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Thuja occidentalis, also known as northern white-cedar, [1] eastern white-cedar, [2] or arborvitae, [2] [3] is an evergreen coniferous tree, in the cypress family Cupressaceae, which is native to eastern Canada and much of the north-central and northeastern United States. [3] [4] It is widely cultivated as an ornamental plant.
This category contains the native flora of Florida as defined by the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions. Taxa of the lowest rank are always included; taxa of higher ranks (e.g. genus) are only included if monotypic or endemic. Include taxa here that are endemic or have restricted distributions (e.g. only a few countries).
The solitary flowers are produced terminally. Pollen cones with 2-6 pairs of 2-4 pollen sacked sporophylls. Seed cones are ellipsoid, typically 9 to 14 mm (0.35 to 0.55 in) long, and mature and open the first year. The thin woody cone scales number from 4-6 pairs and are persistent and overlapping, with an oblong shape, they are also basifixed.
It is native to the United States from Pennsylvania west to Kansas, and south to Florida and Texas, and is cold hardy variety of passionflower grown from zones 5. [12] Passiflora mexicana - is native to Sonoran desert in Arizona and Mexico, and is cold hardy and drought tolerant variety of passionflower grown from zones 8. [1] [2] [13]
Platycladus is a monotypic genus of evergreen coniferous trees in the cypress family Cupressaceae, containing only one species, Platycladus orientalis, also known as Chinese thuja, [5] Oriental arborvitae, [6] Chinese arborvitae, biota or Oriental thuja.
Flowering heavily over an extended period in warmer climate, it bears medium-sized, cup-shaped flowers, and has elliptic leaves 12.5 cm (4.9 in) long by 5 cm (2.0 in) wide. [36] It flowers relatively quickly after planting compared with other cultivars. [38] "Victoria" is a form grown in the Pacific Northwest that is reportedly hardy to -12 F.
Cornus florida, the flowering dogwood, is a species of flowering tree in the family Cornaceae native to eastern North America and northern Mexico. An endemic population once spanned from southernmost coastal Maine south to northern Florida and west to the Mississippi River. [ 4 ]
Campanula floridana, commonly known as the Florida bellflower, is a perennial flowering plant of the family Campanulaceae that is endemic to Florida. Description