Tag: pretty
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Mexican Pine (Pinus ayacahuite)
Physical Description The Mexican pine is a tall conifer that can grow up to 100 feet (30 meters) high with a narrow, pyramidal crown. It has long, slender needles arranged in clusters of five and produces small, cylindrical cones that are greenish-brown when mature. Environmental Concerns The Mexican pine is threatened by deforestation for agriculture…
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Rudbeckia hirta
Common Names: Black-eyed Susan, Brown Betty, Gloriosa Daisy Phonetic Spelling: rud-BEK-ee-uh HER-tuh Description: The Rudbeckia hirta is a biennial or short-lived perennial herb that can grow 30 to 100 centimeters (1 to 3 feet) tall. It has a hairy, rough texture and an upright growth habit. The leaves are lanceolate to ovate, rough-textured, and vary…
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Anisacanthus quadrifidus
Common Names: Flame Acanthus, Hummingbird Bush, Wright’s Desert Honeysuckle Phonetic Spelling: an-ih-suh-KAN-thus kwah-DRIF-ih-dus Description: The Anisacanthus quadrifidus is a deciduous shrub that typically grows 1 to 1.5 meters (3 to 5 feet) tall and wide. It has a bushy, upright form with many slender branches. The leaves are small, opposite, and lanceolate, measuring 2.5 to…
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Arabis macdonaldiana
common name(s): McDonald’s rock cress, Red Mountain rock cress description: This flowering plant is of the mustard family and is commonly known as the MacDonald’s rockcress. They are native to northern California and Oregon, thriving in exposed, barren soils and in temperate coniferous forest habitats. They are in widely endangered due to their short blooming…
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rosa alba maxima
Image by Hannah Ko common name(s): white oil-bearing rose, white rose, white rose of York, sufaid gulab, old shrub rose, Jacobite rose phonetic spelling: Ro-za AL-bah description: flowers in midsummer, originated in the 16th century as the symbol of Scottish Jacobites, it is medium sized, deciduous, and thrives in an upright, bushy habitat, thet have…