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Gaultheria shallon is 0.4 to 3.05 metres (1 + 1 ⁄ 2 to 10 feet) tall, sprawling to erect. It is loosely to densely branched and often forms dense, nearly impenetrable thickets. [2] The twigs are reddish-brown, with shredding bark. Twigs can live up to 16 years or more, but bear leaves only the first few years. [2]
Cleavers are annuals with creeping straggling stems which branch and grow along the ground and over other plants. They attach themselves with the small hooked hairs which grow out of the stems and leaves. The stems can reach up to 1.2 metres (4 ft) tall, [9] and are angular or square shaped. [10]
Widespread seed dispersal occurs when its spiny burs fall off the plant and are carried to new habitat by people, animals, machinery, or flowing water. The plant is destructive to native and crop plants because it easily outcompetes them for light. [5] Herbicide resistant giant ragweed populations were first identified in the late 1990s. [10]
Pokeweed is a member of the family Phytolaccaceae, and is a large herbaceous perennial plant, [9] growing up to 2.5 metres (8 feet) in height over the course of a summer. [9] One to several branches grow from the crown of a thick, white, fleshy taproot ; Michael D. K. Owen describes the branches as "stout, smooth, [and] green to somewhat purplish".
The seedlings will sprout in one to three weeks depending on the weather. If grown indoors or inside a greenhouse, then the seedlings can be moved outdoors when "spring temperatures remain above 50 F." [10] These plants will thrive in full sun [3] to partial shade and can attain a height of twenty feet. [16] This species can be grown from ...
The plant is slow growing, and prefers well-drained soil and full sun. [6] However, when in the seedling stage, it requires shade, and will grow beneath a "nurse tree". It will need this for several years until it grows an adequate root system, which is mostly in the upper 10 cm of soil.
Infructescences with seed. In cultivation, this plant is most often grown as an indoor annual but is also grown for groundcover. Propagation is generally by seed. Mimosa pudica grows most effectively in nutrient-poor soil that allows for substantial water drainage. However, this plant is also shown to grow in scalped and eroded subsoils.
Syzygium smithii grows as a tree to 20 m (66 ft) high by 5–15 m (16–49 ft) wide, with a trunk attaining a diameter of 70 cm (2.3 ft). The largest tree was recorded at Dingo Creek Flora Reserve, south of Tenterfield, being 30 m (98 ft) tall and a trunk 60 cm (2.0 ft) wide.