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The flower buds resemble white pearls, hence the common name. * Although floriferous and attractive in early spring, it basically plods though the rest of the growing season as a somewhat nondescript shrub.

* The trees have an extensive root system and are well adapted for growing in poor sandy soils, they are often used as a pioneer tree for reforestation. * In the far west of its range, it hybridizes readily with the closely related lodgepole pine ( P.

* The acorns are eaten by jays, pigeons, and squirrels . * Quercus acutissima lives in deciduous forests at altitudes of up to 2,200 metres (7,200 ft) in South Asia and South East Asia.

It was introduced to New Zealand from Scotland as a type of hedge, but became a major blight to farmers as the climate suited its growth better than its native habitat and many of its natural predators were absent.

It is native from Massachusetts to Delaware and west to Wisconsin and Arkansas. * It is naturally a wetland tree, and develops a shallow, fibrous root system, unlike many oaks , which have a strong, deep taproot when young.

* Mayo or Mayu (Sophora macrocarpa) is a small tree that inhabits the Chilean Matorral.

The leaves do roughly resemble giant oak leaves being shiny dark green, nice purple, red, or orangish brown in fall. White flowers in upright clusters to 12" in early summer it has nice brown exfoliating bark and spreads by stolons to form mound like...

* The acorns are eaten by jays, pigeons, and squirrels . * Quercus acutissima lives in deciduous forests at altitudes of up to 2,200 metres (7,200 ft) in South Asia and South East Asia.

Its range extends from southern Mississippi , through southern Alabama , the Florida panhandle and Georgia , to the coastal plains of Virginia and South Carolina . Sarracenia rubra is generally clump-forming.

This species occasionally hybridizes with other pine species such as Loblolly Pine ( P. In general, trees from warmer areas of distribution give the higher yields. Wood - coarse-grained, light, soft, brittle, not strong, very durable, resinous.

* The seed can be ground into a powder and added to soups etc. It would be easier to dry the whole fruit, grind this into a powder and use it in soups etc. * Arctostaphylos nevadensis is a species of manzanita known by the common name pinemat manzanita...

Foliage turns deep red to purple in fall. * Sweet Azalea is tall and fast-growing for a native azalea. Glossy, bright-green, deciduous foliage lacks hairs beneath like other native azaleas.

The tree is frequently seen as a component of oak-heath forests. * A lovely native American with shiny dark green leaves, red, yellow, and purple in fall; an ericaceous plant that wants moist, acid soil; fragrant urn-shaped flowers in drooping clusters;...

The gray berries appear in large masses, used in candle-making; leaves used to make a gray-green dye. * Habit and Form a semievergreen to deciduous shrub typically 5' to 6'; can reach 10' upright, spreading branching habit shape is irregular to mounded...

* Traditionally huckleberries were sought after and collected by many Native American tribes along the Pacific coast in the region. * Vaccinium ovatum is grown as an ornamental plant for horticultural use by specialty wholesale, retail, and botanic garden...

It is found as far south as the Palomar Mountain area in southern California , with reports that it is found in Baja California , Mexico . It is not known to occur east of the Cascade and Sierra Nevada mountain ranges.

* Habitat and Range: sandy, gravelly, or rocky slopes, often growing in areas underlain by limestone bedrock. * The bark is cathartic, febrifuge and tonic. A decoction of the roots has been used in the treatment of kidney complaints and TB.

Extremely winter hardy (grows in the wild as far north as Quebec) and is one of the parents of the Northern Lights hybrids developed by the University of Minnesota. Formerly known as Rhododendron roseum.

It is also called the “rose of winter.” * An edible oil is obtained from the seed. * The parent of many camellia cultivars; shiny leathery dark green leaves; flowers red, white, or pink, often produced in great quantity, in winter or spring; handsome...

May be grown as a large, multi-stemmed shrub or trained as single trunk tree. Features drooping clusters (usually 2-5 flowers each) of bell-shaped, white flowers (1/2") which appear in April shortly before or simultaneous to the point when the leaves...

* Cliftonia monophylla ( Buck-wheat tree , Buckwheat tree , Titi ) is a tree native to the United States . * The wood is heavy, close-grained, moderately hard, brittle, not strong.

* Native to the west coast of North America , from British Columbia to California. * Red or orange berries in the fall; peeling bark reveals reddish inner bark. * It is in flower from Apr to May, and the seeds ripen in October.

* The leaves are used as a condiment in gravies etc. * The leaves or bark have been placed in cupped hands over the nose and inhaled as a mild hallucinogen. * It was the first magnolia to be scientifically described, and is the type species of the genus...

They prepared a brew called "achuma" , "huachuma" or "cimora" which was used during ritualistic ceremonies to diagnose the spiritual links to a patient's illness. * The active compound is 3,4,5-trimethoxyphenethylamine or mescaline which was reported...

* The stems of most members of this genus contain the alkaloid ephedrine and are valuable in the treatment of asthma and many other complaints of the respiratory system. * A delicious tea is made by steeping the green or dried twigs inboiling water until...

* Flat or bell-shaped 1 1/2" flowers in clusters of 5-7, rose, in spring before leaves; of upright habit; deciduous, with red fall color; native to North Carolina, where it grows in moist acid soil.

* Cliftonia monophylla ( Buck-wheat tree , Buckwheat tree , Titi ) is a tree native to the United States . * The wood is heavy, close-grained, moderately hard, brittle, not strong.