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ephemeral [ifem′ərəl] Etymology: Gk, epi, above, hemera, day pertaining to a short-lived condition, such as a fever. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Tour the Fern Valley Native Plant Collection with the curator in March and learn about eastern woodland spring ephemerals. In the absence of the appropriate species of ants, the plants failed to spread by seed and formed odd matlike clones, quite uncharacteristic of natural, ant-endowed forests, where spring ephemerals such as bloodroot and wild ginger are sprinkled about the ground layer in twos and threes. |
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