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Huckleberry is a name used in North America for several plants in the family Ericaceae, in two closely related genera: Vaccinium and Gaylussacia.Bog huckleberriesNomenclatureThe name 'huckleberry' …

Epimedium, also known as barrenwort, bishop's hat, fairy wings, horny goat weed, or yin yang huo (Chinese: 淫羊藿 ; pinyin: Yínyánghùo; Wade–Giles: Yin²-yang²-huo⁴), is a genus of flowering plants in …

Polystichum is a genus of ferns in the family Dryopteridaceae, subfamily Dryopteridoideae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). The genus has about 500 spec…

Overgrazing occurs when plants are exposed to intensive grazing for extended periods of time, or without sufficient recovery periods. It can be caused by either livestock in poorly managed agricult…

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An earthquake – also called a quake, tremor, or temblor – is the shaking of the Earth's surface resulting from a sudden release of energy in the lithosphere that creates seismic waves. Earthquakes …

The Pleistocene (/ˈ p l aɪ s t ə ˌ s iː n , -s t oʊ -/ PLY -stə-seen, -⁠stoh-; referred to colloquially as the Ice Age) is the geological epoch that lasted from c. 2.58 million to 11,700 years ago,…

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Californios (singular Californio) are Californians of Spanish descent, especially those descended from settlers of the 17th through 19th centuries before California was annexed by the United States…

In sociology, secularization (British English: secularisation ) is a multilayered concept that generally denotes "a transition from a religious to a more worldly level." There are many types of sec…