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39994
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The author asserts that, rather than causing hurricane-related damage, trees can help prevent it, with Southern Red Oak and Live Oak as the best buffers against the wind. Not throwing caution to the wind, advice wise, Braswell suggests sacrificing old, mature trees with structural damage.
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35345
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Tony Rice and Christina Roche were among the five authors that produced this article. Profiled was 2017’s Girl Scout Gold Award recipient. Also profiled were projects discussing the evolution of flight in winged and non-winged creatures; a tree destroyed by Hurricane Irma grown from seeds carried aboard Apollo 14; eclipse glasses for the Great American Eclipse of 2017, a dinosaur atlas created for children, and the role cheese plays in human health.
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North Carolina Naturalist (NoCar QH 76.5 N8 N68), Vol. 25 Issue 4, Fall 2017, p9-10
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24574
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The toothache tree is a species of prickly ash, Zanthoxylum americanum, that indigenous groups in North America used to cure toothaches. They chewed the bark and leaves from this tree to relieve pain.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 39 Issue 24, May 1972, p13-14, il
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