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Geobotanically, Missouri belongs to the North American Atlantic region, and spans all three floristic provinces that make up the region: the state transitions from the deciduous forest of the Appalachian province to the grasslands of the North American Prairies province in the west and northwest, and the northward extension of the Mississippi embayment places the bootheel in the Atlantic and ...
cow itch tree; primrose tree; Norfolk Island hibiscus; pyramid tree Malvaceae (mallow family) Thespesia: thespesia trees; Thespesia populnea: portia tree; milo Malvaceae (mallow family) Melastomataceae: melastome family; Tetrazygia: tetrazygia trees; Tetrazygia bicolor: Florida tetrazygia Melastomataceae (melastome family) Meliaceae: mahogany ...
Ribes missouriense, the Missouri gooseberry, Missouri currant or wild gooseberry, is a prickly, many-stemmed shrub native to the north-central United States (Great Lakes, upper Mississippi and lower Missouri Valleys). Scattered populations have been found further east, most of them likely escapes cultivation.
At the end of the growing season, a one-year sapling may have a taproot 1.37 m (4 + 1 ⁄ 2 ft) deep and a lateral root spread of 76 cm (2 + 1 ⁄ 2 ft). [10] The West Virginia state champion bur oak has a trunk diameter of almost 3 m (10 ft). Large bur oaks, older than 12 years, [11] are fire-tolerant because of their thick bark. [10]
The bark is smooth and gray. [5] [6] The buds are slender with a pointed tip, and usually more than two scales visible. The leaves are ovate or elliptical, 4–8 cm (1 + 1 ⁄ 2 – 3 + 1 ⁄ 4 in), rarely 10 cm (4 in), long and 2.5–4 cm (1– 1 + 5 ⁄ 8 in) wide, with pointed tips and finely serrated margins. A characteristic useful for ...
Cladrastis kentukea is a small to medium-sized deciduous tree typically growing 10–15 metres (33–49 ft) tall, exceptionally to 27 metres (89 ft) tall, with a broad, rounded crown and smooth gray bark. The leaves are compound pinnate, 20–30 cm long, with 5-11 (mostly 7-9) alternately arranged leaflets; each leaflet broad ovate with an ...
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Salix eriocephala, known as heart-leaved willow or Missouri River willow, is a species of willow native to a large portion of the temperate United States and Canada. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It is usually found as a narrow shrub or small tree with multiple trunks growing to a height of 20 ft (6.1 m).