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Magnolia tripetala, commonly called umbrella magnolia or simply umbrella-tree, is a deciduous tree native to the eastern United States in the Appalachian Mountains, the Ozarks, and the Ouachita Mountains. The name "umbrella tree" derives from the fact that the large leaves are clustered at the tips of the branches forming an umbrella-shaped ...
Cecropia leaves can be used as a substitute for sandpaper. [9] In western South America, Cecropia leaf ash is used in the traditional preparation of ypadu, a mild coca-based stimulant. Cecropia bark can be used in rope making and in tannery. [9] Cecropia wood is used in the manufacture of boxes, toys, aeromodeling models, and rafts. [9]
Enterolobium cyclocarpum, a tree of the Caribbean Tamarindus indica, a tree in India. Trees portal; Ecology portal; Environment portal; Africa. Trees of Africa; List of Southern African indigenous trees and woody lianes; Americas. Trees of Canada; Trees of the Caribbean Basin; Trees of Northern America; Asia. Trees of Iran; Trees of Pakistan ...
The stems of Pediocactus bradyi subsp. despainii have a subglobose to obovoid to turbinate shape, measuring 3.8-6 cm in diameter and 3-9.5 cm in height and generally has no branches. [2] The roots are succulent and form clusters. It shrinks in size and disappears under the ground in dry and cold times, making it hard to find for most of the ...
The leaves are needle-like, flattened, 3–6 cm (1 + 1 ⁄ 8 – 2 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) long and 2 millimetres (3 ⁄ 32 in) wide by 0.5 mm thick, glossy dark green above, [4] with two green-white bands of stomata below, and slightly notched at the tip. The leaf arrangement is spiral on the shoot, but with each leaf variably twisted at the base so ...
Sylvester Stallone is addressing his questionable attempt at breaking up with future wife Jennifer Flavin in a 1994 letter that he sent via FedEx.. Stallone, 78, and Flavin, 56, sat down with Sean ...
The debut College Football Playoff rankings can be used as a road map for the rest of the regular season. Here are a few things to expect: Look for the Big Ten and SEC to dominate the top half of ...
Young female cone Pinus sylvestris forest in Sierra de Guadarrama, central Spain. Pinus sylvestris is an evergreen coniferous tree growing up to 35 metres (115 feet) in height [4] and 1 m (3 ft 3 in) in trunk diameter when mature, [5] exceptionally over 45 m (148 ft) tall and 1.7 m (5 + 1 ⁄ 2 ft) in trunk diameter on very productive sites.