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This is a paloverde tree acting as a nurse plant to a saguaro in the Sonoran Desert not far from the Superstition mountains.

Nurse plants are plants that serve the ecological role of helping seedlings establish themselves and protecting young plants from harsh conditions. This effect is particularly well studied among plant communities in xeric environments.

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Nurse plants

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

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Nurse crop

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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...

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Ecological facilitation

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

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Saguaro

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

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Facilitation

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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...

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Forest ecology

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

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Nurse log

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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...

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Snow White

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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...

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Medicinal plants

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

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Ferocactus latispinus

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

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Araucaria angustifolia

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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...

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Lophophora diffusa

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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,...

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Nurse grafting

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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...

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Peniocereus striatus

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

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Plant ecology

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

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Cochemiea thornberi

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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...

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Taraxacum officinale

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

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Clare Stone

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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...

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Nurse tree

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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...

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Egg cell

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

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Toxicodendron diversilobum

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

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Physaria thamnophila

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(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...

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List of companion plants

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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...

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Mimosa aculeaticarpa

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

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Ecological effects of biodiversity

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

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Ambrosia deltoidea

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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...

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Mental health nursing

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Psychiatric nursing or mental health nursing is the appointed position of a nurse that specialises in mental health, and cares for people of all ages experiencing...

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Plant cell

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

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