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[25] Modern era The next major attempt at classification was by Sleumer who from 1934 began incorporating the Balfourian series into the older hierarchical structure of subgenera and sections, according to the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature...

* Rhododendron catawbiense ( Catawba Rhododendron ) is a species of Rhododendron native to the eastern United States , growing mainly in the Appalachian Mountains from Virginia south to northern Alabama .

To be able to compete successfully in such habitats, it has adapted greater shade tolerance than most other pines. * Pinus glabra ( Spruce Pine ) is a tree found on the coastal plains of the southern United States , from southern South Carolina south...

* Ilex glabra is one of the very few evergreen shrubs (broadleaf or narrowleaf) to thrive in wet sites, noted for its evergreen foliage and upright, spreading, and suckering shrub growth habit when in species form.

Succeeds in open woodland or along the woodland edge. Dislikes dry soils, requiring cool, permanently moist conditions at the roots. * A lovely evergreen plant for cool, acid, woodsy conditions such as rhododendrons like; 1" flowers in rounded clusters...

* Cone-like fruits with bright red seeds mature in fall and can be showy. * 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...

* Rhododendron atlanticum ( Dwarf azalea or Coastal azalea ), is a species of Rhododendron native to coastal areas of the eastern United States , from New Jersey south to Georgia .

The flowers are white, borne in early spring. * Shiny dark green evergreen leaves, emerging bronzy in spring; white slightly fragrant flowers in pendulous masses; neat upright habit; prefers moist, well-drained, acid soil, but doesn't insist on it; needs...

To be able to compete successfully in such habitats, it has adapted greater shade tolerance than most other pines. * Pinus glabra ( Spruce Pine ) is a tree found on the coastal plains of the southern United States , from southern South Carolina south...

Bright green foliage (grayish woolly beneath) turns bronzish in fall. Pink flowers appear in early spring (April-May in St. Louis) before or at the time of the emergence of the foliage.

* It is a medium-sized deciduous tree reaching 20 m tall (exceptionally to 35 m) with a trunk up to 80 cm diameter. Harvested in early spring, before the leaves unfurl, by tapping the trunk.

* 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.

* In 2006, production of wild blueberries in Quebec has reached 70 million pounds. * This plant grows best in wooded or open areas with well-drained acidic soils. * In some areas it produces natural blueberry barrens, where it is practically the only...

* The acorns are eaten by jays, pigeons, and squirrels . * Most planting in North America was carried out for wildlife food provision, as the species tends to bear heavier crops of acorns than other native American oak species.

* One of the most handsome plants for landscape designers. White flowers in upright clusters to 12" in early summer it has nice brown exfoliating bark and spreads by stolons to form mound like colonies.

This is a great plant for massing or grouping, in full sun or shade. * This is a handsome plant especially in it's native coastal habitat where it is salt tolerant and grows in poor sandy soil.

Increases in height of between 1 and 2.5 metres per year have been recorded even in exposed positions, it makes an excellent shelterbelt tree. * Bright green needles to 6", 7" cones; native to California south to Baja; grows quickly when young; "a beautiful...

* A very ornamental and variable plant. * Requires an acid humus-rich soil, succeeding in part shade or in full sun in cooler areas. * It has attractive small, deep crimson-pink flowers that occur early summer.

* Traditionally huckleberries were sought after and collected by many Native American tribes along the Pacific coast in the region. * Vaccinium ovatum is a true huckleberry plant, growing well in shade or sun and thriving in acidic soils.

The wood can also be stained to imitate ebony. It is rare in the north of its range in southern Connecticut, southeastern New York, and isolated areas of Cape Cod, and always small there.

The Western Azalea is known to occur as far north as Bandon , Oregon . It is not known to occur east of the Cascade and Sierra Nevada mountain ranges. * Fragrant white or slightly pink flowers with a yellow blotch, to 2 1/2"; 4" deciduous leaves, yellow...

* One of the most handsome plants for landscape designers. White flowers in upright clusters to 12" in early summer it has nice brown exfoliating bark and spreads by stolons to form mound like colonies.

The specific name palustris means "of swamps ". * The pin oak is in the red oak subgenus: pointed lobes.The sinuses are very deeply cut and u-shaped.The amount of sinus area is approximately equivalent to the amount of actual leaf area.The upper branches...

Baeticum (Boiss. The fruit is a dry capsule 15-25 mm long, containing numerous small seeds .There are two subspecies : Rhododendron ponticum subsp. Spain, Portugal. The flowers are 3.5-5 cm diameter, violet-purple, often with small greenish-yellow spots...

* Banksia ericifolia responds to fire by seeding, the parent plant being killed. The grey-coloured bark is smooth and fairly thin with lenticels ; however it can thicken significantly with age.

The stems may be smooth or fuzzy, and are often glandular. * Arctostaphylos viscida is a species of manzanita known by the common names whiteleaf manzanita and sticky manzanita . This is a treelike shrub reaching up to five meters in height.

Mainly used for charcoal and fuel, it is occasionally sawn into lumber. The knots contain so much resin that they resist rot. Rosin is the substance left after turpentine is removed.