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The name zebrawood is used to describe several tree species and the wood derived from them. Zebrawood is characterized by a striped figure that is reminiscent of a zebra . The name originally applied to the wood of Astronium graveolens , [ citation needed ] a large tree native to Central America.
Torreya taxifolia, commonly known as Florida torreya or stinking-cedar, but also sometimes as Florida nutmeg or gopher wood, is an endangered subcanopy tree of the yew family, Taxaceae. It is native to only a small glacial refugium in the southeastern United States , at the state border region of northern Florida and southwestern Georgia .
Zebrawood refers to several trees and the wood derived from them, including: Astronium fraxinifolium; Brachystegia spiciformis; Centrolobium robustum; Guettarda speciosa; Pistacia integerrima, native to Asia
Microberlinia brazzavillensis is a tree in the family Leguminosae, found in West Africa. It is also called zebrano, [citation needed] zingana, [2] and allen ele, [citation needed] and is commonly sold in the US as zebrawood. The tree is tall and straight, growing up to 40 m in
Pruning and treatment dots also give a heads-up to property owners near the trees. This way, when the city notifies them of an upcoming pruning or treatment, they know which trees will be affected ...
Guettarda speciosa, with common names sea randa, or zebra wood, [3] [4] is a species of shrub in the family Rubiaceae found in coastal habitats in tropical areas around the Pacific Ocean, including the coastline of central and northern Queensland and Northern Territory in Australia, and Pacific Islands, including Micronesia, French Polynesia and Fiji, Malaysia and Indonesia, Maldives and the ...
Fairchild Gardens’ Tropical Flowering Trees collection displays over 740 species of flowering trees from all over the world. [12] The most famous tropical flowering tree in Fairchild Gardens is the cannonball tree. The tree was planted in 1938 and is known for its fragrance. It is one of the only cannonball trees in the United States.
In the Florida Peninsula the amount of evergreens increases and species richness decreases as northern deciduous species (American Beech, White Oak) reach their southern limits. Upland Hardwood Forest in Central Florida , at the southern end of its range (especially along the Brooksville Ridge), is often hard to differentiate from Mesic Hammock .