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Euphorbia cyathophora, known by various names including painted spurge, dwarf poinsettia, [2] fire-on-the-mountain, paintedleaf, [2] and wild poinsettia. [3] Native to subtropical and tropical North and South America, it is widely naturalized elsewhere. [2] They belong to the Cyathium type of inflorescence. Here, the inflorescence axis is ...
Potentilla robbinsiana, the dwarf mountain cinquefoil [1] or Robbins' cinquefoil, is a small yellow-flowered perennial growing exclusively above the tree line in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. It is nearly stemless and measures two to four centimeters in diameter.
Paxistima myrsinites (Oregon boxleaf, Oregon boxwood, mountain lover, box, or hedge, false box, myrtle box leaf; syn. Pachistima myrsinites) [2] is a species of shrub in the family Celastraceae. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to northern Mexico to the Rocky Mountains , where it grows in forests, often in the ...
The distribution of T. mertensiana stretches from Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, to northern Tulare County, California. [4] [5] [6] Its range fairly closely matches that of T. heterophylla (western hemlock), found less than 100 kilometers (62 miles) from the Pacific Ocean, apart from an inland population in the Rocky Mountains in southeast British Columbia, northern Idaho, and western Montana.
Malay apple is a strictly tropical tree and will be damaged by freezing temperatures. [12] It thrives in humid climates with an annual rainfall of 152 cm (60 in) or more. It can grow at a variety of altitudes, from sea level up to 2,740 m (8,990 ft). The tree can grow to 12–18 m (39–59 ft) in height.
Betula nana, the dwarf birch, [2] is a species of birch in the family Betulaceae, found mainly in the tundra of the Arctic region. Specimen at 1000m Description
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Allocasuarina nana is a spreading, dioecious or rarely monoecious shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.2–2 m (7.9 in – 6 ft 6.7 in). Its branchlets are more or less erect, up to 80 mm (3.1 in) long, the leaves reduced to erect, scale-like teeth 0.5–0.6 mm (0.020–0.024 in) long, arranged in whorls of four to six around the branchlets.