"elevations are occupied by forests of evergreen sclerophyll oaks, including Holm oak ""(Quercus ilex)"" and cork oak ""(Quercus suber)"". Middle elevations are predominantly forests of maritime pine ""(Pinus pinaster)"" interspersed with forests of mixed broadleaf deciduous trees, including downy oak ""(Quercus pubescens)"", sessile oak ""(Quercus petraea)"", European hop-hornbeam ""(Ostrya carpinifolia)"", Italian alder ""(Alnus cordata)"" and sweet chestnut ""(Castanea sativa)"". At the higher elevations, forests of Corsican pine ""(Pinus nigra"" subsp. ""salzmannii"" var. ""corsicana)"" predominate on the warmer south-facing slopes, while silver fir ""(Abies alba)"" and European beech ""(Fagus sylvatica)"" predominate on the cooler north-facing slopes. The highest elevations are subalpine"
"Mentha requienii Mentha requienii, or Corsican mint, is a herb and species of mint, native to Corsica, Sardinia, and mainland Italy, and naturalized in Portugal and in the British Isles. It is a very low-growing species with bright green leaves and a strong minty aroma. Corsican mint is one of the smallest members of the mint family. It grows to 3–10 cm tall, with small oval leaves 2–7 mm long and tiny mauve flowers in July and August that are insect pollinated. It has a strong aroma of peppermint. Corsican mint is native to Corsica, Sardinia, France and Italy. It"
"Quercus coccifera Quercus coccifera, the kermes oak, is an oak tree in the ""Quercus"" section ""Cerris"". It is native to the Mediterranean region and Northern African Maghreb, south to north from Morocco to France and west to east from Portugal to Cyprus and Turkey, crossing Spain, Italy, Libya, Balkans, and Greece, including Crete. The Kermes Oak was historically important as the food plant of the Kermes scale insect, from which a red dye called crimson was obtained. The etymology of the specific name ""coccifera"" is related to the production of red cochineal (crimson) dye and derived from Latin which was"
"is Prinos or Pournari (). Quercus coccifera Quercus coccifera, the kermes oak, is an oak tree in the ""Quercus"" section ""Cerris"". It is native to the Mediterranean region and Northern African Maghreb, south to north from Morocco to France and west to east from Portugal to Cyprus and Turkey, crossing Spain, Italy, Libya, Balkans, and Greece, including Crete. The Kermes Oak was historically important as the food plant of the Kermes scale insect, from which a red dye called crimson was obtained. The etymology of the specific name ""coccifera"" is related to the production of red cochineal (crimson) dye and"
"menziesii"". The coast Douglas-fir variety is the dominant tree west of the Cascade Mountains in the Pacific Northwest, occurring in nearly all forest types, competes well on most parent materials, aspects, and slopes. Adapted to a moist, mild climate, it grows larger and faster than Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir. Associated trees include western hemlock, Sitka spruce, sugar pine, western white pine, ponderosa pine, grand fir, coast redwood, western redcedar, California incense-cedar, Lawson's cypress, tanoak, bigleaf maple and several others. Pure stands are also common, particularly north of the Umpqua River in Oregon. Poriol is a flavanone, a type of flavonoid, produced"
"dry mulch. As an ornamental garden plant, ""C. maritima"" has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. Crambe maritima Crambe maritima (common name sea kale, sea cole, seakale, sea colewort or crambe) is a species of halophytic flowering plant in the genus ""Crambe"" of the family Brassicaceae (Cruciferae), that grows wild along the coasts of Europe, from the North Atlantic to the Black Sea. Growing to tall by wide, it is a mound-forming, spreading perennial. It has large fleshy glaucous collard-like leaves and abundant white flowers. The seeds come one each in globular pods. Very rare in Northern"
"and Chinese Arborvitae (""Platycladus orientalis""). The Caspian Sea coastal plains were once covered by Chestnut-leaved Oak (""Quercus castaneifolia""), European Box (""Buxus sempervirens""), Black Alder (""Alnus glutinosa ""subsp."" barbata""), Caucasian Alder (""Alnus subcordata""), Caspian Poplar (""Populus caspica"") and Caucasian Wingnut (""Pterocarya fraxinifolia""), but these forests have been almost entirely converted to urban and agricultural land. (Mosadegh, 2000; Marvie Mohadjer, 2007) The lower slopes of Talysh and Alborz Mountains below harbor diverse humid forests containing Chestnut-leaved Oak, European Hornbeam (""Carpinus betulus""), Persian Ironwood (""Parrotia persica""), Caucasian Zelkova (""Zelkova carpinifolia""), Persian Silk Tree (""Albizia julibrissin""), and Date-plum (""Diospyros lotus"") along with shrubs holly"
"""Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants of California"". Cordylanthus maritimus Cordylanthus maritimus is a rare species of flowering plant in the broomrape family known by the common names salt marsh bird's beak and Point Reyes bird's beak. It is sometimes referred to as Chloropyron maritimum. It is native to the Southwestern United States and northern Baja California. This is a halophyte which grows in areas of high salt concentrations, including coastal salt marshes and the inland salt flats of the Great Basin. It is hemiparasitic, such that it is greenish and has chlorophyll but also parasitizes other plants by inserting"
"as Pontic rhododendron (""Rhododendron ponticum""); Black Sea holly (""Ilex colchica""), cherry laurel (""Laurocerasus officinalis""), Caucasus (""Buxus colchica"") and common box (""Buxus sempervirens""), Caucasian whortleberry (""Vaccinium arctostaphylos""), etc. From a European perspective, the majority of these count as relict species from the Tertiary period. The Colchic or Colchian forests are found around the southeast corner of the Black Sea in Turkey and Georgia in Machakhela National Park and area around it. The Colchian forests are mixed, with deciduous Black Alder ""(Alnus glutinosa)"", hornbeam (""Carpinus betulus"" and ""C. orientalis""), Oriental Beech (""Fagus orientalis""), and Sweet Chestnut ""(Castanea sativa)"", together with evergreen Nordmann"
"Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii Pseudotsuga menziesii"" var. ""menziesii, also known as coast Douglas-fir, Oregon pine, or Douglas spruce, is an evergreen conifer native to western North America from west-central British Columbia, Canada southward to central California, United States. In Oregon and Washington its range is continuous from the Cascades crest west to the Pacific Coast Ranges and Pacific Ocean. In California, it is found in the Klamath and California Coast Ranges as far south as the Santa Lucia Mountains with a small stand as far south as the Purisima Hills, Santa Barbara County. In the Sierra Nevada it ranges as"
"Cordylanthus maritimus Cordylanthus maritimus is a rare species of flowering plant in the broomrape family known by the common names salt marsh bird's beak and Point Reyes bird's beak. It is sometimes referred to as Chloropyron maritimum. It is native to the Southwestern United States and northern Baja California. This is a halophyte which grows in areas of high salt concentrations, including coastal salt marshes and the inland salt flats of the Great Basin. It is hemiparasitic, such that it is greenish and has chlorophyll but also parasitizes other plants by inserting haustoria into their roots to tap nutrients. This"
"Crambe maritima Crambe maritima (common name sea kale, sea cole, seakale, sea colewort or crambe) is a species of halophytic flowering plant in the genus ""Crambe"" of the family Brassicaceae (Cruciferae), that grows wild along the coasts of Europe, from the North Atlantic to the Black Sea. Growing to tall by wide, it is a mound-forming, spreading perennial. It has large fleshy glaucous collard-like leaves and abundant white flowers. The seeds come one each in globular pods. Very rare in Northern Ireland, recorded from Counties Down and Antrim and from a number of seaside counties of Ireland. It is found"
"Caspian Hyrcanian (Girkan) forests account for 150 endemic species of trees and bushes out of 435 species of trees and bushes. Some endemic tree species are, the Hyrcanian box tree (""Buxus hyrcana""), Caucasian pear (""Pyrus communis subsp. caucasica""), Lenkoran acacia (""Albizia julibrissin""), chestnut-leaved oak (""Quercus castaneifolia""), Caucasian oak (""Quercus macranthera""), Caucasian ash (""Fraxinus angustifolia"" subsp. ""oxycarpa""), European ash (""Fraxinus excelsior""), European hornbeam (""Carpinus betulus""), Oriental hornbeam (""Carpinus orientalis""), Oriental beech (""Fagus orientalis""), Caucasian persimmon (""Diospyros lotus""), Caspian locust tree (""Gleditsia caspica""), Caucasian alder (""Alnus subcordata""), black alder (""Alnus glutinosa"" subsp."" barbata""), white poplar (""Populus alba"") Caucasian wingnut (""Pterocarya fraxinifolia""), Persian"
"Erythrina fusca Erythrina fusca is a species of flowering tree in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is known by many common names, including purple coraltree, gallito, bois immortelle, bucayo, and the more ambiguous ""bucare"" and ""coral bean"". ""E. fusca"" has the widest distribution of any ""Erythrina"" species; it is the only one found in both the New and Old World. It grows on coasts and along rivers in tropical Asia, Oceania, the Mascarene Islands, Madagascar, Africa, and the Neotropics. The easy-to-grow and attractive flowering tree is cultivated as an ornamental shade and hedge plant. It is a common shade tree"
"inches (5 cm) long. The Cook pine can be confused with the Norfolk Island pine due to their similar appearances. A 2017 study found that trees tend to have a uniform tilt dependent on the hemisphere of their location, leaning on average 8 degrees south in the northern hemisphere and the same angle north in the southern hemisphere. ""Araucaria columnaris"" is among the most common species of ""Araucaria"" planted as an ornamental tree and street tree in warm temperate climates. It is cultivated in gardens and public landscapes in Queensland and Victoria of Australia, northern New Zealand, Southern California, Puerto"
"Spartina maritima Spartina maritima, the small cordgrass, is a species of cordgrass native to the coasts of western and southern Europe and western Africa, from the Netherlands west across southern England to southern Ireland, and south along the Atlantic coast to Morocco and also on the Mediterranean Sea coasts. There is also a disjunct population on the Atlantic coasts of Namibia and South Africa. It is a herbaceous perennial plant growing 20–70 cm tall, green in spring and summer, and turning light brown in autumn and winter. The leaves are slender, 10–40 cm long, and 0.5–1 cm broad at the"
"Cordia curassavica Cordia curassavica, commonly known as black sage or wild sage, is a species of flowering plant in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It is sometimes called tropical black sage to distinguish it from another unrelated species named black sage, ""Salvia mellifera"". It is native to tropical America but has also been widely introduced to Southeast Asia and the tropical Pacific region, where it is an invasive weed. The specific epithet is a latinised form of Curaçao, an island in the southern Caribbean Sea region and the locality of the type collection. Black sage is a many-branched shrub growing up"
"Sabal maritima Sabal maritima, is a species of palm which is native to Jamaica and Cuba. ""Sabal maritima"" is a fan palm with solitary, stout stems, which grows up to tall and in diameter. Plants have about 25 leaves, each with 70–110 leaflets. The inflorescences, which are branched and as long as the leaves, bear pear-shaped to globose, black fruit. The fruit are in diameter. ""Sabal"" is placed in the subfamily Coryphoideae and the tribe Sabaleae. As of 2008, there appear to be no molecular phylogenetic studies of ""Sabal"". The species was first described by Carl Sigismund Kunth as ""Corypha"
"typically adjacent to maritime chaparral. Common pines are lodgepole pine (""Pinus contorta""), bishop pine (""Pinus muricata""), Monterey pine (""Pinus radiata""), and knobcone pine (""Pinus attenuata""). These forests are also home to several endemic cypresses, including Monterey cypress (""Cupressus macrocarpa""), Gowen cypress (""Cupressus goveniana""), and Santa Cruz cypress (""Cupressus abramsiana""). Shrub species include glossyleaf manzanita (""Arctostaphylos nummularia""), bog Labrador tea (""Rhododendron groenlandicum""), evergreen huckleberry (""Vaccinium ovatum""), salal (""Gaultheria shallon""), Pacific rhododendron (""Rhododendron macrophyllum""), and California bayberry (""Myrica californica""). Soil conditions sometimes cause these forests to take on a pygmy form. Lichens and mosses are both abundant and diverse. Maritime chaparral is"
"Cordia sulcata Cordia sulcata is known commonly as moral, white manjack, or mucilage manjack. It is a tree that can be found throughout the Caribbean islands from Cuba to Trinidad. Its growth habit is a small tree or large shrub. It grows to about . It has simple, alternate leaves that are rough and hairy below but dark green above. The flowers on the plant are fragrant and cream colored; growing in branched, determinate, and erect clusters. The ripe fruits are across, white, with a waxy texture and sticky pulp inside. ""C. sulcata"" is found in places where the annual"
"Cordia sulcata Cordia sulcata is known commonly as moral, white manjack, or mucilage manjack. It is a tree that can be found throughout the Caribbean islands from Cuba to Trinidad. Its growth habit is a small tree or large shrub. It grows to about . It has simple, alternate leaves that are rough and hairy below but dark green above. The flowers on the plant are fragrant and cream colored; growing in branched, determinate, and erect clusters. The ripe fruits are across, white, with a waxy texture and sticky pulp inside. ""C. sulcata"" is found in places where the annual"
"is altered with elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations. Plantago maritima Plantago maritima (common names sea plantain, seaside plantain, goose tongue) is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family Plantaginaceae. It has a subcosmopolitan distribution in temperate and Arctic regions, native to most of Europe, northwest Africa, northern and central Asia, northern North America, and southern South America. Like samphires, the leaves of the plant are harvested to be eaten raw or cooked. The seeds are also eaten raw or cooked, and can be ground into flour. It is a herbaceous perennial plant with a dense rosette of stemless"
"Plantago maritima Plantago maritima (common names sea plantain, seaside plantain, goose tongue) is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family Plantaginaceae. It has a subcosmopolitan distribution in temperate and Arctic regions, native to most of Europe, northwest Africa, northern and central Asia, northern North America, and southern South America. Like samphires, the leaves of the plant are harvested to be eaten raw or cooked. The seeds are also eaten raw or cooked, and can be ground into flour. It is a herbaceous perennial plant with a dense rosette of stemless leaves. Each leaf is linear, 2–22 cm long"
"Erythrina americana Erythrina America, (coral tree or colorines), is a flowering plant of the genus ""Erythrina"" which is native to Mexico. Colorín (plural colorines) is the name of a type of tree, ""Erythrina americana"" also called Tzompāmitl. The word colorín means color chillón—a “gaudy” or “loud” color (Williams 1959). Colorines plant also called, cuchillitos (little knives) or machetitos (little machetes, zompantle or coral is a nice flower, red in color and every individual flower resembles a little machete, the flower is edible and is boiled (only the red part of the flower) and cooked with scrambled eggs or tuna in"
"Island of Mors. A phylogenetic analysis in 2016 recovered ""Septencoracias"" as the sister taxon of Primobucco. The most parsimonious tree, based on 21 taxa, is shown below. ""Septencoracias"" is the oldest known member of the Coraciiformes, so it shows that this group was already fairly diversified by the Early Eocene, following the end-Cretaceous extinction. It already shows many of the derived characteristics of this group, as well as characteristics shared by its sister taxon, ""Primobucco"". It was found with fish remains in its gut, of a very common taxon from the Fur Formation, argentinoids of about 10 cm in length."
"Ecuador laurel (""C. alliodora""), ""ziricote"" (""C. dodecandra""), Spanish elm (""C. gerascanthus""), and ""C. goeldiana"" are used to make furniture and doors in Central and South America. ""Ziricote"" and ""bocote"" are sometimes used as wood for making acoustic guitar backs and sides. Well-known guitarist Richard Thompson currently plays a Lowden F-35C RT Richard Thompson Signature Model with ""ziricote"" back and sides. Similarly, drums are made from ""C. abyssinica"", ""C. millenii"", and ""C. platythrysa"" due to the resonance of the wood. Cordia Cordia is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It contains about 300 species of shrubs and"
"jackrabbit (""Lepus flavigularis""), an endangered species presently only found in three small relict populations. ""Maricao"" (""B. spicata"") is the namesake tree and floral emblem of Maricao, Puerto Rico, and figured on the coat of arms of this city. Byrsonima Byrsonima is one of about 75 genera in the Malpighiaceae, a family of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. In particular in American English, they are known as locustberries (which also may refer specifically to ""Byrsonima coccolobifolia"" or ""Byrsonima lucida""). Another widely seen common name is serrets or serrettes. ""Byrsonima"" comprises over 135 species of trees, shrubs, and subshrubs found in"
"Corallorhiza mertensiana Corallorhiza mertensiana, or Pacific coralroot, is a coralroot orchid native to the shady conifer forests of northwestern North America. It also goes by the common names Western coralroot and Mertens' coralroot. ""Corallorhiza mertensiana"" was previously considered a subspecies of ""Corallorhiza maculata"" but was given species rank in 1997 by Freudenstein. ""Corallorrhiza mertensiana"" is a leafless, parasitic, perennial orchid that is 6-20 inches tall. The stem is red to brownish purple. The upper petals are pink to reddish pink, with yellow to dark red veins. The lower petals are wider, dark pink to red, and have three deep red"
"tough, resilient wood, used for making implements, and for its bark, used for a wide range of medicinal purposes. Malus fusca Malus fusca, with the common names Oregon crabapple and Pacific crabapple, is a North American species of crabapple. It is native to western North America from Alaska, through British Columbia, to northwestern California. It grows in temperate coniferous forest, primarily in the Cascade Range and the Pacific Coast Ranges. ""Malus fusca"" is a deciduous tree up to tall. Leaves are up to 10 cm (4 inches) long. Flowers are white or pale pink, blooming in Spring. The fruits are"
"Copernicia Copernicia is a genus of palms, native to South America and the Greater Antilles. Of the known species and nothospecies (hybrids), 22 of the 27 are endemic to Cuba. They are fan palms (Arecaceae tribe Corypheae), with the leaves with a bare petiole terminating in a rounded fan of numerous leaflets. The species are small to medium-sized trees growing to 5–30 m tall, typically occurring close to streams and rivers in savanna habitats.Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The genus is named after the"
"Coryphoideae The Coryphoideae is one of five subfamilies in the palm family, Arecaceae. It contains all of the genera with palmate leaves, excepting ""Mauritia"", ""Mauritiella"" and ""Lepidocaryum,"" all of subfamily Calamoideae, tribe Lepidocaryeae, subtribe Mauritiinae. However, all Coryphoid palm leaves have induplicate (V-shaped) leaf folds (excepting ""Guihaia""), while Calamoid palms have reduplicate (inverted V-shaped) leaf folds. Pinnate leaves do occur in Coryphoideae, in ""Phoenix"", ""Arenga"", ""Wallichia"" and bipinnate in ""Caryota"". Subfamily Coryphoideae is divided into 8 tribes: The genus ""Sabinaria"" was discovered and described after the classification used here was published, but its morphology clearly places it in tribe Cryosophileae."
"Douglas fir Pseudotsuga menziesii is an evergreen conifer species in the pine family, Pinaceae. It is native to western North America and is known as Douglas fir, Douglas-fir, Oregon pine, and Columbian pine. There are two varieties: coast Douglas-fir (""P. menziesii"" var. ""menziesii""), and Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir (""Pseudotsuga menziesii"" var. ""glauca""). The common name honors David Douglas, a Scottish botanist and collector who first reported the extraordinary nature and potential of the species. The common name is misleading since it is not a true fir, i.e., not a member of the genus ""Abies"". For this reason the name is often"
"Cordia Cordia is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It contains about 300 species of shrubs and trees, that are found worldwide, mostly in warmer regions. Many of the species are commonly called manjack, while bocote may refer to several Central American species in Spanish. The generic name honours German botanist and pharmacist Valerius Cordus (1515-1544). Like most other Boraginaceae, the majority have trichomes (hairs) on the leaves. The taxonomy of ""Cordia"" is complex and controversial. Gottschling et al. (2005) say this is partly due to ""extraordinarily high intraspecific variability"" in some groups of species, making"