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unusual facts about Weeds



A Story of Floating Weeds

In 2005, the New York Guitar Festival commissioned the guitarist Alex de Grassi to compose a score to A Story of Floating Weeds.

Agrotis malefida

The larvae feed on a wide range of broad-leaved herbaceous plants, including Brassica oleracea, Trifolium, Fabaceae, Allium, Pisum sativum, Capsicum, Solanum tuberosum, Nicotiana, Solanum lycopersicum as well as various weeds.

Butler's Corella

The corellas feed extensively on the seeds of cereal crops, the seeds of weeds such as Cape Weed and Double Gee, as well as the corms of Onion Grass and insect larvae.

Clayton Rohner

His television guest appearances include Miami Vice, Star Trek: The Next Generation as Admiral Mark Jameson in the season 1 episode "Too Short a Season", Beverly Hills, 90210, Charmed, Crossing Jordan, Angel, and Weeds.

Craig Zisk

He has also earned multiple Emmy nominations for The Larry Sanders Show and Weeds, including a nomination for Best Director for a Comedy.

Drummond Nature Reserve

The North west corner is a Wandoo Woodland that has been affected by salinity most of the trees are either dead or affect by dieback, the understory has died and been replace by weeds.

Echinochloa

Both affect many other grass species, in particular most important cereals, and Echinochloa weeds may serve as a reservoir.

Fumaria capreolata

Unlike other Fumaria species which are known as weeds of crops and agricultural areas, Fumaria capreolata can become naturalised in areas of natural vegetation and smother low-growing plants, becoming an environmental weed.

Ganyra josephina

They feed on flower nectar from a variety of weeds and garden plants including Lantana, Eupatorium and Bougainvillea.

Jack Stehlin

He is perhaps best known for his role on the television series Weeds as DEA Captain Roy Till.

Lourens River Protected Natural Environment

This natural area is threatened by pollution as well as by invasive alien weeds such as Kikuyu grass and the Black Wattle tree.

MCPA

In 1936 investigations began at ICIs Jealott's Hill research centre into the effects of synthetic hormones on plant growth looking specifically for a way to kill weeds without harming crops such as corn.

Mummel Gulf National Park

Crofton weed (Ageratina adenophora) and blackberry (Rubus fruticosus) are the main weeds of concern in the park.

Niche microdifferentiation

There is evidence of several species of weeds, including St. John’s Wort, Creeping Thistle, Bermuda Grass, Medusahead, and Annual Bluegrass developing localized ecotypes based on the conditions of the neighboring environment.

Noxious

Federal Noxious Weed Act of 1974, a United States law that established a federal program to control the spread of noxious weeds

Noxious weed

The federal government defines noxious weeds under the Federal Noxious Weed Act of 1974.

Persephone's Bees

The band's songs have appeared on The Sopranos ("Home" in episode "Cold Stones"), Weeds ("Little Boxes" in Season 3), and numerous film, TV, and commercial placements including Hilton Hotels, Cingular, Nancy Drew, and more.

Pimelea spicata

Invasive weeds which compete with the plant for resources include bridal creeper (Asparagus asparagoides), bitou bush (Chrysanthemoides monilifera), blackberry (Rubus fruticosus agg.), St John's wort (Hypericum perforatum), kikuyu (Pennisetum clandestinum), lantana (Lantana camara), African olive (Olea africana subsp. africana) and privet (Ligustrum lucidum).

Porthloo

Due to the disturbance hairy buttercup (Ranunculus sardous), along with other arable weeds appear here in one of its few sites on Scilly, and the only known site for wall–rue (Asplenium ruta-muraria) in the Isles of Scilly is just to the south.

Rachel Goodrich

Goodrich's song, "Light Bulb", was featured in an episode of the TV series Weeds, and the song also features in a Crayola commercial advertisement.

Rio Grande Project

Other than extensive diversions, exotic introduced, fast-growing and water-consuming plants, such as water hyacinth and hydrilla, are also leading to reduced flows.The United States government has recently attempted to slow or stop the progress of these weeds by introducing insects and fish that feed on the invasive plants.

Robert Greenblatt

Under his leadership, he developed and supervised award-winning shows like Weeds, Dexter, The Tudors, Nurse Jackie, and United States of Tara.

Schefflera elegantissima

In the Three's Company episode "Days of Beer and Weeds" (season: 2, episode: 22; air date: Tuesday February 21, 1978), Jack and Chrissy think a plant found in the Ropers' garden is marijuana, but Janet later identifies it as a False Aralia.

Stephen Canessa

Long Pond and other water supplies in towns across Canessa's district have recently been noted as being overrun by invasive weeds such as milfoil.

Stotts Island Nature Reserve

Weeds that have invaded nearby rainforest include madeira vine (Anredera cordifolia), cat's claw (Macfadyena unguis-cati), moonflower (Ipomoea alba) and lantana (Lantana camara), although the rainforest on the island itself has been little affected to date.

Tanc Sade

He also wrote and directed "Flowers and Weeds" starring Academy Award Nominee and Golden Globe winner, Terence Stamp, and music from Academy Award winner Glen Hansard.

Telisha Shaw

She is best known for dancing with such artists as Janet Jackson, Christina Aguilera, and Green Day, as well as her roles on Weeds and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and starring in Dirty opposite Cuba Gooding, Jr.

The Dirt Eaters EP

"The Dirt Eaters" contains a sample of Jack Nicholson from the movie Ironweed: "I'd eat all the dirt in this yard for you. And all the weeds. And all the dog bones too, if you asked me." A later 4AD compilation called ...and dog bones too, which featured "The Dirt Eaters", was named after this part of the song.

TOP Bud

The show was described to The New York Times as "a cross between “LA Ink,” the TLC show produced by Original about a lively tattoo parlor, and “Weeds,”Weeds (TV series) the Showtime hit drama about a dope-dealing mother of two.".

Vetal Hill

Some herbaceous and shrubby weeds which are now naturalized in the area include Tridax procumbens, Lagascea moollis, Cassia uniflora, Lantana camara.

Yvonne DeLaRosa

Yvonne DeLaRosa is an American actress, best known for her role on the Imagen award-winning series Los Americans, Yvonne has appeared in films such as Helter Skelter, Mystery Woman: Snapshot, and The Sorrow, in addition to landing roles on TV shows, including How I Met Your Mother, NCIS, Weeds, and The King of Queens.


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