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However, internal consumption, such as in the form of herbal tea , is discouraged, as it can cause serious liver damage. * The peeled roots are cut up and added to soups. * The hardy plant can grow to a height of 60 cm.Comfrey has been used in folk medicine...

* A tincture of the plant is somewhat astringent, demulcent, laxative and tonic. * Penthorum sedoides is 10 to 80 centimeters tall. The erect lower portion of the stem is smooth, but the curved branching inflorescence is covered in glandular hairs.

* Compound leaves, dark green; 2" edible fruit, oily; furrowed dark gray bark; often of rather open habit, with a number of trunks and few internal branches; likes rich moist soil but adapts to drier sites; native to eastern North America

* White, gray, or brownish bark; wood used for pulp and plywood; native from Europe to Siberia. It is waterproof, durable, tough and resinous[11, 61]. * Betula pubescens ( Downy Birch ; also known as White Birch , European White Birch or Hairy Birch )...

* 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.

* A variable evergreen of upright, rounded habit, with 1/2" white flowers in small clusters; 1" green or red berries; likes moist soil, part shade; emerging leaves bronzy to reddish, later leathery, dark green; leaves to 4" x 1 1/2", turning bronzy-red...

It produces large, showy, white to purple flowers each June. * Succeeds in a most humus-rich lime-free soils except those of a dry arid nature or those that are heavy or clayey. It retains its waxy, deep-green leaves for up to 8 years, but once shed are...

* The species name is derived from the persistently unopened cones that may remain closed for several years before they release their seeds; the opening is often in response to forest fires.

* Macedonian pine is also a popular ornamental tree in parks and large gardens, giving reliable steady though not fast growth on a wide range of sites. It often reaches the alpine tree line in this area.

* Native to North America , occurring in arctic and cool temperate areas from Alaska east to Newfoundland and southern Greenland , and south at high altitudes to northern California and Colorado in the west, and locally south to northern New York in the...

* Best naturalized in moist to wet soils in water gardens, bog gardens, wet meadows, water margins or low spots. * It is native to eastern and central North America, and there are occurrences in the western United States, some of which may represent introductions.

* When grown from seed, plants take around four to five years to reach maturity and will live for 20 to 30 years if cultivated in the right conditions. The edges of the lobes are fringed by stiff hair-like protrusions or cilia, which mesh together and...

* A rare and botanically interesting,medium-sized to large, suckering shrub, occasionally a small tree. * Wood - very light, soft, close grained. * Leitneria floridana ( Corkwood ), the sole species in the genus Leitneria , is a deciduous dioecious shrub...

Veratrum lobelianum Bernh. * Veratrum album , commonly known as the False Helleborine (also known as White Hellebore , European White Hellebore , White Veratrum ; syn. ), is a medicinal plant of the Liliaceae (lily family) or Melanthiaceae which is native...

* The young shoots can be eaten cooked. * It is an upright deciduous small tree or shrub growing up to 6 m in height, native to eastern Russia , China , Korea , and Japan. They can also be blanched and used in salads.

* Trees have extensive root systems and are sometimes planted on the banks of streams in order to prevent erosion.

Any trimming should be done in the summer. It grows on wet sites on the coastal plain at altitudes from sea level up to 50 m, more rarely in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains up to 460 m altitude.

Its grass-like leaves grow up to 3' tall from short stout rhizomes. * This carex is common throughout southern and central Missouri in the moist soil beside ponds, streams and spring branches and in calcium-rich swampy meadows.

* Stems can be hollowed out and used for spouts, musical instruments, and toys. * Fruit is attractive to wildlife. * Research on elderberries is being conducted at the University of Missouri's South West Center in Mount Vernon and at the Missouri State...

This plant is often used as an ornamental plant . * Shiny dark green, evergreen leaves; upright, rounded, densely branched; unique among hollies in that it often spreads by suckering; doesn't mind shade but prefers sun; Dirr recommends it for foundations,...

* Early America settlers boiled parts of the plant to make into candy and they also used it as an ingredient in cake . * In Europe it was believed that the plant could cure alcoholism .

* Loblolly pine is the first among over 100 species of Pinus to have its complete genome sequenced. * The tallest loblolly pine currently known, which is 51.4 m (169 ft) tall, and the largest, which measures 42 cubic meters in volume, are in Congaree...

* A rare and botanically interesting,medium-sized to large, suckering shrub, occasionally a small tree. * Wood - very light, soft, close grained. * Leitneria floridana ( Corkwood ), the sole species in the genus Leitneria , is a deciduous dioecious shrub...

* When grown from seed, plants take around four to five years to reach maturity and will live for 20 to 30 years if cultivated in the right conditions. The edges of the lobes are fringed by stiff hair-like protrusions or cilia, which mesh together and...

* A small tree grown for its ornamental red new growth and its red and yellow fall color. It is in flower in May, and the seeds ripen from Aug to September. It prefers moist soil. It is hardy to zone 6.

* Deeply lobed glossy green leaves (2-3' long) form an ornamental mound which usually remains attractive throughout the growing season. Flowers are on a very long flowering stem and consist of a lower lip and upper tooth-like lip.

It is naturalized throughout much of the Northeast, Southeast, and Midwest areas of the United States, and parts of Canada. Hardy to about -20°c. Plants can be grown as a ground cover when planted about 1.2 metres apart each way.