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* The wood is heavy, close-grained, moderately hard, brittle, not strong. It burns with a clear, bright flame and is valued as a fuel. * Requires a free-draining, light, sandy, acid soil with additional leafmould added.

Requires a lime-free soil. Plants can be grown in containers in pond margins but are then best kept in drier conditions over winter. * The species has reddish-purple flowers; grows in marshes, ditches, and other wet places, even in shallow water; flowering...

They can also be blanched and used in salads. * Spiny stems, leaves to 30" long, white flowers. * The young shoots can be eaten cooked. * It is an upright deciduous small tree or shrub growing up to 6 m in height, native to eastern Russia , China , Korea...

* A decidious Shrub growing to 2m. * 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...

In China, it, and other false hellebore species are collectively called "li lu". * Veratrum nigrum ( Black Hellebore ) is a medicinal plant and poisonous plant native to Asia and Europe .

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

* Trees have extensive root systems and are sometimes planted on the banks of streams in order to prevent erosion.

* A decidious Shrub growing to 2m. * 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...

* This is a perennial bunch grass reaching heights of one to one and a half meters. It grows from a small rhizome , forms a shallow, fine root network, and is a facultative mycotroph, receiving about 25% of its nutrients on average from symbiotic mycorrhizae...

* The seedheads resemble small sweetgum balls but do not grow above the foliage. * This sedge is less prone to summer dieback and remains attractive during warm weather. Its grass-like leaves grow up to 3' tall from short stout rhizomes.

The layers of annual growth are hardly distinguishable. This is one of the lightest known woods, it weighs about 12½lb per cubic foot, is lighter than cork and is used for floats etc.

* 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 would love each other again.

Spikelets mature to brown by mid-summer and remain attractive well into fall. Foliage turns yellow-brown in fall. * A sedge with stems to 4 1/2 ft. Grasslike leaves (6-11 blades per culm) are broad (to 3/4" wide), linear and yellow green to dark green...

A tea is made from the dried leaves and roots. The roasted roots are used with dandelion and chicory roots for making coffee. * The hardy plant can grow to a height of 60 cm.Comfrey has been used in folk medicine as a poultice for treating burns and wounds.

* Blue-joint grass stands up well in winter. * This perennial, clump-forming grass grows to a height of 3-5 ft. * Many slender stems arise from small rhizomes; each topped by a large, slightly nodding, branched inflorescence.

* An evergreen tree with fan-like branches and scaly leaves. An essential oil is obtained from the leaves and branches, it is used in perfumery and in medicines. Growing to a height of 10-20 m tall with a 0.4 m trunk diameter, exceptionally to 30 m tall...

Conservation Plant Characteristics Alnus rhombifolia Nutt. White alder ALRH2 Summary Duration Perennial Growth Habit Tree Native Status L48 (N) Federal T/E Status National Wetland Indicator FACW Morphology/Physiology Active Growth Period Spring and Summer...

* American Ginseng can be found in much of the eastern and central United States and in part of southeastern Canada. These findings indicate that M1 is the final metabolite of ppd-type ginsenosides.

* Foliage turns purplish-bronze in winter. Small dark pink flowers in dense panicles appear within or above the foliage on stout stalks to 16" tall in April. * Leaves are often used in floral arrangements.

* Betula occidentalis ( Water Birch , also known as Red Birch ) is a species of birch native to western North America , in Canada from Yukon east to western Ontario and southwards, and in the United States from eastern Washington east to western North...

The common name is primrose , or occasionally common primrose or English primrose to distinguish it from other Primula species also called primroses. * The young leaves can be eaten raw or cooked as a potherb, added to soups etc.

It is nearly always found in low, wet areas and is often found near Phalaris arundinacea (Reed canary grass). * Thoroughwort is one of the most popular domestic medicines in North America where it is used in the treatment of influenza, colds, acute bronchitis,...

* The mild-flavoured leaves (cooked as a spinach) are rich in vitamins and minerals. * The seeds are very small but easy to harvest and very nutritious. They are eaten cooked or ground into a powder and used for making cakes etc.

* The Chinese make fences around their compounds with interlaced branches of this plant.These branches take root and form a very graceful hedge. * Shrub with upright stems; narrow bamboolike leaves, shiny bright green; small whitish flowers; a roughish...

It is somewhat slow to establish, but if given space to fully develop becomes a magnificent specimen. * This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

It grows in a variety of woodland habitats, and is often found in small woodland openings. The roots and rhizomes have long been used medicinally by Native Americans. * Black cohosh is used today mainly as a dietary supplement marketed to women as remedies...

* The poisonous fruit of this plant ripens in September and resembles whitish-powdered grapes. The fruit is highly toxic, may be fatal if eaten. * Menispermum canadense ( Canadian Moonseed , Common Moonseed , or Yellow Parilla ) is a flowering plant in...