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* Cliftonia monophylla ( Buck-wheat tree , Buckwheat tree , Titi ) is a tree native to the United States . * Requires a free-draining, light, sandy, acid soil with additional leafmould added.

* A decidious Tree growing to 9 m. * It is in flower in April, and the seeds ripen in September. * Yellow fall color. * Native to mountains from Alaska to California.

* Shiny reddish-brown or dark brown bark; often of shrubby habit; native to Rocky Mountains * The buds and twigs are used as a flavouring in stews It typically occurs along streams in mountainous regions.

* The peeled roots are cut up and added to soups. The roasted roots are used with dandelion and chicory roots for making coffee. * A perennial herb with 8" leaves covered with prickly hairs; flowers to 1/2", yellowish white, pink, or purplish, in summer,...

* For the brightest winter bark, young shoots are encouraged by cutting to the ground some older stems at the end of the winter, before leaves are open. * The plant is extremely hardy, to USDA Zone 3.

* A narrow conical tree with green, gray-green, or blue-green foliage; likes moist, well-drained soil, full sun; doesn't mind lime; parent of dozens of highly variable cultivars varying from prostrate forms to fastigiate trees; native to China and Japan.

* Plants can be grown as a tall hedge They are very tolerant of clipping so long as this does not extend into the brown barked wood since trees cannot regenerate from this. Wood found buried in swamps for hundreds of years is perfectly sound and not water-logged.

Macedonian pine is of great value for research into hybridisation and genetic modification to develop rust resistance in these species; hybrids with eastern white pine inherit some resistance.

* It is a genus of one or two species of evergreen coniferous trees in the cypress familyCupressaceae. * The wood is light, fragrant, easily worked, resists insects damage. They are native to China, Taiwan and northern Vietnam, where they may reach 50-55...

It is a slow-growing tree which grows to 35 m tall with a trunk up to 1 m in diameter. * It is also a popular ornamental tree in parks and gardens, both in Japan and elsewhere in temperate climates, including western Europe and parts of North America.

* These dogwoods can form a dense thicket that is used as a hedge, border or cover for wildlife. At least forty species of birds are known to feed on the fruit of the Roughleaf Dogwood.

* Greek Fir was important in the past for wood for general construction. * Greek Fir is native to the mountains of Greece, primarily in the Peloponnesos and the island of Kefallonia, * It is grown as an ornamental tree in parks and large gardens.

It is found in Lebanon , Syria , and Turkey . Over 5000 years of logging, burning, and grazing have reduced these forests to enclaves. In 2009 at Berenice Troglodytica , the Egypto-Roman port on the Red Sea , archaeologists found: "two blocks of resin...

Sarracenia rubra is generally clump-forming. The red petals are long and strap-like, and dangle over the umbrella-like style of the flower, which is held upside down at the end of a 50 cm long scape.

It prefers moist soil. * A small tree grown for its ornamental red new growth and its red and yellow fall color. It is hardy to zone 6. * A deciduous Tree growing to 9 m (29ft 6in).

* A vigorous plant, spreading by subterranean suckers and forming thickets. * Spiraea tomentosa , commonly known as the Steeplebush , is a plant similar in characteristic to the Hardhack ( S.

It is used medicinally and also makes a refreshing tea. This applies particularly to acidic or nutrient poor soils. It is waterproof, durable, tough and resinous. * The bark is used to make drinking vessels, canoe skins, roofing tiles etc.

It produces a spike of zygomorphic flowers in the late summer. * It was believed by some native North American Indian tribes that if the finely ground roots were secretly added to the food of an arguing couple then this would avert a divorce and they...

Northeastern North America, Greenland. * It is sometimes used for afforestation on infertile soils which it enriches by means of its nitrogen-fixing nodules, while not growing large enough to compete with the intended timber crop.

It is found in Lebanon , Syria , and Turkey . Over 5000 years of logging, burning, and grazing have reduced these forests to enclaves. In 2009 at Berenice Troglodytica , the Egypto-Roman port on the Red Sea , archaeologists found: "two blocks of resin...

* A vigorous plant, spreading by subterranean suckers and forming thickets. * Spiraea tomentosa , commonly known as the Steeplebush , is a plant similar in characteristic to the Hardhack ( S.

* Common in thickets and in thin secondary forests in lowlands and low mountains of central and southern Japan. The red seed pods are brilliant, opening to revel shiny black seeds.

The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) and are pollinated by Bees, flies. * It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade.It requires moist soil.

Naturalizes in optimum growing conditions by both self-seeding and creeping rhizomes. * The flower looks something like a monkeys face, hence the common and genus names, the latter from the Latin mimus (a buffoon).

* Needles to 1" long, in 2 rows forming a trough; barrel-shaped cones, 4", dark violet-black. * It is a high altitude mountain tree, growing at altitudes of 3,000-4,000 meters, often occupying the tree line .

* The leaves are used as a tea substitute. It is very good. It is native to Mauritius , the United States and the west coast of South America in Chile and Peru . * The Psoralea glandulosa, also called wallwa, culen or St. Augustine grass is a perennial...

* Fall color orange, scarlet, yellow; extremely hardy Conservation Plant Characteristics Acer spicatum Lam. Mountain maple ACSP2 Summary Duration Perennial Growth Habit Tree, Shrub Native Status L48 (N), CAN (N), SPM (N) Federal T/E Status National Wetland...