hardiness
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Add to this variations in microclimates, changing weather patterns and the fact that plants increase in hardiness after they’re in the ground a while, and you can see the confusion.
From Seattle Times
In the spring, it isn’t so much rising average temperatures that threaten the hardiness of cherry trees, according to Christopher Walsh, a horticulture professor at the University of Maryland.
From Washington Post
Common fig trees tend to prefer warmer climates, but there are some cold-hardy varieties that can survive in hardiness zones 6 and 7.
From Salon
But woven within that grief are tales of hope and hardiness — of small but brilliant transformations as the city reopens.
From New York Times
“Gain-of-function” research refers to manipulating viruses to give them characteristics they do not have in nature — letting them gain a function — including greater contagiousness, lethality and hardiness.
From Washington Times
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