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Red Star operates two plants in the United States—a plant in Headland, Alabama, and a plant built in 2006 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Lesaffre Yeast Corporation (prior to the joint venture) used to operate plants in Milwaukee, Wisconsin ; Baltimore, Maryland ; and Oakland, California , but those facilities have been closed since 2006.
Schoepfle Garden is a 70-acre (280,000 m 2) botanical garden and natural woodland bordered by the Vermilion River (Ohio). The garden features collections of rhododendrons, roses, lilies, hostas, various shade plants, along with many varieties of shrubs, topiary and trees. There is a visitor center, and guided tours are available throughout the ...
In 1947 the company installed the electric "neon" sign that is atop the main building, since it was erected it has been the largest electric sign in Cedar Rapids. The August 10, 2020 derecho caused major damage to the old neon sign, on June 1 and 2, 2021, the sign was replaced by a nearly identical sign using LED's, but kept the same historic look.
Cedar is part of the English common name of many trees and other plants, particularly those of the genus Cedrus. Some botanical authorities consider the Old-World Cedrus the only "true cedars" . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Many other species worldwide with similarly aromatic wood, including several species of genera Calocedrus , Thuja , and Chamaecyparis in ...
Thuja occidentalis, also known as northern white-cedar, [1] eastern white-cedar, [2] or arborvitae, [2] [3] is an evergreen coniferous tree, in the cypress family Cupressaceae, which is native to eastern Canada and much of the north-central and northeastern United States. [3] [4] It is widely cultivated as an
Diphasiastrum tristachyum, commonly known as blue clubmoss, blue ground-cedar, ground pine, deep-rooted running-pine or ground cedar, is a North American and Eurasian species of clubmoss. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] In North America, it has been found from Newfoundland west to Manitoba, and south as far as Georgia and Alabama. [ 2 ]
The Lena Meijer Tropical Conservatory, a five-story, 15,000-square-foot (1,400 m 2) facility, supports tropical plants from around the world. [11] The conservatory houses diverse tropical plants, including coconut palms from the Pacific, fig trees from India, exotic orchids from Central and South America, and Asiatic bamboo and banana trees. [ 21 ]