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About 3,800 additional non-native species of vascular plants are recorded as established outside of cultivation in the U.S., as well as a much smaller number of non-native non-vascular plants and plant relatives. The United States possesses one of the most diverse temperate floras in the world, comparable only to that of China. [1]
C. County flowers of Norway. County flowers of the United Kingdom. List of crop plants pollinated by bees.
Chestnut – Castanea spp. Chigger flower – Asclepias tuberosa. Chrysanthemum – Dendranthema grandiflora [ vi], Chrysanthemum morifolium. (True) cinnamon – Cinnamomum verum. Clove – Syzygium aromaticum. Clover – Trifolium spp. Coakum – Phytolacca americana. Coconut – Cocos nucifera. Coffee plant – Coffea spp.
Western North America [38] Entandrophragma excelsum: 81.5 267 Flowering plant at Kilimanjaro, Tanzania: Eastern Africa [39] Sydney blue gum (Eucalyptus saligna) 81.5 267 Flowering plant Woodbush State Forest, Magoebaskloof, Limpopo, South Africa. The world's tallest planted tree. Southern Africa (non native), but endemic to eastern Australia ...
There are over 56 genera of flowering plants estimated to contain at least 500 described species. The largest of these is currently the legume genus Astragalus (milk-vetches), with over 3,000 species. The sizes of plant genera vary widely from those containing a single species to genera containing thousands of species, and this disparity became ...
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (/ ˌ æ n dʒ i ə ˈ s p ər m iː /), [5] [6] commonly called angiosperms.They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of broad-leaved trees, shrubs and vines, and most aquatic plants.
List of trees by largest flowers Species Native range Largest of kind Comments Guyana Chestnut, or Provision Tree (Pachira aquatica) Central America, northern South America and the West Indies. Up to 66 cm (26 in) if the 33 cm (13 in) pale yellow petals are held outright. [143] The petals can be up to two inches (five centimeters) wide. [144]
The most common species is C. maculata; one of the species found in the Western United States, C. douglasii, often found in pastures and swamps, has especially thick stems and very large and sturdy flowers which are sometimes harvested for flower displays. This is inadvisable as the sap is also toxic.