business environment. The combination of internal and external factors that influence a company's operating situation. The business environment can include factors such as: clients and suppliers; its competition and owners; improvements in technology; laws and government activities; and market, social and economic trends.
The springtails are soft-bodied, oval or roundish shaped, primitive insects. Their bodies are made up of six or fewer segments and they lack wings. Although many species have small eyes, some are nearly or totally blind. Their antennae are segmented.
Horsetail (Equisetum hyemale), also called scouring rush, is a slender, green, reed-type ornamental grass with no true leaves or flowers. It grows in swampy areas, making it a good pond plant for the home, and gets up to 4 feet tall. Horsetail grows in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 3 through 11.