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Wild privet, also sometimes known as common privet or European privet (Ligustrum vulgare)A privet is a flowering plant in the genus Ligustrum.The genus contains about 50 species of erect, deciduous or evergreen shrubs, sometimes forming small or medium-sized trees, [1] native to Europe, north Africa, Asia, many introduced and naturalised in Australasia, where only one species, Ligustrum ...
Shrubland is the natural landscape dominated by various shrubs; there are many distinct types around the world, including fynbos, maquis, shrub-steppe, shrub swamp and moorland. In gardens and parks, an area largely dedicated to shrubs (now somewhat less fashionable than a century ago) is called a shrubbery , shrub border or shrub garden.
Angiospermae; Scientific name Common name Family FIA Code (US) Conservation status Hardwoods; Aceraceae: maple family; Acer: maples; Acer amplum: broad maple Aceraceae (maple family)
Withania somnifera, known commonly as ashwagandha, [2] [3] [4] is an evergreen shrub in the Solanaceae or nightshade family that grows in Nepal, India, the Middle East, and parts of Africa. Several other species in the genus Withania are morphologically similar.
Crataegus douglasii is a compact erect bushy shrub growing to 8–9 metres (26–30 feet) tall with a trunk of up to 10 centimetres (4 inches) thick. [4] It is covered in fan-shaped green leaves about 2.5–5 cm (1–2 in) long [4] with teeth along the distal margin. Thorns along the branches are 1–2.5 cm long. [4]
Crataegus (/ k r ə ˈ t iː ɡ ə s /), [2] commonly called hawthorn, quickthorn, [3] thornapple, [4] May-tree, [5] whitethorn, [5] Mayflower or hawberry, is a genus of several hundred species of shrubs and trees in the family Rosaceae, [6] native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere in Europe, Asia, North Africa and North America.
Amelanchier (/ æ m ə ˈ l æ n ʃ ɪər / am-ə-LAN-sheer), [1] also known as shadbush, shadwood or shadblow, serviceberry or sarvisberry (or just sarvis), juneberry, saskatoon, sugarplum, wild-plum [2] or chuckley pear, [3] is a genus of about 20 species of deciduous-leaved shrubs and small trees in the rose family ().
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus is an erect, rhizomatous shrub. The leaves are typically oval shaped and arranged oppositely along the branches. [4] The leaves are sessile or subsessile. The flowers are greenish-white and borne in verticils in the leaf axils.