...nd biogeography of Sassafras (Lauraceae) disjunct between eastern Asia and eastern North America, Plant Systematics and Evolution, volume 267, pages 191–203
...on_id=129310 ''Sassafras'']</ref> The largest Sassafras tree in the United States is located in [[Owensboro, Kentucky]].<ref>http://www.uky.edu/Ag/Horticultu
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...ork|GRIN]] |work=Taxonomy for Plants |publisher=[[United States Department of Agriculture|USDA]], [[Agricultural Research Service|ARS]], National Genetic
...as they brown and create a massive leaf nest in the branches and trunks of trees.
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...d plain]]s or [[swamp]]s in the [[Eastern United States|eastern]] [[United States]] from [[New Hampshire]] west to southern [[Minnesota]], and south to north
...ruit]] is unusual among birches in maturing in late spring; it is composed of numerous tiny winged seeds packed between the catkin bracts.
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...''B. lutea''), is a species of [[birch]] native to [[Eastern United States|eastern]] [[North America]], from [[Nova Scotia]], [[New Brunswick]], and southern
...lous, the female catkins erect. The [[fruit]], mature in fall, is composed of numerous tiny winged [[seed]]s packed between the catkin bracts.
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...and eastern [[Colorado]], south to northern [[Florida]], and southwest to eastern [[Texas]].<ref name=grin>Germplasm Resources Information Network: [http://w
...00494 ''Fraxinus pennsylvanica'']</ref><ref name=vplants>Virtual Herbarium of the Chicago Region: [http://www.vplants.org/plants/species/species.jsp?gid=
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...o the mountains of central [[Mexico]] is sometimes treated as a subspecies of American Beech, but more often as a distinct species, [[Mexican Beech]] ''F
...ales on the buds. The tree is [[plant sexuality|monoecious]], with flowers of both sexes on the same tree. The [[fruit]] is a small, sharply-angled [[nut
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...ble Statics"). Syn. Mohrodendron. Styracaceae. Silver-Bell. Snowdrop-tree. Trees or large shrubs grown for their handsome white flowers, appearing in spring
...bud, denticulate: fls. in axillary clusters or short racemes on branchlets of the previous year; calyx-tube obconical, slightly 4-ribbed, with 4 minute t
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...]] south to central [[Florida]], and west to southeastern [[Missouri]] and eastern [[Texas]].<ref name=usfs>U.S. Forest Service Silvics Manual: [http://www.na
The European Holly does not grow in the climate of most of the United States, but the American Holly makes an excellent second choice for it closely res
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|origin=W United States
...on the shoot, but with the leaf bases twisted to be arranged to the sides of and above the shoot, with few or none below the shoot{{wp}}. The [[conifer
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...uglans cinerea Range Map" | accessdate = 2008-03-06 | publisher = [[United States Geological Survey]]}}</ref>
...leaves appear. The [[fruit]] is a [[nut (fruit)|nut]], produced in bunches of 2-6 together; the nut is oblong-ovoid, 3–6 cm long and 2–4 cm broad,
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...r orchids with the characteristic white aerial roots, the brown upper part of the osmundine is most suitable, as it is sponge-like in color and texture,
...urely to the trees. The nature of these fern-masses is identical with that of osmundine except that they are living, whereas the osmundine is not. It is
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...include '''soapberry''' and '''soapnut''', both names referring to the use of the crushed [[seed]]s to make [[soap]].
...of years by various peoples, such as the [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]].<ref>{{cite book |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=e
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...tive name Ailanto, meaning Tree of Heaven). Syn., Pongelion. Simarubaceae. Trees chiefly grown for their handsome large foliage.
...s 5 or 6; disk small, 10-lobed; stamens 10; carpels 5 or 6: fr. consisting of 1-5 distinct oblong samaras with the compressed seed in the middle.—Eight
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...e [[mountain]]s of southwest [[Oregon]] and [[California]] in the [[United States]].
...nd with [[resin]] blisters, becoming orange-red, rough and fissured on old trees. The [[leaf|leaves]] are needle-like, 2-3.5 cm long, glaucous blue-gre
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|common_name=Eastern Redbud
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...e book |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=NJ6PyhVuecwC |title=The Names of Plants |first=D. |last=Gledhill |edition=4 |publisher=Cambridge University
...lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-04152004-101232/ | title=Molecular Systematics of the Cashew Family (Anacardiaceae) (PhD dissertation at Louisiana State Univ
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The '''Callery pear''' (''Pyrus calleryana'') is a species of [[Pyrus|pear]] native to [[China]] and [[Vietnam]],<ref name = "Swearingen"
...orange to more commonly red, pink, purple, and bronze. Sometimes, several of these fall colors may be present on an individual leaf. However, since the
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...aceae]]. The species are native to the tropical and subtropical regions of eastern and southeastern [[Asia]], southeastern [[North America]], and the [[West I
...reference to the agreeable odor). Magnolidceae. Small trees or shrubs, one of which is sometimes planted far South.
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...or Bald Cypress (''[[Taxodium distichum]]'') in the [[southeastern United States]].
...ranges from the [[southeastern United States]] (southern [[Virginia]] and eastern [[Maryland]]) to [[Argentina]], growing wherever the [[climate]] is warm en
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|origin=Eastern North America
...f southeast [[Canada]]. It is one of the most common trees in the [[United States]].
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