...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM EDT THURSDAY...
* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 34 will result in frost formation.
* WHERE...Portions of north central, northeast, northwest, and west
central Georgia.
* WHEN...From 3 AM to 9 AM EDT Thursday.
* IMPACTS...Frost could harm sensitive outdoor vegetation. Sensitive
outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
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You could call this the “spiny, green, ping-pong ball plant” if you wanted, and why not?
It is actually a very common, perennial aquatic species found throughout most of eastern North America (although absent in southern Florida), often forming stands along pond and stream edges and along spring runs. Clumps, which may be thick, come up from slender rhizomes. Its leaves tend to be long and bright green. When growing in deep water or at times of recent heavy stream flows, the leaves are slender and ribbon-like, swaying gracefully in the current.
The Southern Crescent Technical College Henry County Center held a Breast Cancer Walk Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. Events were also held at the Griffin and Thomaston locations. In addition to the walk, there were giveaways and a drawing for those who participated. Here are some scenes from the ev… Click for more.SCTC Holds Breast Cancer Awareness Walk
John Nelson is the retired curator of the A.C. Moore Herbarium at the University of South Carolina.
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