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Tolerates wide range of soils, including dry rocky or sandy soils. Blooms on new growth. Also tolerates some drought. Also useful for stabilizing embankments. * Garden Uses Mass or group in the shrub border or native plant garden.

Some believe it to have been the stacte used together with frankincense , galbanum , and onycha to make Ketoret , the Tabernacle incense of the Old Testament. It is the "official" source of styrax , an herbal medicine known from ancient times.

* Mexican Palmetto reaches a height of 12–18 m (39–59 ft), with a spread of 3–4 m (9.8–13 ft). The fibres are up to 50cm long, they are harvested commercially and used to make brushes, especially where these have to remain stiff in hot water or...

Used for general construction, agricultural implements etc. It may also occur naturally in Vietnam. * Cupressus funebris is cultivated as an ornamental tree, due to its graciously weeping form and texture, and planted in gardens and public parks in other...

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. * Juniperus osteosperma ( Utah Juniper ; syn.

Used for general construction, agricultural implements etc. It may also occur naturally in Vietnam. * Cupressus funebris is cultivated as an ornamental tree, due to its graciously weeping form and texture, and planted in gardens and public parks in other...

* Mexican Palmetto reaches a height of 12–18 m (39–59 ft), with a spread of 3–4 m (9.8–13 ft). The fibres are up to 50cm long, they are harvested commercially and used to make brushes, especially where these have to remain stiff in hot water or...

* 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.

* A very attractive tree. * The Mexican government has declared this species endangered. * It differs from all other pinyon species in that it has very massive cones and large seeds.

* This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. * Plants can be used as a tall ground cover for large areas of land. * It is grown as an ornamental plant in gardens, where its August flowering attracts butterflies.

* It has a very restricted range in the southern Appalachian Mountains and outlying monadnocks , mainly in northern Georgia. * It grows on dry granite and sandstone outcrops of mountain slopes at 50-500 m altitude.

* The "Lone Pine", a prominent landmark tree at an ANZAC First World War battle at Gallipoli, was this species. The bark is orange-red, thick and deeply fissured at the base of the trunk, and thin and flaky in the upper crown.

Worldwide, the figure is about 90% of all production for this species. * This is the most important cotton of commerce. * Gossypium hirsutum , known as Upland Cotton or Mexican Cotton , is the most widely planted species of cotton in the United States,...

Prefers a deep sandy loam and a very sunny position. It is also much planted as a landscape ornamental plant. * In the wild, eastern redbud is a frequent native understory tree in mixed forests and hedgerows.

* The common name "Khasi pine" is from the Khasi hills in India. * It is an important plantation species elsewhere in the world, including in southern Africa and South America. * Pinus kesiya is a tree reaching up to 30–35 m tall with a straight, cylindrical...

Prefers a deep sandy loam and a very sunny position. It is also much planted as a landscape ornamental plant. * In the wild, eastern redbud is a frequent native understory tree in mixed forests and hedgerows.

* 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...

Pines make an amazing bonsai because the rough bark on their trunks makes them look old early on. * Because of its resistance to pollution and salt, it is a popular horticultural tree.

Leaves much smaller than those of the American Elm, Fall foliage is yellow except in the southern part of the range where it is evergreen. The wood is very strong; the lumber is mixed with other southern elm species and sold as rock elm.

* In Europe growth is most successful in the Mediterranean region with notable specimens in northern Italy; further north in the United Kingdom it will grow, but only very slowly due to the cooler summers.

They can be found at an altitude of 0–1,850 metres (0–6,070 ft). * This plant occurs in northeastern Spain and in central Mediterranean countries up to northern Europe and to Asia Minor and Tunisia.

The tree is a fast grower, and can achieve 36 inches of growth in just one year making it a good bonsai specimen. * Although this plant can be grown in wet soils and shallow water, it thrives in any soil and trees actually grow faster in normal unflooded...

The species is one of three closely related trees known as bristlecone pines and is sometimes known as the Intermountain or Western bristlecone pine . * One member of this species, known as Methuselah , is thought to be the oldest living non-clonal organism...

* Produces an abundance of long yellow sweet peppers from mid summer until frost.

* The southern type of Acer rubrum.

* One of the largest southwestern oaks, this handsome tree reaches its greatest size in canyons and other moist sites. * The acorns usually mature around fall. It also contains fat branches and a spreading crown along with thick leaves.

* Introduced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to the southwest U.S. because it tolerates dry winds and alkaline soils. * This tree is widely grown in the Southwestern United States to produce Christmas Trees.