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  • ...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
    6 KB (867 words) - 17:16, 19 May 2010
  • ...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.
    3 KB (433 words) - 07:49, 23 November 2011
  • ...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.
    4 KB (543 words) - 20:33, 7 May 2011
  • ...''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.
    3 KB (416 words) - 02:19, 9 February 2010
  • ...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=
    6 KB (881 words) - 18:52, 8 May 2011
  • ...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
    5 KB (741 words) - 15:45, 21 July 2010
  • ...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
    5 KB (697 words) - 20:56, 19 October 2009
  • ...]] 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
    4 KB (559 words) - 14:47, 29 May 2011
  • |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
    6 KB (858 words) - 17:15, 27 June 2010
  • ...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,
    7 KB (1,021 words) - 05:38, 23 July 2010
  • ...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
    4 KB (713 words) - 13:58, 25 February 2010
  • ...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
    6 KB (939 words) - 14:30, 14 May 2010
  • ...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
    6 KB (866 words) - 02:37, 7 November 2010
  • ...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&nbsp;cm long, glaucous blue-gre
    4 KB (573 words) - 17:08, 17 January 2010
  • |common_name=Eastern Redbud |image=Eastern Redbud.png
    7 KB (1,020 words) - 20:33, 7 May 2011
  • ...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
    11 KB (1,735 words) - 18:20, 28 April 2010
  • 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
    5 KB (830 words) - 02:33, 18 May 2011
  • ...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.
    5 KB (685 words) - 23:33, 9 March 2010
  • ...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
    5 KB (822 words) - 23:36, 27 April 2010
  • |origin=Eastern North America ...f southeast [[Canada]]. It is one of the most common trees in the [[United States]].
    7 KB (1,145 words) - 01:42, 29 October 2010

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