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Binomial name. Salvia elegans. Vahl. Synonyms. Salvia rutilans Carrière. Salvia elegans, a species with several varieties including pineapple sage and tangerine sage, [1] is a perennial shrub native to Mexico. It inhabits Madrean and Mesoamerican pine-oak forests between 6,000 and 9,000 ft (1,800 and 2,700 m). [2]
The Better Business Bureau (BBB) is an American private, 501(c)(6) nonprofit organization founded in 1912. BBB's self-described mission is to focus on advancing marketplace trust, [2] consisting of 92 independently incorporated local BBB organizations in the United States and Canada, coordinated under the International Association of Better Business Bureaus (IABBB) in Arlington, Virginia.
List of. Pinus. species. Pinus, the pines, is a genus of approximately 111 extant tree and shrub species. The genus is currently split into two subgenera: subgenus Pinus ( hard pines ), and subgenus Strobus ( soft pines ). Each of the subgenera have been further divided into sections based on chloroplast DNA sequencing [ 1] and whole plastid ...
Narcissus in culture - uses of narcissus flowers by humans; Lime tree in culture - uses of the lime (linden) tree by humans; Rose symbolism - a more expansive list of symbolic meanings of the rose; Apple (symbolism) - a more expansive list of symbolic means for apples
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 ( 51⁄2 ft) in trunk diameter on very productive sites. The tallest on record is a tree over 210 years old growing in Estonia which stands at ...
Western white pine is a large tree, regularly growing to 30–50 metres (98–164 ft) tall. It is a member of the white pine group, Pinus subgenus Strobus, and like all members of that group, the leaves ('needles') are in fascicles (bundles) of five, [ 3] with a deciduous sheath. The needles are finely serrated, [ 3] and 5–13 cm (2–5 in) long.
2833 BC (age 4855–4856) Custodian. United States Forest Service. Methuselah is a 4,856-year-old [ 1] Great Basin bristlecone pine ( Pinus longaeva) tree growing high in the White Mountains of Inyo County in eastern California. [ 2][ 3] It is recognized as the non- clonal tree with the greatest confirmed age in the world. [ 4]
Pinus wallichiana is a coniferous evergreen tree native to the Himalaya, Karakoram and Hindu Kush mountains, from eastern Afghanistan east across northern Pakistan and north west India to Yunnan in southwest China. It grows in mountain valleys at altitudes of 1800–4300 m (rarely as low as 1200 m), reaching 30–50 m (98–164 ft) in height.