...ern Yew''') is a [[Pinophyta|conifer]] native to the [[Pacific Northwest]] of [[North America]]. It ranges from southernmost [[Alaska]] south to central
...th the leaf bases twisted to align the leaves in two flat rows either side of the stem except on erect leading shoots where the spiral arrangement is mor
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...known. S.S. 8:359-61. The hybrid with Q. montana was found in the nursery of John Saul, near Washington, D. C., and has been distributed as Saul's oak (
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...essile, opposite or alternate: cones axillary, ovate or globular, composed of persistent, bractless scales. Distinguished from pines and firs by the broa
...y with very large trunks and little or no branching for some way up. Young trees are normally conical in shape, only upon maturity does the crown become mor
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...lmus glabra'' <ref name=Elwes>Elwes, H. J. & Henry, A. (1913). ''The Trees of Great Britain & Ireland''. Vol. VII. pp 1848–1929. Private publicatio
...n the centre, maturing in late spring <ref name=Bean>Bean, W. J. (1981). ''Trees and shrubs hardy in Great Britain'', 7th edition. Murray, London.
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..., each 1 1/2 in. across: lvs. 4-6 in. long, elliptic-lanceolate. Trunks of trees, W. Indies and S. Amer.—A lovely species.
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...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
...lpine Fir''' ''Abies lasiocarpa'' in the narrow sense, is the typical form of the species, occurring in the [[Pacific Coast Ranges]], the [[Olympic Mount
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Aleurites (Greek, farinose or floury). Euphorbiaceae. Tropical trees grown for the oils they yield or sometimes for shade and ornament.
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...of Madagascar and author of a history of Madagascar). Flacourtiaceae. One of the species, a shrub with edible fruits, is cultivated in the tropics and h
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...in the family [[Bignoniaceae]], native to tropical and subtropical regions of [[South America|South]] and [[Central America]], [[Mexico]], and the [[Cari
...r than the [[stamen]]s, tricolpate [[pollen]], and a [[chromosome]] number of 18.
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....<ref name=farjon>Farjon, A. (1990). ''Pinaceae. Drawings and Descriptions of the Genera''. Koeltz Scientific Books ISBN 3-87429-298-3.</ref><ref name=gd
...the shoots but are twisted at the base to lie in two ranks on either side of the shoot. The [[conifer cone|cones]] are small, pendulous, slender cylindr
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...ize, with some herbaceous species only reaching 50 cm tall, while some are trees growing to 20 m tall.
...ia'' species have large [[pinnate|bipinnate]] leaves clustered at the ends of branches, sometimes covered with bristles. The [[flower]]s are whitish or g
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...after [[Charles Alston (botanist)|Charles Alston]] (1685-1760), Professor of [[botany]] at [[Edinburgh]] from 1716-1760.
''Alstonia'' (devil tree) consists of about 40-60 [[species]] (according to different authors), native to tropica
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...lvs. even on the fruiting branchlets of mature trees, while in the variety of U. glabra the mature branchlets are reddish brown and quite hairy while you
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'''''Araucaria''''' is a [[genus]] of [[evergreen]] [[Pinophyta|coniferous]] [[tree]]s in the family [[Araucariac
...the genus also formerly occurred in the northern hemisphere until the end of the [[Cretaceous]] period.
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Rheedia (named after H. van Rheede 1635- 1691). Guttiferae. Trees, full
of yellow sap, some of them with edible fruit.
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Jubaea(after Juba, king of Numidia) Palmaceae. The wine palm of Chile, J. spectabilis, which in this country is cultivated outdoors in sout
...es, a tall, unarmed S. American palm: caudex thick, covered with the bases of the sheaths: lvs. terminal, pinnatisect; segms. spreading, linear-lanceolat
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...are cultivated for their [[flower]]s, which are often compared with those of [[snapdragon]]s and [[orchid]]s, and among carnivorous plant enthusiasts.
All ''Utricularia'' are carnivorous and capture small organisms by means of bladder-like traps. Terrestrial species tend to have tiny traps that feed o
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...os, foot, and karpos, fruit; alluding to the conspicuous fleshy footstalks of most species). Including Nageia, Prumnopitys and Stachycarpus. Taxaceae. Or
...aluable timber trees in their native countries, and the fleshy seed-stalks of some are eaten.
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...], south to tropical [[Africa]] in the [[Old World]], and to the mountains of [[Central America]] in the [[New World]].
[[Image:Jun com cones.jpg|left|thumb|Cones and leaves of ''Juniperus communis'']]
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...nd some more arid landscapes, though not in Australia's deserts. They are of economic importance to Australia's [[nursery (horticulture)|nursery]] and [
''Banksias'' grow as [[tree]]s or woody [[shrubs]]. Trees of the largest species, ''[[Banksia integrifolia|B. integrifolia]]'' (Coa
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