Howard Stern (I) Howard Allan Stern was born on January 12, 1954, in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York, to Rae (Schiffman), an inhalation therapist, and Bernard Stern, who co-owned a cartoon/commercial production studio. His grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Poland and the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Aside from creeping buttercup, other perennial species include R. occidentalis, the Western field buttercup, identifiable by long, three-lobed leaves extending from the base. R. acris, or Tall buttercup, reaches heights of 3 feet with 1-inch wide blooms. Birdfoot buttercup, R. orthorhynchus, grows to 24 inches and has distinctive achenes or fruit that appear straight and skinny verses hooked like most others.
Quills have sharp tips and overlapping scales or barbs that make them difficult to remove once they are stuck in another animalâs skin. Porcupines grow new quills to replace the ones they lose. From the tip of the nose to the end of the tail, a porcupine can be from 33 to 46 inches (80 to 115 cm) long. They can weigh from 12 to 35 lbs (5 to 16 kg). Porcupines make shrill screeches, whines, and low grunts to communicate. Porcupines are nocturnal, which means they are active primarily at night.