Definition of chromophore - an atom or group whose presence is responsible for the colour of a compound. Definition of chromophore - an atom or group whose presence is responsible for the colour of a compound.
El Sereno, Los Angeles. El Sereno is a Los Angeles City neighborhood in the Eastside Los Angeles region of the County of Los Angeles, California. El Sereno as mapped by the Los Angeles Times. Cal State Los Angeles is in the lower right corner.
Description: Serenoa repens is the most common palm in the U.S. (Bennett and Hicklin 1998). It grows as a shrub that attains a height of 0.6 2.1 m (2 7 feet), or as a small tree that grows to 6 7.5 m (20 25 feet). Shrubs grow in a creeping horizontal form with many branches on their stems.t is a common understory shrub in coastal strands and in oak-pine communities. In scrub communities, saw palmetto provides habitat for sand skinks, the Florida mouse, and the threatened Florida scrub jay (Austin 1976). Its fruit provides food for black bear and white-tailed deer.