figureThe plastic behaviour of polymers is also influenced by their morphology, or arrangement of molecules on a large scale. Stated simply, polymer morphologies are either amorphous or crystalline. Amorphous molecules are arranged randomly and are intertwined, whereas crystalline molecules are arranged closely and in a discernible order.
The bristlecone pine is an amazing plant of the alpine biome. It lives in scattered, arid mountain regions of six western states of America ranging from Colorado to California. Many are found in the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest in the White Mountains of California.
A BIT MORE... A widely popular western California native, this evergreen low-growing shrub or ground cover blankets the ground in attractive foliage and, beginning in March, pretty blue flowers clusters that stop nature lovers in their tracks. At Boething Treeland Farms, âYankee Pointâ outsells all other Ceanothus varieties. As its native habitat is the coastal rocky slopes just south of Carmel, California, be prepared to provide excellent drainage as well as full sun and very little water once it is established.