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  2. List of forageable plants - Wikipedia

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    Flowers (June to July), edible raw, as a salad green, or pickled, or to make tea, or alcoholic beverages . Berries (August to October), edible when ripe (turning upside down) and cooked; raw berries are mildly poisonous [29] Whitebeam: Sorbus aria: Central and southern Europe: Berries, edible raw once overripe [30] Rowan, Mountain-ash: Sorbus ...

  3. Diospyros mespiliformis - Wikipedia

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    The tree flowers in the rainy season; the flowers are imperfect, with genders on separate trees, and are cream-colored. The female tree bears fruit in the dry season and these are eaten by many wild animals; they are oval-shaped, yellow or purple when ripe [3] and about 20–30 mm in diameter.

  4. Evergreen - Wikipedia

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    Evergreen . In botany, an evergreen is a plant which has foliage that remains green and functional throughout the year. [1] This contrasts with deciduous plants, which lose their foliage completely during the winter or dry season. Consisting of many different species, the unique feature of evergreen plants lends itself to various environments ...

  5. Quercus virginiana - Wikipedia

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    The tree crown is very dense, making it valuable for shade, and the species provides nest sites for many mammal species. Native Americans extracted a cooking oil from the acorns, used all parts of live oak for medicinal purposes, leaves for making rugs, and bark for dyes. [21] The roots of seedlings sometimes form starchy, edible tubers.

  6. Tree - Wikipedia

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    Trees and forests provide a habitat for many species of animals and plants. Tropical rainforests are among the most biodiverse habitats in the world. Trees provide shade and shelter , timber for construction, fuel for cooking and heating, and fruit for food as well as having many other uses.

  7. Arbutus menziesii - Wikipedia

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    The tree, 38 m (125 ft) tall and more than 7.6 m (25 ft) in circumference, was listed on the American Forests National Big Tree list, a register of the biggest trees by species in the United States. The tree was located within the Joshua Creek Canyon Ecological Reserve on the Big Sur Coast of California. [ 19 ]

  8. Quercus rotundifolia - Wikipedia

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    It flowers from February to April. [11] Seedlings will start flowering at about eight years old, but they will not start producing acorns until 15 to 20 years old, although trees in humid, good quality soils can start production as early as 10 years. [9] The acorns ripen in autumn, about six months after pollination. [9]

  9. Anacardium excelsum - Wikipedia

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    The flowers are produced in a panicle up to 35 cm (14 in) long, each flower small, pale green to white. Older flowers turn pink and develop a strong clove -like fragrance. The fruit is a 2–3 cm (0.79–1.18 in) long, kidney-shaped drupe .