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cultivation escape [1 record]

Record 1 2010-07-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Parks and Botanical Gardens
  • Horticulture
DEF

In botany, a plant that has escaped from cultivation, and naturalized, more or less permanently.

CONT

Garden escapes. This term is used to describe those plants that were once used as ornamental garden plants but have since escaped or "stretched" their boundaries.

CONT

Cultivation escape. Species may have escaped from gardens, cultivation or both ...

OBS

For example, Queen Anne's lace is an escaped carrot.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parcs et jardins botaniques
  • Horticulture
DEF

Plante cultivée qui s'est propagée hors des jardins.

CONT

Échinocystis. [...] Plante américaine, cultivée partout dans le Québec comme plante de véranda ou de charmille, c'est surtout comme espèce échappée de culture qu'on la rencontre chez nous, bien que certaines stations paraissent indiquer l'indigénat.

CONT

On peut trouver des plantes échappées de cultures, emportées par le vent, les oiseaux [...] ou les fourmis.

Spanish

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