Flowering Arrowweed (Pluchea sericea), in a riparian plant experiment
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Flowering Arrowweed (Pluchea sericea) in a riparian plant experiment in a greenhouse, to assess how flooding or drought can affect this native stream-dependent species. Arrowweed is one of the species that grows abundantly along the Colorado River in Grand Canyon. Photo by Emily Palmquist, USGS.
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