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Growth patterns can be widely scattered as individual stems; in favorable localities they can form impenetrable patches of branching stems measuring several meters across. The creeping devil is columnar, with a very spiny stem which is gray-green to creamy green in color, averaging 5 cm in diameter and 1.5–2 m long, with only the terminal end ...
Alectryon excelsus is a sub-canopy tree growing to 9 m (30 ft) in height. It has a twisting trunk with smooth dark bark, spreading branches and pinnate leaves. [2] Adult leaflets do not have marginal teeth or usually have very few, blunt and shallow marginal teeth and usually leaflet margins are downturned, whereas, in juvenile leaflets have leaflets with strong teeth and flat along the edges. [3]
A close up view of the stilt roots How the stilt roots were proposed to allow it to right itself after other plants collapse on it. 1 - the palm is growing normally. 2 - a tree collapses onto the palm and flattens the stem. 3 - new stilt roots form along the old stem and the original roots (dashed lines) start to die. 4 - the palm continues to grow normally but has now moved away from where it ...
The young leaves can be eaten if gathered before the prickles harden. They are then chopped finely and cooked as a pot herb. Aralia spinosa was introduced into cultivation in 1688 and is still grown for its decorative foliage, prickly stems, large showy flower panicles (clusters) and distinctive fall color. These plants are slow growing, tough ...
Pathless Forest: The Quest to Save the World's Largest Flowers is a non-fiction book written by University of Oxford botanist Chris Thorogood. [1] Published in 2024, the book explores the world of plant biodiversity and the intricacies of botanical ecosystems, with a particular focus on the author's quest to find Rafflesia, the world's largest flower.
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The broad, lance shaped, bipinnate-pinnatifid to tripinnate fronds can reach 5 metres (16 ft)) in length. Stipe is long and has a line of white, stitch like dashes along its length. Rachis and stipe are covered in white-brown and darker orange-brown scales. The trunk can become smooth with age and may display oval scars left from fallen fronds. [4]