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  2. Osmundastrum - Wikipedia

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    The Osmundastrum cinnamomeum fern forms huge clonal colonies in swampy areas. These ferns form massive rootstocks with densely matted, wiry roots. This root mass is an excellent substrate for many epiphytal plants. They are often harvested as osmunda fiber and used horticulturally, especially in propagating and growing orchids. Cinnamon Ferns ...

  3. Osmunda - Wikipedia

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    Osmunda species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including the engrailed. One of the species, the cinnamon fern (Osmundastrum cinnamomeum) forms huge clonal colonies in swamp areas. These ferns form massive rootstocks with densely matted, wiry roots. This root mass is an excellent substrate for many epiphytal ...

  4. Jardine Water Purification Plant - Wikipedia

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    The plant was constructed in the 1960s and began functioning in 1968. [1] The plant was renamed after James W. Jardine (1908-1977), a 42-year city employee, who served as water commissioner from 1953 until his retirement in 1973. Shortly thereafter the Ohio Street Beach was formed in the bay created by the

  5. Sawyer Water Purification Plant - Wikipedia

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    The plant was under construction for many years, slowed by the Great Depression. Its construction was approved in 1930 and the plant began operation in 1947. [2] Water is drawn from a crib in Lake Michigan that has an intake about 20–30 feet below the surface of the lake and is then drawn through a tunnel below the lake bed to the treatment plant, and then put through several steps to filter ...

  6. Here's What Happens to Your Body if You Eat Cinnamon ... - AOL

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    5 Ways Eating Cinnamon Every Day Can Impact the Body 1. It can lower your cholesterol. Lauren Manaker, MS, RDN, LDN, CLEC, CPT, a registered dietitian, nutritionist and author, says that one ...

  7. Marsileaceae - Wikipedia

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    Plants often grow in dense clumps in mud along the shores of ponds or streams, or they may grow submerged in shallow water with some of the leaves extending to float on the water surface. They grow in seasonally wet habitats, but survive the winter or dry season by losing their leaves and producing hard, desiccation -resistant reproductive ...

  8. List of endangered and threatened animals and plants of Illinois

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    The Illinois List of Endangered and Threatened Species is reviewed about every five years by the Illinois Endangered Species Protection Board (ESPB). [1] To date it has evaluated only plants and animals of the US state of Illinois, not fungi, algae, or other forms of life; species that occur in Illinois which are listed as endangered or threatened by the U.S. federal government under the ...

  9. Explosion erupts at Illinois processing plant, injuring at ...

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    The blast occurred at an Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) plant in Decatur at around 7.11pm, a spokesperson for the company said. It is still unclear how the explosion on the east plant in the ...