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It is waterproof, durable, tough and resinous. This has a relaxing effect on the muscles. * The bark is white, often with black diamond-shaped marks or larger patches, particularly at the base.

* Devil's club was widely employed medicinally by several native North American Indian tribes who used it especially for its pain-relieving properties. * In vitro studies showed that extracts of Devil's Club inhibit tuberculosis microbes.

* Terminal stems holding the flowers are distinctively red and provide interesting contrast to the clusters of small white berries which form after the flowers have dropped. * Plants can produce many stems and suckers, with older stems, which can reach...

A great way to promote interest in science. * The holes in the meshwork allow small prey to escape, presumably because the benefit that would be obtained from them would be less than the cost of digesting them.

Although it is the only living species in its genus, three fossil species are known as well. It is a particularly well-known example of a living fossil species. * Metasequoia glyptostroboides, the dawn redwood, is a fast-growing, endangered deciduous...

* Common in thickets and in thin secondary forests in lowlands and low mountains of central and southern Japan. * Can be grown as a small ornamental tree. The red seed pods are brilliant, opening to revel shiny black seeds.

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

The general shape of the tree is conical with tiered, horizontal branches that are often somewhat pendulous toward the tips. They are native to China, Taiwan and northern Vietnam, where they may reach 50-55 m in height.

* Shiny reddish-brown or dark brown bark; often of shrubby habit; native to Rocky Mountains * The buds and twigs are used as a flavouring in stews * Betula occidentalis ( Water Birch , also known as Red Birch ) is a species of birch native to western...

The uppermost part of the leaf is flared into a lid (the operculum), which prevents excess rain from entering the pitcher and diluting the digestive secretions within. Its range extends from southern Mississippi , through southern Alabama , the Florida...

* Plants have an extensive root system and can be grown on sand or thin coastal soils in order to bind the soil. * A good fast-growing hedge for exposed maritime conditions. * Baccharis halimifolia ( Eastern Baccharis) , commonly called groundsel bush,...

* The seeds are the largest of any native maple and are also a food source for wildlife. * A deciduous Tree growing to 30 m (98ft) by 15 m (49ft) at a fast rate. * It is often found along waterways and in wetlands, leading to the colloquial name "water...

The acorns are 1/2"; the tree grows quickly; needs acid soil, is subject to chlorosis and likes full sun. The leaves are deeply lobed, pointy 3-6" and turn winey red, russet-red or bronzy in fall.

* The wood is heavy, close-grained, moderately hard, brittle, not strong. * Requires a free-draining, light, sandy, acid soil with additional leafmould added. * Cliftonia monophylla ( Buck-wheat tree , Buckwheat tree , Titi ) is a tree native to the United...

The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) and are pollinated by Bees, flies. * It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade.It requires moist soil.

It is a pungent bitter-sweet warming herb that is said to be stronger in its action than ginseng. * It has also been used to combat radiation sickness and exposure to toxic chemicals.

It produces a spike of zygomorphic flowers in the late summer. * It was believed by some native North American Indian tribes that if the finely ground roots were secretly added to the food of an arguing couple then this would avert a divorce and they...

Juvenile leaves are lobed (as the name suggests) and are deep purple. The leaves often turn yellow in autumn. Yellow, opening before the leaves, fr. * Aromatic deciduous shrub or tree; lvs.

* Needles to 1" long, in 2 rows forming a trough; barrel-shaped cones, 4", dark violet-black. * Native to Yunnan in southwest China and adjoining border areas in southeastern Tibet , far northeastern India , northern Myanmar , and far northwestern Vietnam...

* 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...

* 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. * This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

Umbelliferous plants are so named because of the umbrella-like arrangement of flowers they produce. It is smaller in size than the Giant Hogweed ( Heracleum mantegazzianum ). It is an umbelliferous plant, in the same group as fennel, cow parsley, elder...

* Shiny dark green evergreen leaves, emerging bronzy in spring; white slightly fragrant flowers in pendulous masses; neat upright habit; prefers moist, well-drained, acid soil, but doesn't insist on it; needs shade in the U.S. South; parent of many cultivars;...

It is in flower in March, and the seeds ripen in June. * A decidious Tree growing to 20 m (65ft 7in) at a fast rate. * Bark peels off in sheets, revealing reddish-brown underbark; may grow 1-2' a year; shiny green leaf changing to yellow in fall; variable;...

* Its genus name comes from the Greek prefix sciado- meaning "shadow" and pitys, meaning "pine"; the specific epithet means "with whorls". * The Koyamaki ( Sciadopitys verticillata ), or Japanese Umbrella-pine , is a unique conifer endemic to Japan .

The raceme inflorescence is very tall, reaching a maximum of 4 m (12 ft). 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.

In China, Actinidia chinensis is nowadays dispersed in the entire southeast of the country. * The fruits, stems and roots are diuretic, febrifuge and sedative. * This species is the parent of the cultivated Kiwi fruits, these cultivars are now included...