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Distichum , the leaves are shorter (3-10 mm long), slenderer and are on shoots that tend to be erect rather than spreading; the cones also tend to be smaller, not over 2.5 cm diameter.

* It is a medium-sized deciduous tree , typically reaching 15-25 m tall (exceptionally up to 39 m ), with a slender trunk usually under 40 cm diameter (exceptionally to 1 m diameter), and a crown of arched branches with drooping branchlets.

* The common name comes from the acorns being largely enclosed in the cup; the scientific name comes from the lyrate (lyre-shaped) leaves. * The wood is valuable, similar to that of other white oaks, and used for the same purposes.

It is the sole member of the family Sciadopityaceae and genus Sciadopitys , a living fossil with no close relatives, and known in the fossil record for about 230 million years. * Its genus name comes from the Greek prefix sciado- meaning "shadow" and...

* 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 very cold tolerant, able to survive winter temperatures down to at least -50°C, and is among the tree line trees in the Alps, reaching 2400 m altitude, though most abundant from 1000–2000 m.

The tree doesn't mind shade but dislikes high temperatures and drought. * This is a grand, tall, graceful conifer with shiny dark green foliage. This is the parent of a large number of cultivars, it is native from coastal Canada to Minnesota and south...

* It was the first magnolia to be scientifically described, and is the type species of the genus Magnolia ; as Magnolia is also the type genus of all flowering plants , this species can be seen to typify all flowering plants.

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.

* The bark is a commercial source of tannin in N. * It is faster-growing than many other coniferous trees in cold regions. * It is a medium-size to large deciduous coniferous tree reaching 20-40 m tall, with a trunk up to 1 m diameter.

It is in flower in March, and the seeds ripen in June. It is hardy to zone 4. * Betula nigra ( River Birch ; also occasionally called Water Birch ) is a species of birch native to the eastern United States from New Hampshire west to southern Minnesota...

* A "beautiful graceful specimenwith drooping branches" * The pitch or resin is said to be one of the best curatives for a sore throat. * It is a large evergreen coniferous tree growing to 30–45 m (exceptionally 72 m) tall.

* It is in flower in April, and the seeds ripen in October. Conservation Plant Characteristics Acer macrophyllum Pursh bigleaf maple ACMA3 Summary Duration Perennial Growth Habit Tree Native Status L48 (N), CAN (N) Federal T/E Status National Wetland...

* The species name is derived from the persistently unopened cones that may remain closed for several years before they release their seeds; the opening is often in response to forest fires.

* Its wood has been used extensively for butcher's blocks. * A huge tree when mature--early explorers in central New York noted one with a diameter of 12'; open habit, attractive exfoliating bark, sometimes nearly all white and beautiful in winter.

It is the sole member of the family Sciadopityaceae and genus Sciadopitys , a living fossil with no close relatives, and known in the fossil record for about 230 million years. * Its genus name comes from the Greek prefix sciado- meaning "shadow" and...

* 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...

The stems are harvested in summer, the leaves are removed and the stems steamed until the fibres can be stripped. A rope can be made from the bark fibres. * Leatherwood was employed medicinally by a number of native North American Indian tribes who used...

Used for small items, nails, walking sticks etc. It was first formally described by Philipp Franz von Siebold in 1829. Wood - hard, white, fine grained. * In late summer parent has much larger flowers, first white, then purplish-pink, then brown; to 12"...

* An imposing, sturdy looking native with smooth gray bark and dark green leaves, a glorious dark golden-brown in fall; edible nut; likes moist acid, woodland soil; Dirr notes that the native species outgrows and outperforms the more common European Beech;...

These factors combine to make the trees eminently suitable for a mixed woodland planting with shrubs and other trees beneath them. During this time they cast a heavy shade. * Nutmeg Hickory ( Carya myristiciformis ) of the Juglandaceae or Walnut family,...

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

Oily and sweet tasting with a rich agreeable flavour. * Compound leaves, dark green; 2" edible fruit, oily; furrowed dark gray bark; often of rather open habit, with a number of trunks and few internal branches; likes rich moist soil but adapts to drier...

In Japanese) is a deciduous tree in the genus Paulownia, native to central and western China, but invasive in the US. In Chinese; kiri ? On young growth, the leaves may be in whorls of three and be much bigger than the leaves on more mature growth.

* The acorns are consumed by a variety of wildlife as diverse as Acorn Woodpecker, California ground squirrel, dusky-footed wood rat, western harvest mouse and black-tailed deer. * After forest fires, Canyon live oak regenerates vigorously by basal sprouting.

* Fall color orange, scarlet, yellow; extremely hardy Conservation Plant Characteristics Acer spicatum Lam. Mountain maple ACSP2 Summary Duration Perennial Growth Habit Tree, Shrub Native Status L48 (N), CAN (N), SPM (N) Federal T/E Status National Wetland...

Conservation Plant Characteristics Alnus rhombifolia Nutt. * Native to western North America , from Washington east to western Montana and south to California. * A decidious Tree growing to 12 m at a fast rate.