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Gnawed stumps and beaver sign are now seen on Orcas and other islands, and recolonization by this keystone species is likely to lead to increased abundance and diversity of birds, amphibians, reptiles and plants.
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Although the dominant Lenga beech ( Nothofagus pumilio ) forest can regenerate from stumps, most of the newly created beaver wetlands are being colonized by the rarer native Antarctic beech ( Nothofagus antarctica ).
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Some of the stumps are as much as three feet long, but most of them have been flattened by the pressure of the overlying sediments.
Giant sequoias of all ages may sprout from their boles when old branches are lost to fire or breakage, but ( unlike coast redwood ), mature trees do not sprout from cut stumps.
* Blunts are unsharpened arrowheads occasionally used for types of target shooting, for shooting at stumps or other targets of opportunity, or hunting small game when the goal is to stun the target without penetration.
* Field tips are similar to target points and have a distinct shoulder, so that missed outdoor shots do not become as stuck in obstacles such as tree stumps.
The two most common tactics are to either bowl directly at the stumps, or to bowl 3 inches to 6 inches outside the line of off stump.
Individual stumps and stems of > 1 m (> 3 ft ) diameter were abundant, and are identified as Metasequoia and possibly Glyptostrobus.
The waters are fairly deep and were long ago cleared of trees and tree stumps, making it ideal for boating, skiing, knee-boarding and other water activities.
A wicket at the non-striker's end is generally a single stump if proper stumps are available and in the absence of larger objects may be just a hat or a shoe.
* Electronic wickets or Electrics-a rule which states that if there is only one set of stumps, and one batsman, the batter may be run out at the end where the stumps are even if running to the end where there are no stumps.
* Current-In the absence of two sets of stumps or objects of similar height and structure are total non availability ( where batting stumps are drawn on walls doors etc .,.
This only works when real stumps hammered into the ground are not used.
If there are no true stumps available a bin, deckchair, boogie board or cool box may be used.
Rumors of stumps up to 6 metres are sometimes suggested in areas such as the Billygoat Track above the Kauaeranga Valley near Thames.
The name Våler comes from the Old Norse word vål, which means “ trunks, or stumps ( roots ) from burnt trees in a clearing .” Names which are variations of vål are common in Norway as the first stage of clearing woodland for cultivation was to burn the trees and undergrowth.
Neuromas, tangled masses of swollen regenerating axon sprouts, are found in the healed stumps of birds beak trimmed at 5 weeks of age or older and in severely beak trimmed birds.
stumps and now
" We hauled water from up there where Preacher Burns ' wife is living now, in a wagon, and put it in tubs on stumps along there on every corner.
After the fire, the burned stumps of the forests were cleared to take advantage of the now nutrient-rich soil.
Until the rules of cricket were formalised in the 19th century, the game usually had lower stumps, the ball was bowled underarm ( a style of bowling which has since fallen out of common practice and is now in most cases illegal ), and batsmen did not wear protective pads.
In one-day cricket, most deliveries that pass the batsman on the leg side without hitting the stumps are now called as wides.
Such old coppice stumps are easily recognised for their current overgrown state, now that the practice has largely disappeared.
These Norse occupations are probably reflected in the fact that the original low lintels of the broch entrance have been torn out ( their stumps can be seen ), and the outer doorway doubled in height ( it has now been restored to its original low level ).
stumps and seen
The batsman's crease may be marked by a stick or spare bat, but is generally made by dragging the bat across the line of the pitch at a guessed metre out from the stumps and however distance is large enough to be clearly seen.
An ancient submerged forest is visible at low tide along the beach, where stumps of oak, pine, birch, willow and hazel ( preserved by the acid anaerobic conditions in the peat ) can be seen.
The damming of the river flooded the originally wooded valley ; almost a century later, the stumps of old mahogany trees can still be seen rising from the water, and submerged snags form a hazard for any small vessels that wander off the marked channels.
Until the construction of Ryde Harbour marina in the 1980s, the outline of the shore-end abutment could be made out in the sea wall near the Ryde Pavilion, and at low spring tides the stumps of the piles could be seen in the sand some way offshore.
Prior to this cataclysmic event this area was forested and stumps of charcoalized trees can be seen where soil has eroded.
Remnants of the industry can be seen in the old narrow gauge railroad ties and the stumps of the giant sequoia that were left behind.
Across inland Erris, the remains of these forests can be seen across the blanket bog landscape in the form of fossilised greying tree stumps which are mainly the remains of ancient Scots Pine trees.
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Most of the letters were written in the hubbub of camp, on stumps, pieces of bark, drum heads, or the knee.
Larger birds were often placed in their ground habitat or perching on stumps.
" Further details which added to the plan came from letters Fender received from Australia in 1932 which described how Australian batsmen were increasingly moving across the stumps towards the off side to play the ball on the on side.
The batsman may wrongly assume that the flipper will drop and loop like a normal overspinning delivery, resulting in the ball pitching under the bat and going on to either hit the stumps or result in leg before wicket.
An incident in the second Test of the 1960 – 61 series involved the West Indies player Joe Solomon being given out after his hat fell on the stumps after being bowled at by Richie Benaud.
Sometimes this went to extremes ( e. g., on one occasion at school, E. M. was so upset about a decision going against him that he went home and took the stumps with him ) and developed into the gamesmanship for which E. M. and W. G.
They pitched two sets of wickets, each with a " milk-white " bail perched on two stumps ; toss a coin for first knock, the umpire called " play " and the " leathern orb " was bowled.
In a review in the Sunday Times on 11 November, Harold Hobson wrote the stage was full of " practically the whole company waving gory stumps and eating cannibal pies.
Along with jumping on most enemies, Yoshi can perform a flutter jump that allows him to reach higher areas or cross large gaps, and can also perform a butt stomp which can be used to smash through crates or push down stumps.
The club was quite possibly the first to use three stumps and two bails and frequently played matches on the most famous early Cricket grounds such as Mitcham, and later in Grange Park in the village.
Forced to stand on their hind legs due to their small size, the deer climb branches and tree stumps to reach higher foliage.
Often, children improvise on specific rules and use objects found in the environment to serve as tools, such as trash cans and dumpsters for wicket stumps.
They reached 76 / 0 at stumps on the fourth day.
* Grifola frondosa, known in Japan as maitake ( also " hen of the woods " or " sheep ’ s head "); a large, hearty mushroom commonly found on or near stumps and bases of oak trees, and believed to have Macrolepiota procera properties.
Nesting usually occurs on the ground ; only the tragopans nest higher up in stumps of bushes.
Its hind legs are mere stumps ; it instead uses its more developed forelegs to climb its way through the thick fur on its mother's abdomen into the pouch, which takes about three to five minutes.
Expanding from the parties of the left, the whole of the Finnish political scene has adopted Vappu as the day to go out on stumps and agitate.
Even so England barely survived ; 209-9 at stumps on the last day and staring defeat in the face as Gary Sobers ( 3 / 53 ) and Lance Gibbs ( 6 / 60 ) whirred through the overs.
At least one species ( Sternarchogiton nattereri ) eats freshwater sponges which grow on submerged trees, stumps, and other woody debris.
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