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- ...supplement]] used primarily as a [[mucolytic agent]] and in the management of [[paracetamol]] (acetaminophen) [[overdose]]. Other uses include sulfate re * '''Rheunac''' (Tree Of Life, Israel).28 KB (3,682 words) - 15:42, 27 September 2010
- ...ps]] or carrots. The plant may be mistaken for parsnip due to its clusters of white tuberous [[root]]s. ...certainly the Greek [[philosopher]] [[Socrates]] drank a cup of some kind of hemlock infusion at his execution in [[399 BC]]. ''Cicuta virosa'' is howev5 KB (748 words) - 11:26, 7 July 2010
- ...at Lakes]] region and was first spotted in 1843<ref>{{cite web |title=List of invasive species in the Great Lakes Great Lakes United / Union Saint-Lauren ...shaped, and often lobed at the base. The [[flower]]s are in loose clusters of 3–20, (1–1.5 cm) across, star-shaped, with five purple petals and7 KB (881 words) - 11:26, 7 July 2010
- ...] and southwest [[Asia]].<ref name=rushforth>Rushforth, K. (1999). ''Trees of Britain and Europe''. Collins ISBN 0-00-220013-9.</ref> It is the tree orig ...th the leaf bases twisted to align the leaves in two flat rows either side of the stem, except on erect leading shoots where the spiral arrangement is mo23 KB (3,699 words) - 11:27, 7 July 2010
- ...'''''Convallaria''''' in the flowering plant family [[Ruscaceae]] (or one of two, or three, if ''C. keiskei'' and ''C. transcaucasica'' are recognised a ...eason, Henry A. and Cronquist, Arthur, (1991), ''Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada'', New York Botanical Garden13 KB (1,849 words) - 11:27, 7 July 2010
- ...mbucus&SPECIES_XREF=nigra&TAXON_NAME_XREF=&RANK= ''Sambucus nigra''] at [[Flora Europaea]]</ref> , northwest Africa southwest Asia, and western North Ameri ...nction from other species of ''Sambucus'' is needed. It grows in a variety of conditions including both wet and dry fertile soils, primarily in sunny loc10 KB (1,435 words) - 11:28, 7 July 2010
- ..., northern [[Africa]], and [[North America]], and is the best-known member of the [[nettle]] genus ''[[Urtica]]''. ...e]], [[5-HT]] or [[serotonin]], and possibly [[formic acid]]. This mixture of chemical compounds cause a painful sting or [[paresthesia]] from which the21 KB (3,099 words) - 11:28, 7 July 2010
- {{About|the biology of coffee|the beverage|Coffee}} |image2_caption = Mature fruit of a ''Coffea'' species29 KB (4,179 words) - 09:14, 20 September 2010
- ...ropagation|propagation]], the combustible material present, and the effect of weather on the fire.<ref name=UToronto /> ...cial effects on wilderness areas. Some plant species depend on the effects of fire for growth and reproduction,<ref name=NOVA /> although large wildfires88 KB (12,641 words) - 20:35, 20 September 2010
- | image_alt = A short green plant with many elliptical shaped leaves of arcuate venation ...[cloud forest]] in the isolated [[Sierra Madre de Oaxaca|Sierra Mazateca]] of [[Oaxaca]], Mexico, growing in shady and moist locations.<ref name=Reisfiel133 KB (18,241 words) - 21:14, 21 September 2010