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gerardia (jərär`dēə): see figwort figwort, common name for some members of the Scrophulariaceae, a family comprising chiefly herbs and small shrubs and distributed widely over all continents. The family includes a few climbing types and some parasitic and saprophytic forms. ..... Click the link for more information. . 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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During the lichen-resuscitation episode, another of Ripley's projects turned up a small patch of Sandplain gerardia, a federally listed endangered flower, at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. Preliminary carbon-14 dating suggests that the coral-like Gerardia specimen -- retrieved from the Atlantic at a depth of 600 meters -- may have lived for as long as 1,700 years, researchers reported last week at the International Radiocarbon Conference in Tucson, Ariz. |
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