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A Markiesje, [needs Dutch IPA] also known as Dutch Tulip Hound, [1] is believed to be an old dog breed. On several paintings dating from the 17th and 18th century a small, black dog resembling a Markiesje can be seen. However, the Markiesje - as currently known - has only been bred actively since the mid 1970s. [citation needed]
While tulips can be bred to display a wide variety of colours, black tulips have historically been difficult to achieve. The Queen of the Night tulip is as close to black as a flower gets, though it is, in fact, a dark and glossy maroonish purple. [5] The first truly black tulip was bred in 1986 by a Dutch flower grower in Bovenkarspel ...
Spathodea is a genus in the plant family Bignoniaceae.The single species it contains, Spathodea campanulata, is commonly known as the African tulip tree. [2] The tree grows between 7–25 m (23–82 ft) tall and is native to tropical dry forests of Africa.
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Black Tulip or The Black Tulip may refer to: . Operation Black Tulip, a 1945 plan to forcibly evict all Germans from the Netherlands; Black Tulip (Russian: «Чёрный тюльпан»), a nickname for Antonov An-12 transport aircraft used by the Soviet Air Force to repatriate the bodies of deceased soldiers from Afghanistan to the Soviet Union during the Soviet–Afghan War (1979–1989)
Harpullia pendula is a tree that typically grows to a height of up to 15 m (49 ft) with a dbh 60 cm (24 in), its new growth with soft, fawn-coloured hairs. Its leaves are paripinnate, 100–300 mm (3.9–11.8 in) long with 4 to 8 elliptic to egg-shaped, thin, leathery leaflets with the narrower end towards the base, mostly 55–105 mm (2.2–4.1 in) long and 20–40 mm (0.79–1.57 in) wide on ...
This WikiProject strives to develop and improve articles at Wikipedia related to crop production, livestock management, aquaculture, dairy farming and forest management.The project also covers related areas, including both governmental and NGO regulatory agencies, agribusiness, support agencies such as 4H, agricultural products including fertilizers and herbicides, pest management, veterinary ...
Nyssa sylvatica, commonly known as tupelo, black tupelo, black gum or sour gum, [2] [a] is a medium-sized deciduous tree native to eastern North America from the coastal Northeastern United States and southern Ontario south to central Florida and eastern Texas, as well as Mexico.