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The bark fibres are also used in making paper. The stems are harvested in summer, the leaves are removed and the stems steamed until the fibres can be stripped. It is native to the eastern half of North America but uncommon, found in rich woods.

* Fragrant white or slightly pink flowers with a yellow blotch, to 2 1/2"; 4" deciduous leaves, yellow and scarlet in fall; native to the Pacific Coast, and said to fare poorly on the East Coast.

* Flat or bell-shaped 1 1/2" flowers in clusters of 5-7, rose, in spring before leaves; of upright habit; deciduous, with red fall color; native to North Carolina, where it grows in moist acid soil.

* It is noted for its large palmate leaves and erect, woody stems covered in stinging spines. * In vitro studies showed that extracts of Devil's Club inhibit tuberculosis microbes.

The red seed pods are brilliant, opening to revel shiny black seeds. * Can be grown as a small ornamental tree. * Common in thickets and in thin secondary forests in lowlands and low mountains of central and southern Japan.

* A handsome tree with dark green compound leaves, yellow to red- purple in fall; dark gray bark with a diamond pattern of furrows. It is the timber of choice for production of baseball bats and tool handles.

* It was the first magnolia to be scientifically described, and is the type species of the genus Magnolia ; as Magnolia is also the type genus of all flowering plants , this species can be seen to typify all flowering plants.

* 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.

* Early America settlers boiled parts of the plant to make into candy and they also used it as an ingredient in cake . * In Europe it was believed that the plant could cure alcoholism .

* It is often found along waterways and in wetlands, leading to the colloquial name "water maple". * A deciduous Tree growing to 30 m (98ft) by 15 m (49ft) at a fast rate. * The seeds are the largest of any native maple and are also a food source for...

This plant usually grows in wet places, especially in grasslands and forests . * The Asian Globeflower ( Trollius asiaticus ) is an ornamental plant of the family Ranunculaceae , which is native to Asia and Europe .

It is somewhat slow to establish, but if given space to fully develop becomes a magnificent specimen. * Plants can be used as a tall ground cover for large areas of land. * This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

* Sabal minor , commonly known as the Dwarf Palmetto , is one of about 14 species of palmetto palm (Arecaceae, genus Sabal ). White blooms are followed by black fruit about 1/2 inch wide in long clusters.

* The nuts are an oil-rich food for wildlife. * Trees are late coming into leaf (usually late May to June) and lose their leaves early in the autumn (usually in October). These factors combine to make the trees eminently suitable for a mixed woodland...

* 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 is closely related to (and in many respects intermediate between) Silver Fir to the north in central Europe, Greek Fir to the south in southern Greece, and Nordmann Fir to the east in northern Turkey.

A great way to promote interest in science. * The holes in the meshwork allow small prey to escape, presumably because the benefit that would be obtained from them would be less than the cost of digesting them.

It is somewhat slow to establish, but if given space to fully develop becomes a magnificent specimen. * Plants can be used as a tall ground cover for large areas of land. * This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

* Sarracenia rubra , also known as the Sweet pitcher plant , is a carnivorous plant in the genus Sarracenia . The uppermost part of the leaf is flared into a lid (the operculum), which prevents excess rain from entering the pitcher and diluting the digestive...

* Fraxinus nigra ( Black Ash ) is a species of Fraxinus (ash) native to much of eastern Canada and the northeastern United States , from western Newfoundland west to southeastern Manitoba , and south to Illinois and northern Virginia.

A decoction is used internally in the treatment of diarrhoea, malaria etc, and externally in the treatment of indolent sores and chronic skin disease. The berries are an important food resource for numerous species of birds.

Leucophylla produces crimson flowers in the spring before its characteristically small spring pitchers. The species is highly variable with respect to its pitchers, with plants in some localities reaching almost 1 metre in height, while in others, plants...

The red seed pods are brilliant, opening to revel shiny black seeds. * Can be grown as a small ornamental tree. * Common in thickets and in thin secondary forests in lowlands and low mountains of central and southern Japan.

It is found in Lebanon , Syria , and Turkey . * A narrowly pyramidal tree 25-35 m tall. Produced in areas of greater Syria and Asia Minor, this resin and its oil derivative were used in mummification, as an antiseptic, a diuretic, to treat wrinkles, extract...

* An oval shrub with pleasing dark green leaves and very fragrant white flowers in upright terminal racemes in late summer; does well in heavy shade; yellow or golden brown fall color; may expand by suckering to form colonies; likes moist soil.

* Compound leaves, dark green; 2" edible fruit, oily; furrowed dark gray bark; often of rather open habit, with a number of trunks and few internal branches; likes rich moist soil but adapts to drier sites; native to eastern North America

* Trees grown from this seed will exhibit better fruiting qualities than wild collected seed. * The fruit falls from the tree in autumn and is then stored until fully ripe. * The flowers are produced in early spring at the same time as or slightly before...