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Fagus sylvatica, the European beech or common beech, is a large, graceful deciduous tree in the beech family with smooth silvery-gray bark, large leaf area, and a short trunk with low branches. [ 3 ] Description
Taxus baccata is a species of evergreen tree in the family Taxaceae, native to Western Europe, ... European yew, or in North America English yew. [6] ...
Arbutus unedo, commonly known as strawberry tree, also called madrone, is an evergreen shrub or small tree in the family Ericaceae, native to the Mediterranean Basin and Western Europe. The tree is well known for its fruits, the arbutus berry, which bear some resemblance to the strawberry, hence the common name strawberry tree.
European ash in flower Narrow-leafed ash (Fraxinus angustifolia) shoot with leaves. Fraxinus (/ ˈ f r æ k s ɪ n ə s /), commonly called ash, is a genus of plants in the olive and lilac family, Oleaceae, [4] and comprises 45–65 species of usually medium-to-large trees, most of which are deciduous trees, although some subtropical species are evergreen trees.
Globosa, a cultivar of Pinus sylvestris, a northern European species, in the North American Red Butte Garden. Conifers – notably Abies (fir), Cedrus, Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (Lawson's cypress), Cupressus (cypress), juniper, Picea (spruce), Pinus (pine), Taxus (yew), Thuja (cedar) – have been the subject of selection for ornamental purposes ...
Taxus is a genus of coniferous trees or shrubs known as yews in the family Taxaceae. [1] Yews occur around the globe in temperate zones of the northern hemisphere, northernmost in Norway and southernmost in the South Celebes.
The common name birch comes from Old English birce, bierce, from Proto-Germanic *berk-jōn (cf. German Birke, West Frisian bjirk), an adjectival formation from *berkōn (cf. Dutch berk, Low German Bark, Danish birk, Norwegian bjørk), itself from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰerHǵ-~ bʰrHǵ-, which also gave Lithuanian béržas, Latvian ...
Broadleaf sclerophyllous evergreen trees are found in southern valleys adjacent to Mediterranean-climate regions. [ 2 ] Montane forests include a mix of conifers Norway spruce ( Picea abies ), Silver fir ( Abies alba ), and mountain pine ( Pinus mugo ), with the broadleaf deciduous European beech ( Fagus sylvatica ), aspen ( Populus tremula ...