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Frankia alni forms colonies on the roots of Alder trees and
In nature, all Gunnera plants form a symbiosis with
Maybe an 'alder nodule' bacteria culture for
Purple Prairie Clover has tiny, purple flowers on compact, cone-shaped heads. ...
Uniformly gray, filamentous lichens that formed all over the a’a lava (fast ...
dunes. Male and female flowers are found on separate plants. Roots may form ...
It is native to the southeastern United States, but has been widely planted and ...
Blue pea flowers in an upright, elongated cluster on a stem that shoots up from ...
Small plant with trifoliate leaves. Leaflets are narrow, elongated and hairy. ...
the Eastern portion of the United States, this plant has large roots that ...
, like other leguminous plants, it enriches the soil in which it grows by its ...
fertilization. As member of the pea family (Fabaceae, Papillionaceae section) ...
An alien invasive shrub, often with thorny branches. Leaves have silver scales ...
An Australian native shrub with feathery leaves and clusters of pompom-like ...
creeping plant, 10-15 cm long with bright yellow flowers, the caterpillars of ...
White clover (Trifolium repens) is New Zealand’s most important pasture plant, ...
Tree/shrub that grows to 40 feet in height with showy pink flowers.
, it's not all bad. It's edible to farmstock and humans, beneficial as a
. Butterflies and bees like the flowers, and neighboring plants benefit from ...
Colonies of flat, convoluted, leathery and gelatinous looking growths seen on ...
, which forms nodules on the tree's roots. This bacterium absorbs
-twining, nitrogen-fixing legumes. The ...
The common alder provides food and shelter to wildlife, with a number of ...
Vicia sativa, known as the common vetch, is a
revegetation species (e.g., in coal mines in Australia), requiring little care ...
molds which help them to fix
Is similar to a pea in growth habit, sending out noose-like tendrils from the ...
A cyanobacteria, not really a true algae. It looks like dark green Gelatinous ...
The hair-like substance in this image is actually a cyanobacteria of the genus ...