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The bark, light gray when young, changes to a coarse gray outer bark with lengthwise furrowing, lenticels prominent. [5] The leaves are arranged in opposite pairs, 10–30 centimetres (4–12 inches) long, pinnate with five to seven (rarely nine) leaflets, the leaflets 5–12 cm (2– 4 + 3 ⁄ 4 in) long and 3–5 cm ( 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 –2 in ...
Britain and Ireland have few endemic trees, most being micro-species of Whitebeam. But there are some interesting endemic trees nevertheless. Apomictic Whitebeams endemic to the British Isles: Sorbus arranensis – Isle of Arran only. Arran Service Tree – Isle of Arran only. Sorbus pseudomeinichii - Isle of Arran only.
All summer long, the leaves are bright green, happily doing their photosynthetic thing.
The name "chalk maple" (in addition to the Latin name, meaning "white skin") comes from the attractive smooth and thin chalky white or light gray bark on mature trees. The bark becomes ridged and blackish at the base as it ages. The leaves are opposite and simple, 5–9 cm long and broad, often drooping at the tip. They have 5 or 3 long-pointed ...
The tree's Latin name, torminalis, means "good for colic". The name "chequers" may have been derived from the ancient symbol of a pub being the chequer-board (as the fruit were once used to flavour beer ) [ 10 ] or the spotted pattern of the fruit, [ 11 ] though some suggest it comes from the pattern of the bark on old trees.
Eucalyptus bridgesiana, commonly known as apple box, apple, apple gum [3] or but-but, [4] is a medium to large sized tree.It has rough, fibrous bark on the trunk and larger branches, smooth grey bark above, glossy green, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, white flowers and hemispherical fruit.
It is a deciduous shrub or small tree, reaching a height of 8–10 m (26–33 ft), rarely to 13 m. The leaves are 3–12 cm long and from 2–8 cm wide, broader than most other willows. The flowers are soft silky, and silvery 3-7-cm-long catkins are produced in early spring before the new leaves appear; the male and female catkins are on ...
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