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Untoothed margins are rolled under. Leaves are obovate with bristle at the rounded tip. * Myrtle oak features shiny, leathery leaves (to 2” long) which are dark green above and yellow-green to orange-brown beneath.

Sinensis has in vitro effects that may be indicative of antiallergic activities, possibly due to the saponins in fruits. * It is one of the alleged "50 fundamental herbs" used in traditional Chinese medicine.

They continue to produce nectar after sunrise. * A saguaro is able to absorb and store considerable amounts of rainwater, visibly expanding in the process, while slowly using the stored water as needed.

It grows to heights of 10-25 m, and its trunk diameter reaches 0.5 m. * Trees are very drought tolerant and are planted on slopes in its native range in order to prevent soil erosion.

The leaves are in pairs or whorls of three, thick and leathery, dark green, narrow lanceolate, 5–21 cm (2.0–8.3 in) long and 1–3.5 cm (0.39–1.4 in) broad, and with an entire margin.

Plants have been used to form hedges in Mediterranean areas. * It is a shrub -like clumping palm, with several stems growing from a single base. * A strong fibre obtained from the leaves is used for cordage and brushes.

* A good ground cover plant, succeeding in the heavy shade of trees and in dry shade. It is indigenous to southeast Europe and southwest Asia . For the densest cover plants should be cut to ground level each April.

* The mature trees grow to a height of 15-25 m, rarely up to 34 m, with a trunk diameter of up to 1.2 m. * The plant can tolerate maritime exposure. Muricata has been used in plantations with resultant growth rates higher than in the wild .

Ligustrum vulgare are hardy plants and tolerate temperatures down to 20 degrees F. Privets are fast growers and do well as long as they are planted in well-drained soil. A black dye can also be obtained from the fruit as well as an ink.

* Pseduotsuga menziesii var. * The specific epithet, menziesii, is after Archibald Menzies, a Scottish physician and rival naturalist to David Douglas. * Douglas fir seeds are an extremely important food for small mammals.

The foliage grows in dense, usually moderately decumbent and pendulous sprays of bright green, very slender, slightly flattened shoots. * Cupressus funebris is cultivated as an ornamental tree, due to its graciously weeping form and texture, and planted...

The 'South Rockies' group includes populations formerly assigned to Pinus brachyptera Engelmann (1848) from Arizona and New Mexico. In the far south of those states, it is replaced by Pinus arizonica (q.v.).

Plants have been used to form hedges in Mediterranean areas. * It is a shrub -like clumping palm, with several stems growing from a single base. * A strong fibre obtained from the leaves is used for cordage and brushes.

They are applied internally in the treatment of fevers. * Dodonaea viscosa can be grown from seeds. In New Zealand, where it is the heaviest of any native wood, the Maori have traditionally used it for making weapons, carved walking staves, axe-handles,...

* Pinus palustris , commonly known as the Longleaf Pine , is a pine native to the southeastern United States , found along the coastal plain from eastern Texas to southeast Virginia extending into northern and central Florida .

* Can tolerate dry and warm sites, can grow on various types of soil. * Growing up to 25-30m high and up to 1m in diameter. * The cones are cylindrical, 9-18 cm long, greenish-pink to purple before maturity.

* Patula Pine , Pinus patula (Mexican weeping pine, pino lloron in Spanish)( patula Latin = spreading ) is a tree native to Mexico . * This species is cultivated for its timber in warm temperate areas.

* The leaves yield up to 1% essential oil. * Catechin-7-O-glucoside can be produced by biotransformation of (+)-catechin by cultured cells of E. * Eucalyptus perriniana , commonly known as Spinning Gum , is a tree or mallee which is native to New South...

The process requires training due to the skill required to harvest bark without harming the tree. * The harvesting of cork does not harm the tree, in fact, no trees are cut down during the harvesting process.

* Iris foetidissima ( Stinking Iris , Gladdon , Gladwin Iris , Roast-beef Plant , Stinking Gladwin ), is a species of Iris found in open woodland, hedgebanks and sea-cliffs. Prefers a moist soil but succeeds in dry soils and, once established, is drought...

* The "blue" refers to a substance secreted by the inner bark when exposed to air, not to the leaves, which are dark green, pale yellow in fall, or to the bark, which is gray, platelike, and sometimes shaggy; tolerant of drought and lime, perhaps a good...

It is native to the southwestern United States , in Utah , Nevada , Arizona , western New Mexico , western Colorado , Wyoming , southern Montana , southern Idaho and eastern California .

The process requires training due to the skill required to harvest bark without harming the tree. * The harvesting of cork does not harm the tree, in fact, no trees are cut down during the harvesting process.

* The Arizona White Oak is a perennial tree and may grow up to 60 ft with a diameter of 3.3 ft. The amount of acorns produced can also vary year to year, one year there may be about 32,000 acorns and the next year there may be very few.

It is much more drought tolerant than most spruce species. It is found only in China . * This species of spruce should be grown in areas where drought may be a concern. * Picea crassifolia is a species of conifer in the Pinaceae family.

Expect much higher yields than from wild collected seed. * There are also some nice cultivated specimens of Pinus virginiana in the Harvard Arboretum in Boston, Massachusetts. This is seed orchard material.

* Thin 8" needles; 4" cones; native to Mexico. * It occurs within a rainfalls regime mostly in summer. From 26° to 15° north latitude, from Sinaloa , Mexico to Honduras . It has been introduced in New Zealand near sea level and has done well.