Fitness Center. The CCBC Essex fitness center offers a wide variety of exercise and weight lifting options. From treadmills to free weights to a state of the art TRX Cross Core apparatus, you are sure to find the equipment that meets your wellness needs.
Russian thistle (Salsola tragus) is a broadleaf weed common in the southwest United States. As it grows, Russian thistle resembles a small bush, growing up to 6 feet in width with thin stems that can reach 3 feet in length. Its foliage, upon closer look, has slightly red or purple stripes. In the fall and early winter months, Russian thistle dries and breaks free.
The cotton thistle is a large plant, up to three meters tall and about half that in width. A biennial plant, its spiny leaves are 10 to 50 cm wide, covered with white hairs that give the plant the common name cotton thistle.. They have long, stiff spines the length of the margins. The flowers are round and range in color from pink to lavender. The thistle flowers from July to September.