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* Foliar loppings of European silver fir in Czechoslovakia have yielded 1,380 tonnes/year of essential oils (Cermak and Penka 1979). * It is a common ingredient in many bath products, giving them their familiar pine scent.

* 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.

* Cornus alba (red-barked or Siberian dogwood) is a species of flowering plant in the family Cornaceae, native to Siberia, northern China and Korea. It is a large suckering shrub that can be grown as a small tree.

* Shiny reddish-brown or dark brown bark; often of shrubby habit; native to Rocky Mountains * The buds and twigs are used as a flavouring in stews It typically occurs along streams in mountainous regions.

There are five to ten leaves per stem. * The cooked seed can be used as a rice substitute. In general, it produces short, tough rhizomes and grows in dense clumps. * This sedge is very variable in appearance.

* Prefers a light well-drained soil and a sunny position. Likes plenty of moisture and a rich loamy slightly acid soil. Requires a lime-free soil. Kaempferi; native to Korea, China, Central Asia, and Japan.

Its "distinctive leaf shape... * Grows as a shrub or small tree; light gray stems, shiny dark green leaves, fall color yellow; orange to scarlet quarter-inch fruits persisting until spring; native to southeast and south central U.S.

* The leaves and bark have been used medicinally. * Smaller and more rounded than P. * The timber , often called lacewood , is figured and valuable for indoor furniture. * The tree is capable of being grown in most temperate latitudes, though it benefits...

* Well worth growing if you have the right spot to enjoy its fragrant blooms. * This flowering shrub is native to the eastern United States, likes a moist shady location.

It grows on wet sites on the coastal plain at altitudes from sea level up to 50 m, more rarely in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains up to 460 m altitude. Wood found buried in swamps for hundreds of years is perfectly sound and not water-logged.

* Greek Fir was important in the past for wood for general construction. * Greek Fir is native to the mountains of Greece, primarily in the Peloponnesos and the island of Kefallonia, * It is grown as an ornamental tree in parks and large gardens.

Also found in other parts of [North America] * It is a deciduous shrub growing to 5 m tall. * It is a large shrub, often 6-10 feet in height. * There are approximately 12,000 seeds per pound.

* Lacy leaves of a deep red in the spring but foliage color fades to light green in early summer. * Fall color is sensational. * Hardier than green-leaved types.

* The scientific name honors Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria, during whose reign it was described as a new species in 1925. * It is closely related to (and in many respects intermediate between) Silver Fir to the north in central Europe, Greek Fir to the south...

* A deciduous Tree growing to 9 m (29ft 6in). It is hardy to zone 6. * A small tree grown for its ornamental red new growth and its red and yellow fall color. It is in flower in May, and the seeds ripen from Aug to September.

* 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 west, and locally south to northern New York in the...

It is most commonly found in wet areas such as riverbanks and ponds. The sturdy leaves each have a prominent central vein. * Important member of wetland communities. * This is a rhizomatous perennial grass bearing thin stems which approach two meters...

* A vigorous and fast-growing climbing plant that twines around supports, it also spreads freely by underground suckers. * A climbing vine with small, greenish-white flowers in small loose clusters in axils of large leaves; each leafstalk attached just...

* A variable evergreen of upright, rounded habit, with 1/2" white flowers in small clusters; 1" green or red berries; likes moist soil, part shade; emerging leaves bronzy to reddish, later leathery, dark green; leaves to 4" x 1 1/2", turning bronzy-red...

* Sometimes called "Moosewood". * A species of maple native to northeastern North America from Saskatchewan to Newfoundland , and south to Pennsylvania. Mountain maple ACSP2 Summary Duration Perennial Growth Habit Tree, Shrub Native Status L48 (N), CAN...

* 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.

* Very shade tolerant, especially when young, but growth is slower in dense shade. * Grows well in heavy clay soils, requiring a cool position in a good moist but not water-logged soil.

Growing to a height of 10-20 m tall with a 0.4 m trunk diameter, exceptionally to 30 m tall and 1.6 m diameter, the tree is often stunted or prostrate. This essential oil also has insect repellent properties.

Features small pendulous clusters of bell-shaped, mildly fragrant, pale pink, long-stalked flowers (3/4" long) with showy yellow stamens. Flowers appear in May-June (somewhat late for trees) and give way to grayish-brown drupes which persist into late...

* Shiny reddish-brown or dark brown bark; often of shrubby habit; native to Rocky Mountains * The buds and twigs are used as a flavouring in stews It typically occurs along streams in mountainous regions.

* The berries which are small drupes are purple. They are cultivated for ornamental use in gardens. This species can be found in China and Japan. * The berries are bitter and are unfit for culinary use.

It retains its waxy, deep-green leaves for up to 8 years, but once shed are slow to decompose. Maximum is an evergreen shrub growing to 4 m (13 ft), rarely 10 m (33 ft), tall. The fruit is a dry capsule 15-20 mm (.60-.79 in) long, containing numerous...