Weeping White Pine

Common Name: Weeping White Pine (Gymnosperm)
Scientific Name: Pinus Strobus

• The Weeping White Pine is an evergreen
• Its branches are long and irregularly twisted
• Native to eastern North America
• The needle-like leaves are in bundles of five
• Its narrow cones have a rounded apex
• Every 3 to 5 years, the Weeping White Pine experiences a peak in cone production
• Can easily live 200 to 250 years
• Prefer moist climates and well-drained soil
• Conifer
• Reaches heights of 80 to 110 feet

http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/factsheets/trees-new/pinus_strobus-pend.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinus_strobus
http://www.rook.org/earl/bwca/nature/trees/pinusstrob.html

Emerald Spreader Japanese Yew

Common Name: Emerald Spreader Japanese Yew (Gymnosperm)
Scientific Name: Taxus Cuspidata

• The Emerald Spreader Japanese Yew is a needled evergreen
• It grows from 1 to 2.5 feet in height
• It requires full to partial sun exposure
• It is a conifer, but only male conifers produce cones
• Female Emerald Spreaders produce red "berries"
• It is native to Japan, Korea, northeast China, and southeast Russia
• Each seed cone contains one seed that is 4 to 8 millimeters long
• The leaves are 1 to 3 centimeters long
• The leaves are arranged in a spiral fashion on the stem
• Requires a soil pH of 6.1 to 7.5

http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/gardens-gardening/your-garden/plant-finder/plant-details/kc/b691/taxus-cuspidata-monloo-emerald-spreader.aspx

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxus_cuspidata

http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/132047/#b

Philodendron

Common Name: Philodendron (Angiosperm)

Scientific Name: Philodendron Selloum

• The Philodendron is a herb/vine
• It is an angiosperm
• It grows in the forest layer understory or canopy
• Its flower is a greenish yellow flowering spike
• Found in the tropical Americas and West Indies
• Growth is epiphytic, hemiepiphytic, or terrestrial
• Somewhat pennate
• Have aerial and subterranean roots
• Some have extrafloral nectaries
• It reproduces sexually

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philodendron

Burkwood Viburnum

Common Name: Burkwood Viburnum (Angiosperm)
Scientific Name: Viburnum x burkwoodii

• The Burkwood Viburnum grows from 8 to 10 feet in height
• At maturity, its diameter is from 6 to 8 feet
• It flowers in round clusters
• Thrives in full sun to partial sun exposure 
• Prefers acidic soil
• It is of hybrid origin
• Semi-evergreen
• Flowers bloom in April
• Deciduous
• Highly fragrant flowers

http://urbanext.illinois.edu/ShrubSelector/detail_plant.cfm?PlantID=460

http://www.hgtv.com/landscaping/burkwood-viburnum/index.html

Red Buckeye

Common Name: Red Buckeye (Angiosperm)
Scientific Name: Aesculus pavia

• The Red Buckeye is originally from Southeastern United States
• Its flowers are red and tubular
• The flowers are pollinated by hummingbirds
• Grows from 5 to 8 meters tall
• The fruits, roughly 3 centimeters in diameter, reach full maturity between September and October
• The fruits contain saponins, which are poisonous to humans
• Dicot
• It is perennial
• Single stem growth
• Minimum soil pH: 3.7
• Maximum soil pH: 7.0

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aesculus_pavia

http://plants.usda.gov/java/charProfile?symbol=AEPA

Bamboo

Common Name: Bamboo (Angiosperm)
Scientific Name: Bambusicola thoracicus

• Bamboo is a monocot
• Angiosperm
• It is a perennial plant
• Major food source of: the giant panda, the red panda, and the bamboo lemur
• Found anywhere from cold mountains to hot, tropical areas
• Internodal regions of the stem are hollow
• Scattered throughout the stem are the vascular bundles
• Fastest growing plant on Earth
• Bamboo flowers about once a century
• FUN FACT: "A suspension bridge on the river in China is 250 yard long, 9 foot wide and rests entirely on bamboo cables fastened over the water. It doesn't have a single nail or piece of iron in it." (http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/bamboowall/bamboofacts.html)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamboo#Ecology

http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/bamboowall/bamboofacts.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/Bamboo

Bigleaf Magnolia

Common name: Bigleaf Magnolia (Angiosperm)
Scientific name: Magnolia macrophylla

• Native to southeastern United States and eastern Mexico
• Between 15 to 20 meters tall
• Does not require full sunlight exposure
• A rare shrub that resembles the typical macrophylla but its fruit are longer, its leaves are shorter, and its flowers are smaller
• Its fruit are eaten by wildlife
• Dicot
• It is a perennial plant
• Vascular
• It is an angiosperm
• Grows in eastern and southeastern United States, excluding Florida

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnolia_macrophylla