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Many birds and small mammals use it for food and cover. The native Americans used it to treat a variety of complaints but especially as an external wash on the skin. It is native to North America, where it occurs across much of Canada and the northern...

* This tree is remarkable for the number and length of the spines growing on its trunk, which makes it the most formidably armed of temperate trees. * Gleditsia caspica ( Caspian Locust or Persian Honeylocust ) is a species of Gleditsia native to western...

The flowers attract bees and other pollinators. Vitex are great for summer color and their large spikes of colorful flowers attract butterflies and bees. A winter mulch will also help to further their chances of survival in these areas.

* The pods have been made into a tea for the treatment of indigestion, measles, catarrh etc. Seedpods - the pulp is sweet and can be eaten raw or made into sugar. * A good city tree that withstands harsh conditions; delicate bright green compound leaves...

* Remove dead flowers to extend the flowering period. It is probably native to the Mediterranean region but its exact range is unknown due to extensive cultivation for the last 2,000 years.

* The leaves are cooked and used as greens. * Shadscale fruits and leaves provide important winter browse for both domestic livestock and native herbivores. The water in which the leaves are cooked is used in making corn pudding .

Dakota and south to Texas and Mexico. * The ground up seed can also be mixed with water and drunk as a refreshing beverage. * It is most readily identified by its fruits, which have four wings at roughly 90 degree angles and are densely packed on long...

It is tolerant of urban, seaside, and other difficult conditions. * Pinus nigra, the Austrian pine or black pine, is a moderately variable species of pine, occurring across southern Mediterranean Europe from Spain to the eastern Mediterranean on Anatolian...

* The hollow stems can be made into whistles and flutes. * Leycesteria formosa ( Himalayan Honeysuckle , Flowering Nutmeg , Himalaya Nutmeg or Pheasant Berry ) is a deciduous shrub in the family Caprifoliaceae , native to the Himalaya and southwestern...

Johnson) & contrasting beautifully with the lush pinnate foliage, in its first reddish growth or its later fresh-green. * This 6-8' shrub is "of matchless elegance a its fleecy sprays lovely in their silken lightness" (A.

Studies in mice suggest that Gleditsia sinensis ethanolic extract could be an effective therapeutic agent for the treatment of allergic asthma. A lupane acid extracted from the thorns showed in vitro anti-HIV activity.

'Northern Pearls' is a compact cultivar that grows to 6-8' tall and features racemes (3-5" long) of 5-petaled white flowers (to 2" diameter) which bloom in early spring. * This species of pearlbush is an early-blooming, upright deciduous shrub that is...

Succeeds in dense shade. * Insubstantial purplish or yellow flowers in early to mid summer; more impressive are the large pods that split open to reveal clusters of scarlet or orange-red seeds that remain until midwinter; likes lime; native to western...

* It is a medium-sized understory tree 15-20 m tall, distinguished from other magnolias by the large leaf size, 25-80 cm long and 11-30 cm broad. * This species boasts the largest simple leaf and single flower of any native plant in North America.

This perennial is a native plant found throughout the eastern part of the United States and in many parts of the western U.S., Canada , and Mexico . * The lance-leaved coreopsis , Coreopsis lanceolata , is a species of coreopsis (Tickseed).

It is native to southern Europe ( Sicily ), southwestern Asia ( Lebanon , Syria , Turkey ) and eastern Asia ( China ), with two well-separated populations. * Fontanesia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Oleaceae , usually treated as comprising...

* A tea is made from the leaves. * The leaves are used as a condiment in gravies etc. * The leaves or bark have been placed in cupped hands over the nose and inhaled as a mild hallucinogen.

* It is fast growing and usually has nice red fall colors, much more reliably so than the more popular Pin Oak. * Quercus texana , commonly known as Nuttall's Oak , is a fast growing large deciduous Oak tree native to North America from the lower Mississippi...

It grows in a temperate climate with dry winters and wet summers. In recent times it has extended its range as competing broadleaf forests are logged (Farjon 1984, Li 1997, Richardson and Rundel 1998).

Their lower limbs often sweep down towards the ground before curving up again. * Depending on the growing conditions, live oaks vary from the shrubby to large and spreading: typical open-grown trees reach 15 meters (50 feet) in height, but may span nearly...

The tree is a fast grower, and can achieve 36 inches of growth in just one year making it a good bonsai specimen. Where it is colder in the winter it needs protection as it does not tolerate frost in containers.

* The Chinese make fences around their compounds with interlaced branches of this plant.These branches take root and form a very graceful hedge. * Shrub with upright stems; narrow bamboolike leaves, shiny bright green; small whitish flowers; a roughish...

* 11-15 tapering, pointed leaflets make up the feathery leaves of this little known 20-30' tree & are carried on red shoots; its 4-6" clusters of early flowers are followed by creamy-yellow fruit tinted with pink...

It is typically found over calcareous substrates such as limestone , growing on limestone slopes and in moist valley soils, at elevations of 120–600 m. * Fraxinus quadrangulata ( Blue Ash ) is a species of Fraxinus native primarily to the Midwestern...

They keep their blue color well after drying. * This is an excellent plant to use for cut flowers and dried flowers. * It is very cold hardy, coming from Siberia, and will also tolerate drought and saline conditions.

This is one of the best woody species for binding moving sand. * It is also extremely vigorous when young, often growing over a metre per year. * Makes a good screen or hedge in warm temperate areas.

* This species is commonly used in Chinese medicine and is considered to be one of the 50 fundamental herbs. * A very ornamental and fast growing tree, it grows best in hot summers.