单词 | bunch grass |
例句 | But many landscape design experts suggest maintaining stands of dried flowers and bunch grasses to give the eye consistent pleasure through the winter. Opinion | Last year’s sunflowers save this year’s garden 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z On the dome, cattle munched on native perennial bunch grasses but left native blackbrush, one of the desert’s most flammable plants, alone. Mojave Desert fire destroys the heart of a beloved Joshua tree forest 2020-09-06T04:00:00Z Native grasses are usually perennial bunch grasses with root systems that can stretch as deep as 10 to 20 feet, so they can find water even in the hottest months. Go native for the sake of soil, creatures and fire suppression 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z Dazzling in the noon sun, white-yellow bunch grasses blanket the canyon floor. Take 2: My bike ride to the past through the Moses Coulee 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z The lands back from the river are high rolling prairie, covered with rich bunch grass, having a light soil composed of pulverized basaltic sandstone. A History of Oregon, 1792-1849 Drawn From Personal Observation and Authentic Information 2012-01-20T03:00:11.607Z The bunch grass on the diminishing benches at the bends was withered and brown. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z There are broad plains covered with salt and alkali, and others supporting only scattered bunch grass, sage bush, cactus and other arid land plants. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z Native bunch grasses, succulents or other high-moisture, low-growing shrubs are more likely to just burn a little and sputter out for lack of fuel, he said. Go native for the sake of soil, creatures and fire suppression 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z Nests are placed on the surface of the ground at bases of bunch grasses, saplings, trees, or posts, under cover of prairie grasses, forbs, or small woody plants. The Breeding Birds of Kansas 2011-08-27T02:00:24.797Z Not a breath of air was stirring, and the huge flakes were coming down in myriads, falling on the high tufts of bunch grass and remaining where they had fallen. The Land of Lure A Story of the Columbia River Basin 2011-08-09T02:00:24.217Z After being close-cropped by the roving herds of cattle, the bunch grass renews itself, reproducing in great abundance. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z The old prospector insisted upon filling in each hole as they went along and putting back the tufts of bunch grass in order to make the place look as it ordinarily did. Ruth Fielding In the Saddle College Girls in the Land of Gold 2011-06-14T02:00:22.083Z Some of these valleys are wet and marshy, while others are dry and produce a rich and abundant growth of bunch grass. Memoirs of Orange Jacobs 2011-05-01T02:00:10.143Z And the mares, watching him, seemed to draw long breaths, dropped their heads to the bunch grass, and, one by one, moved along in their grazing. I Conquered 2011-04-15T02:00:19.800Z Numerous cattle roamed at large over the open sagebrush range, and fattened on the succulent bunch grass, coming daily to the Gully home for water. The Land of Lure A Story of the Columbia River Basin 2011-08-09T02:00:24.217Z At this time of year the prairie is clear and bunch grass grows on it in abundance. All about the Klondyke gold mines 2011-04-13T02:00:12.887Z A more forbidding-looking range could hardly be imagined, yet in the foothills to the southeast there grew great savannas of succulent bunch grass on which several ranges of cattle roamed. The Boy Scouts On The Range 2011-01-27T03:00:45.810Z Yes, there was something more, which after a time came under his eyes; some tall bunch grass growing at no great distance off, or rather had grown, for it was now withered and dead. The Vee-Boers A Tale of Adventure in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:12:24.303Z There was the bunch grass, the buffalo grass, and the funny sickle-shaped 'gamma' grass, on which thousands of cattle fed, and amongst others, Pedro pointed out a terrible plant, the dread of many a ranchman. Left on the Prairie The Ute ponies were getting fat on new buffalo and bunch grass, and the tender-eyed does were seeking higher altitudes when Jack again reached the old trail leading to the Indian village on Rock Creek. Chiquita, an American Novel The Romance of a Ute Chief's Daughter The rest of it was sagebrush and jack rabbits, with a band of "fuzz-tails" stampeding at the sight of us and a few cattle nipping the bunch grass. In the Oregon Country Out-Doors in Oregon, Washington, and California Together with some Legendary Lore, and Glimpses of the Modern West in the Making The pace was slower now, because the relatively smooth surface of the field had been left behind and the course led through bunch grass with an occasional clump of brambles. The Blue Ghost Mystery The sun was red on the hill, the sheep were throwing long shadows down the slope as they grazed lazily, some of them standing on knees to crop the lush bunch grass. The Flockmaster of Poison Creek He would not go 6 mucking in the gold mines for it; his million should graze on the bunch grass. Rim o' the World I was using the pick upon a cluster of bunch grass hummocks, wishing to fill the gold pan with dirt from underneath that I might wash it out and see if it contained 'colors'. The Trail of a Sourdough Life in Alaska The soil is mainly sandy, but the Gobi sagebrush and short bunch grass, although sparse and dry, still give a covering of vegetation, so that in the distance the plain appears like a rolling meadowland. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' Now, he saw in the dim moonlight, the windows were shuttered and the grounds had gone back to bunch grass. Smugglers' Reef The river flows along the South Thompson valley, an open country with scattered farms and cattle ranches, bordered by bunch grass range and hills covered by yellow pine, very beautiful in spring and early summer. Fishing in British Columbia With a Chapter on Tuna Fishing at Santa Catalina Tom Lorrigan’s father used to carry a rifle across his thighs when he rode up the trail past Devil’s Tooth Ridge to the benchland beyond, where his cattle fed on the sweet bunch grass. Rim o' the World It may be something the cattle eat; the bunch grass or other fodder, in the water; or it may come out of the air. The Boy Ranchers in Camp or The Water Fight at Diamond X The blue stem and the bunch grass were dry. The Fighting Edge Down the stream the horses are already beginning to tug at their lariats and struggle to their feet, that they may crop the dew-moistened bunch grass. Starlight Ranch and Other Stories of Army Life on the Frontier The general aspect is much more open, with rolling hills of bunch grass and pine bluffs, which give the scenery a different appearance from other parts of the country. Fishing in British Columbia With a Chapter on Tuna Fishing at Santa Catalina Her horse lowered his head and snipped at the bunch grass. The Gold Girl Grand Coulee Dam has made feasible the irrigation of about 1-1/4 million acres of sage brush, bunch grass, and marginal wheat lands. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953 In mid-afternoon they shot a couple of grouse scuttling through the bunch grass. The Fighting Edge Some one has been here within a few minutes, watching, stretched prone upon the turf, for Lee finds it dry and almost warm, while all around the bunch grass is heavy with dew. Starlight Ranch and Other Stories of Army Life on the Frontier It is a large piece of water, about fifteen miles long, surrounded by open bunch grass hills, and can be reached from Savona's by a good road. Fishing in British Columbia With a Chapter on Tuna Fishing at Santa Catalina The trail that had grown fainter and fainter with its ascent of the creek bed disappeared entirely at the slope of loose rock and bunch grass that slanted steeply to the divide. The Gold Girl The water was convenient, and there was long bunch grass upon which we could rest very comfortably. Ran Away to Sea They were all now upon their sides, half-buried in the bunch grass. The Scalp Hunters Several of the varieties of grass growing upon the slopes of the Rocky Mountains are of excellent quality; among these may be mentioned the Gramma and bunch grasses. The Prairie Traveler A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions It seemed a strong animal, somewhat larger than the others, and, pulling up a handful of bunch grass, he approached it, whistling very softly. The Last of the Chiefs A Story of the Great Sioux War She envied her horse his enjoyment of the bunch grass which he munched with much tongueing of the bit and impatient shaking of the head. The Gold Girl When within arm's reach of the edge he drew his gun, and removing his hat, wriggled forward until he could thrust his face into a tuft of bunch grass that projected over the edge. Prairie Flowers Patches of sage-brush and bunch grass, burned sere and brown, alternated with barren stretches of sand from which piles of rubble rose here and there, telling of worked-out and abandoned mines. At the Time Appointed The road then enters a fine valley, with plenty of blue and bunch grass. The Prairie Traveler A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions An hour or two later he saw a considerable herd of buffaloes scattered about over the plain, nibbling the short bunch grass that had lived under the snow. The Last of the Chiefs A Story of the Great Sioux War So in their eagerness some of the loungers strolled out in front and gazed westward up the long, broad, hard-beaten street on which, in many a spot, the bunch grass of the prairie still lingered. A Wounded Name At last it grew too dim to guide him farther, and slipping the saddle from his horse, he turned him loose to feed upon the bunch grass. The Eagle's Heart There was plenty of grass among the trees, and large tussocks of “bunch grass” mingling with cactus and aloe plants, formed a species of undergrowth. The Boy Hunters Our trouble was with the horses and mules, for we had no grain for them, and if the snow got very deep they would not be able to paw down to the bunch grass. A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872 Some buffaloes were seen on the horizon, but they were permitted to crop the bunch grass undisturbed. The Last of the Chiefs A Story of the Great Sioux War There was much alkali and sage brush along their trail, and only here and there in scanty patches any of the rich, nutritious bunch grass which the roving animals so eagerly sought. Warrior Gap A Story of the Sioux Outbreak of '68. For nearly half a mile along the stream horses and pack-mules were scattered upon the "bench," browsing eagerly on the dew-laden bunch grass. To The Front A Sequel to Cadet Days They rolled the man in his blankets, then set the burros' packs about in orderly array and loosed the little animals to crop the bunch grass that was green and succulent in winter. The She Boss A Western Story The slope was towards the south and the ground was somewhat bare, with good bunch grass, where the other horses were feeding, while Jones and Dodds were just descending from a tall pine tree. A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872 He turned from the desert to face the plateau, from whose edge dropped a wide, tawny valley, luxuriant with bunch grass—a golden brown sweep that nestled between some hills, inviting, alluring. The Boss of the Lazy Y To the right and left of the winding trail bare shoulders of bluff, covered only by the dense carpet of bunch grass, jutted out into the comparative level of the eastward plain. Warrior Gap A Story of the Sioux Outbreak of '68. He jumped out from behind some bunch grass and came at me so swiftly that I jumped and turned quickly. Doctor Rabbit and Brushtail the Fox Good for nothin', I'd been told, but to run cows on in winter, when the filaree and bunch grass are green. The She Boss A Western Story We had travelled hard up and down all kinds of hills, canyons, and mountains, with seldom a trail, and it was wearing on the animals living only on bunch grass. A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872 The character of the land had changed, and Lawler was now riding over a great level, thickly dotted with bunch grass, with stretches of bars, hard sand, clumps of cactus and greasewood. The Trail Horde For there had been early rains and the bunch grass was succulent this year. The Sheriff's Son Bear grass and bunch grass dotted the sand. The Enchanted Canyon The irrigated fields had given place to open country of a semi-desert character grown high with patches of greasewood, sagebrush, thorn-bush; with wide patches of scattered bunch grass; and stretches of alkali waste. The Killer West of those mountains it is a larger growth, in clusters, and hence called bunch grass, and which has a second or fall growth. The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson, the Nestor of the Rocky Mountains, from Facts Narrated by Himself Once more in the saddle, they rode on over a plain unchanged in character, still the same swells and dips, still the same lonesome yuccas and mesquite, with the occasional clumps of bunch grass. The Texan Star The Story of a Great Fight for Liberty Get you a nice quiet buckskin that melts into the atmosphere like a patch of bunch grass. The Sheriff's Son He grabbed for the saddle horn and caught a handful of bunch grass fifteen feet to the left of the trail. Somewhere in Red Gap As we rode we clinched and wrestled, Then we tumbled to the ground, Tore the bunch grass up, and cactus, For a hundred yards around. Nancy MacIntyre And when you leave the woods, it's like this again, bunch grass and sage, sand and alkali, for twenty miles. The Rim of the Desert The sagebrush slopes wore a comfortable air of familiarity, even though the boys were more accustomed to bunch grass; but an adobe stable was a novelty. The Phantom Herd As Roy's pinto clambered up and down the steep hills, he recalled the advice of Dave to ride a buckskin "that melts into the atmosphere like a patch of bunch grass." The Sheriff's Son Wood and bunch grass were plenty, but water was a long way down the trail and had to be packed up to the camp. Death Valley in '49 All the way down the rocky trail the bunch grass and wild oak and manzanita were so thick that I had to crush my way through. Tales of lonely trails There was no glimpse of water anywhere, not a green blade; even the bunch grass, that grew sparsely between the sage-brush through the draw, was dry and gray. The Rim of the Desert Fortunately at a point on the south side of the valley, they entered a ravine, in which there was plenty of bunch grass. Out of Doors—California and Oregon There the hardy cow-ponies sought out the sparse, but nutritious, bunch grass, sixty of them, beautiful as antelope, for they were the pick of Senor Johnson's herds. Arizona Nights The next piece of table land sloped to the east, and among the sage grew also a bunch grass a foot high, which had seeds like broom-corn seeds. Death Valley in '49 There were no buffaloes, but blacktail and mule deer that fattened on the bunch grass, and bands of pronghorn flashing their white rumps. The Trail Book The buffalo does not gallop an hundred miles a day, dragging his tail across the bunch grass and alkali of the boundless plains. Remarks Hardy cattle moved singly or in small groups and browsed on the withered bunch grass. The Untamed Noiselessly she skirted the ridge above the coulée, moving through the bunch grass with the wary care she had learned as a child in the lodges of the tribe. Man Size Then, with his bridle off, the broncho fed contentedly on the bunch grass along the hillside. The Ramblin' Kid Higher up the few tufts of bunch grass that remained rustled in anticipation. Bunch Grass A Chronicle of Life on a Cattle Ranch On the floor of the wagon, packed in bunch grass, were the precious gasoline casks. The Air Ship Boys : Or, the Quest of the Aztec Treasure The ground was covered with a quantity of dried bunch grass which a glorious black stallion was cropping. The Untamed While darkness gathered, Sleeping Dawn lay in the bunch grass with her eyes focused on the camp below. Man Size In the spring and autumn these parks abound in deer; but in summer they go above timber line to graze on the succulent bunch grasses and to be free from flies. A Lady's Life on a Farm in Manitoba It produces a coarse sea blade bunch grass and affords considerable grazing. Official Report of the Exploration of the Queen Charlotte Islands for the Government of British Columbia The cavalcade was now in a sort of narrow gorge, or gully, with rocky walls on either side, and only scant vegetation on the bottom, where some bunch grass grew. The Boy Ranchers on the Trail A sort of blue-colored bunch grass grew in considerable quantities about the water hole, and this the burros seemed to find quite palatable. The Girl Aviators on Golden Wings Something he saw made him slip from the saddle, lead his horse into a draw, and move forward very carefully through the bunch grass. Man Size It was plain that a few shrubs and some bunch grass had grown in the bottom of this hole. Nan Sherwood at Rose Ranch He did not stop to think that it was the only way his life might be saved—nor that his own pony lay back there in the bunch grass amid the flame and smoke. The Pony Rider Boys in New Mexico Or, the End of the Silver Trail We was havin' a terrible streak of weather, an' Bill wanted to move a herd over to the southwest corner of the ranch where the' was some extra good bunch grass. Happy Hawkins The bunch grass grew tall and rank and in the midst of it lay a baby's shoe. The Shape of Fear The dog darted into the bunch grass and turned sharply to the right. Man Size In the hollow breast of the mountains which they were now penetrating, the surrounding heights were clothed with pine; while the declivities of the lower hills afforded abundance of bunch grass for the horses. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West Suddenly Ned's pony reared into the air, bucked and hurled its rider far over into the smouldering bunch grass. The Pony Rider Boys in New Mexico Or, the End of the Silver Trail The spot where the divining rod had so suddenly gotten busy was about midway of an old water course, covered with a thick growth of bunch grass. The Pony Rider Boys in New Mexico Or, the End of the Silver Trail There it poised for one brief instant, then, with a roar swooped down into the tall bunch grass, rushing roaring and crackling toward him. The Pony Rider Boys in New Mexico Or, the End of the Silver Trail Fire was necessary to use to start fire, and he knew that none of them had been foolish enough even to light a match in the dry bunch grass of the prairie. The Pony Rider Boys in New Mexico Or, the End of the Silver Trail Encamping at the west Bute, they found a place swept by the winds, so that it was bare of snow, and there was abundance of bunch grass. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West They had now come to a rolling country, with here and there high buttes, followed by large areas of bottom lands which were covered with rank growths of bunch grass. The Pony Rider Boys in New Mexico Or, the End of the Silver Trail Pulling his pony fairly back on its haunches, he dashed back where Stacy lay kicking, entangling himself deeper and deeper in the bunch grass. The Pony Rider Boys in New Mexico Or, the End of the Silver Trail Tad leaped into the saddle, and putting spurs to his broncho, tore through the high bunch grass, above which only his head was now observable. The Pony Rider Boys in New Mexico Or, the End of the Silver Trail |
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