While these disputes and a desire for further evaluation of AWS programs prevented permanent authorization. of the 1978 law, Congress agreed to amend the law and allow another three-year experiment.18 The Federal. Employees Flexible and Compressed Work Schedules Act of 1982 allowed agencies to review and terminate.
About this species. Blackthorn is a shrub belonging to the same genus (Prunus) as almond, cherry and plum trees. The specific epithet spinosa refers to the sharp spines or thorns that are characteristic of this plant.
The species varies widely depending on local circumstances. An individual plant can be from 3 feet to 25 feet tall and wide, but they usually form thickets, which can spread much farther. Chickasaw plum or sandhill plum (Prunus angustifolia, USDA zones 5 through 9) is a larger native plum that can grow to 35 feet.