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Scientific Name - Ostrya carpinifolia Scop. Synonyms - Wild Ostrya vulgaris. Popular names - American hornbeam, hophornbeam, carpino nero. Distribution and Habitat - grows up to 1000 m altitude, on limestone and clay soils, in association with Fraxinus ornus. Description - small tree, 15-20 m tall. Bark gray, smooth with lenticels. Conical crown, trunk straight. Leaves alternate, obovat-lanceolate, 2-3 x 4-6 cm, top acuminata, serrated edge, the base asymmetrical, 10-15 pairs of ribs. Amenti males cylindrical, pendula, 0.5-5 cm queen Amenti bracts. Blooms in April-May. Fruit achenes covered with a membranous involucre. 2n = 16 Growth rate - Tolerance - do not tolerate excess water. Tolerate temperatures to -20 ° C. Requirements - prefers fertile soils in full sun or semi-shadea. Propagation - by seeds, if sown in autumn germinate the following spring. Diseases and pests - Apoderus coryli. Properties and Uses - is used as an ornamental species for gardens, parks and green street. Curiosity - Ostrya is derived from Greek 'Ostrya', referring to the shape of bracts that protect the fruits. The wood is hard and compact, red-brown.
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Thevetia peruviana - leandru yellow
Evergreen shrub, 6 m high. Stem erect, cylindrical, branched, smooth, green, presents latex. Leaves simple subsesile, alternate, arranged spiral limb linear, entire edge, top acute, glabra, 8-16 cm long. Vaccinium myrtillus - cranberry
Bush single, deciduu, lignificat based, 50 cm height. Branches green edges. Brown-green bark. Leaves alternate, petiole short, oval-elliptical lamina, the round, top acute, margin evening, glabra. Flowers hermaphrodite, the armpit leaves, clocks, solitary, sometimes two, calyx with 4-5 sepa, Corola tubular, 8-10 stamens. Bonsai of Araucaria heterophylla
ARAUCARIA heterophylla is originally from Norfolk Island, Australia. Dioecious tree, 25 meters high. Crown symmetrical, conical, branches located in verticil. Leaves evergreen, in verticil, piled, covering the stem. Male cones 3,5-7 cm long, oblong, female cones 10-13 cm long, ovoid. Acer campestre - field maple
Tree, 15-20 m high and 0.7 m trunk diameter, with round crown and rich foliage. Strain usually crooked and gnarled, mature bark cracks forming small and irregular, gray-yellow color with lighter spots, characteristic. Young shoots, yellow-brown, buds sit opposite the gate, children, joined the stalk and Chile. Hamamelis mollis
Species from China (Anhui, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan), at altitudes of 800-1400 m, where grows beside Quercus serrata , Corylopsis sinensis , Castanea seguinii , Rhododendron simsii , Hosta ventricosa and Linder sp. . Magnoliopsida
Sambucus ebulus L.
Sambucus ebulus - herbaceous species, glabra, the root stock. Stem 0.5-2 m high, neramificata; grow in groups. Leaves opposite, imparipenat-compound, 5.9 folio with short stalks, lanceolata, the round or asymmetrical, peak acuminata, laced edge, the lower ribs are evident. Foliole terminal is greater than the side. Clerodendrum glabrum
Clerodendrum glabrum - shrub or small tree native of South Africa, Transkei until Natal. Ideal for a garden to attract birds and butterflies. Fothergilla
Fothergilla gardenii - small shrub, up to 1 m high. Leaves 4.8 x 1.5-5 cm, edge to the top gear. Flowers white with pink ears appear before the leaf in the terminal, stamens numerous. Blooms in April-May, prefers moist soil, well-drained, in full sun. Legousia speculum-veneris - Venus looking-glass
French botanist Legousia is dedicated Legouz name of Garland, founder of the botanical gardens in Digione 1773; speculum-veneris = mirror of Venus because of the corolla form. Speculum-Veneris Legousia can become invasive of cereal fields. Syzygium aromaticum - clove
Small, oblong fruit with little pulp. The dried flower buds of this tree are the cloves of commerce. All parts of the tree are highly aromatic. It is used in the form of a paste or mixture as dental cement. |
 
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