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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.

* The bark is used to make drinking vessels, canoe skins, roofing tiles etc. Only the outer bark is removed, this does not kill the tree. * Betula pubescens ( Downy Birch ; also known as White Birch , European White Birch or Hairy Birch ) is a species...

The bark is also a paler gray color. Many botanists treat it as a variety of Bald Cypress, Taxodium distichum (as T. Like Bald Cypresses, Pond Cypresses growing in water have a characteristic growth trait called cypress knees ; these are woody projections...

Wood - heavy, very hard, strong, durable in contact with the soil, coarse-grained. * A spiny tree with small greenish flowers in 4" racemes; leaves pinnate or bipinnate; name suggests it is a good choice for wet areas; native to southeast U.S. * Having...

It was previously considered a subspecies of the redbay P. * Persea palustris , commonly known as the swampbay , is a tree native to eastern North America, from Texas eastwards to Florida and then extending north to Delaware, mostly on the Gulf Coastal...

* Plants can be used as a tall ground cover for large areas of land. * It is grown as an ornamental plant in gardens, where its August flowering attracts butterflies. * This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

* The seeds from these improved selections will be more true to type due to continued selection for blue color and appropriate growth habit for use as Christmas trees. * The original Cook strain of Balsam Fir was selected due to the blue tinge of the...

* 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. It grows on wet sites on the coastal plain at altitudes from sea level up to 50...

Established plants succeed in standing water up to 60cm deep - in such a situation the roots develop 'knees', curious cone-shaped structures that grow above the ground. * Although this plant can be grown in wet soils and shallow water, it thrives in any...

Sugarberry has narrower leaves which are smoother above. * Sugarberry is frequently planted as a shade-tree within its range. * A decoction of the bark has been used in the treatment of sore throats.

* The plant was first introduced to Europe by John Gould Veitch in September 1860. Native to a small area in Japan. * It is a very attractive tree and is popular in gardens, despite its slow growth rate.

Wood - heavy, very hard, strong, durable in contact with the soil, coarse-grained. * A spiny tree with small greenish flowers in 4" racemes; leaves pinnate or bipinnate; name suggests it is a good choice for wet areas; native to southeast U.S. * Having...

* A decidious Tree growing to 20 m (65ft 7in) at a fast rate. It is in flower in March, and the seeds ripen in June. * Betula nigra ( River Birch ; also occasionally called Water Birch ) is a species of birch native to the eastern United States from New...

Tolerates the high pH of chalk streams. Established plants succeed in standing water up to 60cm deep - in such a situation the roots develop 'knees', curious cone-shaped structures that grow above the ground.

* The twigs, bark, flowers and leaves all produce a foetid odour if crushed. Conservation Plant Characteristics Aesculus glabra Willd. * This species is the state tree of Ohio. Ohio buckeye AEGL Summary Duration Perennial Growth Habit Tree Native Status...

* Trees are late coming into leaf (usually late May to June) and lose their leaves early in the autumn (usually in October). These factors combine to make the trees eminently suitable for a mixed woodland planting with shrubs and other trees beneath them.

* Wood - fine grained, hard, very heavy, reddish. * Amelanchier ovalis , commonly known as Snowy Mespilus , is a serviceberry shrub. Its pome fruits are edible and can be eaten raw or cooked.

Occidentalis; creamy bark; resistant to anthracnose. * The leaves and bark have been used medicinally. * The oriental plane is found naturally in riverine settings, together with such trees as alder , willow and poplar .

* Silver Birch is Finland's national tree. It is waterproof, durable, tough and resinous. Only the outer bark is removed, this does not kill the tree. The boughs are called vihta or vasta.

* An evergreen native to China, where it is a widely used timber tree; the wood resists rot; of pyramidal habit with slightly pendulous branches; bark brown, peeling to reveal reddish underbark; green or blue-green needles; likes moist, acid soils and...

* 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 * Betula occidentalis ( Water Birch , also known as Red Birch ) is a species of birch native to western...

* It was the first magnolia to be scientifically described, and is the type species of the genus Magnolia ; as Magnolia is also the type genus of all flowering plants , this species can be seen to typify all flowering plants.

* 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.

* Plants can be used as a tall ground cover for large areas of land. * This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. It is somewhat slow to establish, but if given space to fully develop becomes a magnificent specimen.

The bark fibres are also used in making paper. * A shrub with light green leaves, pale yellow flowers before the leaves, which appear very early; fall color can be a good yellow; likes damp shade; Dirr notes that the Indians used the bark to make bow...

It adapts well to pruning and makes a magnificent hedge. The diameter of the trunk at breast height is often 1.5 metres (5 feet), but again, outstanding trees have been recorded up to 1.75 meters (6 feet).

It has narrow-elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate leaves, 12-20cm long, and small flowers appear in slender greyish catkins in spring; male and female borne on separate plants. The layers of annual growth are hardly distinguishable.