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• Fouquieria
  '''''Fouquieria''''' is a [[genus]] of 11 [[species]] of [[desert]] [[plant]]s, the sole genus in the [[Family (biology)|family]] '' ...states of [[Arizona]], southern [[California]], [[New Mexico]], and parts of southwestern [[Texas]], favoring low, arid hillsides.
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• Abies lasiocarpa
  ...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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• Aspen
  ..., ''Populus'' sect. ''Populus''. There are six species in the section, one of them atypical, and one hybrid: *''[[Populus adenopoda]]'': Chinese Aspen (China, south of ''P. tremula'')
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• Fraxinus velutina
  ...s]] from southern [[California]] east to [[Texas]], and in [[Mexico]] from northern [[Baja California]] east to [[Coahuila]] and [[Nuevo León]].<ref name=grin ...is [[plant sexuality|dioecious]], with male and female flowers on separate trees. The [[fruit]] is a [[samara (fruit)|samara]] 1.5-3 cm long, with an apical
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• Salix lucida
  ...et_JM_treatment.pl?Salix+lucida ''Salix lucida'']</ref><ref name=bc>Plants of British Columbia: [http://linnet.geog.ubc.ca/Atlas/Atlas.aspx?sciname=Salix ...ring after the leaves emerge.<ref name=jeps/><ref name=bc/><ref name=npwrc>Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center: [http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/plant
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• Bladdernut
  ...t]]s in the family [[Staphyleaceae]], native to temperate regions of the [[Northern Hemisphere]]. The highest species diversity is in [[China]], where four spe ...ruit. The popular ''Staphylea × elegans'' is a [[Hybrid (biology)|hybrid]] of unknown origin, probably between ''S. colchica'' and ''S. pinnata''.
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• Platanus
  ...ntal 'trees with handsome dense foliage, often planted as shade and street trees. ...s, pistillate with 3-8 pistils with elongated styles: fr.-heads consisting of numerous narrowly obconical, 1-seeded nutlets surrounded at the base by lon
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• White fir
  |origin=Oregon to N Mexico ...rtheast. Also does well in lower Midwest and in some lower-elevation parts of interior West. Reaches 50-70 feet in gardens. Bluish-green needles which ar
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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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• Duranta
  | origin = ? <!--- Mexico, S America, S Europe, garden, etc --> | poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous -->
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• Tabebuia
  |common_name=Trumpet trees ...a]]. Well-known common names include '''[[Ipê]]''', '''Poui''', '''trumpet trees''' and '''''pau d'arco'''''.
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• Cucurbita foetidissima
  | origin = ? <!--- Mexico, S America, S Europe, garden, etc --> | poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous -->
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• Tabernaemontana
  ...ment_on_the_stem|opposite]], 3-25 cm long, with milky sap; hence it is one of the diverse plant genera commonly called '''"[[milkwood]]"'''. The [[flower ...hysician and botanist; died 1590). Apocynaceae. Evergreen usually glabrous trees or shrubs, grown in the warmhouse.
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• Ulmus pumila
  ...Y. & Whittemore, A. (2002). Ulmaceae, in Wu, Z. & Raven, P. (eds) ''Flora of China'', Vol. 5 (Ulmaceae through Basellaceae). Science Press, Beijing, and ...n its native environment may live to between 100 and 150 years [http://www.northern.edu/natsource/TREESA1/Siberi1.htm].
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• Elder
  ...ly, [[Caprifoliaceae]], but was reclassified due to genetic evidence. Two of its species are [[herbaceous]]. ...hern Hemisphere; its Southern Hemisphere occurrence is restricted to parts of [[Australasia]] and [[South America]].
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• Diospyros
  ...liage and partly for their edible fruits; some species are valuable timber trees. Deciduous or evergreen trees or shrubs, with alternate, rarely opposite, entire lvs., without stipules:
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• Taxus
  ...th the leaf bases twisted to align the leaves in two flat rows either side of the stem. ...maturation of the arils is spread over 2-3 months, increasing the chances of successful seed dispersal. The male cones are globose, 3-6 mm diameter, and
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• Cupressaceae
  ...m tall. The [[bark]] of mature trees is commonly orange- to red- brown and of stringy texture, often flaking or peeling in vertical strips, but smooth, s ...uoia autumn foliage.jpg|left|thumb|Fallen foliage sprays (''cladoptosis'') of ''Metasequoia'']]
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• Romneya
  |origin=S California, N Mexico ...anist)|Harvey]], is a [[poppy]] of Southern [[California]] and Northern [[Mexico]], belonging to the poppy family ([[Papaveraceae]]).
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• Erythrina
  | origin = ? <!--- Mexico, S America, S Europe, garden, etc --> | poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous -->
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