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* The fruit is a good wildlife food source, especially for birds. * The smallest crab; fragrant half-inch white flowers; dark red fruit "about the size of a small pea" (Wyman), borne annually; forms a dense, rounded shrub; native to Japan.

* An excellent hedge plant, tolerating hard clipping and maritime exposure and forming a dense stock-proof shelter. Noxious weed in California * Spiny, shiny, dark green leaves, fragrant white flowers in May; quarter-inch red fruit, very attractive; parent...

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

A sour taste, but the fruit is palatable. Fruit from the typical species is about 1cm in diameter, though there are sub-species and cultivated forms with considerably larger fruits.

* The leaves have very narrow lobes that are purple red in the summer turning to orange red in the fall. * Hardier than green-leaved types. * Fall color is sensational.

* The foliage is purplish-red holding into the summer then some green tones come in changing to red and scarlet in fall. * A very desirable color * Makes a delightful upright small tree, maturing at 4 meters.

* The specific epithet, menziesii, is after Archibald Menzies, a Scottish physician and rival naturalist to David Douglas. It grows at higher elevations (to 9500') with a slower growth rate, and has shorter cones (to 3"), blue-green needles and better...

* Light green leaves of this "little dwarf overlay each other like shingles on a roof."

By the end of summer when the days are cooler, the color deepens to an even darker pink. The flowers open a light salmon color and then deepen to salmon pink in the height of summer.

* Leaves start off red in the spring fade to greenish red in the summer and then turn crimson in the fall.

* Substances extracted from theseeds are used to inhibit the growth of malignant tumours. * This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. * The leaves are used in the treatment of cancer and hepatoma.

The wood, after soaking in water, polishes to a brilliant black finish. * This plant is cultivated in gardens, producing valued flower colour in the dormant season. * The flowers are very fragrant, they are used in pot-pourri and to make perfumes.

* The fruit are edible raw or cooked. * Berberis vulgaris ( European barberry )/ ( Jaundice berry)/( Ambarbaris) is a shrub in the family Berberidaceae , native to central and southern Europe , northwest Africa and western Asia ; it is also naturalised...

A sour taste, but the fruit is palatable. Fruit from the typical species is about 1cm in diameter, though there are sub-species and cultivated forms with considerably larger fruits.

* The fruit can be eaten raw or cooked. This species is used as stock to graft apple trees in Hubei and Sichuan. Up to 1 cm in diameter, it has a sour taste. * A vigorous branching tree, it makes a good windbreak.

* It climbs by means of aerial rootlets which cling to the substrate. * The German Commission E Monographs, a therapeutic guide to herbal medicine, approve Hedera helix for cough, bronchitis.

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

It is sometimes known as a Concolor fir. Thus it can be used for making tubs for storing food items. * The wood lacks a distinctive odor and so does not impart a flavor to items stored in it.

* 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.

Elliptic-ovate, glossy, medium to deep green leaves (to 3” long). * Small landscape tree for lawns or patio areas. It typically grows to 20-30' tall and as wide, but infrequently can reach up to 50' tall.

Taylor and Taylor (76) thoroughly describe its form. Arborescent individuals that have narrowly conical crowns until old age (300 to 400 years) and shrubby krummholz on cold, windy sites near timberline add beauty to mountain landscapes.

* Best grown in moist, loamy, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade. Container-grown plants may be spaced 3' apart for mass plantings. Established plants tolerate drought. This is a tough and adaptable plant that can withstand poor soils.

* It is native to mountains forests of Japan. * A maple in the snake-bark maple group.

Elliptic-oblong, glossy, dark green leaves (to 3" long). Flowers appear in May-June (somewhat late for trees) and give way to grayish-brown drupes which persist into late autumn. Gray bark fissures on older trees revealing an attractive orange inner layer...

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

It is gentle, and very harmless in operation within the body, and exceedingly sharpens the Appetite, being drunk ante pastum.". Harvested in early spring, before the leaves unfurl, by tapping the trunk.

* The tree depends on moisture from snowmelt, rather than from the monsoon rains. It frequently grows with scattered conifers and an undergrowth of shrubs, typically evergreen Rhododendron .