It would be rather difficult for a
botanist to describe a new species if he had to say, "It has a ...

Meant to add to David Hershey=92s lament on this subject but have been=20
slow getting round to it. The relevant pages from
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Meant to add to David Hershey=92s lament on this subject but have been=20
slow getting round to it. The relevant pages from
=91Like Clockwork=92 <http://www.oxygraphics.co.uk/lc.htm> can be downloa=
ded=20

http://bluepointdesign.com/weird/
I found this pod in a lot next to my house. One of the strangest natural
things I've ever seen! Can someone tell me what the heck this is before I
hack it up and dispose of it? FYI I live in Fallbrook California.

Does anybody know what palm species exist on european, mediterranian coast,
especially in Croatia?
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Kindly identify the wildflower in these photos. The plant is common in
July in northern New Jersey.
http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/shahswim/detail?.dir=/a933&.dnm=290e.jpg
http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/shahswim/detail?.dir=/a933&.dnm=2117.jpg

.. unknown one. Appeared in this area some years ago, nice looking
somehow, but no idea what it is and where it came from. Spreads in
gardens and parks now.
Ne1?

davidxanita@yah Wrote:

Tried finding out some data on asphalt roof shingles as to whether they
are good for plants or bad. The Internet is mixed on this question. A
University says that tar is toxic to plants. But that does not make
sense relative to the known fact that each year now I receive baby trees