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A tea is made from the dried leaves and roots. * The peeled roots are cut up and added to soups. However, internal consumption, such as in the form of herbal tea , is discouraged, as it can cause serious liver damage.

* It is closely related to (and in many respects intermediate between) Silver Fir to the north in central Europe, Greek Fir to the south in southern Greece, and Nordmann Fir to the east in northern Turkey.

* It is noted for its large palmate leaves and erect, woody stems covered in stinging spines. * Devil's club was widely employed medicinally by several native North American Indian tribes who used it especially for its pain-relieving properties.

It is very tolerant of severe winter cold, hardy down to at least -45°C, and also of wind exposure. * Dark green or gray-green needles, to 4"; of narrow pyramidal or columnar habit; slow growing, wants full sun, good drainage, moist soil; an attractive...

Growing up to a meter tall, it lives in zones 4 to 9 in moist to wet soils. 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...

The foliage forms in flat sprays with scale-like leaves 3-5 mm long. Their aromatic smell serves to deodorize the house whilst sweeping. Eastern white-cedars found to be growing on cliff faces in Southern Ontario are the oldest trees in Eastern North...

Only the outer bark is removed, this does not kill the tree. It is waterproof, durable, tough and resinous[11, 61]. * White, gray, or brownish bark; wood used for pulp and plywood; native from Europe to Siberia.

* Plants can be used as a tall ground cover for large areas of land. * This beautiful large flowering shrub deserves much wider use in the landscape. It is somewhat slow to establish, but if given space to fully develop becomes a magnificent specimen.

The inner bark contains large quantities of a sticky slime that can be dried to a powder or made into a liquid. 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...

* It is a high altitude mountain tree, growing at altitudes of 3,000-4,000 meters, often occupying the tree line . * Needles to 1" long, in 2 rows forming a trough; barrel-shaped cones, 4", dark violet-black.

Wood - heavy, very hard, strong, durable in contact with the soil, coarse-grained. It weighs 46lb per cubic foot. The wood is extremely durable and is used primarily for making fence posts.

* The bark is a commercial source of tannin in N. * It is faster-growing than many other coniferous trees in cold regions. * Because of its rot resistance, larch wood is especially valuable for posts, poles, railroad tie sleepers, and mine props.

Used in construction, ship building etc wherever great strength is required. * The wood is light, fragrant, easily worked, resists insects damage. The wood is strongly resistant to rot, is not eaten by termites, and is easily worked.

It is native to lowland wetlands in the southeastern United States , from Delaware and southern Illinois south to northern Florida and southeast Texas . * The common name comes from the acorns being largely enclosed in the cup; the scientific name comes...

The bark is dark red-brown. * A similar cypress found on Taiwan is treated by different botanists as either a variety of this species (as Chamaecyparis obtusa var. It is a slow-growing tree which grows to 35 m tall with a trunk up to 1 m in diameter.

It is used medicinally and also makes a refreshing tea. Only the outer bark is removed, this does not kill the tree. * White, unpeeling bark when young, black when older; branches tend to weep; leaves dark green in summer, yellowish in fall; tolerates...

* Leatherwood was employed medicinally by a number of native North American Indian tribes who used it to treat a wide variety of ailments. The stems are harvested in summer, the leaves are removed and the stems steamed until the fibres can be stripped.

Growing up to a meter tall, it lives in zones 4 to 9 in moist to wet soils. 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...

* In spring, the plant produces small, bright red flowers with 5-fold symmetry. * Like other members of the genus Sarracenia, the Sweet pitcher plant traps insects using a rolled leaf, which in this species is generally smaller and narrower than most...

Conservation Plant Characteristics Abies fraseri (Pursh) Poir. * It is grown in plantations in Scotland and sold by the thousands throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland. * Flowering in May, with seeds ripe form September to October * They often form...

Requires a lime-free soil. Likes plenty of moisture and a rich loamy slightly acid soil. Kaempferi; native to Korea, China, Central Asia, and Japan. * The species has reddish-purple flowers; grows in marshes, ditches, and other wet places, even in shallow...

* 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...

* It is often found along waterways and in wetlands, leading to the colloquial name "water maple". * The seeds are the largest of any native maple and are also a food source for wildlife.

It is an umbelliferous plant, in the same group as fennel, cow parsley, elder and giant hogweed. Umbelliferous plants are so named because of the umbrella-like arrangement of flowers they produce.

* It is closely related to (and in many respects intermediate between) Silver Fir to the north in central Europe, Greek Fir to the south in southern Greece, and Nordmann Fir to the east in northern Turkey.

In addition, bacteria on the roots fix atmospheric nitrogen - whilst this enables the tree to grow well in quite poor soils it also makes some of this nitrogen available to other plants growing nearby.

However it is commonly cultivated in gardens away from its native range. * Primula denticulata , commonly known as Drumstick primrose or the Himalayan Primrose is a species of primrose that is native to moist alpine regions and Afghanistan to China .