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* Seed germination appears to be dependent on about a 2-week period of moistened seed at a time when soil temperatures have reached 60 degrees Fahrenheit. Depending on soil and moisture conditions, it grows to a height of 1 – 3m (3 – 10 ft) .

* This small tree or shrub is well adapted to harsh conditions. * Will grow on alkaline soils while withstanding climatic extremes; hot, cold and dry! * It has lovely red fall color.

The wax can be used to make aromatic candles. 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 .

Seed - ground into a flour. * The plant was used for food and fiber by local Native American peoples such as the Havasupai. * Agave utahensis is a species of agave known by the common name Utah agave.

It is found only in Mexico. * Lawson's Pine (Pinus lawsonii) is a species of conifer in the Pinaceae family. * Pinus lawsonii occurs in forest and woodland at 1300-2600 m elevation.

It was previously listed as Cupressus arizonica subsp. The entire native (world) population of the tree was reduced down to thirty to forty individual trees by the 2003 Cedar Fire.

Despite the common name Desert-willow , given because of its willow -like leaves, it is actually a member of the bignonia family, Bignoniaceae . * It is pollinated primarily by large bees in the family Apidae, such as carpenter bees, bumblebees, Anthophora,...

* A shrub or small tree with light gray, flaking bark. * Found mostly on flat-topped limestone hills. * Forms thickets on shallow soil, seldom a single tree.

* The leaves and the wood are antiseptic and expectorant. They act to disinfect the respiratory tract. * As a result of long exploitation, few old trees remain in Lebanon, but there is now an active program to conserve and regenerate the forests.

* The fruit extract of Gleditsia sinensis also has inhibitory effects on isolated cancer cell cultures. * The pod is used as a soap substitute. The thorns of Gleditsia sinensis are used as a medicinal herb in China and Korea and may have antitumor properties.

* Native to southeastern U.S.; lavender-pink or bluish flowers from mid- to late summer, followed by bright purple, violet, or magenta fruits in great profusion. * American Beautyberry ( Callicarpa americana ) is an open-habit, native shrub of the Southern...

Also useful for stabilizing embankments. * Garden Uses Mass or group in the shrub border or native plant garden. Blooms on new growth. Can be grown as a hedge. Tolerates wide range of soils, including dry rocky or sandy soils.

* Leonotis nepetifolia is known in Trinidad as shandilay and the leaves are brewed as a tea for fever, coughs, womb prolapse and malaria. It has very soft serrated leaves that can grow up to 4 inches wide.

Its relatively dense foliage also makes it a viable choice as a shade tree for lawns and open areas. * The Eldar pine is treated as a species (Pinus eldarica) by some authors; it is adapted to a drier climate with a summer rainfall peak.

* It is largely confined to very infertile , excessively well-drained, sandy habitats where competition from larger-growing species is minimized by the harsh growing conditions, as in the Florida scrub .

* Small oak accent for dry sunny landscape areas. It has leaves with no teeth or lobes, hairless on the upperside and also on the underside except along the veins. * Quercus myrtifolia, commonly known as myrtle oak, is a small, often shrubby, evergreen...

* The acorns usually mature around fall. * One of the largest southwestern oaks, this handsome tree reaches its greatest size in canyons and other moist sites. * The Arizona White Oak is a perennial tree and may grow up to 60 ft with a diameter of 3.3...

* Cones can remain closed on the tree for a number of years, opening after the heat of a forest fire to scatter their seeds which then germinate and grow rapidly in the ashes of the fire.

The flowers are small, greenish-yellow, with 5–6 sepals and no petals. * A much-branched evergreen shrub; dull-green or sage-green leaves; small green flowers, male and female on separate plants; produces edible nuts, the oil from which was once used...

The plant contains flavonoids (notably rutin) that reduce capillary fragility, which might explain the plants reputation as an eye strengthener. It also is grown as both a medicinal herb and as a condiment.

* Scarlet and yellow flowers followed by 2' pods; grows rapidly; dense-growing, fernlike, doubly compound leaves to 2'; native to Madagascar, much grown in southern Florida and Hawaii.

* Grown for its masses of glorious, delicate, white, slightly fragrant flowers in May; of open, spreading habit; native to the southeastern United States but hardy nearly everywhere; dark green leaf sometimes a golden yellow in fall.

Descending along the trunk, they cling tightly to the trunk, integrate with it and contribute to its radial growth. Each branch grows for about 10–15 years and re-branches, so a mature plant has an umbrella-like habit.

It is native to northern Burma and China, but is sometimes grown in western gardens where it has been in cultivation since 1848. * Bark dark red-brown, peeling in strips. * In cultivation they tend to grow on a single stem that is often leaning and bare...

Yellow Trumpetbush is a ruderal species , readily colonizing disturbed, rocky, sandy , and cleared land and occasionally becoming an invasive weed The leaves and roots of the plant contain bioactive compounds, especially monoterpenes , which may have...

* The human use of the cactus dates back thousands of years to the northern coast of Peru and the monks of a pre-Inca culture known as Chavin . * Peruvian Torch ( Trichocereus peruvianus ) is found high in the Andean mountain deserts of Peru and Ecuador...

* They are occationally grown as ornamentals for their yellow flowers and interesting rattling seed pods. * Crotalarias are grown in the tropics as green manure cover crops due to their nitrogen fixing capabilities and drought tolerance.