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• Ungnadia speciosa
  ...cuminate. Common in S. W. Texas; winter-kills in N. Texas at a temperature of zero. S.S. 2:73. F.S. 10:1059. Gn. 19, p. 309. H.F. II. 7:231.—Intro. int ...or small [[tree]] native to northeastern [[Mexico]] and adjacent western [[Texas]] and southern [[New Mexico]] in the [[USA]]. It is the only species in the
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• Prosopis pubescens
  ...cylindrical, 1 1/2-2 in. long: pod twisted, nearly sessile, 1-2 in. long. Texas, Calif., Mex. —The pods are used as food by Mexicans and Indians. | image_caption = Mature fruit (beans or legumes) of ''[[Screwbean Mesquite|Prosopis pubescens]]''
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• Cedrus deodara
  |image_caption=Adult Deodar trees ....<ref name=farjon>Farjon, A. (1990). ''Pinaceae. Drawings and Descriptions of the Genera''. Koeltz Scientific Books ISBN 3-87429-298-3.</ref>
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• Salix nigra
  ...[[Ontario]] west to [[Minnesota]], and south to northern [[Florida]] and [[Texas]].<ref name=grin>Germplasm Resources Information Network: [http://www.ars-g ...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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• Green Ash
  ...rn [[Colorado]], south to northern [[Florida]], and southwest to eastern [[Texas]].<ref name=grin>Germplasm Resources Information Network: [http://www.ars-g ...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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• Ash tree
  ...[[seed]]s, popularly known as ''keys'' or ''helicopter seeds'', are a type of [[fruit]] known as a [[samara (fruit)|samara]]. [[Rowan]]s or Mountain Ash ...handsome pinnate leaves and some species also for the conspicuous panicles of white flowers.
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• Cercis canadensis
  ...Hardy far north; grows rapidly; is a satisfactory ornamental tree. Many trees are sterile and produce no fruit. It is also known as the '''Judas tree''' ...nd [[Colorado]], as there is not sufficient water. Its far northern range of growth is southern [[New England]]. It grows well in [[New York]] State, [
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• Resurrection Plants
  ...y plants can be similarly revived from the dried state, particularly those of desert regions. ...ickly, "often in the fruit," according to Warming. The dead plants do not, of course, "come to life, but they retain their hygroscopic properties for man
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• Taxodium
  ...eGzp-YXrPYC& |title=The New York Botanical Garden Illustrated Encyclopedia of Horticulture |volume=10 |first=Thomas H. |last=Everett |publisher=Taylor & ...ot]]s, twisted at the base so as to appear in two flat rows on either side of the shoot. The [[conifer cone|cones]] are globose, {{convert|2|-|3.5|cm|in|
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• Sugar Maple
  ...outhern]] [[Ontario]], and south to [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] and [[Texas]].<ref name=grin>Germplasm Resources Information Network: [http://www.ars-g ...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
• 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]].
  11 KB (1,601 words) - 23:33, 10 May 2010
• Aesculus
  ...astanaceae I. Brittonia 9:145-171.</ref> but recent phylogenetic analysis of morphological<ref>Judd, WS, RW Sanders, MJ Donoghue. 1994. Angiosperm fam ...in Japan_ Univ. Toyko Press, and cites AikensCM & HigachiT1982 _Prehistory of Japan_ NY Academic Press.</ref>
  11 KB (1,484 words) - 20:19, 20 November 2010
• Almond
  | poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous --> | image_caption = Almonds in and out of shell
  14 KB (2,206 words) - 02:48, 15 August 2021
• Tilia
  ...y the [[Angiosperm Phylogeny Group|APG]] has resulted in the incorporation of this family into the [[Malvaceae]]. They are generally called '''lime''' in ...number of species is subject to considerable uncertainty, as many or most of the species will [[Hybrid (biology)|hybridise]] readily, both in the wild a
  11 KB (1,622 words) - 19:58, 27 April 2010
• Ants
  Ants, Their Habits, Activities, Injuries and Control. Various kinds of ants are troublesome to gardeners; and all the ants are most interesting an ...ong the dwellings and habitations of man. They seem to thrive in all kinds of environment and multiply enormously, so that they outnumber all other terre
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• Juniperus
  ...], 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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• Senecio
  ...uber succulents, annuals, perennials, aquatics, climbers, shrubs and small trees. Some species produce natural [[biocide]]s (especially [[alkaloid]]s) to de ...food plants by the [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]] species — see [[list of Lepidoptera that feed on Senecio]].
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• Cherry
  ...ained from a limited number of species, including especially [[cultivars]] of the [[wild cherry]], ''Prunus avium''. ...s, or to all members of the genus as a collective term. The fruits of many of these are not cherries, and have other common names, including [[plum]], [[
  25 KB (4,117 words) - 01:56, 5 March 2015
• Railroad Garden
  ...an art of design, which lays out the approaches and makes the subdivisions of the grounds as best to serve convenience and beauty. ...obably nowhere are the main elements more rigidly fixed by the necessities of the case, for the engineering requirements must be met; and yet there are l
  28 KB (4,492 words) - 16:41, 12 December 2009
• List of botanical gardens in the United States
  ...significant [[botanical garden]]s and [[arboretum]]s in the United States of America. *[[University of Alabama Arboretum]] - [[University of Alabama]], [[Tuscaloosa, Alabama]]
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