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* It is also found in West Africa , where it is known as the Filao Tree and is planted to prevent erosion in sandy soils . * Casuarina equisetifolia is a species of she-oak of the genus Casuarina , native to Australasia , southeast Asia such as in Philippines...

* It was first discovered (by Euro-Americans) near Port Orford in Oregon and introduced into cultivation in 1854, by collectors working for the Lawson & Son nursery in Edinburgh, Scotland, after whom it was named as Lawson Cypress by the describing botanist...

* It lives in moist soils in cool wet mountain forests at elevations of 1500–2800 m. * Native to Japan on the islands of Honshu and Shikoku. Used for construction, boxes, utensils, spindles etc.

Oak species with smaller leaves are suitable for bonsai but are not native to Japan so not a traditional choice. Also known as the Holly Oak it is underrated as a bonsai. The Quercus ilex responds well to wire training and root pruning but needs a larger...

* CLIMBER growing to 7 m (23ft) at a fast rate. * It attaches itself by means of twining around other plants, it has been recommended for covering pergolas. * It is in flower from June to August.

It is noted for its graceful form, large heart-shaped leaves, scaly fissured bark, large fruiting catkins and large winter buds. Insignificant tiny greenish flowers appear in spring in separate male and female catkins, with the female catkins giving way...

* Elaeagnus angustifolia ( Russian Silverberry , Oleaster , or Russian-olive ) is a species of Elaeagnus , native to western and central Asia , from southern Russia and Kazakhstan to Turkey and Iran .

The pistillate and staminate flowers are on different trees; both are inconspicuous; but the fruit is very much in evidence. * When Lewis and Clark reached St. Louis in 1804, they were so impressed by the versatile and durable Osage Orange tree that it...

* Native to central and Southern Japan * Momi Fir is sometimes used as an ornamental tree, particularly in warm temperate regions with hot, humid summers such as the southeastern United States.

The cake can also be used as feed in digesters and gasifiers to produce biogas. * When jatropha seeds are crushed, the resulting jatropha oil can be processed to produce a high-quality biofuel or biodiesel that can be used in a standard diesel car or...

* The bark is smooth and greenish-grey, becoming shallowly fissured in old trees. It also grows in Canada (southwest Quebec and southeast Ontario), Mexico (central and southern), Guatemala, and western Honduras.

* In the far west of its range, it hybridizes readily with the closely related lodgepole pine ( P. * The Jack Pine ( Pinus banksiana ) is a North American pine with its native range in Canada east of the Rocky Mountains from Northwest Territories to Nova...

* The bark is smooth and greenish-grey, becoming shallowly fissured in old trees. It also grows in Canada (southwest Quebec and southeast Ontario), Mexico (central and southern), Guatemala, and western Honduras.

* The wood is heavy, close grained, hard, very tough, very durable. * Plants can be grown as a medium to tall hedge, they retain their dead leaves throughout the winter if clipped at least once a year in late summer.

* It was first discovered (by Euro-Americans) near Port Orford in Oregon and introduced into cultivation in 1854, by collectors working for the Lawson & Son nursery in Edinburgh, Scotland, after whom it was named as Lawson Cypress by the describing botanist...

It can quickly establish itself in open sunny locations and so can be used as a pioneer species for establishing woodlands. * Compound leaves with 11-31 leaflets; scarlet, orange, and purple in fall; good for dry, poor soil; tends to form colonies; greenish...

It is noted for its pubescent twigs, pinkish-white spring flowers, dull green foliage, interesting fall color and persistent black fruits. * Peking cotoneaster is an upright, deciduous shrub with a rounded top that typically grows to 6-10' tall and as...

* Spreading cotoneaster is an upright, rounded, densely branched, deciduous shrub that matures to 5-6' tall and spreads to 6-8' wide. Plants are often used in informal hedging. It is particularly noted for its attractive form, glossy green leaves, dark...

* Succeeds in most soils. * Although only 4 - 8mm long, it's fruit has been suggested as a substitute for the true olive, Olea europaea. Requires a sunny position and a well-drained soil.

* The extensiveroot system of this plant helps to prevent soil erosion. * A yellow dye is obtained from the flowers. * This is a fast growing evergreen flowering tree. * Has various edible uses, such as cooking the flowers and obtaining a gum from the...

* Foliar loppings of European silver fir in Czechoslovakia have yielded 1,380 tonnes/year of essential oils (Cermak and Penka 1979). * Silver Fir is the species first used as a Christmas tree.

* Although this plant can be grown in wet soils and shallow water, it thrives in any soil and trees actually grow faster in normal unflooded soils. * Taxodium distichum ( Baldcypress , Bald Cypress , or Swamp Cypress ) is a species of conifer native to...

It occurs from Newfoundland west to Manitoba, and south to Pennsylvania, with several smaller, disjunct populations occurring in the Appalachian Mountains in Virginia and West Virginia, as well as a few small pockets in extreme northern New Jersey and...

* The Ilex opaca species typically grows as an understory tree in forests. * Yellow-green spiny leaves; red fruit almost 1/2" wide, lasting into winter; of pyramidal habit in youth, later more open, with horizontal branches, sometimes contorted; must...

Good for shrub borders, open woodland areas and naturalized areas. The flowers are white, borne in spring. * This tough, thicket-forming, Missouri native deciduous shrub grows 5-8 feet tall with gracefully arching branches.

* The extensiveroot system of this plant helps to prevent soil erosion. * A yellow dye is obtained from the flowers. * This is a fast growing evergreen flowering tree. * Has various edible uses, such as cooking the flowers and obtaining a gum from the...

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