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  1. ** ^  ** [ "xeriscaping" ](https://www.dictionary.com/browse/xeriscaping) . _[ Dictionary.com Unabridged ](/wiki/Dictionary.com "Dictionary.com") _ (Online). n.d. 
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  16. ** ^  ** McCracken, Maureen (1 February 2009). [ "Xeriscape: An Introduction" ](https://web.archive.org/web/20160404122128/http://www.mastergardenersmecklenburg.org/xeriscape-an-introduction.html) . Master Gardeners of Mecklenburg County NC, Meckelburg County Cooperative Extension, part of the "North Carolina Cooperative Extension [Service]", (see [ NCSU College of Ag and Life Sciences ](/wiki/North_Carolina_State_University_College_of_Agriculture_and_Life_Sciences "North Carolina State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences") ). Archived from [ the original ](http://www.mastergardenersmecklenburg.org/xeriscape-an-introduction.html) on 4 April 2016  . Retrieved  25 November  2014  . 
  17. ** ^  ** [ "Environmental Fact Sheet: Recycling Grass Clippings" ](https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi/10000KZT.PDF?Dockey=10000KZT.PDF) (PDF)  . _Environmental Protection Agency_ . United States. [ Archived ](https://web.archive.org/web/20180815164628/https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi/10000KZT.PDF?Dockey=10000KZT.PDF) (PDF)  from the original on 15 August 2018  . Retrieved  23 May  2017  . 
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  20. ^  _**a** _ _**b** _ Chow, Winston T.L.; Brazel, Anthony J. (January 2012).  [ "Assessing xeriscaping as a sustainable heat island mitigation approach for a desert city" ](https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0360132311002411) . _Building and Environment_ . **47** : 170–181. [ doi ](/wiki/Doi_\(identifier\) "Doi \(identifier\)") : [ 10.1016/j.buildenv.2011.07.027 ](https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.buildenv.2011.07.027) . [ Archived ](https://web.archive.org/web/20220319221410/https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0360132311002411) from the original on 19 March 2022  . Retrieved  17 December  2020  . 
  21. ** ^  ** Galbraith, Kate (31 January 2013). [ "Texas Bills Aim to Douse HOAs' [sic] Limits on Xeriscaping" ](https://www.texastribune.org/2013/01/31/texas-legislation-would-restrict-hoas-love-grass/) . The Texas Tribune. [ Archived ](https://web.archive.org/web/20160306205014/http://www.texastribune.org/2013/01/31/texas-legislation-would-restrict-hoas-love-grass/) from the original on 6 March 2016  . Retrieved  17 April  2016  . 
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