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* A very attractive tree. * The Mexican government has declared this species endangered. * Seedlings have up to 24 cotyledons on germination (the most of any plant)! * Because of its isolation in a remote area, it escaped discovery until 1964.

It grows at moderate altitudes of 1,300-2,600 m, on dry soils, often together with Pinus monophylla . Utahensis ) is a shrub or small tree reaching 3-6 m (rarely to 9 m) tall. The wax can be used to make aromatic candles.

* It is one of the classic bonsai subjects. * Extremely salt tolerant, good for seaside planting and holding beach sand in place. * Because of its resistance to pollution and salt, it is a popular horticultural tree.

Dark green needles, to 18" (9" in older trees), in tufts at ends of branchlets; hangs on to its cones (to 20") for as long as 20 years; native from Virginia to Florida and Mississippi.

* The fruit is edible raw. It is juicy, sweet, fleshy, slightly aromatic. * American Beautyberry ( Callicarpa americana ) is an open-habit, native shrub of the Southern United States which is often grown as an ornamental in gardens and yards .

* A handsome species, one of the rarest in cultivation (rare even in its own Yalung R.valley) * A small, 8-30' tree/shrub.

* 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 .

It is also a popular Christmas tree. Mice, voles, shrews, and chipmunks consumed an estimated 65 percent of a Douglas fir seed crop following dispersal in western Oregon. * It is planted as a specimen tree or in mass screenings.

* The fruit is edible raw. It is juicy, sweet, fleshy, slightly aromatic. * American Beautyberry ( Callicarpa americana ) is an open-habit, native shrub of the Southern United States which is often grown as an ornamental in gardens and yards .

The plant produces pods containing yellow seeds with papery wings. It is drought-tolerant and grows well in warm climates. Yellow Trumpetbush is a ruderal species , readily colonizing disturbed, rocky, sandy , and cleared land and occasionally becoming...

Though often known by the common name of king sago palm , or just sago palm , it is not a palm at all, but a cycad . * This very symmetrical plant supports a crown of shiny, dark green leaves on a thick shaggy trunk that is typically about 20 cm (7.9...

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

* Habitat and Range: sandy, gravelly, or rocky slopes, often growing in areas underlain by limestone bedrock. * The bark is cathartic, febrifuge and tonic. A decoction of the roots has been used in the treatment of kidney complaints and TB.

Giant chinkapin (Castanopsis chrysophylla), also called golden chinkapin, giant evergreen-chinkapin, and goldenleaf chestnut, is an interesting hardwood species in a landscape dominated by coniferous forests.

* A very attractive tree. * The Mexican government has declared this species endangered. * Seedlings have up to 24 cotyledons on germination (the most of any plant)! * Because of its isolation in a remote area, it escaped discovery until 1964.

States, as far north as southern Utah, in open land with well-drained soils. * The flowers are the most striking feature, being sweetly fragrant white trumpets up to 20 cm (8 inches) long, often tinted purple, especially at the margin.

The leaves are long-stalked and uniquely divided into two leaflets about 1 1/2 inches long. Named for Ferdinand Roemer, a German geologist who collected specimens in the New Braunfels, Texas, area from 1845-47.

* The American Turkey Oak ( Quercus laevis ) is a member of the red oak group of oaks . It is native to the southeastern United States , occurring on the coastal plain from Delaware south to central Florida , and west to southeast Louisiana .

* Big bluestem is tolerant of a wide range of soils and moisture. * Big Bluestem is a perennial grass. * 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.

Sap from the cut flowering stems is used as a syrup. Sweet and delicious, but rather fibrous. It is an uncommon plant of the United States' desert southwest, in the states of Utah, Nevada, Arizona and California.

It is native to eastern Asia from the Himalaya east to Japan * Evergreen except in cold climates; delicate compound leaves, reddish when new, later blue-green; attractive white flowers in panicles atop the stems, followed by beautiful bright red berries;...

* Lonicera maackii ( Amur Honeysuckle or Bush Honeysuckle ) is a species of honeysuckle in the family Caprifoliaceae , native to temperate Asia in northern and western China (south to Yunnan ), Mongolia , Japan (central and northern Honsh?

* Gleditsia caspica ( Caspian Locust or Persian Honeylocust ) is a species of Gleditsia native to western Asia , in the Caucasus region of Azerbaijan and northern Iran , close to the Caspian Sea .

Obovate-elliptic to elliptic leaves (to 3 1/2" long) are glossy dark green. Pendant star-shaped white flowers (to 1" wide) in 3 to 5-flowered cymes cover the plant with bloom in spring (April-May).

* This is an amazing endangered maple from South China and Vietnam. Well worth growing in zone 8 gardens. Newly grown leaves and samaras take on a reddish hue. It wmay survive in zone 7, but a cold winter could do it in.

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

It is also a popular Christmas tree. Mice, voles, shrews, and chipmunks consumed an estimated 65 percent of a Douglas fir seed crop following dispersal in western Oregon. * It is planted as a specimen tree or in mass screenings.