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ephemeral
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ephemeral

Temporary. Fleeting. Transitory.


ephemeral Biology
1. a short-lived organism, such as the mayfly
2. a plant that completes its life cycle in less than one year, usually less than six months


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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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