Trees and Shrubs
Above ground, trees and shrubs perform important environmental services by providing food and shelter to people and wildlife, oxygenating the air, and beautifying the landscape. Below ground, their roots open up critical passageways for the movement of air, moisture, and soil food web members. Contributors typically raise questions about the general environmental functions, habitats, needs, predators and survival threats of trees and shrubs.
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Insured natural Acts?Fortunately, no one is held liable for acts of nature. If a tree fell on your house whether from your yard...
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Storm Damaged Trees In General No one is responsible or financially liable for acts of nature as they are beyond our control....
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The cane plant is a coarse growing member of the grass family with juice or sap high in sugar content. This tropical plant is...
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Deciduous trees generally lose their 'dead leaves' yearly, thru a process called leaf abscission. Ofcourse there are always...
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Neither. They are monocots. Only dicots are considered true bushes or trees. They have a single stem whereas true trees (dicots)...
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banana tamod A banana is not a tree, it is the largest flowering herbaceous plant. The stems are called pseudostems and each stem...
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Pine is a softwood from a evergreen conifer.
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it is Tagalog: Balete. Glabrous spreading tree
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Bacteria and water starts algie, then add earth
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3 feet high by 4 feet wide I don't know what a core is, but a cord is 4x4x8
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Most soft woods produce high leves of creosote when burned, as they do not burn as hot as hard woods. Conifers are soft, not very...
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There are many variations of Acacia trees, but mainly they have a long, thin trunk that breaks into many branches. At the top of...
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The story involves both the dogwood tree and the redbud tree, both of which bloom in Spring right around Easter.The story goes...
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Of course you can smoke it! I have found that the effects are better though if you let the dried beans soak in a bowl with some...
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Cheese does contain protein, so it can build muscles and help you grow.
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In 99% of cases you cannot trim the height of a palm tree without killing it. Palms are moncotyledonous, this means they have one...
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About 360 million years. (After the Cambrian period 550 million years ago, or "Cambrian explosion", as it is known, when most...
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No. They are not deciduous, and set their buds in the Fall for Spring flowers. They are the State flower of Washington " The...
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It is an evergreen, resinous tree. It lies in the grouping of trees known as gymnosperms. It is concidered an "Ancient" plant...
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There are many factors for this: soil, heat, water and other plant factors
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The fronds do die, and some fall off. Best to trim them, as if left to rot , will attrct rats to nest in them.
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Not sure... but i think they both produce sap
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Yes.. Larix decidua (The European Larch) is the best place to begin your research..
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some species of wattle (different species of wattle tend to flower at different times during the year) certain species of...
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the usual spelling for Luke in French is 'Luc'.
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A wee bit now and then
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The art of Bonsai originates in Japan.
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Yes. You can find lots of honey locust trees all around Colorado, especially in towns in cities. They do better at the lower...
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Callicarpa, Beauty Berry
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No, they don't. Banana's grow on a different type of tree. Bananas do not grow on trees, they are the largest flowering...
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They have claws that dig into the bark of a tree and then they jump off it half-way down!!
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shade is great and so is the natural look of a tree overlooking your front porch but the large trees have large roots that can...
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Pecan is considered a hardwood.
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The scientific name for the orange tree is citrus sinensis :D
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No they can't. Before eating, olives have to be put into a jar and be pickled first before you can eat them. Otherwise you would...
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Cork is the bark of the Cork Oak Quercus suber. Wood is made by all trees.
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Yes, Jupiter is a color, like a muggy green
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tree guards are important because it protects the trees from being stepped by the people
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you dont, palms are not diocots or monocots yet they grow from a single point of origin like a monocot. Buy a smaller variety...
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Nowhere, as there are no Spaghetti trees. Spaghetti is made mainly from flour.
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Defoliation is the process of removal of leaves from a tree other than natural leaf fall. It could be done by a defoliant which...
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It depends upon the location you are speaking about. Some elevations of 2000 feet are the limit. Other elevations such as the...
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Hi, I had the same question. This link provides some good...
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Blight is a fungal infection that can look similar to some other symptoms, check for small black fruiting bodies on the recently...
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Animals which live in gum trees (eucalyptus) include: Koalas Greater gliders and other gliders Ringtail possums, Brushtail...
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Because Of The Coconuts, These Trees Are Top Heavy Therefore Submitting To The Natural Gravitational Pull. Did This Help You Out?
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I bought 3 gallon seagrapes for $14.95 Usually any nursery can order them for you.
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Painting treesThe white "stuff" they paint on the bottom of the tree is an insecticide. It keeps ants and other destructive bugs...
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Fig trees Fig trees are easy to grow! Fig trees do well in containers and in almost all type of soil. They can be kept as small...
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The Royal Empress Tree.
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In a container:If your tree is in a container with nice porous, fast draining soil you literally cannot overwater it, but on the...
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Use a clear plastic sheet and peg the corners down make sure that there is a slight gap at the bottom so it can breath.
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That's a good question, because Ive been wondering the same thing. "Supposedly" we have one, that's not allowed to be cut down...
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We would probably stop cutting them down.
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The name would be Mansonia altissima. Family: Triplochitonaceae.
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no they do not. They continue to grow and just below where the tree was cut off new growth appears. This is true unless the tree...
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narra tree,pine tree
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As a rule of thumb, most perenials need to be trimmed in the fall.( Just before they go dormant in the winter.)
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Some Mosses and liverworts can grow on moist rocks and on tree stems. Two broad groups of plants live on other plants with out...
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Tree rootsYes. Plants don't have brains, so death occurs differently for them. We cut a tree down and the plant will continue...
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No, the fruit is not edible even though it may look delicious. The seed is poisonous.
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A clonal tree is a tree that can or has cloned itself through a process called layering or vegetative cloning. Layering is when a...
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The sapodilla tree is found mainly in the tropical rain forests of the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico and Guatemala
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Historically, the oak leaf is a symbol of endurance and strength. It is also a commonly referenced symbol in religion and...
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it takes about 3 or 4 years for a newly bought 2 year old apple to produce fruit where as if you plant it from seed it will take...
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Female flowers are bigger and the buds are more wrinkled in appearance than the males.
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To cope with adverse conditions of water loss during scarcity of water.
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I have no idea why your kumquat tree never bore fruit nor had blooms. However, I also have no idea if you live in a frost free...
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It depends on the concentration and the amount. If you have enough muratic acid and if it's strong enough, yes. Otherwise, the...
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Yes, poplar trees are broadleaf, deciduous trees.
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Pine trees grow from seeds produced in their cones.
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Yes, but prepare for a war. Some trees fight harder to live than others. We cut down our windbreakers because their roots spread...
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Yes, but the depth will be at the most 10".
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The requirements of the climatic conditions As the geographical distribution of origin differences in origin of the Chinese...
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No, but they are both known as coniferous trees, which means they are cone bearing. They do have many similarities so they can be...
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Ficus trees Check for spider-mites. Put a clean, white piece of paper on the floor, shake the branches above the paper then look...
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the canopy i think
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I've been wondering the same thing. I have a great many scrub oaks taking over my property and have been eating one of two acorns...
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The best method is to dig out the roots.
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If you can keep it warm enough and give it enough light it should be fine. Problem: It rains alot in Seattle and the sun...
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The technical term for leaves falling of a tree is called tequisous. And the reason it is called this is because teq is a...
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They have a lining of fur called seamen and that keeps them warm
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Killing a Tree Among the possibilities: Disease Lightning Chainsaw Caterpillars If you are TRYING to kill a tree,...
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Prune when the tree is dormant. Right before buds start to develop. You will need a pair of pruners, loppers, and maybe a saw....
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I don't know and I don't care.The owner of the right of way.
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The Russian name for Cananga latifolia is Kananga shirokolistnaya (Кананга широколистная). The English common...
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You could cut a ring all the way around it through the bark. A chainsaw is easiest but a handsaw, hatchet or axe works...
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Most if not all pine trees bear cones. Pine trees belong to the genus Pinus.
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