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When student park in student lot H (on the UNCW campus) they pass this red maple (Acer rubrum). Today I realized there is an ecosystem growing on it (picture was taken roughly before 16:00 on May 29th, 2018). If you look closely you will notice Spanish moss, mistletoe (Viscum album), and two additional mosses which I am unable to correctly identify at this time.
According to sciencing.com, the range of red maples can be found on the east coast of North America as far north as New Foundland, and as far south as Florida. (sciencing.com).
In the upper right corner of the picture you can see the mistletoe plant species. Upon further researching, I found this species is actually a parasite (britannica.com). Usually the fruit that this plant produces is eaten by birds. In turn, when a bird defecates the seeds while sitting on a tree, that tree becomes the parasite's new host. If you look closely, the red maple looks to be fighting off the mistletoe.
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A young girl carries her sibling on her back in Karagita village, during a visit from Western's Ecosystem Health - Africa Inititative.
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Lake Naivasha. Kenya. May 2011.
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The MA framework was applied in a wide range of assessments at multiple scales. Particularly for the more local assessments, the framework needed to be adapted to better reflect the needs and concerns of local communities.
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This photo has been graciously provided to be used in the GRID-Arendal resources library by: Philippe Rekacewicz, Emmanuelle Bournay, UNEP/GRID-Arendal
Smaller animals, like this Common warthog (Phacochoerus africanus), have to wait their turn while the African elephant (Loxodonta africana) drinks his fill. Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa.
The Vischer Ferry Nature Preserve is located on Riverview Road, adjacent to the Mohawk River, east of the hamlet of Vischer Ferry in the southern part of Clifton Park.
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Anemone canadensis (Canada anemone, round-headed anemone, meadow anemone, crowfoot) is a herbaceous perennial native to moist meadows, thickets, stream banks, and lake shores in North America, spreading rapidly by underground rhizomes, valued for its white flowers.
In former times it was used medically by North American Indigenous peoples as an astringent and as a styptic for wounds, sores, nosebleeds, and as an eyewash. The root was respected by Plains tribes and used for many ailments. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anemone_canadensis
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Ambyvalley road,Lonavala,Mah.,India
(2of2)
Lythraceae(Crape Myrtle family)
very conspicious on dry hillside now.
Ambyvalley road,Lonavala,Mah.India
also called"Banyan Tussock Moth"
Lymantriidae>Leucomini
ID. courtesy:Ryan Brookes
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Bittersweet, Japanese honeysuckle and other invasive vines are pretty yet aggressively choke out other plants.
Ambyvalley road,Lonavala,Mah.India
Dwarf Reedgrass
Poaceae
Native herb
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Shot on Kodak Portra 400 with a Nikon FG and Micro-Nikkor 55mm ai-s lens. Developed and scanned by TheDarkroom.com.
The hustle and bustle of Melbourne coupled with Melbourne's biggest ScaleUps. Photos by Tim Carrafa.
Aambyvalley rd.,Lonavala,Mah.,India
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This completes the trio of Asian Honeybees,Apis dorsata,Apis cerana,and Apis florea present here.
Martin Geddes (BT), Dean Bubley (Disruptive Analysis), Moray Rumney (Agilent), and Brough Turner (Ashtonbrooke) join Andy Abramson (Comunicano) on stage at eComm Europe 2009 in Amsterdam.
Taken during the Emerging Communications Conference & Awards, Europe 2009
On October 6, 2022, at the Armistead Monument at Fort McHenry in Baltimore The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) hosted a press conference to celebrate the commencement of the Mid-Chesapeake Bay ecosystem restoration project, following a $43.1 million contract award to Coastal Design & Construction (small business designated) from Gloucester, Virginia.
Key officials included, Senior Advisor to the President and White House Infrastructure Coordinator Mitch Landrieu; Maryland U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen; U.S. House Rep. John Sarbanes; Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, the Honorable Michael Connor; USACE Deputy Commanding General, Maj. Gen. Richard Heitkamp; and Executive Director of the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT), Maryland Port Administration (MPA) William Doyle.
The Mid-Chesapeake Bay Island Ecosystem Restoration project, often referred to as Mid-Bay, is located adjacent to the islands of James and Barren in western Dorchester County, Maryland. The project is focused on restoring/expanding island habitat to provide hundreds of acres of wetland and terrestrial habitat for fish, shellfish, reptiles, amphibians, birds, and mammals through the beneficial use of dredged material. Habitat may include submerged aquatic habitat, mudflat, low marsh, high marsh, islands, ponds, channels and upland areas. The federal lawmakers have been urging funding for this project for many years prior to this key development.
The project develops a long-term strategy for providing viable placement alternatives that meet the dredging needs of the Port of Baltimore while maximizing the use of dredged material as a beneficial resource. Restoration of island habitat is necessary and valuable to the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem. In the last 150 years, it has been estimated that 10,500 acres of this type of habitat have been lost in the middle-eastern portion of Chesapeake Bay. Remote island habitat is valuable as resting and nesting sites for migratory and shore birds.
The Mid-Bay project includes restoration of 2,072 acres of lost remote island habitat on James Island and 72 acres of remote island habitat on Barren Island, using material dredged from the Port of Baltimore approach channels and the Honga River, respectively.
Every year, USACE dredges nearly five million cubic yards of material from the channels and anchorages serving the Port of Baltimore to maintain current depths and widths for safe navigation. Once the material is removed, it must be contained or disposed of in an environmentally conscious manner.
USACE received more than $80 million in funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to complete the design and preconstruction activities for this project, to include the first construction contract award.
Based on the current schedule, Barren Island may start to accept dredged material as early as 2024 with James Island accepting in approximately 2030, after sill and dike construction efforts to hold the material are completed at each location. The Mid-Bay project will provide more than 40 years of capacity to place almost 100 million cubic yards of dredged material, providing benefits to the Port until at least 2067.
Poplar Island, the ongoing ecosystem restoration project by USACE and MDOT MPA, wrapped up construction of an expansion effort in January 2021. The expansion provides substantial ecosystem benefits and additional dredge material capacity for the approach channels to the Port of Baltimore until 2032.
Official US Army Photos by John Sokolowski.
The hustle and bustle of Melbourne coupled with Melbourne's biggest ScaleUps. Photos by Tim Carrafa.
Desert ecosystem in the Outback of Australia. Very hot, dry, and arid causing there to be very little vegetation and specific types of animals that can endure these harsh conditions.
The Serengeti ecosystem is a geographical region in Africa. It is located in north Tanzania and extends to south-western Kenya. It spans some 30,000 km2. The Kenyan part of the Serengeti is known as Maasai (Masai) Mara.
The Serengeti hosts the largest terrestrial mammal migration in the world, which helps secure it as one of the Seven Natural Wonders of Africa and one of the ten natural travel wonders of the world.The Serengeti is also renowned for its large lion population and is one of the best places to observe prides in their natural environment.
The region contains the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania and several game reserves.