Natural Science Forum / Biology / Botany / May 2007

I am a student now want to konw the person who named Salvia verbenace
(?) to  complete my article.If you know please mail me .Thank you very
much !

Three large Autumn Olive bushes (Central Ohio) bloomed and then froze,
which I'd expect would prevent any fruit from forming.
Instead it seems so far to have prevented any but a very few isolated
leaves from sprouting, in addition.  It looks like a bare year, at

I was just browsing through the new Heywood book, and could not help feeling
gratified at the approach chosen with regard to the Malvaceae situation. I
have always liked the family Bombacaceae, even if recently it was proved to
consist of two groups, not closely related. Heywood & ...

I came across the following quote, > and many plants are

I need help identifying plants for my school assignment. If you know
what these are, or can guide me in the right direction, I'd appreciate
it.
http://s62.photobucket.com/albums/h120/Mattathais01/Plants/

Piedmont area of South Carolina.  Xeric pine forest.  This grass is a
real nuisance.  Needle grass? Wire grass?  Neither seem exactly right
but I'm new to this.  What have I forgotten to include?
See photos at:

Went on a field trip in the past few days to find Ulmus racemosa Rock-
Elm seed. Found none this year.
Don't whether it was due to a April frost or a skipping of annual
production. Plenty of Siberian Elm seeds

The plumber was just in my apartment to clear a clogged bathroom sink.
He pulled up the drain stopper and pointed out that it was all covered
with something he called "bacteria". It extended down to fill up the
trap. He snaked the pipe and let the debris fall into a bucket, which

This small tree grows along roadsides close to the bank of the Colo
river west of Sydney. This is a warm temperate zone, with good
rainfall.
http://www.box.net/shared/static/mm49y5789h.jpg

I have an old male Hop (Humulus Lupulus) from which late in the
season has budded out a variegated shoot (direct from rhizome).
The first two pictures are of a rooted cutting of the shoot.
The third picture is another cutting taken later from that cutting which