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White Flowering Dogwood - The Tree That Artists Love To Paint
This breath-taking, gorgeous tree not only allures deer, geese, ducks, quail, pheasants, grouse, songbirds and butterflies, but also has inspired many an artist to attempt to duplicate its beauty upon canvas. Up to thirty-six known species of birds are attracted to the flowering dogwood.
The white, flowering Dogwood [Cornus Florida] is the state tree of Missouri and Virginia, and may quite well be the most beautiful of the flowering trees in America. No one denies the quiet elegance and raw attractiveness of this beloved tree with its fragrant flowers. There is no doubt that it ranks in the top five of the most desired flowering trees. These trees are native to America, but have been exported globally for their beauty.
The white, flowering dogwood, a native tree cultivated in 1731, is deciduous with heights that average 15 ft - 30ft and a spread of 25 -35 ft. It has pure white blooms which mature into red, elongated fruit. The actual dogwood flowers are tiny, yellowish-green button-like clusters, but each of these clusters are surrounded by four delicate petal-like bracts which open flat, giving the appearance of a single, 3-4" diameter flower. They bloom in early spring, but normally overlap the bloom period of the redbuds.
The dark green, oval leaves (3-6" long) gradually change with colors ranging from a scarlet red to a maroon. George Washington planted the white flowering dogwood at Mt. Vernon and Thomas Jefferson planted it at Monticello. Medicinal teas were made from the bark by early Native Americans. The inner bark of the flowering dogwood root contains comin [an alkaloid], which was used by the natives as a treatment for malaria. The white, blooming dogwood, the local shrub cultivated inside 1731, will be deciduous using altitudes that regular 16 feet - 30ft plus a propagate regarding 25 -35 ft. The reddish-brown wood is extremely hard and has been used to make tool handles.
The white, flowering dogwood grows slowly, but once they take root they are very hardy, able to withstand both stress and drought. They grow in moderately moist, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade, but they prefer rich, acidic, loamy or sandy soils. The red fruits which mature in the early fall and normally last until the middle of December, are poisonous to humans but a delight to birds.
If the dogwood is grown in the shade, it will be less dense, grow more quickly, have poor fall color and yield less flowers. They prefer sun with part shade.
This tree, especially if stressed, is susceptible to some diseases, the most serious being the dogwood anthracnose. A cool wet spring or fall weather allows this infection, which appears to affect trees that have been stressed or suffered from drought. If the infection is allowed to persist over consecutive years, it will kill the trees. Regular (but not overhead irrigation) in dry weather will keep the tree healthy. The tree should be planted in an area that allows the leaves to stay as dry as possible. Take special care when first planting, as trees that have been sliced or wounded at this stage, may develop problems as it matures. Sound advice can be found at a nursery where horticulturists specialize in the care of these beautiful trees.
The white, flowering dogwood is especially stunning when planted against a backdrop of evergreens or red and pink dogwoods, but it stands out all on its own also. The beauty and intoxicating fragrance will bring tranquil peace to any landscape it graces.
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Genetics problem, please help?
two traits:
leaf shape (round or oval)
flower color (red or blue)
*Please determine the dominant alleles and find the genotypes for the parents of the F2 generation* (F1xF1=F2)
P generation: two true breeding plants are crossed resulting in the F1 generation
F1: self fertilized to make F2 generation
This is the results of the F2 generation:
Round leaves, blue flowers: 110 plants
round leaves, red flowers: 29 plants
oval leaves, blue flowers: 317 plants
oval leaves, red flowers: 105 plants
To determine what leaf shape is dominate, add the round with the round and the oval with the oval and compare the two numbers as ratios.
110+29 round : 317+105 oval
139 round :422 oval
1 round : 3 oval
Therefore, we know that oval is the dominant allele.
O = oval leaf
o = round leaf
Now for the flower color, do the same. Add the reds to the reds, and the blues to the blues and compare the ratios between the two:
110+317 blue : 29 + 105 red
427 blue : 134 red
3 blue : 1 red
Therefore, blue is dominate. So define the symbols:
B = blue flower
b = red flower
True breeding means the chromosomes are homozygous and always breeds as planned. Thus, we know that in the:
P: R/R;B/B x r/r;b/b
Therefore, with the punnet:
F1 progeny: R/r;B/b
Self Fertilized means you're doing a dihybrid cross.
So, take the F1 and cross with itself:
F1 parents: R/r;B/b x R/r;B/b
Doing seperate punnets for each ( R/r x R/r and B/b x B/b)
You'll end up with this progeny:
9 R/-;B/- round, blue
3 R/-;b/b round, red
3 r/r;B/- oval, blue
1 r/r;b/b oval, red
where - means the allele can be either dominate or recessive
in other words, R/- can either be R/R or R/r
Official: Bret Michaels selling family truckster and more at Barrett-Jackson (Autoblog)
Filed under: Classics, Celebrities
As the Poison frontman is wont to sing, every rose has its thorn. Indeed, if
the 1969 Chevrolet Camaro Bret Michaels sold at the 2011 Barrett-Jackson
Scottsdale auction was that flower, his latest consignments are as painful as
pricked fingers.
Michaels will be offering three vehicles at the sale, to be held January
15-22, 2012. The first (and the only marginally interesting one) is a 2004
Bentley Continental GT. The other two are Blue Oval SUVs that might more
appropriately be found on a used car lot: A 2004 Lincoln Navigator and a 2011
Ford Explorer.
Clearly, it was nothin' but a good time for Michaels at last year's Barrett-
Jackson, where his non-original Camaro fetched a remarkable $200,000. That's
about five times what it might have sold for without playing the celebrity
card. But hey, at least it was a '69 Camaro and Bret even threw in an
autographed guitar.
This year, however, Michaels' consignments look like what the cat dragged in.
While Barrett-Jackson is known for its unabashed embrace of celebrity cars of
dubious quality and provenance, these offerings just hit a wrong note.
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