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Some of this nitrogen is utilized by the growing plant but some can also be used by other plants growing nearby. * This species has a symbiotic relationship with certain soil bacteria, these bacteria form nodules on the roots and fix atmospheric nitrogen.

A lupane acid extracted from the thorns showed in vitro anti-HIV activity. * The pod is used as a soap substitute. * The fruit extract of Gleditsia sinensis also has inhibitory effects on isolated cancer cell cultures.

* An attractive, variable plant, often with a vertical central leader, horizontal side branches, and drooping branchlets; a loose, open habit; sharp, needlelike bright green foliage; native to Japan, Korea, North China * Succeeds in most soils if they...

* Oleander grows to 2–6 m (6.6–20 ft) tall, with spreading to erect branches. Odorum , but the character is not constant and it is no longer regarded as a separate taxon. The leaves are in pairs or whorls of three, thick and leathery, dark green,...

* It is a medium-sized evergreen tree with a conic to ovoid-conic crown. The cones remain closed for many years, only opening after the parent tree is killed in a wildfire , thereby allowing the seeds to colonize the bare ground exposed by the fire.

The genus name is Greek - rhapis, meaning "needle"; and the species name is Latin for "tall", an ironic name choice as R. It is not known in the wild; all known plants come from cultivated groups in China.

* It is closely related to Acer saccharum (Sugar Maple). * Native to the Rocky Mountains in North America.

A lupane acid extracted from the thorns showed in vitro anti-HIV activity. * The pod is used as a soap substitute. * The fruit extract of Gleditsia sinensis also has inhibitory effects on isolated cancer cell cultures.

* The European nettle tree also known as European Hackberry or Lote tree ( Celtis australis ), is a deciduous tree that can grow 20 or 25 meters in height. * A yellow dye is obtained from the bark * It is often planted as an ornamental as it is resistant...

* Foliage dark green in summer, orange or orange red in fall. * Doesn't mind heat and drought; grows quickly. * In the low-elevation deserts of Arizona, it is the only tree whose leaves turn scarlet in fall.

It is native to the southwestern United States , in Utah , Nevada , Arizona , western New Mexico , western Colorado , Wyoming , southern Montana , southern Idaho and eastern California .

It can reach a height of 20-40 ft. * Quercus fusiformis (also often referred to as Q. It is also a smaller tree, not exceeding 1 m in trunk diameter (to 2.5 m diameter in southern live oak), with more erect branching and a less wide crown.

It is partly below ground. Among the Navajo, the plant is used to make blankets. Plant out in late spring or early summer, after the last expected frosts, and give some protection from the cold for at least their first few winters.

* Common in thickets and in thin secondary forests in lowlands and low mountains of central and southern Japan. The red seed pods are brilliant, opening to revel shiny black seeds.

* The Canary Island Pine ( Pinus canariensis ) is a species in the genus Pinus , family Pinaceae , native and endemic to the outer Canary Islands ( Gran Canaria , Tenerife , Hierro and La Palma ) in the Atlantic Ocean .

* Oleander grows to 2–6 m (6.6–20 ft) tall, with spreading to erect branches. Odorum , but the character is not constant and it is no longer regarded as a separate taxon. The leaves are in pairs or whorls of three, thick and leathery, dark green,...

* Individual Blue Oaks over 500 years old have been recorded, although most are less than 300 years old. * The Blue Oak ( Quercus douglasii ) is an oak in the white oak section of the genus, Quercus sect.

* Easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. * Garden Uses Mass or group in the shrub border or native plant garden. Tolerates wide range of soils, including dry rocky or sandy soils.

* 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 and North Dakota

The foliage grows in dense, usually moderately decumbent and pendulous sprays of bright green, very slender, slightly flattened shoots. * Cupressus funebris (Chinese Weeping Cypress) is a species of cypress native to southwestern and central China.

Elliptic, serrate, pale green leaves (to 3" long) turn yellow in fall. Flower buds purportedly resemble white pearls, hence the cultivar name. 'Northern Pearls' is a compact cultivar that grows to 6-8' tall and features racemes (3-5" long) of 5-petaled...

Fulvescens ( Styracaceae ) have generally been regarded as the same species, but recent molecular analysis has suggested that they may be diverged to the point of being separate species.

* Celtis occidentalis, commonly known as the Common hackberry, is a large deciduous tree native to North America. * The fruit and seed can be ground up finely together and used as a flavouring.

* Excellent as a fresh cut flower and for dried arrangements. * Native to the Mediterranean region, statice (also commonly called notchleaf status) is noted for producing clusters of papery, funnel-shaped flowers in summer.

* A yellow dye is obtained from the seedpods and the flowers * S. * Grown for its white flowers, borne in late summer after most other flowering trees have long finished flowering.

* Ulmus minor, the Field Elm, is by far the most polymorphic of the European species, although its taxonomy remains a matter of contention. Young branchlets occasionally have corky wings.

Established plants are drought tolerant. * Requires a well-drained sandy soil and a sunny position. * The leaves are used for flavouring rice dumplings.