Nurse plants are plants that serve the ecological role of helping seedlings establish themselves and protecting young plants from harsh conditions. This...

Nurse crops are a subtype of nurse plants, facilitating the growth of other species of plants. The term is used primarily in agriculture, but also in...

relationship between seedlings and their nurse plants is commensal. However, as the seedlings grow into established plants, they are likely to compete with their...

serve as nurse plants that facilitate the establishment and seedling growth of understory plants. The forest canopy protects young understory plants from...

The existence of nurse plants is critical to seedling establishment. Palo verde trees and triangle bursage represent important nurse species. They act...

such as nurse plants that provide shade for new seedlings or saplings (e.g. using an orange tree to provide shade for a newly planted coffee plant) Neural...

princess' mother, the nurse plants magic seeds in the grave so grass will grow quicker. Then, after the king marries the nurse, Snow White gets betrothed...

and Puebla. This species is typically found under nurse plants like tree canopies and shrubs. Plants are found growing in oak forest, grasslands, silt...

definitions include providing shade or support to other plants. Some of the advantages a nurse log offers to a seedling are: water, moss thickness, leaf...

PMID 30399131. Duarte, L. D. S.; Hartz, M. M.; Pillar, S. M. (2006). "Role of nurse plants in Araucaria Forest expansion over grassland in south Brazil". Austral...

on slopes and river beds, and under the shade of various shrubs and nurse plants. It is considered vulnerable due to a very small distribution range,...

soils on hills and flats. It usually grows beneath other plants. It is associated with nurse plants, including ironwood (Olneya tesota) and creosote bush...

A nurse tree is a larger, faster-growing tree that shelters a smaller, slower-growing tree or plant. The nurse tree can provide shade, shelter from wind...

environmental factors upon the abundance of plants, and the interactions among plants and between plants and other organisms. Examples of these are the...

individual egg chambers that are supported by nurse cells and surrounded by somatic follicle cells. The nurse cells are large polyploid cells that synthesize...

Medicinal plants, also called medicinal herbs, have been discovered and used in traditional medicine practices since prehistoric times. Plants synthesize...

Nurse grafting is a method of plant propagation that is used for hard-to-root plant material. If a desirable selection cannot be grown from seed (because...

Clare Stone is a Canadian nurse and former actress. She has appeared in such films and television works as Would Be Kings, The Jane Show, Breach, Mom...

campylodes G.E.Haglund — The Plant List". theplantlist.org. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Taraxacum officinale". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North...

growing plants. It also protects seedlings from herbivory. It is the main nurse plant for saguaro in Organ Pipe National Monument. It also serves as nurse plant...

up nurse or nurses in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A nurse is a healthcare professional. Nurse or nurses may also refer to: Registered nurse, a licensing...

10 in). In areas without hard frost in winter, plants can live 35–50 years. Cluster of 18 intertwined plants Capsicum annuum chiltepin dried The tiny chili...

plant is fire tolerant and sprouts readily after bushfires. In upland areas of west Texas, the redberry juniper (Juniperus pinchotii) acts as a nurse...

(lotebush), and Guaiacum angustifolium (guayacan). Some shrubs may serve as nurse plants to the bladderpod, which grows in their shade and may benefit from their...

"Toxicodendron diversilobum". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 11 December 2015...

centimeters long. It is edible. It contains black seeds. This plant is associated with nurse plants. It often grows beneath the branches of Ambrosia dumosa...

is a list of companion plants, traditionally planted together. Many more are in the list of beneficial weeds. Companion planting is thought by its practitioners...

Plant cells are the cells present in green plants, photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Their distinctive features include primary cell walls...

Some examples of facilitation include large desert perennials acting as nurse plants, aiding the establishment of young neighbors of other species by alleviating...

include plants used for other crops (e.g. fruit trees). Floriculture crops include bedding plants, houseplants, flowering garden and pot plants, cut cultivated...