Ecology
The oil neststraw (Stylocline citroleum), a tiny plant endemic to the Elk Hills area, was given its name because it is limited to oil field country.
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Famous quotes containing the word ecology:
“... the fundamental principles of ecology govern our lives wherever we live, and ... we must wake up to this fact or be lost.”
—Karin Sheldon (b. c. 1945)