"fauna, and is a sharp line along the Swedish western coast, which gets broader toward the south. In Denmark and Scania, at the southernmost peak of the Scandinavian peninsula, south-west of the natural spruce boundary, it is the most common forest tree. In Norway, the beech migration was very recent, and the species has not reached its distribution potential. Thus, the occurrence of oak in Norway is used as an indicator of the border between the temperate deciduous forest and the boreal spruce – pine forest. ""Fagus sylvatica"" is one of the most common hardwood trees in north central Europe,"
"Alfalfa Alfalfa (), also called lucerne and called Medicago sativa in binomial nomenclature, is a perennial flowering plant in the legume family Fabaceae. It is cultivated as an important forage crop in many countries around the world. It is used for grazing, hay, and silage, as well as a green manure and cover crop. The name alfalfa is used in North America. The name lucerne is the more commonly used name in the United Kingdom, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. The plant superficially resembles clover (a cousin in the same family), especially while young, when trifoliate leaves comprising round"
"Northeastern United States, or ""Fagus sylvatica"", ""Quercus robur"" and ""Q. petraea"" in Europe) are often ecologically dominant in northern temperate forests. Modern molecular phylogenetics suggest the following relationships: Fagaceae Fagaceae is a family of flowering plants that includes beeches and oaks, and comprises eight genera with about 927 species. The Fagaceae are deciduous or evergreen trees and shrubs, characterized by alternate simple leaves with pinnate venation, unisexual flowers in the form of catkins, and fruit in the form of cup-like (cupule) nuts. Their leaves are often lobed and both petioles and stipules are generally present. Leaf characteristics of Fagaceae can"
"Salvia officinalis Salvia officinalis (sage, also called garden sage, common sage, or culinary sage) is a perennial, evergreen subshrub, with woody stems, grayish leaves, and blue to purplish flowers. It is a member of the mint family Lamiaceae and native to the Mediterranean region, though it has naturalized in many places throughout the world. It has a long history of medicinal and culinary use, and in modern times as an ornamental garden plant. The common name ""sage"" is also used for a number of related and unrelated species. ""Salvia officinalis"" has numerous common names. Some of the best-known are sage,"
"with the following: Refer to for the most current information and details. Alfalfa Alfalfa (), also called lucerne and called Medicago sativa in binomial nomenclature, is a perennial flowering plant in the legume family Fabaceae. It is cultivated as an important forage crop in many countries around the world. It is used for grazing, hay, and silage, as well as a green manure and cover crop. The name alfalfa is used in North America. The name lucerne is the more commonly used name in the United Kingdom, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. The plant superficially resembles clover (a cousin"
"depends on the location: in forest areas, ""F. sylvatica"" grows to over , with branches being high up on the trunk. In open locations, it will become much shorter (typically ) and more massive. The leaves are alternate, simple, and entire or with a slightly crenate margin, 5–10 cm long and 3–7 cm broad, with 6–7 veins on each side of the leaf (7–10 veins in ""Fagus orientalis""). When crenate, there is one point at each vein tip, never any points between the veins. The buds are long and slender, long and thick, but thicker (to ) where the buds"
"York and North Carolina, and to New Zealand, where it was first recorded in 1969. In its native range, ""C. sylvatica"" lives in deciduous woodlands on heavy soils; it is sometimes found in unwooded areas, but usually only as a relic of ancient woodland. In North America, it is generally found in disturbed areas within deciduous woodland. ""Carex sylvatica"" was first described by the English botanist William Hudson in his 1762 work ""Flora Anglica"". Hybrids have been reported between ""C. sylvatica"" and ""C. strigosa"" (in France) and between ""C. sylvatica"" and ""C. hirta"" (in Austria). Its English common name is"
"Common fig Ficus carica is an Asian species of flowering plant in the mulberry family, known as the common fig (or just the fig). It is the source of the fruit also called the fig and as such is an important crop in those areas where it is grown commercially. Native to the Middle East and western Asia, it has been sought out and cultivated since ancient times and is now widely grown throughout the world, both for its fruit and as an ornamental plant. The species has become naturalized in scattered locations in Asia and North America. The term"
"Symplocarpus foetidus Symplocarpus foetidus, commonly known as skunk cabbage or eastern skunk cabbage (also swamp cabbage, clumpfoot cabbage, or meadow cabbage, foetid pothos or polecat weed), is a low growing plant that grows in wetlands and moist hill slopes of eastern North America. Bruised leaves present a fragrance reminiscent of skunk. Eastern skunk cabbage has leaves which are large, long and broad. It flowers early in the spring when only the flowers are visible above the mud. The stems remain buried below the surface of the soil with the leaves emerging later. The flowers are produced on a long spadix"
"""Medicago sativa"" (alfalfa), ""Arachis hypogaea"" (peanut), ""Ceratonia siliqua"" (carob), and ""Glycyrrhiza glabra"" (liquorice). A number of species are also weedy pests in different parts of the world, including: ""Cytisus scoparius"" (broom), ""Robinia pseudoacacia"" (black locust)"", Ulex europaeus"" (gorse), ""Pueraria lobata"" (kudzu), and a number of ""Lupinus"" species. The name 'Fabaceae' comes from the defunct genus ""Faba"", now included in ""Vicia"". The term ""faba"" comes from Latin, and appears to simply mean ""bean"". Leguminosae is an older name still considered valid, and refers to the fruit of these plants, which are called legumes. Fabaceae range in habit from giant trees (like"
"Myosotis sylvatica Myosotis sylvatica, the wood forget-me-not or woodland forget-me-not, is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, native to Europe. It is a short-lived herbaceous perennial or biennial growing to tall by wide, with hairy leaves and a profusion of flowers with petals longer than their tube, pink in bud then opening disc-shaped, intensely sky-blue with yellow centres in Spring. Stace describes this plant as having the following characteristics: Widely cultivated throughout the temperate world, it is particularly associated with spring bedding schemes involving other spring-flowering subjects, notably daffodils, tulips, wallflowers and primulas. Typically seeds are sown"
"Hoffmannseggia glauca Hoffmannseggia glauca is a dicot found in the legume family, Fabaceae. Its common names include Indian rushpea, hog potato, and pig nut. It is a California native which prefers alkaline desert flats, creosote bush communities, and disturbed areas. It prefers elevations of less than . ""Hoffmannseggia glauca"" is found outside California in Western Nevada, Texas, Mexico and South America. In California ""H. glauca"" may be found in the San Joaquin Valley, Southern Coastal Ranges, and Western Transverse Ranges. ""Hoffmannseggia glauca"" is an erect perennial herb and can measure up to 30 cm tall. Branches are slender, growing out"
"Ficus Ficus ( or ) is a genus of about 850 species of woody trees, shrubs, vines, epiphytes and hemiepiphytes in the family Moraceae. Collectively known as fig trees or figs, they are native throughout the tropics with a few species extending into the semi-warm temperate zone. The common fig (""F. carica"") is a temperate species native to southwest Asia and the Mediterranean region (from Afghanistan to Portugal), which has been widely cultivated from ancient times for its fruit, also referred to as figs. The fruit of most other species are also edible though they are usually of only local"
"Strangler fig Strangler fig is the common name for a number of tropical and subtropical plant species, including some banyans and unrelated vines, including among many other species: These all share a common ""strangling"" growth habit that is found in many tropical forest species, particularly of the genus ""Ficus"". This growth habit is an adaptation for growing in dark forests where the competition for light is intense. These plants are hemiepiphytes, spending the first part of their life without rooting into the ground. Their seeds, often bird-dispersed, germinate in crevices atop other trees. These seedlings grow their roots downward and"
"Calystegia silvatica The morning glory Calystegia silvatica (syn. ""Calystegia sepium silvatica"", ""C. inflata"", and ""C. sylvestris"") is known by the common name giant bindweed or large bindweed. It is the largest species of bindweed and is a strong rampant climber. It is native to southern Europe but has been introduced to many other areas because it is an attractive garden plant. ""Calystegia silvatica"" subsp. ""fraterniflora"" (short-stalked false bindweed) is native to North America. It has large, arrow-shaped leaves and showy white trumpet-shaped flowers up to 9 centimeters in diameter. It is considered a weed in some areas where it has"
"Croton sylvaticus Croton sylvaticus is a tree in the Euphorbiaceae family. It is commonly known as the forest fever-berry. These trees are distributed in forests from the east coast of South Africa to Tropical Africa. It grows 7–13 m in height, occasionally up to 30 m, in moist forests, thickets and forest edges at altitudes of 350–1800 m. Greenish cream flowers, up to 3 mm long (all male or female or mixed flowers), in racemes, 10–30 cm long. Fruit, light green when young, turning to orange or red, trilobed, oval in shape, hairy. Used as a general timber, for poles,"
"is widespread across Europe, Asia, and North Africa, from Svalbard to Morocco to China and the Russian Far East. It is also a common plant in North America and South America where it has been introduced, most likely by settlers as a medicinal item. The plant is often found in waste and disturbed places and along roadsides and paths. In some areas it is considered an invasive species. Other common names include tash plant, ass's foot, bull's foot, coughwort (Old English), farfara, foal's foot, foalswort and horse foot. Sometimes it is confused with ""Petasites frigidus"", or western coltsfoot. It has"
"Ficus deltoidea Ficus deltoidea, commonly known as mistletoe fig (Mas Cotek in Malaysian, Tabat Barito in Indonesia, or ""สาลิกาลิ้นทอง"" in Thai) is a large shrub or small tree species native to Southeast Asia, and widely naturalized in other parts of the world. ""F. deltoidea"" is a small perennial herb, growing up to about 2 m tall, with thick leaves that are deltoid in shape, rounded at the apex and tapering at the base. The upper surface of the plants' leaves are dark, shining green, while the lower surface is golden yellow with black spots. Male and female plants are physically"
"Cyperus laevigatus Cyperus laevigatus is a species of sedge known by the common name smooth flatsedge. ""Cyperus laevigatus"" is grows in wet areas, especially in brackish water, wet alkaline soils, mineral-rich hot springs, and other moist saline and alkaline habitat. It is known from the beaches of the Hawaiian Islands and salty pools in the deserts of the Southwestern United States (California, Arizona, Texas) down through Mexico and Central America to South America. It is also widespread across most of the West Indies, Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East, India, Central Asia, Australia and various oceanic islands. ""Cyperus laevigatus""is"
"of his ""Systema Mycologicum"" (1821). According to the taxonomical database MycoBank, additional synonyms include ""Boletus elvela"" as defined by August Johann Georg Karl Batsch in 1783, and ""Spathularia clavata"" published by Pier Andrea Saccardo in 1889. In a 1955 publication, American mycologist Edwin Butterworth Mains considered Charles Horton Peck's 1903 ""Mitruliopsis flavida"" to be the same species as ""S. flavida"". The mushroom is commonly known as the ""yellow earth tongue"", ""yellow fan"", of ""fairy fan"". Samuel Gray called it the ""yellowish spatula-stool"" in his 1821 ""Natural Arrangement of British plants"". The specific epithet ""flavida"" is Latin for ""blonde"" or ""golden"
"Galega officinalis Galega officinalis, commonly known as galega, goat's-rue, French lilac, Italian fitch, or professor-weed, is an herbaceous plant in the Faboideae subfamily. It is native to the Middle East, but has been naturalized in Europe and western Asia. The plant has been extensively cultivated as a forage crop, an ornamental, a bee plant, and as green manure. ""G. officinalis"" is rich in galegine, a substance with blood glucose-lowering activity and the foundation for the discovery of metformin, a treatment for managing symptoms of diabetes mellitus. In ancient herbalism, goat's-rue was used as a diuretic. It can be poisonous to"
"(""F. macrophylla""), Chinese banyan (""F. microcarpa""), sacred fig (""F. religiosa"") and sycamore fig (""F. sycomorus""). On the other hand, the common fig (""Ficus carica"") is a gynodioecious plant, as well as lofty fig or clown fig (""F. aspera""), Roxburgh fig (""F. auriculata""), mistletoe fig (""F. deltoidea""), ""F. pseudopalma"", creeping fig (""F. pumila"") and related species. The hermaphrodite common figs are called ""inedible figs"" or ""caprifigs""; in traditional culture in the Mediterranean region they were considered food for goats (""Capra aegagrus""). In the female fig trees, the male flower parts fail to develop; they produce the ""'edible figs"". Fig wasps grow"
"Oxybelis fulgidus Oxybelis fulgidus, commonly known as the green vine snake or the flatbread snake (not to be confused with ""Ahaetulla nasuta""), is a species of long, slender, arboreal colubrid snake, which is endemic to Central America and northern South America. Common names used in South America for this species include ""bejuca lora, bejuquilla verde, cipo, "" and ""cobra bicuda"". It is found in Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. This snake is very slender, roughly thick, and may attain a total length of about"
"Land, according to the Torah (Deut. 8). Jesus cursed a fig tree for bearing no fruit (). The fig tree was sacred in ancient Cyprus where it was a symbol of fertility. Video Ficus Ficus ( or ) is a genus of about 850 species of woody trees, shrubs, vines, epiphytes and hemiepiphytes in the family Moraceae. Collectively known as fig trees or figs, they are native throughout the tropics with a few species extending into the semi-warm temperate zone. The common fig (""F. carica"") is a temperate species native to southwest Asia and the Mediterranean region (from Afghanistan to"
"Gnaphalium sylvaticum Gnaphalium sylvaticum, commonly known as heath cudweed, wood cudweed, golden motherwort, chafeweed, and owl's crown. is a species of plants in the sunflower family. It is widespread across much of Europe. The species was first formally described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. It is a perennial herb with short runners. The plant is 8 to 60 cm tall. The leaves are lanceolate in shape, pointed, 2 to 8 cm long, with a single vein. They have no hair on top, but are woolly hairy below. The upper leaves become progressively shorter and narrower. The flower heads are 6mm"
"risk of gout. Bean leaves have been used to trap bedbugs in houses. Microscopic hairs (trichomes) on the bean leaves entrap the insects. From ancient times, beans were used as device in various methods of divination. Fortune-telling using beans is called favomancy. Phaseolus vulgaris Phaseolus vulgaris, also known as the common bean, green bean and French bean, among other names, is a herbaceous annual plant grown worldwide for its edible dry seeds or unripe fruit (both commonly called beans). The main categories of common beans, on the basis of use, are dry beans (seeds harvested at complete maturity), snap beans"
"Fucus vesiculosus Fucus vesiculosus, known by the common names bladder wrack, black tang, rockweed, bladder fucus, sea oak, black tany, cut weed, dyers fucus, red fucus, and rock wrack is a seaweed found on the coasts of the North Sea, the western Baltic Sea, and the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. It was the original source of iodine, discovered in 1811, and was used extensively to treat goitre, a swelling of the thyroid gland related to iodine deficiency. The fronds of ""F. vesiculosus"" grow to long and wide and have a prominent midrib throughout. It is attached by a basal disc-shaped"
"Asparagus setaceus Asparagus setaceus, commonly known as common asparagus fern, lace fern, climbing asparagus, or ferny asparagus, is a climbing plant in the genus ""Asparagus"". Despite its common name, the plant is not a true fern, but has leaves that resemble one. It is native to Southern Africa, and is grown elsewhere as an ornamental plant. It has become an invasive species in several locations where it has been introduced. Originally described by the German botanist Carl Sigismund Kunth, its specific name is derived from the Latin ""saeta"" ""hair"" or ""bristle"", hence ""hairy"". Some authorities use the name ""A. plumosus"""
"Afrocarpus falcatus Afrocarpus falcatus (syn. ""Podocarpus falcatus"") is a species of tree in the family Podocarpaceae. It is native to the montane forests of southern Africa, where it is distributed in Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, and Swaziland. Common names include common yellowwood, bastard yellowwood, outeniqua yellowwood, African fern pine, weeping yew, , ""kalander"", , and . It is widespread, in some areas abundant, and not considered threatened, but it is a protected tree in South Africa. It is grown as an ornamental tree, especially in South Africa, and occasionally abroad. This is an evergreen conifer often growing up to about"
"Spathularia flavida Spathularia flavida, commonly known as the yellow earth tongue, the yellow fan, or the fairy fan, is an ascomycete fungus found in coniferous forests of Asia, Europe and North America. It produces a small, fan- or spoon-shaped fruit body with a flat, wavy or lobed cream to yellow colored ""head"" raised on a white to cream stalk. The height is usually approximately , and up to . The fungus fruits on the ground in mosses, forest duff or humus, and fruit bodies may occur singly, in large groups, or in fairy rings. The spores produced by the fungus"
"subsections could be rendered monophyletic. Medicago Medicago is a genus of flowering plants, commonly known as medick or burclover, in the legume (Fabaceae) family. It contains at least 87 species and is distributed mainly around the Mediterranean basin. The best-known member of the genus is alfalfa (""M. sativa""), an important forage crop, and the genus name is based on the Latin name for that plant, , from Median (grass). Most members of the genus are low, creeping herbs, resembling clover, but with burs (hence the common name). However, alfalfa grows to a height of 1 meter, and tree medick (""M."
"first published in 1876 by Ferdinand von Mueller, based on specimens collected at Queen Victoria Spring by Jess Young during the Giles expedition of May 1875. The specific epithet (""salubris"") is a Latin word meaning ""healthful"", ""wholesome"" or ""beneficial"", in reference to the healthy appearance of the tree. The common name refers to the fluted or twisted trunks, resembling a carpenter’s gimlet which is a boring tool. There are no subspecies or varieties. A variety was published by Joseph Maiden in 1919 as ""E. s."" subsp. ""glauca"", but this was promoted to species rank as ""E. ravida"" in 1991. Hybrids"
"Domestication of Ficus carica Ficus carica, known as the common fig, is one of the earliest plants to have ever undergone domestication. ""Ficus"" ""carica"" played many important roles in history and has become a symbol in many different cultures and religions. They continue to play a significant part in the societies and economies of today, as they have proven to serve a multitude of uses. The exact origin of the common fig is still under debate. Some believe it to be indigenous to Western Asia and suggest that human activities then spread it throughout the Mediterranean. Despite uncertainty about its"