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* trunk diameter of up to 1.5 m * The tip of the leaf is variable, usually pointed, but sometimes slightly notched at the tip * It is a large evergreen coniferous tree growing to 40–50 m (exceptionally 60 m) tall.

* 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 States .

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

* Features a mound of narrow, medium green leaves edged with pure white, with racemes of orchid-like, purple striped flowers on 18" scapes. Dense foliage crowds out most garden weeds.

* Sarracenia leucophylla , also known as the white pitcher plant , is a carnivorous plant in the genus Sarracenia . Leucophylla produces crimson flowers in the spring before its characteristically small spring pitchers.

An insectivorous plant, it is best grown in a boggy position and prefers a soil low in nitrogen. This conflicts with the hardiness rating of 7 (temperatures down to between -5 and -10°c) given in .

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

A poultice of the crushed leaves has been applied to wounds, rope burns etc. * The plant is used in Bach flower remedies - the keywords for prescribing it are 'Fear or anxiety of a known origin' * The leaves are eaten raw or cooked.

* Rhododendron occidentale ( Western Azalea ) is one of two deciduous Rhododendron species native to western North America (the other is Rhododendron albiflorum ). * Fragrant white or slightly pink flowers with a yellow blotch, to 2 1/2"; 4" deciduous...

* Lobelia cardinalis ( Cardinal Flower ) is a species of Lobelia native to the Americas , from southeastern Canada south through the eastern and southwestern United States , Mexico and Central America to northern Colombia .

* 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...

* Features a mound of narrow, medium green leaves edged with pure white, with racemes of orchid-like, purple striped flowers on 18" scapes. Dense foliage crowds out most garden weeds.

* Betula pubescens ( Downy Birch ; also known as White Birch , European White Birch or Hairy Birch ) is a species of birch , native and abundant throughout northern Europe , Iceland , northern Asia and also Greenland .

A pink variety of this species is sometimes grown commercially. The perennial's hairy, clasping leaves are arranged densely on its stout stems. * New England American-aster is large and showy, growing to 6 or more ft.

* The root is harvested in the autumn and dried for later use. * Cold-fX is a product derived from the roots of North American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius). In humans, M1 is detected in plasma from 7 hours after the intake of ppd-type ginsenosides and...

The wood is strongly resistant to rot, is not eaten by termites, and is easily worked. In vernacular use, it is most often known asCunninghamia, but is also sometimes called "China-fir" (though it is not a fir).

* Calamagrostis canadensis is a species of grass known by the common names bluejoint and Canadian reedgrass . * Blue-joint grass stands up well in winter. * This perennial, clump-forming grass grows to a height of 3-5 ft.

* It flowers in mid summer from July to August. * An erect, clump-forming perennial which features pale pink to white flowers enclosed in spiny, reddish-purple bracts and arranged in vertical rows on substantial flower spikes rising well above the foliage...

Slippery Elm may be distinguished from American Elm by the hairiness of the buds and twigs (both smooth on the American Elm) and by its very short-stalked flowers. * The Slippery Elm is a deciduous tree which can grow to 20 m in height with a 50 cm d.b.h

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

It grows in a number of ecosystems, including riparian woodlands, many types of forest, lakeside sand dunes, and tallgrass prairie . It grows from a small rhizome , forms a shallow, fine root network, and is a facultative mycotroph, receiving about 25%...

* It is a large shrub or small tree 3-12 m tall with smooth grey bark even in old age. * 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 medium-sized deciduous tree growing to 10–25 m tall, with a trunk up to 1 m diameter. The plant is seldom used medicinally, but is sometimes included in propriety medicines for chronic prostate and bladder disorders.

* Iris versicolor , also commonly known as the Harlequin Blueflag , Larger Blue Flag , Northern Blue Flag , and other variations of those names, is a species of Iris native to North America where it is common in sedge meadows, marshes, and along streambanks...

Large with an agreeably acid flavour, theymake good preserves and a refreshing lemonade-like drink. * A deciduous Tree growing to 15 m (49ft 3in). * A tree to 60 ft. One to several trunks are crooked and the 4-6 in.

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 .

* 2-5" dark shiny "needles" clustered in whorls at the ends of shoots; form varies, may be narrowly vertical to broadly conical; branches tend to droop with age; grows slowly; 2-4" cones, green, then brown; makes a distinctive dark green impression in...