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* Water hickory is a major component of wetland forests now in the south eastern US, because of the selective cutting of more desirable tree species for the lumber industry. * Compound leaves yellowish when young; found on coastal plain along rivers and...

* The seeds provide food for birds. The paired spikelets are generally oval in shape and measure a few millimeters long. It is native to the eastern United States. * Paspalum floridanum is a species of grass known by the common name Florida paspalum.

It is also found around the Mississippi River . * A gray-branched shrub with white berries; flowers in late spring; native to central North America from Ontario to Louisiana and Texas.

* Thoroughwort is one of the most popular domestic medicines in North America where it is used in the treatment of influenza, colds, acute bronchitis, catarrh and skin diseases. It is also called "agueweed", "feverwort" or "sweating-plant".

* A small deciduous tree with coarse ascending branches and a slender, sometimes bent or leaning trunk. Extremely hardy and fond of wet areas and sites with poor drainage; native to central and northeastern U.S. * Logs of wood can be beaten with mauls...

* Fruits are sour and usually not consumed raw by humans, but may be cooked for use in the preparation of wine, jelly and pies. Pubens (native to North America) was known as American red elder.

The many fruits formed in each inflorescence have long silky appendages which, seen together, give the characteristic appearance of Old Man's beard . * The boiled roots and stems are used as a cure for the itch.

* 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.

Fall foliage can be yellow or dark red. * The leaves are each made up of several toothed oval leaflets, the terminal leaflet up to 4 centimeters long. * It is a shrub sometimes forming a thicket, and growing up to 2.5 meters tall.

* Alnus viridis subsp. Northeastern North America, Greenland. * It is a large shrub or small tree 3-12 m tall with smooth grey bark even in old age. * Native to Northwestern North America.

It is a large suckering shrub that can be grown as a small tree. As a popular ornamental used in landscaping its notable features include the red stems in fall (autumn) through late winter, the brightest winter bark of any cornus.

* This grass provides a good graze for cattle and horses throughout most of the year. * This species is a rhizomatous perennial grass with stems growing up to 1.3 meters tall. * In the wild this plant grows in moist areas such as swampland and wet woodland...

* It is commonly used as an ornamental tree in landscaping because of its fast growth and pleasing appearance. * It is grown and marketed mainly as pulpwood. * The acorns provide food for raccoons, White-tailed Deer, Wild Turkeys, squirrels, ducks, Bobwhite...

Foliage turns yellow-brown in fall. Grasslike leaves (6-11 blades per culm) are broad (to 3/4" wide), linear and yellow green to dark green with rough edges. Leaves are grasslike but broad.

The wood is also used to produce sporting goods and plywood. * A decoction of the bark has been used in the treatment of sore throats. * Sugarberry mixed with hackberry supplies the lumber known as hackberry.

* It is more heat tolerant than the species. * The original Cook strain of Balsam Fir was selected due to the blue tinge of the needles. * The seeds from these improved selections will be more true to type due to continued selection for blue color and...

The upper stems are reddish or purplish. * It is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to 1.5–3 m (5–10 feet) tall, found in moist, rich soil alongside ditches and marshes, or in wet forests.

* The European Larch is a popular Bonsai Species, with many unique specimens available in European Circles, and is popularly used in Bonsai Forest Groups. * The seeds are an important food for some birds , notably Siskin , Lesser Redpoll and Citril Finch...

They are native to Eastern North America and have non-dissected foliage and pigmented flowers. * Many people perceive Joe Pye weed to be nothing more than a roadside weed and have never seriously considered its outstanding ornamental attributes.

Thrives in full sun so long as the soil does not dry out, otherwise it is best grown in partial shade. * It is a herbaceous wildflower that grows along the banks of streams and seeps in western North America.

* It is grown in plantations in Scotland and sold by the thousands throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland. * Fraser Fir has been used more times as the Blue Room Christmas tree (the official Christmas tree of the President of the United States's White...

It is native to central North America. * Of upright, arching form; green leaves; flowers in late summer, flowering section of spike to 15" long; likes full sun or part shade, rich soil; tolerates salt, wet conditions; native to cool temperate areas of...

* 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.

This monocot (monocotyledon) is native to the U.S. (United States) has its most active growth period in the spring and summer . * Essential component of streambank rehabilitation. * The Riverbank Wildrye (Elymus Riparius) is generally described as a perennial...

* It is grown in plantations in Scotland and sold by the thousands throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland. * Fraser Fir has been used more times as the Blue Room Christmas tree (the official Christmas tree of the President of the United States's White...

It differs from other similar species in that it has 4 lobed flowers, whereas Small Scabious and Field scabious have 5 lobes and hence it has been placed in a separate genus in the same family .

It is most commonly found in wet areas such as riverbanks and ponds. The sturdy leaves each have a prominent central vein. * The tops of the stems are occupied with spreading, multibranched inflorescences bearing many small, oval-shaped spikelets.