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Landscaping For Season Long Color, Jaydee Gunnell, Sheriden M. Hansen, Linden Greenhalgh, Holly Christley Jan 2019

Landscaping For Season Long Color, Jaydee Gunnell, Sheriden M. Hansen, Linden Greenhalgh, Holly Christley

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This fact sheet describes plants that can give landscapes color all season long with blooms in spring, summer, fall and winter interests. It includes a listing of trees, shrubs, perennials, vines, ground covers, bulbs, and ornamental grasses.

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Landscaping In Dry Shade - 15 Great Landscape Plants For Dry Shady Areas, Helen Muntz, Larry Rupp Mar 2018

Landscaping In Dry Shade - 15 Great Landscape Plants For Dry Shady Areas, Helen Muntz, Larry Rupp

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This fact sheet describes 15 plants that perform well in dry shade areas, and includes photos..

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Fabulous Tulips In Springtime, Linden Greenhalgh, Holly Christley Jan 2018

Fabulous Tulips In Springtime, Linden Greenhalgh, Holly Christley

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This fact sheet describes tulips, including their classification, recommended varieties, how to grow them, and problems.

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Wetland Plants Of Great Salt Lake, A Guide To Identification, Communities, & Bird Habitat, Rebekah Downard, Maureen Frank, Jennifer Perkins, Karin Kettenring, Mark Larese-Casanova Jun 2017

Wetland Plants Of Great Salt Lake, A Guide To Identification, Communities, & Bird Habitat, Rebekah Downard, Maureen Frank, Jennifer Perkins, Karin Kettenring, Mark Larese-Casanova

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Wetland Plants of Great Salt Lake: a guide to identification, communities, & bird habitat is a wetland plant identification guide, resulting from collaborative research efforts about Great Salt Lake (GSL) wetland conditions and bird habitat. Dr. Rebekah Downard collected dissertation field data from GSL wetlands during 2012–2015, the majority of which informed this work. Dr. Maureen Frank contributed her guide to GSL wetland vegetation and how to manage native plants as high-quality habitat for birds. The intended purpose in producing this guide was to create an informative source that could assist researchers, land managers, birders, and wetland enthusiasts in identifying, …

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Red Yucca (Hesperaloe Parvifolia) Use In Utah, Michael Caron, Taun Beddes Dec 2016

Red Yucca (Hesperaloe Parvifolia) Use In Utah, Michael Caron, Taun Beddes

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This fact sheet describes Red yucca and its use in the landscape, including planting, care, and maintenance, varieties, and diseases and pests.

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Fuego Bacteriano Del Manzano Y El Peral (Erwinia Amylovora), Claudia Nischwitz Jul 2011

Fuego Bacteriano Del Manzano Y El Peral (Erwinia Amylovora), Claudia Nischwitz

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This publication includes information on Erwinia Amylovora.

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Toxins Reduce Palatability, Usu Extension Jan 2010

Toxins Reduce Palatability, Usu Extension

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Several years ago we had two research projects we assumed were unrelated. One focused on why goats avoid the current season’s growth of blackbrush and the other on how livestock learn to avoid foods high in toxins.

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Toxin-Nutrient Interactions Influence Diet Selection, Usu Extension Jan 2010

Toxin-Nutrient Interactions Influence Diet Selection, Usu Extension

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Given a choice herbivores prefer foods that are high in nutrients and low in toxins. Nevertheless, plants high in toxins are common on rangelands.

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Determining Forage Dry Matter Concentration With A Microwave Oven, T.C. Griggs Sep 2005

Determining Forage Dry Matter Concentration With A Microwave Oven, T.C. Griggs

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Plant Some New Vegetables This Year, Dennis Hinkamp Apr 2001

Plant Some New Vegetables This Year, Dennis Hinkamp

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Fending Off Aphids, Dennis Hinkamp Jan 2001

Fending Off Aphids, Dennis Hinkamp

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Annuals - Help Them Survive Transplanting, Dennis Hinkamp Jan 2001

Annuals - Help Them Survive Transplanting, Dennis Hinkamp

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Landscaping: Exterior Design Revamp Time, Dennis Hinkamp Jan 2001

Landscaping: Exterior Design Revamp Time, Dennis Hinkamp

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Water, Water Everywhere, Dennis Hinkamp Jan 2001

Water, Water Everywhere, Dennis Hinkamp

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Put Me In Cloche, I'M Ready To Grow, Dennis Hinkamp Jan 2001

Put Me In Cloche, I'M Ready To Grow, Dennis Hinkamp

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Fungus: April Showers Bring May (And June) Fungus, Dennis Hinkamp Jan 2001

Fungus: April Showers Bring May (And June) Fungus, Dennis Hinkamp

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Transplanting: Think Twice, Dig Once, Dennis Hinkamp Jan 2001

Transplanting: Think Twice, Dig Once, Dennis Hinkamp

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Grazing Response Index: A Simple, Effective Method To Evaluate Plant Responses To Grazing, Behave Jan 2000

Grazing Response Index: A Simple, Effective Method To Evaluate Plant Responses To Grazing, Behave

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Ingestion Of Toxic Plants By Herbivores, Behave Jan 2000

Ingestion Of Toxic Plants By Herbivores, Behave

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This publication goes over the different types of toxins commonly produced by and found in plants.

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Why Animals Die From Eating Poisonous Plants, Usu Extension Jan 2000

Why Animals Die From Eating Poisonous Plants, Usu Extension

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If animals can learn which plants are toxic and which are safe, then why do they eat poisonous plants and die?

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Mountain Plants Of Northeastern Utah, Berniece A. Andersen, Arthur H. Holmgren Jan 1996

Mountain Plants Of Northeastern Utah, Berniece A. Andersen, Arthur H. Holmgren

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Climate And Plant Growth In Certain Vegetative Associations, Arthur W. Sampson Oct 1918

Climate And Plant Growth In Certain Vegetative Associations, Arthur W. Sampson

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The relation of climate to the growth and development of vegetation is of profound importance in both practical and experimental agriculture. It is extremely useful to know the cause of successful growth and establishment, or of partial success or failure, of various species in different plant associations and under widely contrasted climatic conditions. The climatic requirements of various plant types are largely responsible for the results obtained in the case of experimental seedings and plantings of most species. Once the adverse climatic factors are definitely known, failures with plants may be largely avoided by the judicious selection of sites or …

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