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• Postcodes Plant Database
  ...nt and species based on [[UK postcodes|postcode]], hosted by the [[Natural History Museum]] in London, it can be used to determine what to plant in [[conserva [[Category:Natural history]]
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• QK-77
  ...ence from DNA fingerprinting suggests that Kamut is perhaps derived from a natural hybrid between ''[[Durum|T. durum]]'' and ''[[T. polonicum]]'', which would ==History==
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• History of plant systematics
  ...er, classification and description was driven by [[natural history]] and [[natural theology]]. Until the advent of [[evolution]], nearly all classification wa Historians of botany generally begin the history of botanical classification with [[folk taxonomy]] or with [[Theophrastus]]
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• Garden
  ...lly based around plants. [[Zoo]]s, which display wild animals in simulated natural habitats, were formerly called ''zoological gardens''. Some traditional ty The elements of a garden consist of natural conditions and materials, as well as man-made elements:
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• Cow Parsley
  Cow Parsley is rumoured to be a natural [[mosquito]] repellent when applied directly to the skin.{{Fact|date=July 2 ...countref=987&NAMEID=10355&switchgraphtype=java&frametype=leftright Natural History Museum]
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• Nori
  ==History== ...s. <ref name="Thomas, 02">'''Thiomas, D.''' 2002 ''Seaweeds.'' The Natural History Museum, London. ISBN 0 565 09175 1</ref>
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• Native plant
  Some native plants have adapted to a very limited, unusual [[Natural environment|environments]] or very harsh [[climates]] or exceptional [[soil ...relies on the [[pollen]] as a source of food. Some native plants rely on natural conditions, such as occasional [[wildfires]], to release their [[seeds]] or
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• Rye
  ==History== ...itter taste, and even then is most unpleasant to the stomach" (''[[Natural History (Pliny)|N.H.]]'' 18.40).
  5 KB (796 words) - 12:14, 15 July 2007
• Missouri wine
  ...xcellent for growing grapes, while its moderate average temperature allows natural cellaring of wine. The winters, however, are too cold to reliably grow s == History ==
  5 KB (664 words) - 07:32, 20 September 2007
• Peacock orchid
  ==Natural Hybrids== ...Cribb & Ian Butterfield : The Genus Pleione" (Second Edition 1999) Natural History Publications in association with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 983-8
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• Safflower
  == History == [[Category:Natural dyes]]
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• Park
  A '''park''' is a bounded area of land, usually in its natural or semi-natural (landscaped) state and set aside for some purpose, usually to do with recre ==History==
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• Portulaca oleracea
  ...ns: Common Purslane. ''Pest Notes University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources Publication 7461''. October 2003]</ref> It can be used fresh as a ...plant as an amulet to expel all evil (''[[Natural History (Pliny)|Natural History]]'' 20.120). <ref name=Fragiska>Megaloudi, Fragiska (2005). Wild and Cultiv
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• Companion planting
  ==In history== ...|url=http://www.didgood.com/health/naturalpestcontrol.html |title=Notes on Natural Pest Control for an Organic Garden on DigGood.com}}</ref>
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• Guaco
  [[Category:Natural history of Colombia]]
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• Meadowsweet
  ..., when peeled and crushed smells like Germaline, and when chewed is a good natural remedy for relieving headaches. A natural black dye can be obtained from the roots by using a copper [[mordant]].
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• Apple mint
  ...ac.uk/nhm/bin/nbntaxa.dll/taxon_details?taxon_key=NBNSYS0000004204 Natural History Museum: ''Mentha sauveolens'']
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• Rain garden
  ...nts that can be used to capture, channel, divert, and make the most of the natural rain and snow that falls on a property. The whole garden can become a rain ==Mimicking Natural Systems==
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• Conservation ethic
  ...]] and [[energy conservation]], which are seen as important to protect the natural world. ...s such as [[air pollution|air]] and [[water pollution|water]] quality, the natural functions of a living earth, and cultural values in a [[built environment]]
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• Ambrosia dumosa
  *Schoenerr, Allen A. (1992). ''A Natural History of California''. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-06
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