Sentences with phrase «shallow roots so»
Rising temperatures are decimating snowpack, but when still frequent cold snaps hit, there's not enough insulation to protect the cedar's shallow roots so they die.
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These revealed that the animal's tooth sockets were unusually shallow, and that the upper end of each socket was well below the neck of the tooth, so that only about two - thirds of the root was in the sockets.
(Nitrogen is a big problem in native plant areas because it's one of the limiting nutrients, and when it's supplied whether by fertilizer or grazing animals or rainfall, that tips the balance toward European and Asian annual grasses that are very shallow - rooted — they steal every drop of rain that falls, and then burn by midsummer when the N. American native perennials are just setting seed; after a few years the deep - rooted perennials are gone; after a few more years so is the topsoil).
«These plants need little water, so they're less heavy than other choices, and their shallow roots require less soil,» notes Lehrer, who is captivated by the range of shapes, colors and textures succulents provide.