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It is pollinated by evening flying insects and provides seed as food for finches in the winter. * This plant is commonly seen along roadsides and in disturbed places in North America.

It has been used to colour paper and maps. * A green dye is obtained from the immature fruit. A yellow dye is obtained from the bark. The colours are rich but fugitive. It was introduced to North America as an ornamental shrub in the early 1800s or perhaps...

The trees are beautiful in the spring with white blooms and in the fall the dark berries appear. A black dye can also be obtained from the fruit as well as an ink. Also known as The Common or European Privel, this tree is often used as a hedge.

Very rich in vitamin C (120mg per 100g) and vitamin A, they are too acid when raw for most peoples tastes, though most children seem to relish them. Always seek advice from a professional before using a plant medicinally.

* The fruit is edible when cooked, and can be used to make jam. * Indian hawthorn is a mainstay horticultural specimen in southern United States. It is often found in commercial as well as in private landscapes.

This tree inhabits wooded bottomlands, the prairie border, and the midwest savanna understorey. * Crataegus mollis , known as Downy Hawthorn or Red Hawthorn , occurs in eastern North America from southeastern North Dakota east to Nova Scotia and southwest...

Features deep pink, single (5-petaled) flowers (to 2.5" across) which bloom in late spring to early summer. Red hips in early autumn. Mild fragrance. Shiny, dark green foliage turns variable but attractive shades of deep red, purple in late autumn.

* The fruit is a source of food for a lot of bird species, including the Northern Bobwhite Quail and the Wild Turkey . As of 1991, no known fire has killed this plant's roots. Cerifera' s root system is fire-resistant.

* This plant is tolerant of high levels of aluminum in soils. It can be used to revegetate reclaimed land such as mine spoils. It tolerates acid soils and thin, infertile soils. Five to 10 leaves are located along the stem.

* An essential oil obtained from the plant is antiseptic. * Myrtus communis, the Common Myrtle, is used in the islands of Sardinia and Corsica to produce an aromatic liqueur called Mirto .

It also occurs south into northern Baja California in Mexico . * The Interior Live Oak is classified in the red oak section (Quercus sect. It generally occurs in foothills , being most abundant in the lower altitudes of the Sierra Nevada , but also widespread...

* An essential oil obtained from the plant is antiseptic. * Myrtus communis, the Common Myrtle, is used in the islands of Sardinia and Corsica to produce an aromatic liqueur called Mirto .

It grows at 970–2300 m altitude. When rubbed fine, the bark can be used to make children'sclothing. * Of somewhat loose habit; sometimes grown ornamentally; gray bark, gray-green foliage, gray-blue fruit; native to the southwest U.S. and Mexico.

* Leaves turn attractive shades of orange and red in fall. * Peking cotoneaster is an upright, deciduous shrub with a rounded top that typically grows to 6-10' tall and as wide. It is noted for its pubescent twigs, pinkish-white spring flowers, dull green...

This behavior creates thickets. The leaves are opposite, 10 cm long and 7 cm broad, oval with an acute apex. The growth habit is upright rounded, but where stems are in contact with the ground, roots are formed.

The leaf bases are attenuate to cordate in shape and the margins of the leaves are usually entire or serrate, or sometimes lacerate. Stems are glabrous or moderately covered in hirsute hairs with spreading branches.

The perennial's hairy, clasping leaves are arranged densely on its stout stems. Showy, bright, rose-purple flowers with orange-yellow centers bloom in profusion at the tips of the leafy branches.

* The fruit is juicy with a very good flavour. * Rubus spectabilis ( Salmonberry ) is a species of Rubus native to the west coast of North America from west central Alaska to California .

* The buds of bracted balsam break later in the spring allowing it to be grown in colder microclimates. * The needles on bracted balsam grow around the branch giving a fuller bottle-brush look.

* Chickasaw plums tend to bloom early in the spring. Because they bloom early in the spring, before many other plants bloom, and require very little maintenance, they are often used in horticulture for ornamental use.

* The plant is extremely hardy, to USDA Zone 3. * Cornus alba (red-barked or Siberian dogwood) is a species of flowering plant in the family Cornaceae, native to Siberia, northern China and Korea.

* The fruit is juicy with a very good flavour. * Rubus spectabilis ( Salmonberry ) is a species of Rubus native to the west coast of North America from west central Alaska to California .

* The fruit is used raw or cooked in pies, jams etc. A black raspberry, it is a very well flavoured fruit that can also be dried for winter use. * It is closely related to the eastern black raspberry Rubus occidentalis.

* The etymology of the species name derives from the Greek “kerkos”, from which the genus name root cerco derives, meaning "tail", referring to the tail-like appearance of the fruit; and carpus meaning "fruit": thus “fruit with tail”.

Very popular in America, the seed is sweet and well-flavoured with a thin shell. The seed can be dried and ground into a powder which is added to cereals and used in making bread, pies etc.

* Timothy grass is a very variable species that is commonly grown as a hay grass. * Timothy-grass ( Phleum pratense ), is an abundant perennial grass native to most of Europe except for the Mediterranean region .

* When baked it becomes even sweeter and develops a floury texture, it makes an excellent potato or cereal substitute. * It is very acceptable raw and has a superior flavour to sweet chestnuts (C.