Background Turning or cutting on a planted foot may be an important inciting event for lower limb injury, particularly when shoe-surface traction is high. We systematically reviewed the relationship ...

SEVERAL investigations 1–4 have indicated the importance of mineral nutrients in determining the characteristic flora and vegetation structure of the various types of bog and fen. These and ...

A mix of wood and oil shale ash supports hare’s-tail cottongrass (Eriophorum vaginatum), thriving in wetland forests. Source: Katri Ots ...

See Fischersund: Faux Flora at the National Nordic Museum through January 26, 2025.

Native grasses are generally more environmentally-friendly than traditional lawn grasses. Learn which native grasses to grow as a lawn, and which to avoid.

One of the most common types is Hare's tail cottongrass, which goes by the scientific name eriophorum vaginatum. It grows best on dry, cut away or eroded peat, so it taken as an indicator of ...

New observations suggest that honeybees stealing pollen from bumblebees may be a crime of opportunity, though documentation of it remains rare.

Sheath cotton grass (Eriophorum vaginatum). (Photograph: ETH Zurich / Martin C. Fischer) Researchers from ETH Zurich and the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL) now ...

Recirculating water of marine shrimp cultivation can supply macro- and micronutritional requirements for P. vaginatum (Doncato & Costa, 2021, 2023), but there are no studies evaluating the cutting ...

The common turf grass that blankets soccer pitches, including those at the recent World Cup in Qatar, contains unexpected clues about how to build more resilient crops that need less fertilizer. Wheat ...

A new study of seashore paspalum, the type of grass used for the 2022 World Cup, may soon assist another goal: growing crops that yield more food with less of the fertilizer that imposes costs on ...

The trials showed that a species called Paspalum vaginatum worked best in a place where grass doesn’t grow without a lot of help. It’s a summer variety, Solis says, and it makes a great base ...