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• Fouquieria
  ...]] stems with thinner spikes projecting from them, with [[leaf|leaves]] on the bases spikes. They are unrelated to [[cactus|cacti]] and do not look much l ...states of [[Arizona]], southern [[California]], [[New Mexico]], and parts of southwestern [[Texas]], favoring low, arid hillsides.
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• Moringa
  ...es; height; etc. is mostly empty you can click on the edit tab and fill in the blanks! ...h is run wild in W. Indies and planted in southernmost parts of the United States.
  2 KB (294 words) - 23:45, 8 January 2010
• Rauwolfeia
  ...the warmhouse and outdoor planting in the far southern parts of the United States. ...: drupes 2, distinct or somewhat united.—About 60 species from the tropics of both hemispheres.
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• Ilex decidua
  ...es; height; etc. is mostly empty you can click on the edit tab and fill in the blanks! ...'''"[[swamp holly]]"''') is a species of [[holly]] native to the [[United States]].
  3 KB (464 words) - 20:21, 18 March 2010
• Decumaria
  ...Climbing shrubs, cultivated for their handsome glossy foliage and clusters of attractive white flowers. ...petals 7-10; stamens 20-30: fr. a 5-10-celled ribbed caps, opening between the ribs, with numerous minute seeds.—One species in E. N. Amer. and one in C
  3 KB (364 words) - 10:52, 29 August 2009
• Sparmannia
  ...es; height; etc. is mostly empty you can click on the edit tab and fill in the blanks! ...ence, grown in the greenhouse and also out-of-doors in the southern United States.
  2 KB (247 words) - 16:57, 8 June 2010
• Prosopis pubescens
  ...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]]''
  3 KB (487 words) - 09:18, 20 September 2009
• Washingtonia
  ...p; seed brown, oblong to oblong-ovate, flattened, excavated or wrinkled on the raphal face.—Species 3, now recognized, Ariz., S. Calif., and Mex. ..., pp. 408-434, 1907). His systematic treatment of the genus is followed in the present account.
  5 KB (724 words) - 12:12, 22 November 2009
• Limequat
  ...ross between the [[Lime (fruit)|lime]] and the [[kumquat]]. It is a member of [[citrofortunella]]. ...rind can be used to flavour drinks and dishes. It has considerable amounts of [[vitamin C]] and is strongly acidic.
  4 KB (677 words) - 18:05, 8 April 2011
• Asplenium nidus
  ...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
• Taxus brevifolia
  ...es from southernmost [[Alaska]] south to central [[California]], mostly in the [[Pacific Coast Ranges]], but with an isolated disjunct population in south ...two flat rows either side of the stem except on erect leading shoots where the spiral arrangement is more obvious.
  4 KB (625 words) - 10:14, 6 August 2009
• Quillaja
  ...sionally grown in the greenhouse and hardy outdoors in the southern United States. ...athery, cohering at their base, many-seeded.—About 3 or 4 species, natives of S. Brazil, Chile, and Peru.
  2 KB (300 words) - 10:41, 12 December 2009
• Abies firma
  ...ve to central and southern [[Japan]], growing at low to moderate altitudes of 50-1600 m. ...nbsp;mm long with a wedge-shaped wing 1.5 cm long, are released after the cones disintegrate at maturity in October.
  3 KB (390 words) - 18:18, 29 June 2010
• Quercus virginiana
  ...southern>{{cite encyclopedia | title = Quercus virginiana | encyclopedia = The Southern Living Garden Book | editor-last = Bender | editor-first = Steve | ...ther plant species such as rounded clumps of [[ball moss]], thick drapings of [[Spanish moss]], [[Pleopeltis polypodioides|resurrection fern]], and paras
  5 KB (747 words) - 05:13, 1 June 2011
• Osmundine
  ...es; height; etc. is mostly empty you can click on the edit tab and fill in the blanks! ...firm, or too much moisture will be held in suspension by the osmundine for the roots to ramify and do well.
  4 KB (713 words) - 13:58, 25 February 2010
• Rhaphithamnus
  the needle-like spines). Verbenaceae. Two evergreen small trees from pairs on the spines, followed by bright blue globose berries: calyx
  2 KB (291 words) - 16:16, 13 December 2009
• Yellow Birch
  ...es; height; etc. is mostly empty you can click on the edit tab and fill in the blanks! ...w Brunswick]], and southern [[Québec]] west to [[Minnesota]], and south in the [[Appalachian Mountains]] to northern [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]].
  3 KB (416 words) - 02:19, 9 February 2010
• Abies lasiocarpa
  |origin=W United States ...in western US. Grows into a narrow, 60-90 foot tall steeple shaped tree in the wild under good, moist soil. In gardens it typically loses this narrow shap
  6 KB (858 words) - 17:15, 27 June 2010
• Water Birch
  ...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 ...n late spring; it is composed of numerous tiny winged seeds packed between the catkin bracts.
  4 KB (543 words) - 20:33, 7 May 2011
• Prosopis
  ...lants of considerable value in the arid regions of southern California and the Southwest. ...s and indehiscent. — About 25 species, tropical and subtropical regions of the world.
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