"is of major agricultural importance in the Mediterranean region as the source of olive oil; it is one of the core ingredients in Mediterranean cuisine. The tree and its fruit give their name to the plant family, which also includes species such as lilacs, jasmine, ""Forsythia"", and the true ash trees (""Fraxinus""). The word ""olive"" derives from Latin ' (""olive fruit"", ""olive tree""), possibly through Etruscan 𐌄𐌋𐌄𐌉𐌅𐌀 (eleiva) from the archaic Proto-Greek form *ἐλαίϝα (*elaíwa) (Classic Greek ', ""olive fruit"", ""olive tree""). The word ""oil"" originally meant ""olive oil"", from ', (', ""olive oil""). Also in multiple other languages the"
"in Clapton Court, England and is in girth. There are several examples over in Derbyshire alone. ""Fraxinus excelsior"" is native to Europe from northern Spain to Russia, and from southern Fennoscandia to northern Greece. It is also considered native in southwestern Asia from northern Turkey east to the Caucasus and Alborz mountains. The northernmost location is in the Trondheimsfjord region of Norway. The species is widely cultivated and reportedly naturalized in New Zealand and in scattered locales in the United States and Canada including Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Ontario, Ohio, Kentucky and"
"in many UK areas. Its sensitivity to air pollution and fertilizer enrichment may be reasons for the decline. It is mainly found on the bark of Acer, Fraxinus, Populus, Tilia and Ulmus; it has been found growing on Rhododendron and oak. It has been recorded in Spain, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, England, Scotland, Hungary, Norway and Latvia. The species has been widely recorded in the United States of America. ""R. fraxinea"" likes windy, exposed and well-lit sites and it is found on species with nutrient-rich bark. The species also likes humid or foggy areas near ponds or rivers. The Latin name"
"cemetery. Menzies' name is commemorated in the scientific names of several of the plants he discovered, including ""Menziesia"", a genus of shrubs in the Ericaceae, and the Douglas fir ""Pseudotsuga menziesii"", the most commercially important tree in western North America. The Pacific madrone, an evergreen tree and largest of the Ericaceae, was named ""Arbutus menziesii"" in his honour by Friedrich Pursh. Also named for Menzies, in a corrupted form as adapted by the Nuxalk people of the Bella Coola area of the Central Coast of British Columbia, is ""Bensins Island"", as recorded by Alexander Mackenzie during his visit there shortly"
"Firmiana simplex Firmiana simplex, commonly known as the Chinese parasol tree, Chinese parasoltree, or wutong (), is an ornamental plant of tree size that has recently been assigned to the family Malvaceae and was formerly the family Sterculiaceae in the order Malvales, and is native to Asia. It grows up to tall. It has alternate, deciduous leaves up to 30 cm (12 inches) across and small fragrant, greenish-white flowers borne in large inflorescences. A flowering tree varies in fragrance with weather and time of the day, having a lemony odor with citronella and chocolate tones. A tall, stately specimen grows"
"Fraxinetum Fraxinet or Fraxinetum ( or , from Latin ""fraxinus"": ""ash tree"", ""fraxinetum"": ""ash forest"") was the site of a 10th-century fortress established by Muslims at modern La Garde-Freinet, near Saint-Tropez, in Provence. The modern Massif des Maures (""plateau of Moors"") takes its name from the Muslims of Fraxinet. According to Liudprand of Cremona, in about 889 a ship carrying twenty adventurers from Pechina near Almería in what was then called Al-Andalus anchored in the Gulf of Saint-Tropez in Provence. They were called ""muwallad"", that is, converts to Islam who spoke both Latin and Arabic. They built a tiny stone"
"cultivation of buckwheat, a grain that has two names in modern French, ""blé noir"" (""black wheat"") and ""blé sarrasin"" (""Saracen wheat""). Fraxinetum Fraxinet or Fraxinetum ( or , from Latin ""fraxinus"": ""ash tree"", ""fraxinetum"": ""ash forest"") was the site of a 10th-century fortress established by Muslims at modern La Garde-Freinet, near Saint-Tropez, in Provence. The modern Massif des Maures (""plateau of Moors"") takes its name from the Muslims of Fraxinet. According to Liudprand of Cremona, in about 889 a ship carrying twenty adventurers from Pechina near Almería in what was then called Al-Andalus anchored in the Gulf of Saint-Tropez in"
"Acrocarpus fraxinifolius Acrocarpus fraxinifolius, the pink cedar, is a large deciduous emergent tree native to Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand in the family Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae. Its also known as Balangi or Kurungatti in India. This has been identified as one of the food plant for the endangered lion tailed macaque during the period of fruit scarcity. They are used as shade trees in the coffee plantations in India. It is also a best-suited tree for plantations in badly degraded areas which are not protected from cattle grazing. As per the bureau of Indian standards, the"
"several species of flora with European elements, Central European and Euro-Asian. Vegetation of forests consists of trees and shrubs: English Oak (""Quercus robur""), Common hornbeam (""Carpinus betulus""), European beech (""Fagus sylvatica""), European ash (""Fraxinus excelsior""), Turkey oak (""Quercus cerris""), Sessile Oak (""Quercus petraea""), Black Alder (""Alnus glutinosa""), European yew (""Taxus baccata""), Manna Ash (""Fraxinus ornus""), Turkish Hazel (""Corylus colurna""), European Cornel (""Cornus mas""), Eurasian smoketree (""Cotynus coggygria""), Ruscus (species of: ""Ruscus aculeatus"" or ""Ruscus hypogllosum"") or Lilac (""Syringa vulgaris""). Species of grass: orchid (""Himantoglossum caprinum""), Fritillaria (""Fritillaria montana""), yellow linum (""Linum uninerve""), Asplenium ceterach (""Ceterach officinarum""), Cephalaria (""Cephalaria laevigata""), monkey"
"seasons at the Imperial Palace. There are three noted species of trees of the Palace. One is a fir tree (""Abies"") in the Three Palace Sanctuaries. In the Meiji era, other trees of the same species were more than several hundreds in number, but only 8 trees survived in 2001. This one grew to a large size. The second is ""Liquidambar formosana"" Hance (English name: sweet gum) (Japanese name: fū), which was transplanted from China in 1727 by Tokugawa Yoshimune. Originally ""L. formosana"" was planted where Chinese emperors lived. There were 13 tall trees in the Fukiage Garden; the tallest"
"lasted until 2011, when it was felled due to disease. The following tree species were recorded in the gardens at the end of the 20th century: ash (""Fraxinus excelsior""), beech, black poplar (""Populus nigra""), cherry (""Prunus avium""), common lime (""Tilia × europaea""), English elm (""Ulmus minor"" 'Atinia'), hawthorn (""Crataegus monogyna""), holly, horse chestnut (""Aesculus hippocastanum""), laburnum (""Laburnum anagyroides""), Norway maple (""Acer platanoides""), oak (""Quercus robur""), rowan (""Sorbus aucuparia""), silver birch (""Betula pendula""), small leafed lime (""Tilia cordata""), sweet chestnut (""Castanea sativa""), sycamore (""Acer pseudoplatanus""), tulip tree (""Liriodendron tulipifera""), whitebeam (""Sorbus aria""), white poplar (""Populus alba""), and wych elm (""Ulmus glabra"")."
"type of charcoal. Twenty trees had remained free of disease over 3 years during a severe infestation of the surrounding trees. In December 2016, writing in Nature Dr Richard Buggs reported that the common ash (Fraxinus excelsior)had been sequenced for the first time and UK specimens appeared more resistant than Danish ones. In August 2018, Defra and the Forestry Commission announced that the fungus had been found infecting three new hosts at Westonbirt Arboretum, mock privet, narrow-leaved mock privet and white fringetree. These were the first findings on hosts other than ""Fraxinus"" anywhere in the world. All three new hosts"
"Fraser fir The Fraser fir (""Abies fraseri"") is a species of fir native to the Appalachian Mountains of the Southeastern United States. ""Abies fraseri"" is closely related to balsam fir (""Abies balsamea""), of which it has occasionally been treated as a subspecies (as ""A. balsamea"" subsp. ""fraseri"" (Pursh) E.Murray) or a variety (as ""A. balsamea"" var. ""fraseri"" (Pursh) Spach). The species ""Abies fraseri"" is named after the Scottish botanist John Fraser (1750–1811), who made numerous botanical collections in the region. It is sometimes misspelled ""Frasier,"" ""Frazer"" or ""Frazier."" In the past, it was also sometimes known as ""she-balsam"" because resin"
"Eucalyptus forrestiana Eucalyptus forrestiana, commonly known as Fuchsia gum, Fuchsia mallee, Forrest's mallee or Forrest's marlock, is a small tree which occurs in an area near Esperance in Western Australia. It was named after the Scottish botanist George Forrest (1873-1932). It is a mallee ""Eucalyptus"" with smooth bark and grows to between 1.5 and to 6 metres in height. It has bright four-sided red buds and yellow flowers which appear between summer and winter from January to June. The tree forms a dense dark green canopy and has smooth light brown-grey bark which is deciduous in long strips during late"
"European ash (""Fraxinus excelsior""), Turkey oak (""Quercus cerris""), European black pine, (""Pinus nigra""), Scots pine (""Pinus sylvestris""), black locust (""Robinia pseudoacacia""), wild cherry (""Prunus avium""); Lungwort (""Pulmonaria officinalis""), wild arum (""Arum maculatum""), windfower (""Anemone nemorosa""), yellow wood anemone (""Anemone ranunculoides""), smooth meadow-grass (""Poa pratensis""), red fescue (""Festuca rubra""). Fallow deer (""Dama dama""), red deer (""Cervus elaphus""), roe deer (""Capreolus capreolus""), red fox (""Vulpes vulpes""), wild boar (""Sus scrofa""), European pine marten (""Marten marten""), European hamster (""Cricetus cricetus""), wildcat (""Felis silvestris""); Avifauna include the lesser spotted woodpecker (""Dendrocopos minor""), tree pipit (""Anthus trivalis""), Eurasian scops owl (""Otus scops""), European greenfinch (""Carduelis"
"the late summer. The fruit is a legume (pod) with the seed at one end, resembling a samara (the fruit of the Ash genus, ""Fraxinus""). It is a deciduous tree, shedding all of its leaves and large ""helicopter"" seed packets from January–May each year. It produces masses of seeds, most of which succeed in germinating, and it can withstand a very wide range of growing conditions, from –4 °C to salty soils to drought. Timber is whitish in colour, strong and fibrous. Cut logs ooze resin which is blood-red. (see image) ""Tipuana tipu"" is viewed as an invasive weed in"
"small street tree in semi-arid areas due to its highly decorative appearance and ability to tolerate drought. Eucalyptus forrestiana Eucalyptus forrestiana, commonly known as Fuchsia gum, Fuchsia mallee, Forrest's mallee or Forrest's marlock, is a small tree which occurs in an area near Esperance in Western Australia. It was named after the Scottish botanist George Forrest (1873-1932). It is a mallee ""Eucalyptus"" with smooth bark and grows to between 1.5 and to 6 metres in height. It has bright four-sided red buds and yellow flowers which appear between summer and winter from January to June. The tree forms a dense"
"Fragaria vesca Fragaria vesca, commonly called wild strawberry, woodland strawberry, Alpine strawberry, Carpathian Strawberry, European strawberry, or fraisier des bois, is a perennial herbaceous plant in the rose family that grows naturally throughout much of the Northern Hemisphere, and that produces edible fruits. Five to eleven soft, hairy white flowers are borne on a green, soft-hairy stalk that usually lifts them above the leaves. The light-green leaves are trifoliate (in threes) with toothed margins. The plant spreads by means of runners (stolons). Vilmorin-Andrieux (1885) makes a distinction between wild or wood strawberries (""Fragaria vesca"") and alpine strawberries (""Fragaria alpina""), a"
"Eucalyptus regnans Eucalyptus regnans, known variously as mountain ash, swamp gum, or stringy gum, is a species of ""Eucalyptus"" native to Tasmania and the state of Victoria in southeastern Australia. It is the tallest flowering plant and one of the tallest trees in the world, second to the coast redwood (""Sequoia sempervirens""). A straight-trunked tree with smooth grey bark and a stocking of rough brown bark to above the ground, it regularly grows to , with the tallest living specimen, the Centurion, standing tall in Tasmania. The white flowers appear in autumn. Victorian botanist Ferdinand von Mueller described the species"
"Teucrium fruticans Teucrium fruticans (common name tree germander or shrubby germander) is a species of flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae, native to the western and central Mediterranean. Growing to tall by wide, it is a spreading evergreen shrub with arching velvety white shoots, glossy aromatic leaves and pale blue flowers in summer. The specific epithet ""fruticans"" means ""shrubby"" or ""bushy"". The cultivar 'Azureum', with darker blue flowers, has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. It is hardy in milder areas, where temperatures do not fall below . It prefers the shelter of a wall, in"
"Cinnamomum parthenoxylon Cinnamomum parthenoxylon is an evergreen tree in the genus ""Cinnamomum"", tall. It is native to South and East Asia (Bhutan, Myanmar, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam). In Vietnam, the tree is considered Critically endangered. In English, ""C. parthenoxylon"" is known as Selasian wood, saffrol laurel, or Martaban camphor wood. It has the outdated heterotypic synonym ""Laurus porrecta"" (Roxb.). The species name ""parthenoxylon"" derives from ""parthenos xylon"" (), meaning ""virgin wood"". The common name in Spanish is ""alcanforero amarillo"" (""yellow camphor"") and it is thought to be the tree known as (""mreah prew"
"ovate, subacuminate apex; Filaments 10–20 mm and 6–14 mm, greenish. Berries 20-40 × 5–8 mm, elongated, purplish dark when ripe. It has a chromosome number of 2n = 22 ""Fuchsia"" is named for Leonhart Fuchs [1501-66], a renaissance botanist and professor at Tübingen. Fuchsia splendens Fuchsia splendens is a plant of the genus ""Fuchsia"" native to Central America. Shrubs that reach 0.5-2.5 meters in height, terrestrial or occasionally epiphytic. Leaves 3.5-13 × 0.8–4 cm, opposite or rarely ternate, ovate to chordate, base rounded to chordate, apex acute to acuminate; Petiole 1.2–8 cm. Bisexual flowers, axillary, pendulous armpits in the distal"
"timber is recommended for making furniture and cabinets. and tea boxes Acrocarpus fraxinifolius Acrocarpus fraxinifolius, the pink cedar, is a large deciduous emergent tree native to Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand in the family Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae. Its also known as Balangi or Kurungatti in India. This has been identified as one of the food plant for the endangered lion tailed macaque during the period of fruit scarcity. They are used as shade trees in the coffee plantations in India. It is also a best-suited tree for plantations in badly degraded areas which are not protected"
"Sterculia foetida Sterculia foetida is a soft wooded tree that can grow up to 35 metres (115 ft.) tall. It was described in 1753 by Carl Linnaeus. Common names for the plant are the bastard poon tree, java olive tree, hazel sterculia, and wild almond tree. This is the type species of the genus ""Sterculia"" and both names mean bad-smelling: the origin of ""Sterculia"" comes from the Roman god, Sterquilinus, who was the god of fertilizer or manure. The branches of ""Sterculia foetida"" are arranged in whorls; they spread horizontally. The tree's bark is smooth and grey. The leaves are"
"starting with 1054 Forsytia, that were all named after plants, in particular flowering plants ""(also see list of minor planets named after animals and plants)"". 1105 Fragaria 1105 Fragaria (), provisional designation , is an uncommon Eoan asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately in diameter. It was discovered on 1 January 1929, by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth at the Heidelberg Observatory in southwest Germany. The asteroid was named after the flowering plant ""Fragaria"" (strawberry). ""Fragaria"" belongs to the Eos family (), the largest asteroid family of the outer asteroid belt consisting of nearly 10,000 members. It"
"Hymenoscyphus fraxineus Hymenoscyphus fraxineus is an Ascomycete fungus that causes ash dieback, a chronic fungal disease of ash trees in Europe characterised by leaf loss and crown dieback in infected trees. The fungus was first scientifically described in 2006 under the name Chalara fraxinea. Four years later it was discovered that ""Chalara fraxinea"" was only the asexual (anamorphic) stage of a fungus that was subsequently named ""Hymenoscyphus pseudoalbidus"" and then renamed as ""Hymenoscyphus fraxineus"". Trees now believed to have been infected with this pathogen were first reported dying in Poland in 1992. It is now entrenched in Europe. It is"
"Tembusu The tembusu (""Fagraea fragrans"") is a large evergreen tree in the family Gentianaceae. It is native to Southeast Asia. Its trunk is dark brown, with deeply fissured bark, looking somewhat like a bittergourd. It grows in an irregular shape from 10 to 25m high. Its leaves are light green and oval in shape. Its yellowish flowers have a distinct fragrance and the fruits of the tree are bitter tasting red berries, which are eaten by birds and fruit bats. Buabua (Fiji Islands), Urung (Philippines), Temasuk (Sabah), Tatrao, Trai (Vietnam), Kan Krao (Thailand), Tembesu (Indonesia), Anan, Anama (Burma), Munpla (Thailand,"
"Halleria lucida Halleria lucida (also known as tree fuchsia, umBinza or notsung) is a small, attractive, evergreen tree that is indigenous to Southern Africa. It is increasingly grown as an ornamental tree in African gardens. This tree has lush, glossy, bright-green foliage on arching and drooping branches. It is often multi-stemmed and can eventually reach a height of over 15m. The way that the dense foliage droops from the hanging branches gives the tree a willowy appearance.<br> ""Notsung"" is unusual in producing its flowers and fruit, not from the tips of its branches like most flowering trees, but from its"
"Diospyros Diospyros is a genus of over 700 species of deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs. The majority are native to the tropics, with only a few species extending into temperate regions. Individual species valued for their hard, heavy, dark timber, are commonly known as ebony trees, while others are valued for their fruit and known as persimmon trees. Some are useful as ornamentals and many are of local ecological importance. The generic name ""Diospyros"" comes from a Latin name for the Caucasian persimmon (""D. lotus""), derived from the Greek ""diós"" () and ""pyrós"" (). The Greek name literally means"
"Commersonia fraseri Commersonia fraseri, commonly known as blackfellow's hemp or brush kurrajong is a common shrub or small tree of the mallow family found in eastern Australia. Growing up to 8 metres tall, it is found in rainforest margins and in wet eucalyptus forests. The French naturalist Jacques Etienne Gay was the first to name the species, in 1823. The genus is named after the French naturalist Philibert Commerson, and the species name honours the colonial botanist of New South Wales Charles Fraser. Vernacular names include brush kurrajong and blackfellows hemp. A 2011 molecular analysis of segments of chloroplast DNA"
"species throughout its range in northeastern North America, where it has not been completely extirpated. This vine can grow up to twelve feet in length on wooded and rocky slopes. The species name ""fungosa"" means 'spongy' in Latin. Adlumia fungosa Adlumia fungosa is a species in the Papaveraceae that is commonly known as the Allegheny vine, climbing fumitory, or mountain fringe. It is a herbaceous, creeping, flowering plant and is closely related to the Fumitory genus, ""Fumaria"". ""Adlumia fungosa"" is a biennial climbing plant with very slender stems. The leaves are several times pinnately divided, prehensile, and feathery in texture."
"(""Fraxinus excelsior"") and its cultivars, but it is also known to attack the Narrow-leafed ash (""Fraxinus angustifolia""). The Manna ash (""Fraxinus ornus"") is also a known host, although it is less susceptible than the other European ash species. Experiments in Estonia have shown that several North American ash species are susceptible, especially the Black ash (""Fraxinus nigra""), and to a lesser extent the Green ash (""Fraxinus pennsylvanica""). The White ash (""Fraxinus americana"") and the Asian species known as Manchurian ash (""Fraxinus mandschurica"") showed only minor symptoms in the study. Initially, small necrotic spots (without exudate) appear on stems and branches."
"known as ""keys"" or ""helicopter seeds"", are a type of fruit known as a samara. Most ""Fraxinus"" species are dioecious, having male and female flowers on separate plants but gender in ash is expressed as a continuum between male and female individuals, dominated by unisexual trees. With age, ash may change their sexual function from predominantly male and hermaphrodite towards femaleness; if grown as an ornamental and both sexes are present, ashes can cause a considerable litter problem with their seeds. Rowans or mountain ashes have leaves and buds superficially similar to those of true ashes, but belong to the"