The Le Conte pear is a deciduous pear tree growing to 8m. It is not frost tender. The flowers are hermaphrodite and are pollinated by insects. The fruit is edible […]
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Thuja sutchuenensis
Thuja sutchuenensis (Sichuan thuja) is a species of thuja an evergreen coniferous tree in the cypress family Cupressaceae. It is native to China where it is a critically endangered local […]
Nephila clavipes
Nephila clavipes (Lat. clava = club; pedis = of or pertaining to a foot genitive case of pēs) is a species of golden orb-web spider. It lives in the warmer […]
Kicking King
Kicking King is a National Hunt racehorse trained in Straffan Co. Kildare Ireland by Tom Taaffe. He is best known for his victory in the 2005 Cheltenham Gold Cup the […]
Pseudopanax arboreus
Pseudopanax arboreus or Five Finger (Māori: ‘Puahou’ or ‘Whauwhaupaku’) is a New Zealand native tree belonging to the family Araliaceae. It is one of New Zealand’s more common native trees […]
Orangequat
The orangequat is a cross between a Satsuma mandarin and a Meiwa kumquat hybridized Dr. Eugene May of the USDA and introduced in 1932 and is a member of the […]
Rosa ‘Harison’s Yellow’
Harison’s Yellow also known as the Oregon Trail Rose and the Yellow Rose of Texas is a hybrid rose cultivar which originated as a chance hybrid seedling of Rosa foetida. […]
Sideritis
Sideritis (also known as ironwort mountain tea and shepherd’s tea) is a genus of flowering plants well known for their use as herbal medicine commonly as an herbal tea. They […]
Sideritis syriaca
Ironwort Sideritis syriaca is a plant similar to chamomile commonly used in the Balkans (where it is known as mountain tea) to make a sweet beverage. It grows on a […]
Calappa (crab)
Calappa is a genus of crabs known commonly as box crabs or shame-faced crabs. The name box crab comes from their distinctly bulky carapace and the name shame-faced is from […]