New and Noteworthy Plants from Southwestern Colorado

Studies of Pacific Island Plants, XXI New and Noteworthy Flowering Plants from Fiji!

CONTINUING STUDY of botanical collections made in recent years under the auspices of the Fiji Department of Agriculture has indicated the occurrence of various hitherto undescribed species of flowering plants in Fiji. In this paper seven species are described as new, in the genera Dysoxylum (Meliaceae), Melochia and Sterculia (Sterculiaceae), Astronidium (Melastomataceae), and Calycosia, Mastix...

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A climatic record from 14C-dated southwestern Colorado wood fragments

Deuterium concentrations in trees are related to the climatic temperature at which the trees grew. Deuterium analyses were made on all available (39) 14C-dated (all 14C dates cited are uncorrected) wood fragments collected from Lake Emma sediments. The •4C dates range from 9600 to 5400 "B.P.". Tree line was above Lake Emma at 9600 "B.P.", was at Lake Emma at about 5000 "B.P.", and is 80 m below...

New and Noteworthy in Nutrition (NNN)

SOUTHERN AFRICA “In a little town not far from where I live, children suck salt to make themselves thirsty. Their thirst makes them drink more water and this fills their stomachs and helps to suppress the hunger in their bellies. It is almost beyond belief that three years ago Zimbabwe was called the breadbasket of Africa” (excerpt from Zimbabwean farmer, Cathy Buckle’s online journal, 22 Febru...

Persistence of Pinyon Pine Snags and Logs in Southwestern Colorado

We examined the persistence of pinyon pine (Pinus edulis Engelm.) standing snags and downed logs in southwestern Colorado pinyon-juniper woodlands. The time since death of pinyon pines killed by bark beetles, black stain root disease, or unknown causes in three study areas in southwestern Colorado was determined through monitoring of permanent plots and dendrochronological crossdating methods. ...