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• Acer circinnatum
  ...], always within 300 km of the [[Pacific Ocean]] coast.<ref name=bc>Plants of British Columbia: [http://linnet.geog.ubc.ca/Atlas/Atlas.aspx?sciname=Acer+ ...airless. It typically grows in the understory below much taller [[forest]] trees, but can sometimes be found in open ground, and occurs at altitudes from se
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• Fagus grandifolia
  ...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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• Acer mandshuricum
  |image_caption=Leaf of Manchurian Maple '''''Acer mandshuricum''''' ('''Manchurian Maple'''), is a species of [[maple]] native to [[China]] (southeastern [[Gansu]], [[Heilongjiang]], [[
  5 KB (711 words) - 19:51, 17 September 2010
• Sorbaria sorbifolia
  ...al plant]] in the [[Rosaceae]] family. It is also known by its older names of ''Spiraea sorbifolia'' L. and ''Schizonotus sorbifolius'' (L.) Lindl<ref>[h ...ubs - False Spirea]</ref> Flowers are white and showy clustered at the end of branches.
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• Sugar Maple
  ...th America]], from [[Nova Scotia]] west to [[Southern Ontario|southern]] [[Ontario]], and south to [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] and [[Texas]].<ref name=gr ...www.nativetreesociety.org/fieldtrips/gsmnp/gsmnp_tall_trees.htm GSMNP tall trees<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> A 10-year-old tree is typically about 5
  10 KB (1,548 words) - 01:51, 29 October 2010
• Green Ash
  ...raxinus pennsylvanica''''' ('''Green Ash''' or '''Red Ash''') is a species of [[ash tree|ash]] native to eastern and central [[North America]], from [[No ...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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• Halesia
  ...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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• Salix nigra
  ...native to eastern [[North America]], from [[New Brunswick]] and southern [[Ontario]] west to [[Minnesota]], and south to northern [[Florida]] and [[Texas]].<r ...tm ''Salix nigra'']</ref><ref name=nb>New Brunswick tree and shrub species of concern: [http://cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/subsite/mx-212/blackwillow ''Salix nigra''
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• Sassafras
  ...th America]] and eastern [[Asia]].<ref name=nie>Phylogeny and biogeography of Sassafras (Lauraceae) disjunct between eastern Asia and eastern North Ameri ...d on long, red-stalked cups, and mature in late summer.<ref name=fna>Flora of North America: [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=
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• Sweet Birch
  ...eastern [[North America]], from southern [[Maine]] west to southernmost [[Ontario]] and southern [[Michigan]], and south in the [[Appalachian Mountains]] to ...us, the female catkins erect. The [[fruit]], maturing in fall, is composed of numerous tiny winged [[seed]]s packed between the catkin bracts.
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• Sorbus decora
  ...the [[New England-Acadian forest]] region, and the eastern [[Boreal forest of Canada|Canadian boreal forests]]. ...its shiny, sticky buds <ref>Farrar, J.L. (1995). Trees in Canada. Markham, Ontario: Fitzhenry and Whitside/Canadian Forest Service.</ref>.
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• Populus balsamifera subsp. balsamifera
  | poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous --> ...d this character makes the tree valuable in heavy groups about the borders of a place. The top is liable to become open and broken with age, however, and
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• Ulmus americana
  ...winter temperatures as low as −42 °[[Celsius|C]] (−44 °[[Fahrenheit|F]]). Trees in areas unaffected by [[Dutch elm disease]] can live for several hundred y ...owns, R. J. & Borthwick, H. A. (1956). Effects of photoperiod on growth of trees. ''Botanical Gazette'', 117, 310-326</ref>.
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• Robinia
  Robinia (after Jean and Vespasien Robin, herbalists to the king of France in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries). Leguminosae. Locust. Or Deciduous trees or shrubs: branches without terminal bud, often with stipular spines: lvs.
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• Liriodendron tulipifera
  ...[[nectar]]. The tulip tree is the [[list of U.S. state trees|state tree]] of [[Indiana]], [[Kentucky]], and [[Tennessee]]. ...itary. Its roots are fleshy. Growth is fairly rapid, and the typical form of its head is conical.<ref name=Keeler>{{cite book
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• Emerald ash borer
  |out of = July 2009 ...ite ash is also killed rapidly, but usually only after green and black ash trees are eliminated. Blue ash displays some resistance to the emerald ash borer
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• Ulmus thomasii
  ...y to the [[Midwestern]] [[United States]]. The tree ranges from southern [[Ontario]] and [[Quebec]], south to [[Tennessee]], west to northeastern [[Kansas]], ...y has a [[monopodial]] growth habit. <ref name=Bean> Bean, W. J. (1981). ''Trees and shrubs hardy in Great Britain'', 7th edition. Murray, London. </ref>. T
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• Populus nigra
  | poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous --> ...is not long-lived. P. thevestina, Dode, from Morocco, is apparently a form of the Lombardy poplar type with whitish or gray bark: tree very large: lvs. v
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• Acer rubrum
  ...leaves, are quite variable in form. At maturity it often attains a height of around 15 m (50 ft). It is aptly named as its flowers, petioles, twigs an ...high quality lumber. It is also the [[List of U.S. state trees|State Tree of Rhode Island]].
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• Sassafras albidum
  ...pe College, Michigan: [http://www.hope.edu/academic/biology/naturepreserve/Trees/Sasalb.htm ''Sassafras albidum'']</ref> ...an [[ornamental tree]] for its unusual leaves and aromatic scent. Outside of its native area, it is occasionally cultivated in [[Europe]] and elsewhere.
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