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* Devil's club was widely employed medicinally by several native North American Indian tribes who used it especially for its pain-relieving properties. * In vitro studies showed that extracts of Devil's Club inhibit tuberculosis microbes.

* It has gained an almost magical reputation for being able to promote health, general body vigour and also to prolong life. * Ginseng has a history of herbal use going back over 5,000 years.

* 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.

It is named after William Kerr , who introduced the cultivar 'Pleniflora'. * A decoction of the flowering shoots is used in the treatment of coughs and women's complaints. * Kerria japonica , the sole species in the genus Kerria , is a deciduous shrub...

Small greenish flowers appear in spring, and are borne singly in the centre of the cladodes. Germination can be rather slow, sometimes taking 12 months or more. Suggested mechanisms to explain this include stimulation of venous alpha 1 and 2 adrenoreceptors...

It has thin scaly brown bark. Taxol has shown exciting potential as an anti-cancer drug, particularly in the treatment of ovarian cancers. * It is a small to medium-sized evergreen tree, growing 10-15 m tall and with a trunk up to 50 cm diameter, rarely...

It is used in Korea in the treatment of lumbago, neuralgia, arthritis and oedema. * The root bark contains saponins, acanthosides, cardiac glycosides and polysaccharides. It is adaptogenic, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antipyretic and diuretic.

* 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.

* The plant is native to damp grasslands, woodlands, meadows and rocky areas in temperate areas of Europe. * It is boiled in olive oil to make black dyes and hair dressing. * The plant produces cup-shaped, lavender-coloured or white flowers.

The roundleaf dogwood is also a temperate, northeastern North American species that occurs throughout southern and eastern Ontario; in northern Ontario it occurs farther north than the alternateleaf dogwood, but does not extend past 50°N (Soper and Heimburger...

It is not known in the wild; all known plants come from cultivated groups in China. Excelsa is not the tallest in the genus. * Rhapis excelsa also known as Broadleaf Lady Palm is a species of fan palm (Arecaceae subfamily Coryphoideae, tribe Corypheae)...

Veratrum lobelianum Bernh. * Veratrum album , commonly known as the False Helleborine (also known as White Hellebore , European White Hellebore , White Veratrum ; syn. ), is a medicinal plant of the Liliaceae (lily family) or Melanthiaceae which is native...

* The common name is Sweetfern or Sweet-fern, a confusing name as it is not a fern. It is native to eastern North America , from southern Quebec south to the extreme north of Georgia , and west to Minnesota .

It is hardy to zone 8. * Alangium platanifolium is a deciduous Shrub growing to 3 m (9ft) by 2 m (6ft). It is in flower from Jun to July. The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) * The root is used in the treatment of rheumatism...

Usually stemless, the leaves arising from an underground stock. * An understorey shrub of broad-leaved, mainly deciduous woodlands in low-lying river terrace areas and other sites where water at the roots is readily available.

* Cone-like fruits with bright red seeds mature in fall and can be showy. * Features cup-shaped, sweetly fragrant (lemony), 9-12 petaled, creamy white, waxy flowers (2-3" diameter) which appear in mid-spring and sometimes continue sporadically throughout...

* It is a member of the white oak section of the genus, with acorns that mature in a single summer. It takes its name from holm , an ancient name for holly. The Quercus ilex responds well to wire training and root pruning but needs a larger pot size due...

The roundleaf dogwood is also a temperate, northeastern North American species that occurs throughout southern and eastern Ontario; in northern Ontario it occurs farther north than the alternateleaf dogwood, but does not extend past 50°N (Soper and Heimburger...

Fortunei is a shrub or small tree growing to as high as 20 m with a diameter at breast height of about 20 cm. It is native to northern Burma and China, but is sometimes grown in western gardens where it has been in cultivation since 1848.

It has thin scaly brown bark. Taxol has shown exciting potential as an anti-cancer drug, particularly in the treatment of ovarian cancers. * It is a small to medium-sized evergreen tree, growing 10-15 m tall and with a trunk up to 50 cm diameter, rarely...

* Noxious weed in California * Chinese privet has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for over 1,000 years. * Ligustrum lucidum ( Glossy Privet , Chinese Privet or Broad-leaf Privet ) is a species of privet native to the southern half of China .

* The root-bark is anthelmintic, antibacterial, antiperiodic, stomachic and tonic. * Ptelea trifoliata is the second-northernmost New World representative of the Rue (Citrus) family after American prickly-ash (Zanthoxylum americanum).

Slippery Elm may be distinguished from American Elm by the hairiness of the buds and twigs (both smooth on the American Elm) and by its very short-stalked flowers. The inner bark is harvested in the spring from the main trunk and from larger branches,...

* This species is commonly used in Chinese medicine and is considered to be one of the 50 fundamental herbs. * Grown for its white flowers, borne in late summer after most other flowering trees have long finished flowering.

* The species, from central Europe and Russia, has blue-purple, lavender, or white flowers, but there are dozens of cultivars, in a varied range of splendid blues, purples, pinks, and whites, including some of the most striking and elegant of all iris;...

Subalpine fir ABLA Summary Duration Perennial Growth Habit Tree Native Status L48 (N), AK (N), CAN (N) Federal T/E Status National Wetland Indicator UPL, FAC Morphology/Physiology Active Growth Period Spring and Summer After Harvest Regrowth Rate Bloat...

The fruit is up to 18mm long, it has a thin pulp and contains 1 - 3 rounded seeds. * Grown for its masses of glorious, delicate, white, slightly fragrant flowers in May; of open, spreading habit; native to the southeastern United States but hardy nearly...