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  • ...bush-fruits are not known as orchards in this country. By custom, orchards of citrous fruits are usually called groves.
    601 bytes (96 words) - 04:00, 24 February 2010
  • ...is a [[Pinophyta|conifer]] native to the [[Pacific Northwest]] of [[North America]]. It ranges from southernmost [[Alaska]] south to central [[California]], ...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
    4 KB (625 words) - 10:14, 6 August 2009
  • ...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
  • ...hological name; also a spring near Thebes). Thymelaeacea. Leatherwood. Two North American small early-blooming shrubs, sometime's planted. ...deserves cult, especially for the earliness of its bloom in spring. It is of slow growth, and when planted singly makes a very shapely specimen; planted
    4 KB (621 words) - 15:16, 6 September 2009
  • | origin = ? <!--- Mexico, S America, S Europe, garden, etc --> | poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous -->
    4 KB (629 words) - 00:53, 7 August 2009
  • ...th relatively high precipitation and cool, humid summers. Common associate trees are [[Douglas fir]] and [[California buckeye]].<ref>C.M. Hogan, 2008</ref> ...ith each leaf variably twisted at the base so they lie flat to either side of and above the shoot, with none below the shoot. The shoots are orange-red w
    4 KB (605 words) - 18:11, 29 June 2010
  • ...y of Sassafras (Lauraceae) disjunct between eastern Asia and eastern North America, Plant Systematics and Evolution, volume 267, pages 191–203</ref> ..., 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=129310 ''Sassa
    6 KB (867 words) - 17:16, 19 May 2010
  • |image=Pinus strobus trees.jpg ...toba]], and south along the [[Appalachian Mountains]] to the northern edge of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]].
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  • ...sh botanist [[William Vernon (botanist)|William Vernon]]. Several species of ''Vernonia'', including ''V. calvoana'', ''V. amygdalina'', and ''V. colora ...rica). Compositae. Iron-weed. Perennial herbs or in the tropics shrubs and trees.
    4 KB (629 words) - 20:37, 21 October 2009
  • ...low, upright, somewhat coarse shrub, best known by its long, erect racemes of small white flowers appearing about July 1, in Massachusetts, and its brill ...narrow or a conical caps., which is 2-grooved, 2-parted when mature: some of the species are evergreen.
    2 KB (249 words) - 06:20, 29 March 2010
  • ...ceous]] [[perennial plant]] of the family [[Asteraceae]] native to [[North America]]. It is often grown as a [[wildflower]]. ...area after disturbance (such as fire) and rarely persists once shrubs and trees become established. It is found neither in very dry locations nor in water
    3 KB (392 words) - 00:17, 3 June 2010
  • ...n [[Asia]], with two (''S. malacodendron, S. ovata'') in southeast [[North America]].<ref name="bean"/><ref name="li et al.">Li, J., Del Tredici, P., Yang, S. ...the American species are shrubs growing 3-5 m tall, rarely becoming small trees. The [[bark]] is very distinctive, smooth orange to yellow-brown, peeling i
    6 KB (826 words) - 19:37, 18 June 2010
  • ...('''Black Willow''') is a species of [[willow]] native to eastern [[North America]], from [[New Brunswick]] and southern [[Ontario]] west to [[Minnesota]], a ...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''
    4 KB (645 words) - 18:17, 7 May 2010
  • ...the species are native to eastern [[North America]] from the extreme south of [[Canada]] south to eastern [[Mexico]]; the others to east and south [[Asia ..., formerly included in Cornaceae. Tupelo. Pepperidge. Sour Gum. Ornamental trees planted chiefly for their handsome foliage and brilliant autumnal tints.
    4 KB (630 words) - 19:21, 22 February 2010
  • ...merican Ash''') is a species of ''[[Fraxinus]]'' native to eastern [[North America]] found in mesophytic [[hardwood]] [[forest]]s from [[Nova Scotia]] west to ...is some overlap in habitat distribution.<ref name=ncp>Common Trees of the North Carolina Piedmont: [http://www.ibiblio.org/openkey/intkey/web/FRAM2.htm ''F
    4 KB (676 words) - 02:11, 5 August 2010
  • ...ca'') is a western [[North America]]n [[fir]], native to the [[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
  • ...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
    6 KB (858 words) - 17:15, 27 June 2010
  • ...Karlsruhe). Sapindaceae. Ornamental trees, grown for their large panicles of yellow flowers and the handsome compound foliage. ...d followed by conspicuous bladder-like pods. K. paniculata is hardy as far north as Massachusetts, though occasionally killed back in severe winters; as a r
    4 KB (515 words) - 12:11, 30 March 2010
  • ...and [[Asia]]. [[China]] alone has over 70 species, mostly in warm regions of the south and southwest. ...cies perhaps 150 in warm and tropical countries well around the globe, one of them (L. geniculata, Benth. & Hook.) growing in shallow ponds, Ga. to La. A
    3 KB (437 words) - 02:54, 12 December 2009
  • ...r Tree or Christmasberry (''[[Schinus terebinthifolius]]'') are the source of the spice known as [[pink peppercorn]]s<ref>[http://books.google.com/books? ...inous mastic-like juice of some species). Anacardiaceae. Resinous dioecous trees, one much planted in California.
    4 KB (606 words) - 04:02, 21 May 2010

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