"Salix glauca Salix glauca is a species of flowering plant in the willow family known by the common names gray willow, gray-leaf willow, white willow, and glaucous willow. It is native to North America, where it occurs throughout much of Alaska, northern and western Canada, and the contiguous United States south through the Rocky Mountains to northern New Mexico. It can also be found in Greenland, northwestern Europe, and Siberia. This willow is usually a shrub growing up to tall, but in appropriate habitat it becomes a tree up to tall. The smooth gray bark becomes furrowed with age. The"
"Great Saling Great Saling is a village and a civil parish in the Braintree district of the English county of Essex. The population of the civi parish at the 2011 Census was 282. It is near the town of Braintree. The hamlet of Blake End is part of the parish. The village had on its green what was reputed to be the largest elm tree in England. With a girth of 22 feet 6 inches and a height of 40 metres, the elm was identified by the botanist R. H. Richens as an ""Ulmus × hollandica"" hybrid, before it succumbed"
"flavour. The Latin name for the walnut was ""nux Gallica"", ""Gallic nut""; the Gaulish region of Galatia in Anatolia lies in highlands at the western end of the tree's presumed natural distribution. For the etymology and meaning of the word in English and other Germanic languages, see ""walnut"". ""Walnut"" does not distinguish the tree from other species of ""Juglans"". Other names include common walnut in Britain; Persian walnut in South Africa and Australia; and English walnut in North America and Great Britain, New Zealand, and Australia, the latter name possibly because English sailors were prominent in ""Juglans regia"" nut distribution"
"for this taxon, ""Platanus"" × ""hispanica"" auct. non Mill. ex Münchh., is a ""nomen dubium"" based on an uncertain description. The London plane is one of 50 Great British Trees The Tree Council selected in 2002 in honour of Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee. The list specifically mentions Britain's first London plane being in the city of Ely, Cambridgeshire. The London plane is very tolerant of atmospheric pollution and root compaction, and for this reason it is a popular urban roadside tree. It was planted extensively in Victorian times to weather the pollution of London. It is now extensively cultivated"
"Laurus nobilis Laurus nobilis is an aromatic evergreen tree or large shrub with green, glabrous (smooth and hairless) leaves, in the flowering plant family Lauraceae. It is native to the Mediterranean region and is used as bay leaf for seasoning in cooking. Its common names include bay tree (esp. United Kingdom), bay laurel, sweet bay, true laurel, Grecian laurel, or simply laurel. ""Laurus nobilis"" figures prominently in classical Greco-Roman culture. Worldwide, many other kinds of plants in diverse families are also called ""bay"" or ""laurel"", generally due to similarity of foliage or aroma to ""Laurus nobilis"", and the full name"
"in the Myrtaceae family. The name ""mountain damson"" or ""bitter damson"" was also formerly applied in Jamaica to the tree ""Simarouba amara"". The name damson comes from Middle English ""damascene"", ""damesene"", ""damasin"", ""damsin"", and ultimately from the Latin ""(prunum) damascenum"", ""plum of Damascus"". One commonly stated theory is that damsons were first cultivated in antiquity in the area around the ancient city of Damascus, capital of modern-day Syria, and were introduced into England by the Romans. The historical link between the Roman-era ""damascenum"" and the north and west European damson is rather tenuous despite the adoption of the older name."
"Bryonia dioica Bryonia dioica, known by the common names red bryony and white bryony, also English mandrake or ladies' seal, is a perennial climbing vine indigenous to Central and Southern Europe. It is a flowering plant in the cucumber family Cucurbitaceae with five-pointed leaves and blue or white flowers. The vine produces a red berry fruit. ""Bryonia dioica"" is generally toxic to humans. Application of its juice to the skin produces inflammation with a rash or ulcers, and consumption of this juice causes intense gastrointestinal irritation including nausea and vomiting in small doses, and anxiety, paralysis, or death in larger"
"unknown original meaning. The scientific name ""Hedera"" is the classical Latin name for the plant. Old regional common names in Britain, no longer used, include ""Bindwood"" and ""Lovestone"", for the way it clings and grows over stones and bricks. US Pacific Coast regional common names for ""H. canariensis"" include ""California ivy"" and ""Algerian ivy""; for ""H. helix"", regional common names include the generic ""English ivy"". The name ivy has also been used as a common name for a number of other unrelated plants, including Boston ivy (Japanese Creeper ""Parthenocissus tricuspidata"", in the family Vitaceae), Cape-ivy or German-ivy (""Delairea odorata"" in"
"some countries, but ""Sorbus domestica"", for example, has largely vanished from Britain, where it was traditionally appreciated. Natural hybrids, often including ""Sorbus aucuparia"" and the whitebeam, ""Sorbus aria"", give rise to many endemic variants in the UK. The traditional names of the rowan are those applied to the species ""Sorbus aucuparia"", ""Sorbus torminalis"" (wild service-tree), and ""Sorbus domestica"" (true service-tree). The Latin name ""sorbus"" was borrowed into Old English as ""syrfe"". The name ""service-tree"" for ""Sorbus domestica"" is derived from that name by folk etymology. The Latin name ""sorbus"" is from a root for ""red, reddish-brown"" (PIE ""*sor-/*ser-""); English ""sorb"""
"Salix daphnoides Salix daphnoides or European violet willow is a species of plant in the family Salicaceae. It can grow as a large shrub or small tree, normally reaching a height of between 6 and 8 metres, but can grow up to 12 metres tall. It has a rounded crown with spreading branches with smooth, grey bark. Twigs are dark red/brown in colour, hairless and somewhat shiny. It has large buds, either hairless or with stiff, erect hairs. Leaves are oblong to narrow/obovate, normally between 7 to 12cm long and 2 to 3 cm in width. They are hairy at"
"was the best placed finish for a British tree in the award's history. Brimmon Oak The Brimmon Oak is a veteran tree in Newtown, Powys, Wales. An English oak, it is thought to be around 500 years old and has been on land farmed by the same family since the 1600s. The tree was scheduled to be felled as part of the construction of the A483 Newtown Bypass in 2015 but was saved as the result of a petition. The tree was named both Welsh and British Tree of the Year for 2016 and was runner up in the European"
"an ornament al species in parks and along roads. Salix daphnoides Salix daphnoides or European violet willow is a species of plant in the family Salicaceae. It can grow as a large shrub or small tree, normally reaching a height of between 6 and 8 metres, but can grow up to 12 metres tall. It has a rounded crown with spreading branches with smooth, grey bark. Twigs are dark red/brown in colour, hairless and somewhat shiny. It has large buds, either hairless or with stiff, erect hairs. Leaves are oblong to narrow/obovate, normally between 7 to 12cm long and 2"
"Salix bebbiana Salix bebbiana is a species of willow indigenous to Canada and the northern United States, from Alaska and Yukon south to California and Arizona and northeast to Newfoundland and New England. Common names include beaked willow, long-beaked willow, gray willow, and Bebb's willow. This species is also called red willow by native Americans according to The Arctic Prairies Appendix E by Ernest Tompson Seton. This plant is typically a large, fast-growing, multiple-stemmed shrub or small, shrubby tree capable of forming dense, colonial thickets. It can be found in loose, saturated soils such as that on riverbanks, lakesides, swamps,"
"the islands. Quercus ilex Quercus ilex, the evergreen oak, holly oak or holm oak, is a large evergreen oak native to the Mediterranean region. It takes its name from holm, an ancient name for holly. It is a member of the ""Cerris"" section of the genus, with acorns that mature in a single summer. The first trees to be grown from acorns in England are still to be found within the stately grounds of Mamhead Park, Devon. From Britton & Brayley ""The Beauties of England and Wales"" (1803): The resemblance of the foliage to that of the common European holly,"
"the balsam tree and its branches or sprigs, as well as for its resin, ""opobalsamum"" (Pliny, Celsus, Scribonius Largus, Martialis, Statius, Juvenal) for the resinous juice of the balsam tree, and ""xylobalsamum"" (Pliny, Scribonius Largus, Cornelius Celsus) for balsam wood, all derived from Greek. Assuming that the ""tsori"" was a plant product, several plants have been proposed as its source. Celsius (in ""Hierobotanicon"") identified the ""tsori"" with the mastic tree, ""Pistacia lentiscus"" L. The Arabic name of this plant is ""dseri"" or ""dseru"", which is identical with the Hebrew ""tsori"". Rauwolf and Pococke found the plant occurring at Joppa. Ödmann"
"Quercus ilex Quercus ilex, the evergreen oak, holly oak or holm oak, is a large evergreen oak native to the Mediterranean region. It takes its name from holm, an ancient name for holly. It is a member of the ""Cerris"" section of the genus, with acorns that mature in a single summer. The first trees to be grown from acorns in England are still to be found within the stately grounds of Mamhead Park, Devon. From Britton & Brayley ""The Beauties of England and Wales"" (1803): The resemblance of the foliage to that of the common European holly, ""Ilex aquifolium"","
"John in California. A much larger shipment of seed collected from the Calaveras Grove by William Lobb, acting for the Veitch Nursery near Exeter, arrived in England in December 1853; seed from this batch was widely distributed throughout Europe. Growth in Britain is very fast, with the tallest tree, at Benmore in southwest Scotland, reaching in 2014 at age 150 years, and several others from tall; the stoutest is around in girth and in diameter, in Perthshire. The Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew in London also contains a large specimen. Biddulph Grange Garden in Staffordshire holds a fine collection of"
"been comparatively slow. The species is not known to sucker from roots. Leaves from the tree were eaten during the Great Chinese Famine, but found to cause facial swelling. In the UK, the TROBI Champion grows at the Royal Horticultural Society's Rosemoor garden in Devon, measuring 16 m tall in 2017. Another large tree grows at the Sir Harold Hillier Gardens, Romsey, measuring 13 m tall by 42 cm d.b.h. in 2003. A large specimen grows at Sussex University, Falmer, Brighton, but may be the cultivar 'Jacan'. The oldest specimen in Edinburgh had a bole-girth of 3.5 m (felled 2018)."
"Among the largest surviving specimens of Guernsey Elm in the UK are one in Warriston Cemetery, Edinburgh (2017), bole-girth 3 m, and the one in Preston Park, Brighton. The latter is 34 m tall with a trunk 115 cm d.b.h. (diameter at breast height) in 2006, part of a line of trees averaging 30 m in height planted circa 1880. The tallest on record in the UK stands on Paradise Drive, Eastbourne and had a height of 36 m in 2007. The tree is named for the Channel Island of Guernsey (Sarnia was the Roman name for Guernsey), where it"
"Salix barclayi Salix barclayi, or Barclay's willow, is a species of willow native to North America, found primarily in the Northwestern area of the United States and Canada. It grows near lakes and streams at elevation. It is a shrub, that can grow up to 2.5 m. (8 ft.) tall and tends to be slender. Leaves are elliptic to obovate, 2–6 cm long and 1-2.5 cm wide. Leaves are hairy when young, with midrib hairs lasting into maturity. Catkins are on short, leafy peduncles. Staminate catkins are 3 cm long with 2 stamens, while pistillate catkins are 2.5–5 cm long"
"Lycium barbarum Lycium barbarum is a tree native from southeastern Europe and Asia. It is one of two species of boxthorn in the family Solanaceae from which the goji berry or wolfberry is harvested, the other being ""Lycium chinense"". Common names of the plant in English include Chinese wolfberry, Chinese boxthorn, Himalayan goji, Tibetan goji, mede berry, barbary matrimony vine, red medlar or matrimony vine. In the United Kingdom it is also known as Duke of Argyll's tea tree or Duke of Argyll's tea plant, after Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll who introduced it in the country in the"
"the Latin name as ""Acorus verus"", but it is evident there was still doubt about its veracity: in his 1597 herbal he lists the English common name as 'bastard calamus'. In Britain the plant was cut for use as a sweet smelling floor covering for the packed earth floors of dwellings and churches, and stacks of rushes have been used as the centrepiece of rushbearing ceremonies for many hundreds of years. It has also been used as a thatching material for English cottages. In modern Egypt it is thought to have aphrodisiac properties. For the Penobscot people this was a"
"var. ""vulgaris"". A 2004 survey of genetic diversity in Spain, Italy and the UK confirmed that English Elms are indeed genetically identical, clones of a single tree, said to be Columella's 'Atinian Elm', once widely used for training vines, and assumed to have been brought to the British Isles by Romans for that purpose. Thus, despite its name, the origin of the tree is widely believed to be Atina in Italy, the home town of Columella, whence he imported it to his vineyards in Cadiz, although the clone is no longer found in Atina and has not yet been identified"
"an alumnus of Trinity College, Cambridge and was originally used as the residence of the Director of the Botanic Garden. Adjacent to Cory Lodge is a superb specimen of ""Catalpa speciosa"", an Indian bean tree from North America, with white flowers followed by long slender fruits. On the north wall of the house is a specimen of ""Ginkgo biloba"", the Chinese maidenhair tree, trained as an espalier since 1987. Cambridge University Botanic Garden The Cambridge University Botanic Garden is a botanical garden located in Cambridge, England associated with the university Department of Plant Sciences (formerly Botany School). It lies between"
"the ponderosa pine (""Pinus ponderosa"") and another new discovery, the California juniper (""Juniperus californica""). Lobb was the first collector to gather seed in bulk from trees that were still rare in England; the amount of viable seed he sent to Exeter enabled Veitch & Sons to grow thousands of seedling trees. As well as the large number of conifers, Lobb discovered various shrubs including the red ""Delphinium cardinale"", the yellow ""Fremontodendron californicum"", a flowering currant ""Ribes lobbii"" (named after him) and a collection of Ceanothus including two natural hybrids, ""C."" × ""lobbianus"" and ""C."" × ""veitchianus"" which he found on"
"Tilia platyphyllos Tilia platyphyllos is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae (Tiliaceae). It is a deciduous tree, native to much of Europe, including locally in southwestern Great Britain, growing on lime-rich soils. The common names largeleaf linden and large-leaved linden are in standard use throughout the English-speaking world except in the British Isles, where it is widely, but not universally, known as large-leaved lime. The name ""lime"", possibly a corruption of ""line"" originally from ""lind"", has been in use for centuries and also attaches to other species of ""Tilia"". It is not, however, related to the lime"
"year. It can also be harvested in the autumn and be dried for later use. Bryonia dioica Bryonia dioica, known by the common names red bryony and white bryony, also English mandrake or ladies' seal, is a perennial climbing vine indigenous to Central and Southern Europe. It is a flowering plant in the cucumber family Cucurbitaceae with five-pointed leaves and blue or white flowers. The vine produces a red berry fruit. ""Bryonia dioica"" is generally toxic to humans. Application of its juice to the skin produces inflammation with a rash or ulcers, and consumption of this juice causes intense gastrointestinal"
"to Dutch Elm Disease in the 1970s. The parish church is dedicated to St James, and is in the Diocese of Chelmsford. It is Grade II* listed. The Hundred Parishes Great Saling Great Saling is a village and a civil parish in the Braintree district of the English county of Essex. The population of the civi parish at the 2011 Census was 282. It is near the town of Braintree. The hamlet of Blake End is part of the parish. The village had on its green what was reputed to be the largest elm tree in England. With a girth"
"marks a Christian sanctuary so ancient that only legend can record its origin."" Glastonbury Thorn The Glastonbury thorn is a form of common hawthorn, ""Crataegus monogyna"" 'Biflora' (sometimes incorrectly called ""Crataegus oxyacantha"" var. ""praecox""), found in and around Glastonbury, Somerset, England. Unlike ordinary hawthorn trees, it flowers twice a year (hence the name ""biflora""), the first time in winter and the second time in spring. The trees in the Glastonbury area have been propagated by grafting since ancient times. The tree is also widely called the holy thorn, though this term strictly speaking refers to the original (legendary) tree. It"
"Ulmus × hollandica 'Vegeta' Ulmus"" × ""hollandica 'Vegeta', sometimes known as the Huntingdon Elm, is an old English hybrid cultivar raised at Brampton, near Huntingdon, by nurserymen Wood & Ingram in 1746, allegedly from seed collected from an ""Ulmus"" × ""hollandica"" hybrid at nearby Hinchingbrooke Park. The tree was given the epithet 'Vegeta' by Loudon, a name previously accorded the Chichester Elm by Donn, as Loudon considered the two trees identical. The latter is indeed a similar cultivar, but raised much earlier in the 18th century from a tree growing at Chichester Hall, Rawreth in Essex. In areas unaffected by"
"consumed by animals, especially domestic cattle, which find the foliage a palatable forage. This species readily hybridizes with several other species of willow. Salix bebbiana Salix bebbiana is a species of willow indigenous to Canada and the northern United States, from Alaska and Yukon south to California and Arizona and northeast to Newfoundland and New England. Common names include beaked willow, long-beaked willow, gray willow, and Bebb's willow. This species is also called red willow by native Americans according to The Arctic Prairies Appendix E by Ernest Tompson Seton. This plant is typically a large, fast-growing, multiple-stemmed shrub or small,"
"the presence of a population of the True Service-tree (""Sorbus domestica"") growing on the cliffs. This tree is nationally rare in Britain, and this site hosts the largest known population in England. Other notable species of ""Sorbus"" here are the whitebeams ""Sorbus eminens"" and ""Sorbus anglica"", both of which are also nationally rare in Britain. The nationally scarce Large-leaved Lime (""Tilia platyphyllos"") also occurs, and herbs include Field Garlic (""Allium oleraceum"") and Pale St. John's-wort (""Hypericum montanum""). The saltmarsh vegetation, which lies at the base of the cliff, is predominantly made up of Sea Aster (""Aster tripolium"") and English Scurvygrass"
"Salvia cacaliifolia Salvia cacaliifolia, the blue vine sage or Guatemalan sage, is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, native to the mountains of Chiapas, Mexico, and in Guatemala and Honduras, at elevation. It has been available in the United Kingdom for many years, after being recognized by William Robinson in 1933. Since the 1970s, it has been available in the United States, after Strybing Arboretum and Huntington Botanical Gardens introduced it to California growers. The specific epithet is sometimes spelt ""cacaliaefolia"" in the literature; however, ""cacaliifolia"" is accepted as the correct spelling. It means ""with leaves like"