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Cornus urbiniana Rose, syn of subsp. urbiniana. 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]
empress tree; princess tree; foxglove tree; paulownia Bignoniaceae (trumpet creeper family) 712 Radermachera: radermachera trees ; Radermachera sinica: China doll tree; serpent tree Bignoniaceae (trumpet creeper family) Spathodea: spathodea trees ; Spathodea campanulata: African tulip tree Bignoniaceae (trumpet creeper family) Tabebuia: trumpet ...
A listing of lists of trees. List of individual trees, including actual and mythical trees. List of largest giant sequoias. List of old growth forests. List of oldest trees. List of superlative trees. List of superlative trees in Sweden. List of tallest trees. List of tree genera.
Liriodendron tulipifera —known as the tulip tree, [a] American tulip tree, tulipwood, tuliptree, tulip poplar, whitewood, fiddletree, lynn-tree, hickory-poplar, and yellow-poplar —is the North American representative of the two- species genus Liriodendron (the other member is Liriodendron chinense). It is native to eastern North America ...
Asimina triloba. Asimina triloba, the American papaw, pawpaw, paw paw, or paw-paw, among many regional names, is a small deciduous tree native to the eastern United States and southern Ontario, Canada, producing a large, yellowish-green to brown fruit. [3][4][5] Asimina is the only temperate genus in the tropical and subtropical flowering plant ...
Description. It is a medium to large deciduous shrub or small tree growing to 5–12 m tall, with dark brown branches and greenish twigs. The leaves are opposite, 4–10 cm long and 2–4 cm broad, with an ovate to oblong shape and an entire margin. The flowers are small (5–10 mm in diameter), with four yellow petals, produced in clusters of ...
The name "dog-tree" entered the English vocabulary before 1548, becoming "dogwood" by 1614. Once the name dogwood was affixed to this kind of tree, it soon acquired a secondary name as the hound's tree, while the fruits came to be known as "dogberries" or "houndberries" (the latter a name also for the berries of black nightshade , alluding to ...
Yohimbe is the common English name for the tree species P. johimbe (also called Corynanthe johimbe) and, by extension, the name of a medicinal preparation made from the bark of that tree, sold as an aphrodisiac. [6] In contrast, yohimbine is a pure alkaloid that can be isolated from yohimbe bark. Yohimbine is just one of at least 55 indole ...