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Peltandra, the arrow arums, [2] is a genus of plants in the family Araceae. It is native to the eastern United States, eastern Canada, and Cuba. [1] [3] [4] [5] Species [1] Peltandra sagittifolia - (Michx.) Morong - Spoon flower or the white arrow arum - southeastern US from eastern Louisiana to Virginia
Antiaris toxicaria is a tree in the mulberry and fig family, Moraceae.It is the only species currently recognized in the genus Antiaris.The genus Antiaris was at one time considered to consist of several species, but is now regarded as just one variable species which can be further divided into five subspecies.
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Peltandra virginica is a plant of the arum family known as green arrow arum [3] and tuckahoe. [4] It is widely distributed in wetlands in the eastern United States, as well as in Quebec, Ontario, and Cuba. [2] [5] [6] It is common in central Florida including the Everglades [7] and along the Gulf Coast. [8]
Various folk cultures and traditions assign symbolic meanings to plants. Although these are no longer commonly understood by populations that are increasingly divorced from their rural traditions, some meanings survive. In addition, these meanings are alluded to in older pictures, songs and writings.
Topiary animal in Tulcán, Ecuador Jacques Cartier Park, Gatineau, Canada. Topiary is the horticultural practice of training perennial plants by clipping the foliage and twigs of trees, shrubs and subshrubs to develop and maintain clearly defined shapes, [1] whether geometric or fanciful.
Arboriculture (/ ˈ ɑːr b ər ɪ ˌ k ʌ l tʃ ər, ɑːr ˈ b ɔːr-/) [1] is the cultivation, management, and study of individual trees, shrubs, vines, and other perennial woody plants. The science of arboriculture studies how these plants grow and respond to cultural practices and to their environment.