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2) Mapping native and non-native riparian vegetation in the Colorado River watershed / Paul Evangelista
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The Colorado River is one of the most prominent and important river systems in North America. Ephemeral, seasonal, and persistent riparian habitats are found throughout the basin, which host some of the most important vegetative communities for wildlife species in the predominantly arid landscape. Despite supporting up to 80% of terrestrial animals in the western US and providing critical migration corridors, riparian ecosystems cover less than 5%...
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This report details a strategy for control of invasive plants found at nine military installations located along the Front Range of Colorado and Wyoming. Invasive plant species control plans have been written for six of the nine installations. These plans suggest which weeds are top priorities for control at each installation. They also have specific on-the-ground control recommendations for each noxious weed species that has been documented at the...
7) Invasive Plants : a Guide to Identification, Impacts, and Control of Common North American Species
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An easy-to-use, wide-ranging guide to invasive plants in North America. Features full-color photos and descriptions of some 175 alien species--both terrestrial and aquatic--that are in some cases changing the landscape to an almost unimaginable degree. Accompanying text describes the plant's environmental and economic impacts as well as management techniques used to control it. Also includes an explanation of what an invasive is and a step-by-step...
8) Hatch
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Fans left desperate for more at the end of Bloom will dive into this second book of the Overthrow trilogy--where the danger mounts and alien creatures begin to hatch. First the rain brought seeds. Seeds that grew into alien plants that burrowed and strangled and fed. Seth, Anaya, and Petra are strangely immune to the plants' toxins and found a way to combat them. But just as they have their first success, the rain begins again. This rain brings eggs....
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A seed slips beyond a garden wall. A tree is planted on a precarious border. A shrub is stolen from its culture and its land. What happens when these plants leave their original homes and put down roots elsewhere? In fourteen essays, Dispersals explores the entanglements of the plant and human worlds: from species considered invasive, like giant hogweed; to those vilified but intimate, like soy; and those like kelp, on which our futures depend. Each...
11) Thrive
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After the aliens begin their invasion of Earth, a rebel faction contacts Anaya and proposes a plan that would allow humans, hybrids, and cryptogens to coexist peacefully, though it is unclear if all hybrids will agree.