Sentences with phrase «reed phragmites»

Tidal restrictions, or constrictions, which alter the flow of salt and fresh water have a major effect on the conditions which can favor the growth of the invasive reed Phragmites.

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Danger in the Reeds is a series of documentary videos developed to educate the public about an aggressive invading plant, Phragmites australis, which is pushing out the natural diversity with dense, monoculture stands of tall reeds with deeply penetrating rReeds is a series of documentary videos developed to educate the public about an aggressive invading plant, Phragmites australis, which is pushing out the natural diversity with dense, monoculture stands of tall reeds with deeply penetrating rreeds with deeply penetrating roots.

Since 1996, students in grades 5 through 12 on the North Shore have been working with Mass Audubon scientists to learn about salt marshes and common reed (Phragmites australis), an invasive plant that grows in salt marshes.

The threat of brush fires is low for most of the city except Staten Island — which has had several large blazes in recent years linked to the prevalence of invasive reeds called phragmites that can quickly fuel the flames, the New York Times reported.

The once dense and ubiquitous common reed (Phragmites australis) served as raw material for homes, handicrafts, tools, and animal fodder for thousands of years.

He never misses a chance to visit a certain clump of reeds called phragmites in a pond in Central Park; he stops there when he's in New York City the way some people make a point of popping into Zabar's.

Working on a piece of acrylic gessoed hardboard with acrylic paints, and with his two references visible — the heron on his tablet and the phragmites on the main screen — he began by blocking in some directional lines to indicate the reeds.

The project area is overcome with the invasive weed Phragmites, or common reed, making natural regeneration impossible.