Sentences with phrase «large thickets»

It forms large thickets of coral, as shown here in a reef in Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Not exact matches

I had similar feelings about Todd and my wedding, but when it was all said and done I am glad it was larger (and by that I mean it wasn't just the two of us on top of our special cliff spot in a thicket of birch trees, which is where I would have prefered to have gotten married if I knew it wouldn't insult our friends and family).

By penetrating a thicket near the river Dr. Cottam was able to show me one of his prize birds, Merrill's pauraque, a whippoorwill - like creature and the largest of the goatsucker family in the U.S.

Any scheme to regulate the employment relationship or the relationship between smaller and much larger firms in the market would necessarily involve a thicket of complex issues and practical judgments.

Even in large storms an extensive mangrove thicket can provide some protection for both the shore and inland areas.

Beginning January 13 is Natasha Bowdoin: Maneater, which decorates our first - floor gallery with a lush paper thicket of larger - than - life, boldly colored floral forms.

In the lush paper thicket coiling its way down the hallway, we see larger - than - life floral forms whose tranquility is undercut by carnivorous plants creeping and crawling across the gallery wall and floor.

In her latest show at Blue Mountain Gallery, which opens on October 5th with a reception for the artist October 7th from 5 - 8, Margaret Grimes shows three large canvases and a series of small ones all depicting woods and thickets.

Ziegler has created an entirely new series of works tailor made for the underground space: his five imposing sculptures are influenced by Brueghel's painting The Cripples and are surrounded by large - scale light boxes depicting an abstracted thicket of horses legs, derived from a detail of a Piero della Francesca fresco.

Preferred habitat: coastal woods, moist thickets, rich bottomlands, edges of swamps + + + + Foliage / winter appearance: deciduous + + + + Soil conditions: loam, clay, well drained + + + + Light conditions: dappled shade to partial shade + + + + Plant spacing: 5 to 7 feet + + + + Wildlife value: fruit sought by some of our most known birds including the Robin, Mockingbird, Catbird, and Brown Thrasher + + + + Note: since this plant is deciduous it often looks best in the garden mixed with other more evergreen plants in small groupings rather than large mass plantings; light periodic pruning will help it stay fuller

«This is just a tragedy,» he says quietly, pointing to a large scar in the landscape a few miles away, where bulldozers are clearing thickets of creosote brush and bursage for one of the BrightSource thermal towers.