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* A shrub; shiny dark green leaves to 3" long; Native to Europe. The leaves are shiny green, ovoid, 3-8 cm long and 2-6 cm broad. * It is a large shrub or small tree 3-12 m tall with smooth grey bark even in old age.

* Common Hogweed ( Heracleum sphondylium ) is an herbaceous biennial plant of the family Apiaceae , which grows in the prairies of Eurasia. * The roots and the leaves are aphrodisiac, digestive, mildly expectorant and sedative.

Requires deep shade, growing well on north-facing slopes and in woodland. Some caution is advised, though, because large doses are said to raise blood pressure. It is native to eastern North America, though it also cultivated beyond its range in places...

In vernacular use, it is most often known asCunninghamia, but is also sometimes called "China-fir" (though it is not a fir). * It is a genus of one or two species of evergreen coniferous trees in the cypress familyCupressaceae.

It is commonly called eleuthero , and was previously marketed in the United States as Siberian Ginseng as it has similar herbal properties to those of Panax ginseng . * The roots are harvested in the autumn and dried for later use.

* A decidious Tree growing to 9 m. * Native to mountains from Alaska to California. * It is in flower in April, and the seeds ripen in September. * Yellow fall color.

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

* A shrubby species with nearly round 1" leaves. * Native to North America , occurring in arctic and cool temperate areas from Alaska east to Newfoundland and southern Greenland , and south at high altitudes to northern California and Colorado in the...

It is still commonly employed in modern herbalism with much the same uses. The leaf buds are covered with a resinous sap that has a strong turpentine odour and a bitter taste. * Western balsam poplar has a long history of herbal use.

Blooms appear in late summer to early fall on branching-at-the-top stems rising to 4-6' tall. * A bold perennial plant with upright, branching stems topped by yellow or orange-yellow daisylike flowers to 4", July-September; leaves to 10", hairy, serrated...

The red seed pods are brilliant, opening to revel shiny black seeds. * Common in thickets and in thin secondary forests in lowlands and low mountains of central and southern Japan.

Any trimming should be done in the summer. It grows on wet sites on the coastal plain at altitudes from sea level up to 50 m, more rarely in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains up to 460 m altitude.

However, internal consumption, such as in the form of herbal tea , is discouraged, as it can cause serious liver damage. The roasted roots are used with dandelion and chicory roots for making coffee.

* A fine blue infusion is obtained from the flowers and this can be used as a litmus substitute to test for acids and alkalis. Some tribes even used to chew the root and then hold rattlesnakes with their teeth and were not bitten so long as the scent...

* Greek Fir is native to the mountains of Greece, primarily in the Peloponnesos and the island of Kefallonia, * It is grown as an ornamental tree in parks and large gardens. * Greek Fir was important in the past for wood for general construction.

* Shrub with upright stems; narrow bamboolike leaves, shiny bright green; small whitish flowers; a roughish plant, but extremely tough and vigorous; useful for highways and urban sites; native to China.

Japonica has been used as traditional medicine by native people, and extracts from the plants were found to be bioactive. Succeeds in part shade. * Clusters of rosy-pink flowers are found at the tips of the branches.

* Single 1 1/2" yellow, blue, white, green, or purple flowers on long stems in spring; the color range is even broader in cultivated varieties; leaves to 10"; likes part shade and moist fertile soil; native to Europe and Turkey.

* A beautiful yellow dye is obtained from the flowers. * Iris pseudacorus is a species of Iris , native to Europe , western Asia and northwest Africa . The root is a source of tannin and has been used in making ink.

* Foliage, deciduous, is fragrant when crushed, and has been used medicinally; tiny fruits; branches once used in England to flavor "gale beer"; native to wet peaty areas in cold northern regions around the world.

A rope can be made from the bark fibres. * Dirca palustris , or Eastern Leatherwood , is a shrub that grows to a maximum height of about three meters. * Leatherwood was employed medicinally by a number of native North American Indian tribes who used it...

* It is more heat tolerant than the species. * The seeds from these improved selections will be more true to type due to continued selection for blue color and appropriate growth habit for use as Christmas trees.

It is in flower in August, and the seeds ripen in October. * They are popularly grown in gardens and parks. * A decidious Shrub growing to 2 m (6ft 7in).

* This grass grows in disturbed, wet habitat types such as ditches. It is native to the eastern United States. * Paspalum floridanum is a species of grass known by the common name Florida paspalum.

It is adaptogenic, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antipyretic and diuretic. It is used in Korea in the treatment of lumbago, neuralgia, arthritis and oedema. * The root bark contains saponins, acanthosides, cardiac glycosides and polysaccharides.

* Multipurpose alder tree found in the subtropical highlands of the Himalaya. * Prefers a heavy soil and a damp situation. * It is called Utis in Nepalese and Nepalese Alder in English .

* Sometimes called "Moosewood". * A species of maple native to northeastern North America from Saskatchewan to Newfoundland , and south to Pennsylvania. * Fall color orange, scarlet, yellow; extremely hardy Conservation Plant Characteristics Acer spicatum...