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Buckinghamia celsissima is a large tree growing up to 30 m (98 ft) tall in its natural rainforest habitat, [4] but is much smaller when cultivated. [5] [6] The leaves are dark green above and somewhat glaucous or whitish below, held on petioles about 10–20 mm (0.4–0.8 in) long.
The genus was named in 1868 by Ferdinand von Mueller in honour of Richard Grenville, the Duke of Buckingham, [1] who was Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1866 to 1868. [7]
Sheephouse Wood is a 56.9-hectare (141-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Charndon in Buckinghamshire. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The site has ancient pedunculate oak woodland with diverse ground flora, typical breeding birds and some uncommon invertebrates.
The spurs have horticultural importance. For example, the number of spurs on an almond (Prunus dulcis) tree is highly connected to the overall almond yield. [2] Ginkgo develops spurs from first-year leaf axils, and in subsequent years these produce clusters of leaves and eventually cones. [3]
The demise a year ago of the eponymous tree at Sycamore Gap near the remains of Hadrian’s Wall robbed the people of Northumberland of a natural landmark with a world profile.
The common English name hornbeam derives from the hardness of the woods (likened to horn) and the Old English beam, "tree" (cognate with Dutch Boom and German Baum).. The American hornbeam is also occasionally known as blue-beech, ironwood, or musclewood, the first from the resemblance of the bark to that of the American beech Fagus grandifolia, the other two from the hardness of the wood and ...
An 80-foot ash tree that was backdrop to countless Bucks County weddings was cut down and chipped. Old age took its toll, said owner Scott Tyson. Bucks County's old "wedding tree" is no more.
Lignum vitae is hard and durable, and is also the densest wood traded (average dried density: ~79 lb/ft 3 or ~1,260 kg/m 3); [4] it will easily sink in water. On the Janka scale of hardness, which measures hardness of woods, lignum vitae ranks highest of the trade woods, with a Janka hardness of 4,390 lbf (compared with Olneya at 3,260 lbf, [5] African blackwood at 2,940 lbf, hickory at 1,820 ...