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SCRUBBY [7 records]

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Record 1 2023-05-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
Goes pulverulentus
Latin
OBS

An insect (order Coleoptera) of the family Cerambycidae.

Key term(s)
  • scrubby long horned beetle
  • scrubby longhorned beetle

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Goes pulverulentus
Latin
OBS

Insecte (ordre des coléoptères) de la famille des Cerambycidae.

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Parks and Botanical Gardens
Universal entry(ies)
Quercus marilandica
Latin
DEF

A common often somewhat scrubby oak(Quercus marilandica) of the southeastern and southern U. S. that has a black bark, broad-ovate leaves, and a rather large ovoid-oblong acorn and that tends to form dense thickets....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Parcs et jardins botaniques
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Quercus marilandica
Latin
OBS

Arbre du sud et sud-est des États-Unis, d'aspect délabré, pousse dans les sols pauvres.

Spanish

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Record 3 2016-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
Cochlearia officinalis
Latin
CONT

... grows wild in northern Europe and the northern parts of North America and Asia.... Diuretic, stomadic, tonic, ... source of vitamin C.... Scuroy grass must be used fresh.

Key term(s)
  • spoon wort

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Cochlearia officinalis
Latin
OBS

Pousse en Europe occidentale, côtes rocheuses de l'Atlantique et de la Manche, au bord des cours d'eau en montage, rare au Québec. On utilise la plante entière fraîche. On peut mâcher les feuilles ou les consommer en salade. Contient de l'iode, sels minéraux, tanin, vitamine C.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
Entrada(s) universal(es)
Cochlearia officinalis
Latin
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Record 4 2011-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Polar Geography
  • Ecosystems
  • Soil Science
  • Toponymy
DEF

In the northern United States and Canada, a swamp or bog in an undrained or poorly drained area of alluvium or glacial till, or, more especially, in a rocky basin filled with water-saturated muck, decayed vegetal matter, and sphagnum moss incapable of sustaining much weight.

CONT

Muskeg ... is a dominant feature of the Canadian landscape as well as a significant feature of northeastern BC [British-Columbia]. [It] is a complex of various wetland types such as: bogs, fens, marshes and swamps. Bogs and fens are the dominant and most widespread wetland types of muskeg ecosystems while marshes and swamps are less common.

OBS

Muskeg is a complex of wetland types that typically occur in cool, northern climates such as boreal forests.... The colloquial, and widely misunderstood, term muskeg is used to refer to the complex mosaic of fens, bogs, swamps and pools, and scrubby forest that becomes increasingly common to the north... Peatmoss is the common factor of muskeg and is where the term peatland is derived from. Pieces of herbs, shrubs and wood, such as buried tree branches, roots, or whole trees, can also make up a portion of the organic soil. Sphagnum moss is the mainstay of muskeg. It soaks up and holds several times its own weight in water. In the process, it keeps water from draining through the soil.

OBS

The surface [of the muskeg] is commonly hummocky.

OBS

Tamarack and black spruce are commonly associated with muskeg areas.

OBS

Muskeg is an Algonquian term for areas covered with sphagnum mosses, tussocky sedges and an open growth of scrubby timber.

OBS

muskeg (plural muskegs).

OBS

muskeg: term officially approved by the Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names (CPCGN); term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector and by Parks Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géographie du froid
  • Écosystèmes
  • Science du sol
  • Toponymie
DEF

Au Canada et dans le nord des États-Unis, marécage d'une région peu ou pas drainée dont le fond est constitué de roche ou d'argile à blocaux, rempli de sphaigne et de déchets végétaux décomposés et saturés d'eau.

CONT

Une fondrière de mousse ou muskeg est, dans le nord du Canada et en Alaska, un marécage d'une région peu ou pas drainée dont le fond est constitué de roche ou d'argile à blocaux (masse d'argile contenant des cailloux de toutes formes disposés sans ordre). [...] La fondrière est remplie de sphaigne, de déchets végétaux décomposés et saturés d'eau ainsi que d'arbres chétifs ici et là. Le sphaigne peut retenir de 15 à 30 fois son poids en eau ce qui permet à ces tourbières d'avoir une pente sans se vider.

CONT

Les fondrières favorisent la croissance d'arbres à enracinement superficiel, comme les épinettes noires et les mélèzes d'Amérique.

CONT

Dans les pays subarctiques, le muskeg, milieu froid, peut prendre un modelé périglaciaire original, par exemple, les tourbières réticulées [...], les «îles arbustives, les forêts-galerie et les arcs de végétation».

OBS

Le nom muskeg vient des amérindiens algonquins.

OBS

fondrière de mousse; muskeg : termes en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

OBS

fondrière : terme uniformisé par le Comité permanent canadien des noms géographiques (CPCNG); terme en usage à Parcs Canada et à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Key term(s)
  • moskeg

Spanish

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Record 5 2008-12-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
  • Forestry Operations
DEF

The removal of standing, usually scrubby, vegetation to prepare a site for reforestation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture
  • Exploitation forestière
DEF

Mode de préparation de terrain qui consiste à mettre la matière ligneuse non commercialisable en andains ou en tas pour faciliter la mise en terre des plants [...]

Spanish

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Record 6 1998-05-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
DEF

Poor quality land covered with scrubby vegetation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Silvicultura
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Record 7 1986-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
  • Silviculture
DEF

covered with stunted vegetation.

CONT

open scrubby forests....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
  • Sylviculture
DEF

Couvert de broussailles.

Spanish

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