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It is typically found over calcareous substrates such as limestone , growing on limestone slopes and in moist valley soils, at elevations of 120–600 m. * A blue dye is obtained from the inner bark.

* Habitat and Range: sandy, gravelly, or rocky slopes, often growing in areas underlain by limestone bedrock. * The bark is cathartic, febrifuge and tonic. The roundleaf dogwood is also a temperate, northeastern North American species that occurs throughout...

* Flowers and fruit are conspicuous. * Common names in other Namibian language groups Oshiwambo Otjiherero Kavango languages Omuwombamenje Caprivi languages Setswana Afrikaans Lemoendoring Deutsch Khoekhoegowab Bushman languages Gruenhaarbaum ?Khas

However, its cones are fairly distinctive and I am not fully persuaded that the described P. Ponderosa is distinguishable in the field and certainly occurs at the type locality (Mount Rose, Nevada).

* Cupressus lusitanica , ( Cedro Blanco ; Teotlate , distinctive names used in Mexico); Cedro Blanco means White Cedar and is also known as Mexican White Cedar , is a species of cypress native to Mexico and Central America ( Guatemala , El Salvador and...

* Ephedra nevadensis ( Nevada ephedra ) is a species of Ephedra native to dry areas of western North America. * A delicious tea is made by steeping the green or dried twigs inboiling water until they turn an amber or pink colour.

The species is one of three closely related trees known as bristlecone pines and is sometimes known as the Intermountain or Western bristlecone pine . * This is one of our most popular bonsai seeds.

Muricata has been used in plantations with resultant growth rates higher than in the wild . The species is often smaller, stunted and twisted in coastal exposures. It is drought-tolerant and grows on dry, rocky soil.

* A very ornamental plant! * Succeeds in ordinary rich garden soils so long as they are well-drained. * A decoction of the leaves has been used in the treatment of chills and fevers.

* This species of pearlbush is an early-blooming, upright deciduous shrub that is native to Manchuria and Korea. Flower buds purportedly resemble white pearls, hence the cultivar name.

The entire native (world) population of the tree was reduced down to thirty to forty individual trees by the 2003 Cedar Fire. * Cupressus stephensonii is a species of conifer known as the Cuyamaca cypress, and is endemic to southern California.

Glauca is the Rocky Mountain variety of this tree. Mice, voles, shrews, and chipmunks consumed an estimated 65 percent of a Douglas fir seed crop following dispersal in western Oregon.

* It is native to dry sandy soils of dunes, sandhills, dry ridges and hammocks, from sea level to 350' in elevation, primarily along the coastal plain from South Carolina to southern Florida west to Alabama and Mississippi plus some off-shore islands...

Its leaves resemble those of an Ash tree. * This essential oil is emitted from the plant in hot weather and, on a still day, can be ignited and will burn for a second or two without harming the plant, thus giving the plant its common name.

The seed germinates better if it is given a period of cold stratification. * Seed - sow the seed thinly in early spring in a cold frame in light shade. Germination can be rather slow, sometimes taking 12 months or more.

* Sun- and drought-tolerant. Mediterranean and Asia Minor. * This species grows up to 50 feet, and has yellow flowers.

* The burnt green herb yields culinary ashes high in minerals and these are used by the Hopi Indians to enhance the colour of blue corn products. * Atriplex canescens ( Chamiso , Chamiza , Four wing saltbush , Four-wing saltbush , Fourwing saltbush )...

The leaves are deciduous in cold areas, but semi-evergreen in warmer climates, < 7 cm long and < 3 cm broad, with an oblique base and a coarsely serrated margin, changing from dark green to yellow in autumn.

* Shadscale fruits and leaves provide important winter browse for both domestic livestock and native herbivores. The water in which the leaves are cooked is used in making corn pudding .

* This plant occurs in northeastern Spain and in central Mediterranean countries up to northern Europe and to Asia Minor and Tunisia. * These shrubs are usually found in wooded and bushy areas, on sunny, warm and dry slopes and around forest edges.

The species status in the New World is uncertain: it is generally considered an exotic weed; however, there is evidence that the species was in Crawford Lake deposits ( Ontario ) in 1430-89, suggesting that it reached North America in the pre-Columbian...

* California Wonder peppers are an open pollinated heirloom variety of sweet bell pepper. * Blocky shape, excellent for stuffing with a sweet mild flavor. * They are like the peppers that you buy in the store.

* A fibre obtained from the leaves is used for making paper. * A widespread urban myth is that pampas grass is used by swingers to advertise their presence to other swingers in the area.

Tridentatum (Nutt.) W. * The seeds are used during celebrations because, when thrown into a fire, they explode like crackers. A yellow to gold dye is obtained from the leaves, buds and stems combined.

It is known in some areas as a weed, for example, in alfalfa fields in the southwestern United States. * This is an annual grass growing up to about half a meter in maximum height.

The 'South Rockies' group includes populations formerly assigned to Pinus brachyptera Engelmann (1848) from Arizona and New Mexico. Ponderosa subsp. * Ponderosa pine was employed medicinally by several native North American Indian tribes, who valued it...

It is native to Argentina, Australia, Chile, Japan, and New Zealand. * It is grown for the edible leaves, and can be used as food or an ornamental plant for ground cover. * The species prefers a moist environment for growth.