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On the Pacific coast of Mexico, throughout Central America and the Caribbean, to the lowlands and foothills of most of South America up to 1,200 metres (3,900 ft) altitude, finding its southern limit at about latitude 28°S in Argentina.

* The wood dries without difficulty and is often used in its green or wet state for turnery and bowl carving. * Pretoria, the administrative capital of South Africa is popularly and poetically known as Jacaranda City or Jakarandastad in Afrikaans.

* Native to the U.S. Southwest, where it is sometimes used as a street or shade tree; 3-5 leaflets per leaf; dark gray scaly ridged bark; velvety young shoots, downy leaves. * Fraxinus velutina ( Velvet Ash or Arizona Ash or Modesto Ash ) is a species...

* The cooked seed was used as a staple food by several native North American Indian tribes * Oaks may be the single most important genus used by wildlife for food and cover in California forests and rangelands.

The juiceof the pods is antiseptic. * The pods have been made into a tea for the treatment of indigestion, measles, catarrh etc. * Current research is examining the leaves as a potential source of anticancer compounds.

Their lower limbs often sweep down towards the ground before curving up again. They drop their leaves, and grow new ones, within a few weeks in spring. * Depending on the growing conditions, live oaks vary from the shrubby to large and spreading: typical...

* The fruit is edible raw. * American Beautyberry ( Callicarpa americana ) is an open-habit, native shrub of the Southern United States which is often grown as an ornamental in gardens and yards .

Within its natural area, it grows under extremely variable rainfall regimes, from less than 300 mm to several thousands, mostly due to differences in mist-capturing by the foliage.

* Foliage dark green in summer, orange or orange red in fall. * Horticulturally, it is a popular choice for street trees in urban settings because it is very drought tolerant and can survive harsh environments.

* Douglas fir seeds are an extremely important food for small mammals. It grows at higher elevations (to 9500') with a slower growth rate, and has shorter cones (to 3"), blue-green needles and better winter hardiness.

* In the wild, eastern redbud is a frequent native understory tree in mixed forests and hedgerows. * Succeeds in most soils and pH types, but dislikes growing in wet soils, especially when these are of clay.

* A maple native to much of Europe , north to southern England (where it is the only native maple), Denmark , Poland and Belarus , and also southwest Asia from Turkey to the Caucasus , and north Africa in the Atlas Mountains.

Over much of its range, giant chinkapin shows several growth forms; it grows in a wide variety of habitats but is rarely a dominant component of any stand. Ecologically and taxonomically, it remains a poorly understood species.

* A handsome species, one of the rarest in cultivation (rare even in its own Yalung R.valley) * A small, 8-30' tree/shrub.

* This tree is remarkable for the number and length of the spines growing on its trunk, which makes it the most formidably armed of temperate trees. Some of this nitrogen is utilized by the growing plant but some can also be used by other plants growing...

Isolated populations exist in Alabama, Southern Ontario, and small sections of the Appalachian Mountains. * A blue dye is obtained from the inner bark. * Fraxinus quadrangulata ( Blue Ash ) is a species of Fraxinus native primarily to the Midwestern United...

* In areas with a marked dry season, it sheds its leaves during the drought, but in other areas it is virtually evergreen. * The Royal Poinciana is endemic to Madagascar , where it is found in the Madagascar dry deciduous forests .

The red seed pods are brilliant, opening to revel shiny black seeds. * Can be grown as a small ornamental tree. * Common in thickets and in thin secondary forests in lowlands and low mountains of central and southern Japan.

* Cupressus funebris (Chinese Weeping Cypress) is a species of cypress native to southwestern and central China. It may also occur naturally in Vietnam. * Cupressus funebris is a medium-sized coniferous tree growing to 20-35 m tall, with a trunk up to...

Sinaloa to Chiapas - and Guatemala in montane, relatively open pine or pine-oak forests at altitudes from 900 to 2500 m. * It is one of the most elementally Mexican of pines. * These trees project a sense of vigorous strength, for though not generally...

* It climbs by means of aerial rootlets which cling to the substrate. * The German Commission E Monographs, a therapeutic guide to herbal medicine, approve Hedera helix for cough, bronchitis.

* An attractive, variable plant, often with a vertical central leader, horizontal side branches, and drooping branchlets; a loose, open habit; sharp, needlelike bright green foliage; native to Japan, Korea, North China * Succeeds in most soils if they...

* Unlike most species of pine. * Mountain Pine or Mugo Pine ( Pinus mugo ) is a high-altitude European pine , found in the Pyrenees , Alps , Erzgebirge , Carpathians , northern Apennines and Balkan Peninsula mountains from (mostly) 1,000 m to 2,200 m,...

* Dirr notes that several forms occur, but the one most of us recall fondly divided into several major trunks topped by spreading, arching, pendulous branches. * The glorious elm that used to line American streets.

Its three-lobed, obtuse leaves are naturally small and easily reduced. The spring leaves are a glossy dark green dense foliage followed by a brilliant yellow and orange color in the fall.

* Thick, slightly twisted bright green 3-4 1/2" needles. Easily grown from seed in the early spring, the seeds are soaked in water to start germination. Needles tend to be quite long but can be reduced with the pruning techniques.

It is used as a forestry tree in North America and China. Leaves are very large and pubescent. * It is a forestry tree producing strong, yet light wood. * Paulownia elongata is a species of plant in the Paulowniaceae family.