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The native flora of the United States has provided the world with a large number of horticultural and agricultural plants, mostly ornamentals, such as flowering dogwood, redbud, mountain laurel, bald cypress, southern magnolia, and black locust, all now cultivated in temperate regions worldwide, but also various food plants such as blueberries ...
It is expected to fill 30 volumes when completed and will be the first work to treat all of the known flora north of Mexico; [1] in 2015 it was expected that the series would conclude in 2017. [2] Twenty-nine of the volumes have been published as of 2022. [3] Soon after publication, the contents are made available online. [4] [5] [1]
Juncus fascinatus is a species of flowering plant in the rush family Juncaceae, native to Texas. [1] Its specific epithet refers to Enchanted Rock , where it was first collected. [ 2 ]
It is known from every seacoast state from Texas to Maryland, as well as Massachusetts, growing in freshwater marshes, sand dunes, and disturbed sites at elevations less than 100 meters (330 ft). [2] [3] Juncus megacephalus is a perennial herb spreading by means of underground rhizomes. Erect stems are round in cross-section, 3–4 mm (0.12–0 ...
The WGSRPD defines Northern America differently from the usual geographical definition of North America. Central America and the Caribbean are treated as part of the botanical continent of Southern America; see Flora of Central America and Flora of the Caribbean. The flora of Hawaii is included in Flora of the Pacific.
U.S. Endangered Species List: Flora—plants Species Search at U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Electronic Code of Federal Regulations: "List of endangered species"
The Mollie Steves Zachry Texas Arboretum, which was dedicated on April 30, 2011 and opened in the spring of 2012, displays all 53 species of oak trees that are native to Texas. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] In April 2012, Luci Baines Johnson , daughter of Lady Bird Johnson, and her husband Ian Turpin donated $1 million toward a family garden to be named in ...
Juncus balticus subsp. mexicanus is native to the western and south-central United States (Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Utah, and Washington), much of Mexico, Costa Rica and Guatemala in Central America, and western South America (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru).