Sentences with phrase «weedy areas»

Usually found in kelp forests, along reefs or in shallow, weedy areas of estuaries at depths to 160 feet (50 m); tends to remain in shallower waters unless food is scarce.

Simply pour it directly onto weedy areas to keep them in check.

For both biomes, the weedy areas also had higher levels of nutrients such as nitrogen and carbon, which Stohlgren believes is part of the good conditions that favors the invading weeds» success.

Not exact matches

A year into the project, the weedy field has a compost heap full of organic waste from the kitchen; a growing orchard with biblical fruit trees including a fig and an apple; a Havdalah circle where visitors and residents of the farm gather weekly for a religious ceremony marking the end of Shabbat; and a shmitta area — a part of the land that is allowed to lie fallow for one year out of every seven, as commanded in the Torah.

«We're making the most out of what we've got here,» Mitchell says, cheerfully pointing out that a local Boy Scout troop recently converted a weedy patch of the agency's lot into a little play area for the dogs.

Downy woodpeckers are able to occupy areas with few trees because they forage on weedy stems — in addition to engaging in the characteristic woodpecker behavior of feeding in trees.

The authors warn against expanding agriculture in saiga territory, noting that plowing or herbicide use would simply lead to mass growth of the weedy toxic species in the cleared area.

Greg Henry of the University of British Columbia reports that in the area of Nunavut he's studied, the tundra has warmed about 1 °C each decade since the 1970s — something which he attributes to the growth of more weedy plants in the region.

«Between the half - erased neighbourhoods are ruined factories, boarded up warehouses, rows of storefronts bearing the traces of failed enterprise... some areas have been stripped entirely and weedy version of nature is returning... a third of Detroit, some forty square miles, has evolved past decrepitude into vacancy and prairie - an urban void nearly the size of San Francisco.»