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* Sun- and drought-tolerant. Mediterranean and Asia Minor. * This species grows up to 50 feet, and has yellow flowers.

* Succeeds in most soils and pH types, but dislikes growing in wet soils, especially when these are of clay. It is also much planted as a landscape ornamental plant. Prefers a deep sandy loam and a very sunny position.

* Pretoria, the administrative capital of South Africa is popularly and poetically known as Jacaranda City or Jakarandastad in Afrikaans. * The unusually shaped pods are often gathered, cleaned and decorated for use on Christmas trees and in dried arrangements.

* It is one of the most common oaks in the southern part of the eastern prairies , such as in the Cross Timbers . * Quercus stellata ( Post oak ) is an oak in the white oak group. It is a small tree , typically 10–15 m tall and 30–60 cm trunk diameter,...

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 cast a light shade; has substantial thorns and produces large pods; easy to transplant; parent...

In addition to its ornamental value, it is also a useful shade tree in tropical conditions, because it usually grows to a modest height but spreads widely, and its dense foliage provides full shade.

* This Mexican native is drought tolerant and grows very quickly in tropical areas as a timber tree.

These sites occur along both large and small streams of the southeastern Coastal Plain and the Mississippi Valley north into Missouri and Illinois. * It is widely distributed on the best loamy sites on first bottom ridges, well-drained terraces, and colluvial...

* It grows with various species of Quercus and a variety of other pines . * Pinus lawsonii occurs in forest and woodland at 1300-2600 m elevation. It is found only in Mexico. * Lawson's Pine (Pinus lawsonii) is a species of conifer in the Pinaceae family.

* Succeeds in most soils and pH types, but dislikes growing in wet soils, especially when these are of clay. It is also much planted as a landscape ornamental plant. Prefers a deep sandy loam and a very sunny position.

* Usually the common hackberry forms a medium sized tree, thirty to fifty feet in height, with a slender trunk; however, it can rise to the height of one hundred and thirty feet, in the best conditions in the southern Mississippi valley area.

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

It is juicy, sweet, fleshy, slightly aromatic. * American beautyberries produce large clusters of purple berries, which birds and deer eat, thus distributing the seeds. * Native to southeastern U.S.; lavender-pink or bluish flowers from mid- to late summer,...

Excelsa is not the tallest in the genus. They were first collected by the Japanese for Tokugawa shogunate palaces, then popularity spread to Europe, and later to America where its low light and humidity requirements make it a common feature in malls and...

* Native to India and China. * Purple or lavender terminal flowers. * A decidious Tree growing to 12m. * Common names include Orchid tree and Mountain-ebony.

* It lives in the understory in moist, rocky soils on river banks, ravines, woods, and cliffs. * A deciduous tree native to the southeastern United States from North Carolina south to northwest Florida and west to eastern Texas.

Leaves are very large and pubescent. * This species can withstand a very wide range of environmental conditions, however, it will not grow at altitude. * Some proponents claim that P.

* A fairly wind resistant tree, it can be grown as part of a shelterbelt planting. * Fraxinus velutina ( Velvet Ash or Arizona Ash or Modesto Ash ) is a species of Fraxinus native to southwestern North America , in the United States from southern California...

* The tree starts acorn production around 15 years of age, earlier than many oak species. It is distinguished from most other oaks by its leaves , which are shaped like willow leaves, 5-12 cm long and 1-2.5 cm broad with an entire margin; they are bright...

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.

* 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.

Obovate-elliptic to elliptic leaves (to 3 1/2" long) are glossy dark green. Populations are found in northern Guangdong, southern Hunan, and Jiangxi provinces. Flowers give way to woody drupes that ripen in July-September.

* Cedro wood is still in considerable demand wherever it is available in the American tropics. An attractive, moderately lightweight wood (specific gravity 0.4), its primary use is in household articles used to store clothing.

* A fairly wind resistant tree, it can be grown as part of a shelterbelt planting. * Fraxinus velutina ( Velvet Ash or Arizona Ash or Modesto Ash ) is a species of Fraxinus native to southwestern North America , in the United States from southern California...

* Pinus glabra differs markedly from most other pines in that it does not occur in largely pure pine forests, but is typically found as scattered trees in moist woodland habitats in mixed hardwood forest.

* Brilliant deep scarlet foliage in autumn * One of the most common and widespread deciduous trees of eastern North America * A decidious Tree growing to 30 m. * Over most of its range, red maple is adaptable to a very wide range of site conditions.

* In recent years, this species has been extensively used in Bonsai. * Carpinus orientalis (Oriental Hornbeam) is a hornbeam native from southeastern Europe to northern Iran and occurs usually on hot dry sites at lower altitudes in comparison to the European...