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Styphnolobium japonicum (L.) Schott, the pagoda tree (Chinese Scholar, Japanese pagodatree; syn. Sophora japonica), is native to eastern Asia (mainly China; despite the name, it is introduced in Japan), is a popular ornamental tree in Europe, North America and South Africa, grown for its white flowers, borne in late summer after most other flowering trees have long finished flowering.
Austrocylindropuntia subulata can reach heights up to 4 metres (13 ft), with numerous branches. The elongated, slightly brittle branches are up to 50 centimetres (20 in) long.
The species is commonly referred to as Adam and Eve or putty root; the latter refers to the mucilaginous fluid which can be removed from the tubers when they are crushed. [citation needed] Aplectrum hyemale spreads underground through the growth of its tubers, forming large colonies. The leaves appear in late November and persist until March.
Allocasuarina monilifera, commonly known as necklace sheoak, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Casuarinaceae and is endemic to Tasmania. It is usually a monoecious , low-growing shrub that has branchlets up to 150 mm (5.9 in) long, the leaves reduced to scales in whorls of six to nine, the fruiting cones 15–30 mm (0.59–1.18 ...
The genus name Illecebrum derives from the Latin word illecebra, meaning "enticement", although it is unclear how the name came to be applied to a plant such as I. verticillatum. [3] The specific epithet verticillatum means "whorled", [ 4 ] in reference to the arrangement of the flowers.
The spheres are buoyant and rise to the surface of the water during high tide, allowing plants to move with the flow of the current and obtain more sunlight. [8] Hormosira also produces a slime layer to reduce desiccation, [ 8 ] and plants often grows in high densities, [ 4 ] [ 7 ] which reduces their surface area exposed to the sun and further ...
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Populus deltoides, the eastern cottonwood [2] or necklace poplar, [3] is a species of cottonwood poplar native to North America, growing throughout the eastern, central, and southwestern United States as well as the southern Canadian prairies, the southernmost part of eastern Canada, and northeastern Mexico.