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unusual facts about Acacia: The Sacred Band


Acacia: The Sacred Band

Acacia: The Sacred Band is a 2011 novel by American author David Anthony Durham, published by Doubleday.


A. verticillata

Acacia verticillata, the prickly Moses, prickly-leaved wattle, star-leaved acacia or whorl-leaved acacia, a perennial tree species

Acacia argyrodendron

Acacia argyrodendron is found in central Queensland in the basins of the Cape, Suttor and Belyando Rivers on clay soils in areas where the annual rainfall ranges between 475 and 655 mm (19-26 in).

Acacia Avenue

Iron Maiden recorded a song entitled "22 Acacia Avenue" on their third album, The Number of the Beast, about a brothel in which their fictional prostitute character Charlotte the Harlot works.

Acacia leiocalyx

Acacia leiocalyx (Black Wattle, Early Flowering Black Wattle, Lamb's Tail Wattle, Curracabah) grows in Queensland, Australia and as far south as Sydney in N.S.W. It is widespread and common in eucalypt woodlands, especially on well-drained, shallow soils.

Acacia mearnsii

Acacia mearnsii is a fast-growing, extremely invasive leguminous tree native to Australia.

Acacia: The War with the Mein

Acacia: The War with the Mein is a 2007 novel by American author David Anthony Durham.

Alabang–Zapote Road

It then crosses into the Madrigal Business Park and Alabang Town Center intersecting with Madrigal Avenue and Acacia Avenue.

Aouderas

The washed soil sprouts grasses in the brief rainy season, some small Dun palms (Hyphaene thebaica), Acacia and Calotropis procera, while the sandy bottom land to the west of the town can be thick with palms and is suitable for irrigated agriculture.

Arabian Golden-winged Grosbeak

In Yemen it has been recorded in spurge (Euphorbia) scrub and woodland of acacias (Acacia) and junipers (Juniperus), while in the wooded Mahrah it is primarily found in Anogeissus/Commiphora woodland.

Ascotis selenaria

, Clover (Melilotus sp.), Cypress Spurge ( Euphorbia sp.), Acacia ( Mimosa longifolia), Mimosa dealbata, Salvia sp.

Asura cervicalis

The larvae have been observed on Ficus, Acacia and Eucalyptus species, but is suspected of feeding only on the Lichens on the trunks and branches of these plants.

Bokaa Dam

The dam is in a region of Acacia savanna that is used for grazing many livestock including sheep, goats, donkeys and cattle.

Buff-breasted Buttonquail

Reports describe this species as dependent on grassy woods made up of Melaleuca, Acacia, Alphitonia and Tristania.

Claise Brook

"One mile up the river from the last point is a small creek of fresh water, issuing from an extensive lagoon clothed with arborescent species of Metrosideros of great beauty. The banks are covered with the most interesting plants, amongst which I observed two species of Calytris, a species of Acacia with a scolopendrous-stem, and several Papilionaceous plants. The Angophoras on the flats are gigantic."

Clementi Woods Park

One is greeted by the sweet sounds of birds and insects as he makes his way along the footpath, which is beautifully lined with Acacia, Wormia and Tembusu trees.

Ectropis excursaria

The larvae feed on a wide range of plants, including Hedera helix, Pelargonium zonale, Juglans regia, Salvia officinalis, Pinus radiata, Rosa odorata, Gardenia jasminoides, Citrus limon, Hardenbergia violacea and Cassia, Acacia, Eucalyptus, Bursaria and Hakea species.

Geography of Namibia

A number of Acacia species are found here, as well as grasses and other shrubby vegetation.

Gravenstein

Charles Ramage Prescott, the father of the Nova Scotian apple industry, grew Nova Scotia's first Gravensteins in his orchard at Acacia Grove.

Harwood's Francolin

Originally thought to inhabit Typha beds growing along small, shallow watercourses and Acacia thickets, studies in 1996 found F. harwoodi in a site with neither of these.

La Alameda Park, Quito

The park keeps inside trees that have stood the time, we can find palm trees, acacias, redwoods, toct, cedar and ash.

Loyoro, Uganda

There are dense thickets of acacia thorn with sansevieria and other succulents, making grazing difficult for the flocks and herds of the Dodoth people who live in the region.

Ludwig Preiss

Preiss is commemorated in the names of about 100 species of flora in Western Australia, including plants in the genera Acacia, Allocasuarina, Eucalyptus, Grevillea, Hakea, Kunzea, Melaleuca, Santalum, Xanthorrhoea and Callitris.

Max Koch

The last of these was named in his honour, as were species of several other genera, including Acacia, Aizoon, Scirpus, Thryptomene and Zygophyllum.

Mayureswar Wildlife Sanctuary

Main species of plants present at the sanctuary include Acacia catechu (Khair), Acacia sp (Hivar), Dalbergia latifolia (Sisoo), Ziziphus mauritiana (Bor), Carissa opasa, Alysicarpus bupleurifolius, Cyathocline purpurea, Eriocauion diane, Merremia marginata, Cucumis melo, Cyperus kyllingia, Striaga densiflora and Mereilea minuta.

Medical Ostraca of Deir el-Medina

; Rash : Leaves of Acacia and Wax, smeared on the rash in the morning for four days.

Ministrymon azia

Adults feed on the nectar of various flowers, including Leucaena leucocephala, Melilotus alba, Cynoglossum amabile, Bidens alba, Turnera ulmifolia, Mimosa pudica and Acacia species.

Molybdate

Nitrogen fixation requires molybdoenzymes in legumes (e.g., soybeans, acacia, etc.).

Motagua Valley thornscrub

The vegetation consists mainly of thorny species such as cactus of the genus Opuntia, acacias, and thorny bushes of the Fabaceae family.

Neighborhoods of Beersheba

Streets in this neighborhood are named after plants that grow in the Negev, such as Atad, Shita and Tzabar.

New Holland Honeyeater

Consequently, they are key pollinators of many flowering plant species, many of which are endemic to Australia such as Banksia, Hakea, Xanthorrhoea (Yacka), and Acacia.

Ngagane

Of Zulu origin, the name is variously said to mean ‘the unexpected one’, referring to the way the river may suddenly come down in flood; ‘thorn-tree river’, referring to Dichrostachys or Acacia trees growing along the banks, or ‘skeleton river’, the reference being uncertain.

Pancake tortoise

The species inhabits the Somalia-Masai floristic region, an arid semi-desert characterized by Acacia-Commiphora bushland and Brachystegia woodland in upland localities.

Rüppell's Vulture

They roost on inaccessible rock ledges if these are available, or in trees, usually of type Acacia.

San Remo, Victoria

Around 1840 a deepwater port was established at Griffiths Point in order to provide exports of wattle bark, farm produce and cattle, and then later coal starting in the 1870s.

Schinia immaculata

The larval food plant is unknown, but the vegetation in the areas where it is found are dominated by Tamarix Prosopis, Acacia and desert shrubs.

Shining Sunbird

This species prefers rocky or sandy areas and dry river beds with Acacia and Ziziphus trees.

Silver dik-dik

The silver dik-dik (Madoqua piacentinii) is a small antelope found in low, dense thickets along the southeastern coast of Somalia and in Acacia-Commiphora bushland in the Shebelle Valley in southeastern Ethiopia.

Slaty Egret

The preferred breeding habitat is beds of Phragmites reeds, but it will also nest on islands of vegetation such as water figs Ficus verruculosa, Acacia species and Senegal date palms Phoenix reclinata.

Spotted Harrier

The Spotted Harrier is a terrestrial bird residing in open grasslands, open woodland including acacia and mallee, inland riparian woodland, grassland and shrubland.

Sululta

The surrounding mountainsides were covered with forest dominated by Juniperus procera, and the lower slopes supported groves of Acacia, but now most of the hillsides are covered with plantations of Eucalyptus with only the odd native tree remaining, except for the groves protected by the presence of a church.

Ugab River

Also found there indigenously are some stunted acacia trees, nara bushes, Acanthosicyos horridus, with their (almost leafless) spiky green stems, and improbably large melons.

UNIFI

UNIFI Companies, the company formed by the 2006 merger of Ameritas Acacia Mutual Holding Company and Union Central Life Insurance Company

Utricularia chrysantha

It grows as a terrestrial species in wet grasslands or Melaleuca-Acacia savannas at low altitudes near sea level.

Xyloryctidae

Moths of the genus Maroga are pests of wattles (Acacia) and have crossed over from their wild host-plant to become serious pests of cultivated stone fruit trees, particularly cherries.

Zacatecan deer mouse

As it alternative name of "southern rock deermouse" implies, is often found in rocky or broken terrain, where the common vegetation tends to be grasses, acacia, and shrubs such as acuhual.


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