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rowans include the American mountain ash Sorbus americana and Showy mountain ash Sorbus decora in the east and Sitka mountain ash Sorbus sitchensis in the...

beneath, 3-6 in. long: fls. clustered; stamens 5-6, little exserted: fr. oval or roundish obovate, little notched at the apex, with the seed in the middle...

Orchidaceae is the orchid family. It has 5 subfamilies, more than 800 genera, and hundreds of thousands of species and cultivars. The taxonomy of this...

red to yellow in some species. As in other primitive eudicots, some of the 5 or 10 stamens may appear petal-like. Saxifrages are typical inhabitants of...

spreading branches, nearly glabrous: lvs. truncate or subcordate, 3-lobed, rarely 5-lobed, with obtuse or acutish dentate lobes, 1-2 in. across: fls. dioecious...

most cold-hardy members of the genus. A. venustum is also cold-hardy to zone 5. A. capillus-veneris is hardy to zone 7. Do you have cultivation info on this...

leaves are opposite, simple broad lanceolate to ovate, 1-9 cm (0.25-3.5 inches) long and 0.5-6 cm (0.25-2.25 inches) broad; they are evergreen in four species...

attract. It will easily appropriate any little house if the English sparrow does not interfere. A good size is 7 by 5 by 5 inches, with the hole only as large...

- Carolina Mountain-laurel Kalmia cuneata Michx. - Whitewicky Kalmia ericoides Wright - Cuban Kalmia Kalmia hirsuta Walt. - Hairy Mountain-laurel Kalmia...

shows hairs on the upper stem. They can grow to a length between 60 cm and 1.5 m. Their alternate leaves are linear to lanceolate. Their margins are usually...

and northwestern sides of the mountains at elevations of 1,000 to even 10,000 feet. Thus the lone and impressive mountain, Kinabalu in northwestern Borneo...

lobed leaves usually are 10-15 cm across. The five-petaled flowers are 7.5-12.5 cm diameter, generally in shades of red, pink, purple, orange, or yellow...

cultivation. Most of the species thrive best in the mountain regions of the tropics, the mountains of Jamaica and Java having nearly 600 species each,...

- Alpine Willow Salix amygdaloides - Peachleaf Willow Salix arbuscula - Mountain Willow Salix arbusculoides - Littletree Willow Salix arctica - Arctic Willow...

corymbs or racemes but sometimes solitary; calyx 5-parted (rarely 3-5-parted), the lobes persistent; petals 5, usually obovate; stamens many, inserted on the...

– Kelso Creek Monkey-flower Mimulus stellatus Mimulus tilingii – Large Mountain Monkey-flower, Subalpine Monkey-flower Mimulus variegatus If you have a...

Sideritis (also known as ironwort, mountain tea and shepherd's tea) is a genus of flowering plants well known to man for their medicinal properties. The...

Balsam Fir Abies bifolia - Rocky Mountains Subalpine Fir Abies lasiocarpa - Coast Range Subalpine Fir, Alpine Fir, Rocky Mountain Fir. Sunset zones 1-9, 14-17...

with curled-up tips. The leaves are opposite and palmately compound, with 5-7 leaflets; each leaflet is 13-30 cm long, making the whole leaf up to 60 cm...

Watson – Spreading Stonecrop) Sedum eastwoodiae (Britt.) Berger – (Red Mountain Stonecrop) Sedum ellacombeanum – Stonecrop Sedum ewersii Sedum fosterianum...