Sentences with phrase «in oak leaf»

According to their findings, frogs reared in oak leaf litter in the absence of salt exhibited a female - biased sex ratio (63 percent).

Chemicals in oak leaves retard the development of insects that feed on them... Alfalfa and clover enrich the soil with nitrogen that they capture from the air.

The Gozen lunch platters include standout grilled and simmered dishes with highlight ingredients such as seasonal mountain vegetables, sea bream and mochi wrapped in oak leaves.

Not exact matches

Larger leaves, from greens such as romaine, large red oak leaf, and escarole, should be trimmed as shown in the photos.

Steve Lohr (pictured), who helped his father, Jerry — the «J» in J. Lohr — plant the family vineyards when he was 10 years old, speaks proudly of his dad's decision to leave the oak trees on the vast tracts

Steve Lohr, who helped his father, Jerry — the «J» in J. Lohr — plant the family vineyards when he was 10 years old, speaks proudly of his dad's decision to leave the oak trees on the vast tracts of property that make up J. Lohr Vineyards, rather than squeezing every last dollar from the ground.

In a recently published Eater Q&A, Cluny confessed to hitting a breaking point after the sight of green oak leaves made him nauseous; he wanted more of a work - life balance.

Our buying power also means that we have the chance to work with wineries to make specific requests — for instance, maybe we ask them to leave the wine in oak for a little longer, or they create labels specifically for us.

The handrails inside the diamond jubilee state coach are made from Royal Yacht Britannia timber and a wooden crown covered in gold leaf, which forms the centrepiece of the roof's decorations, was carved from oak from Nelson's flagship HMS Victory.

But most foresters hate to «waste» dead spruce trees by leaving them in the forest, and they are skeptical that natural regeneration will occur widely, particularly for oak.

While native oaks still suffered more leaf damage than non-native oaks overall, in the absence of native oaks non-native oaks showed even less leaf damage.

They found that non-native oaks in regions with high oak species diversity showed more leaf damage than those in regions with low diversity.

The researchers examined herbivore damage on leaves of non-native oak trees in arboreta across the United States.

Herbivores (species that eat plants; e.g. caterpillars) consume more non-native (introduced from other places) oak leaf material in areas with diverse native plant communities than in less diverse communities.

Between 1939 and 1940, in his shack journals Leopold noted the effects of deer herbivory on herbaceous plants (plants whose leaves and stems die down to soil level at the end of the growing season) and trees he had planted on his land, which included oaks (Quercus spp.) and aspens (Populus tremuloides).

New York's architecture isn't as flammable as San Francisco's clapboard Victorians, but within 200 years, says Steven Clemants, vice president of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, tons of leaf litter would overflow gutters as pioneer weeds gave way to colonizing native oaks and maples in city parks.

Along the East Coast, where the «green wave» of spring leaves sprouting from maples, oaks and poplars historically has rolled from Miami to Maine in 75 days, atmospheric scientists with Princeton University predict the wave could take just 59 days by the end of the century.

To most people, red and white oaks seem pretty similar, save for the shapes of their leaves, and one might expect they would compete with each other for space in the forest.

The duskywing doesn't fly as well, and it eats oak leaves only as a caterpillar, so many populations may live in particular Garry oak sites like little islands, never breeding with butterflies from the next savanna over.

They set out to assess the rate at which plant material decomposed as a function of background radiation, placing hundreds of samples of uncontaminated leaf litter (pine needles and oak, maple and birch leaves) in mesh bags throughout the area.

Some plants, such as hickories and oaks, avoid freezing damage by dropping their leaves before the winter chill sets in - effectively shutting off the flow of water between roots and leaves - and growing new leaves and water transport cells when warmer weather returns.

They also found that exposure to the leaf litter from a common trees species, oak, significantly altered the sex ratios in the frog populations and, in some cases, the size of individual females.

For the experiment, researchers created a series of water treatments in 500 - liter tanks containing varying levels of road salt and leaf litter from maple and oak trees.

Poison Control Campers, backpackers, and other outdoorsy types can steer clear of poison ivy, oak, and sumac by knowing how to identify each plant: Poison ivy typically has a woody, ropelike vine and three leaflets that turn green in the summer; poison oak shows off clusters of yellow berries and oaklike leaves (usually in clusters of three); and poison sumac is a rangy shrub that grows up to 15 feet tall, with seven to 13 smooth - edge leaflets.

Poison oak also grows in clusters of three, with leaves that resemble true oak leaves.

Toss in an oak or grape leaf — the tannin in the leaf helps the resulting ferment keep a firmer texture.

I have a yard blessed with many beautiful old oak trees, which results in so many leaves it is difficult to keep... VIEW POST

Like an acorn dressed in curling oak leaves, the design of these artisan earrings is by Wagner and Cassia.

Carry your luck with you in a sterling silver clover or remember your strength with an oak leaf or a mighty tree of life.

The only thing left in my dining room makeover is to decide what I want to do with the oak trash can holder.

And although I know I'll miss the vast colors of bright maples and oaks, I'll savor the short weekend in November when the leaves wilt into reds and browns here in Texas.

And, yes, I do have to incorporate all kinds of «faux» Fall leaves because, yet another reality is, we live in Florida where the leaves either stay green year round or the oak trees go from green, to brown, to on the ground within what seems like 24 hours.

Creative Abstract Art Activity Templates with coloured examples and photographs, using watercolour paints, oil pastels, felt tip pens to give you ideas of how to use them a) hidden acorn in squares b) hidden acorn in diamonds / triangles c) hidden oak leaf in squares d) hidden oak leaf with random lines e) hidden maple leaf with random lines f) hidden apple in squares 4.

We entered south oak with the sole intention of «looking» for a car, with 3 kids under 6 years old I might add, and left in our new van!

It's designed to simulate a crash in which the driver leaves the road and hits that mighty oak.

Wild flowers are woven into her hair and in her hand she is holding an oak leaf.

At dawn, when the night retreats across the pacific toward distant Asia, it is reluctant to go, leaving deep black pools in alleyways, under parked cars, in culverts, and beneath the leafy canopies of ancient oaks.

My dog's nails are clicking on my hardwood fllors as she runs across the dining room, leaving my iwfe some nice scratchs in the oak flooring to polish out, and me with a headache as my wife yells» You

While many other species of oaks in California are deciduous (they lose their leaves), the coast live oak is evergreen.

All feature furniture and cabinetry made with local redwood, baginga, and mahogany; ocean - facing rooms have floor - to - ceiling windows for enjoying the spectacular sunsets, while rooms in «tree houses» fill in the afternoons with the sound of rustling live oak and bay laurel leaves.

Researching its history, former Wave Hill gardener Carolyn Hestand Kennedy — also a former Nally intern — discovered that back in the 1970's Wave Hill founding Director of Horticulture Marco Polo Stufano and John Nally, former Curator of the Gardens, wanting to create a shade garden on the north side of the property, began by planting a few oaks there, leaving them to grow for decades as they focused on more central areas of the garden.

Elsewhere, Nash observes forms and colours in nature, such as the change in the colour of oak leaves in spring from orange through yellow to bright green.

The fine tendrils of stainless steel reference date palms and the moss - covered limbs and leaves of live oak trees of her native Louisiana; the work as a whole an exercise in considering her interest in water, buoyancy, and womb - like floating.

Apart from some minor scratches and splinters on the left ear and lip, the sculpture is in a sound condition although its oak stem required consolidation in 1988.

(re the oak leaf stomatal measurements; authors are participating in that thread, worth a visit).

A traditional folk remedy for rashes caused by poison ivy, poison oak, and stinging nettle is a poultice soaked in boiled bay leaves.

Tree species like oak and bristle cone pines grow more in wet years, leaving wider rings, and vice versa for drought years.

(clockwise from left) The building's oak frame under construction and exposed in the finished home; the make - up of the external walls thermal layers coming together with structural insulated panels, studded out externally to include 100 mm of Metac; beneath 80 mm Gutex wood - fibre boards

I saved maybe 5 % of the mass of the trees for firewood and fence posts, left a few isolated oaks standing apart far enough apart so there was no continous canopy for a fire to spread, but the rest went up in smoke and this has been common practice since forever.

Click through for a 100 year - old oak desk, a 67 Mustang Fastback — that doesn't leave the garage much — and a festive oak commode dressed in Yuletide finery.