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Escallonia myrtilloides is an evergreen shrub or tree in the Escalloniaceae family, native to open montane wet forests and paramos from Costa Rica to Bolivia. It occurs at elevations between 1,900 and 4,200 metres (6,200 and 13,800 feet). [1] [2]
Synonyms include Eugenia chequen Molina, Myrtus chequen (Molina) Spreng., and Luma gayana (Barn.) Burret. Common names in Spanish include chequén, huillipeta, and arrayán blanco (white myrtle). It is a shrub (rarely a small tree) growing to 9 m tall, with dull grey-brown bark (unlike the smooth red bark of the related Luma apiculata).
Synonyms Fagus antarctica Nothofagus antarctica ( Antarctic beech ; [ 1 ] in Spanish Ñire or Ñirre ) is a deciduous tree or shrub native to southern Chile and Argentina from about 36°S to Tierra del Fuego (56° S), where it grows mainly in the diminishing temperate rainforest .
In cooler, more exposed areas, scrub oak is usually a small, compact shrub, but in warm or sheltered areas the plant can spread out and grow several metres high. [ 4 ] It has oval to egg-shaped, sharply toothed, dull green leaves which are 1.4–3 centimetres ( 1 ⁄ 2 – 1 + 1 ⁄ 8 inches) long [ 3 ] and 1–2 cm ( 1 ⁄ 2 –1 in) broad ...
Tabebuia rosea, also called pink poui, and rosy trumpet tree [2] is a neotropical tree that grows up to 30 m (98 ft) and can reach a diameter at breast height of up to 100 cm (3 ft). The Spanish name roble de sabana , meaning "savannah oak", is widely used in Costa Rica , probably because it often remains in heavily deforested areas and because ...
The seeds of this tree are called chich’il in Ndee, wi-yo:thi or toa in O’odham, bellotas in Spanish, and acorns in English. [6] The English and Latin botanical names for this tree come from the name of a United States Army surveyor, Lieutenant William Hemsley Emory, who surveyed the area that had become known as West-Texas in the 1840s.
Erica: heath trees and shrubs; Erica arborea: tree heath Ericaceae (heath family) Kalmia: kalmia shrubs; Kalmia latifolia: mountain laurel Ericaceae (heath family) Lyonia: lyonia trees; Lyonia ferruginea: tree lyonia Ericaceae (heath family) Oxydendrum: oxydendrum trees; Oxydendrum arboreum: sourwood Ericaceae (heath family) 711 Rhododendron ...
A shrubbery was a feature of 19th-century gardens in the English manner, or the gardenesque style [9] of the early part of the century. A shrubbery [10] was a collection of hardy shrubs, quite distinct from a flower garden, which was also a cutting garden to supply flowers in the house. The shrubbery was arranged as a walk, ideally a winding ...