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  2. Xanthoria parietina - Wikipedia

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    Thalli are much thinner in shady locations than in those exposed to full sunshine; this has the effect of protecting the algae that cannot tolerate high light intensities. The lichen pigment parietin gives this species a deep yellow or orange-red color. [6] Xanthoria parietina prefers growing on bark and wood; it is found more rarely on rock. [5]

  3. Marvin Heemeyer - Wikipedia

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    Marvin Heemeyer was born on October 28, 1951, on a dairy farm in South Dakota.In 1974, he moved to Colorado because he was stationed at Lowry Air Force Base. [3] In 1989, [3] he moved to Grand Lake, Colorado, about 16 miles (26 km) away from Granby.

  4. CPK coloring - Wikipedia

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    Several of the CPK colors refer mnemonically to colors of the pure elements or notable compound. For example, hydrogen is a colorless gas, carbon as charcoal, graphite or coke is black, sulfur powder is yellow, chlorine is a greenish gas, bromine is a dark red liquid, iodine in ether is violet, amorphous phosphorus is red, rust is dark orange-red, etc.

  5. Coleogyne - Wikipedia

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    The plant reproduces from seed, but very rarely. The seeds do not disperse well and seedlings do not survive in large numbers. A narrow range of temperature and moisture is required for the reproduction of this species, so it is sporadic, but the plants are hardy and long-lived. Coleogyne ramosissima produces stenophyllanin A, an ellagitannin. [6]

  6. List of pollen sources - Wikipedia

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    The plants listed below are plants that would grow in USDA Hardiness zone 5. A good predictor for when a plant will bloom and produce pollen is a calculation of the growing degree days. The color of pollen below indicates the color as it appears when the pollen arrives at the beehive.

  7. Soil color - Wikipedia

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    The Munsell color system includes the following three components: [1] Hue: indicates the dominant spectral (i.e., rainbow) color, which in the soil is generally yellow or red. Each page of the Munsell soil color book displays a different hue. Examples include 10YR, 5YR, and 2.5Y. Value: indicates lightness or darkness. The value increases from ...

  8. Dragendorff's reagent - Wikipedia

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    Dragendorff's reagent is a color reagent to detect alkaloids in a test sample or as a stain for chromatography plates. Alkaloids , if present in the solution of sample, will react with Dragendorff's reagent and produce an orange or orange-red precipitate . [ 1 ]

  9. Cuscuta - Wikipedia

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    Cuscuta. Cuscuta (/ k ʌ s ˈ k juː t ə /), commonly known as dodder or amarbel, is a genus of over 201 species of yellow, orange, or red (rarely green) parasitic plants.Formerly treated as the only genus in the family Cuscutaceae, it now is accepted as belonging in the morning glory family, Convolvulaceae, on the basis of the work of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. [1]