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The tree has a good quality timber. * Resembles Celtis but has winged fruits to 3/4"; dark green foliage; "gray-brown bark exfoliates in patches and is quite handsome...for the plant collector this is a treasure to be unearthed" (Dirr); native to northern...

* This species has a deeply penetrating root system that firmly anchors the tree against winds. * It is a popular ornamental tree found far beyond its native range. * The specific epithet pungens means "sharply pointed", referring to the leaves.

* Templetonia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. The genus is named in honour of John Templeton, an Irish naturalist and botanist. * It will also tolerate more moist conditions if it is given well drained soil.

* This species has a deeply penetrating root system that firmly anchors the tree against winds. * It is a popular ornamental tree found far beyond its native range. * The specific epithet pungens means "sharply pointed", referring to the leaves.

* The cotton inside the capsules, although not of as good quality as that of the kapok tree, has been used as stuffing f(density = 0.27 g/cm³), soft and flexible, and is employed in packaging, to make canoes, as wood pulp to make paper, and in ropes.

* A stripebark with vivid white stripes on green or gray-green bark; vivid yellow fall color. * A species of maple native to northern forests in eastern North America from southern Ontario east to Nova Scotia and south to eastern Illinois and New Jersey...

* Very shiny dark green leaves, spiny; ultimately forms a dense, rounded crown; attractive gray bark, berries in various shades of red, lasting long into winter; parent of many cultivars.

* Large yellow fragrant flowers in loose clusters, in spring; green branches, doubly pinnate leaves with long narrow leaflets to 1' or more; 1" thorns; of open habit; Wyman notes that it can be clipped into a hedge; native to tropical America.

* A species of maple in the snakebark maple group. * It is native to China , from Jiangsu south to Fujian and Guangdong , and west to southeastern Gansu and Yunnan.

* The tree reaches 40-50 m in height, developing an irregular oblate crown with large branches. Fortunei; native to China, Taiwan * Requires a sheltered position in a moist but well-drained light loamy soil with added leafmold.

* The leaves yield up to 1% essential oil. * Eucalyptus perriniana , commonly known as Spinning Gum , is a tree or mallee which is native to New South Wales , Victoria and Tasmania in Australia .

* Native to northeast Asia. * Green to greenish purple stems with white stripes; of open habit with yellow fall color.

* The glorious elm that used to line American streets. * The American elm occurs naturally in an assortment of habitats, most notably rich bottomlands, floodplains, stream banks, and swampy ground, * The American Elm is the state tree of both Massachusetts...

* The fruit can also be dried and used in bread, cakes etc. * When ripe, the sweet fruit of Persimmon somewhat recalls the flavor of dates. * About the size of a plum, the fruit has an exquisitely rich flavour when it is fully ripe.

* Versatile shrub that can be used to cover large areas. * The leaves turn attractive shades of purple, red and bronze in autumn. * Low informal hedge. * Effective on banks or slopes for erosion control.

* Shrub with upright stems; narrow bamboolike leaves, shiny bright green; small whitish flowers; a roughish plant, but extremely tough and vigorous; useful for highways and urban sites; native to China.

Soon a crown of terminal buds appears and the plant starts branching. * Dracaena draco is cultivated and widely available as an ornamental tree for parks, gardens, and drought tolerant water conserving sustainable landscape projects.

It is especially suitable for making levers and is also a good fuel. It has a shallow, wide-spreading root system. It also grows in Canada (southwest Quebec and southeast Ontario), Mexico (central and southern), Guatemala, and western Honduras.

* It has gracefully arching branches and grows somewhat faster than other cultivars. * The fall color is golden to red.

* Bright reddish purple color in spring deepening as summer advances, turning to carmine and scarlet in the fall. * It is upright growing, hardy and sturdy.

It ranges from southeastern Ontario east to Nova Scotia , and south to Pennsylvania and New Jersey , with disjunct populations in Indiana , Virginia , and North Carolina . * The sap is sweet.

* Grown mostly for it's beautiful exfoliating bark. * Small landscape tree * Somewhat reminiscent of Betua nigra bark, but the sections that break off are smaller and more block like.

* The pod is used as a soap substitute. A lupane acid extracted from the thorns showed in vitro anti-HIV activity. Sinensis has in vitro effects that may be indicative of antiallergic activities, possibly due to the saponins in fruits.

* Unique bark appearance, corky and rough with many cracks in it. * Leaves similar to that of Japanese Maple.

* Large yellow fragrant flowers in loose clusters, in spring; green branches, doubly pinnate leaves with long narrow leaflets to 1' or more; 1" thorns; of open habit; Wyman notes that it can be clipped into a hedge; native to tropical America.

In English poetry and English stories the holly is inseparably connected with the merry-making and greetings which gather around the Christmas time. * American holly is the state tree of Delaware.

The trunk thickens fast and develops some rust colored peeling appearance. This maple needs full sun but should be given partial shade in the summer. Known for its small leaves and gnarly roots this bonsai is dramatic over rock .