Amazing Things with Plants

Plant? Tree? Are They Same

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Are they same?

What is their differences?

How to recognize their types?

What Is a Plant

An herbaceous plant has a fleshy stem that is usually soft and supple. Annual plants only live one season, while perennial plants live two or more years

What Is a Tree

A tree is a perennial with an upright woody trunk. Mature limbs are woody and stiffer than herbaceous plants

Types

By definition, trees are perennials, meaning that they live for more than two years, in contrast to annuals or biannuals.

They also have woody stems and secondary branches that are off of the ground and grow from the main trunk.

The structural support provided by the woody stem enables trees to attain greater heights than most other plants.

According to the field guide "Trees," a tree is a plant that will grow to least 17 feet in height, while a shrub is smaller and has stems that grow from its base, in contrast to the branches of a tree, which protrude from the tree's main stem.

Do you know that a tree is a type of plant too..........

Save The Earth To Save your Life

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How to plant perennials

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1 Minute Vacation - Bristlecone Pines

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The Willow Tree

noreply@blogger.com (Amazing Things with Plants) — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 20:35:00 +0000

Willows, sallows, and osiers form the genus Salix, around 400 speciesof deciduous trees and shrubs, found primarily on moist soils in cold and temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere

Some willows (particularly arctic and alpine species) are low-growing or creeping shrubs; for example the Dwarf Willow (Salix herbacea) rarely exceeds 6 cm (2 in) in height, though spreading widely across the ground.

Willows are very cross-fertile, and numerous hybrids occur, both naturally and in cultivation. A well-known ornamental example is the Weeping Willow (Salix × sepulcralis), which is a hybrid of Peking Willow (Salix babylonica) from China and White Willow (Salix alba) from Europe

They are hardy and will easily survive. Then they grow deep, strong, and long roots. The roots can wind around sewer pipes and cause a great deal of damage. The roots are aggressive and can be difficult to gain control over.

In the wild, weeping willow trees can be used as a filtering system. Weeping willow trees can capture polluted water and use that water for growing.

This process actually filters polluted water with toxic chemicals. It cleans the water. It can be considered a waste water treatment process.

In the past weeping willow trees have been used as medicine. This is an interesting fact. As far back as Egypt, the bark of the weeping willow has been mentioned a medicine. It was used to help patients with fevers. American Indians used the bark of the weeping willow. One of the components of the bark of the weeping willow is salicylic acid. Salicylic acid is the precursor to aspirin. The bark could have reduced fevers for the Egyptians as well as Indians.

In summary, weeping willow trees have many advantages and some disadvantages. Weeping willow trees can be used ecologically to purify water and for medicinal purposes. The major disadvantage is the in residential areas their roots can strangle the sewer pipes

Further information visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willow_tree

The Bristlecone Tree (Oldest Living Organism)

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The bristlecone pines are a small group of pine trees (Family Pinaceae, genus Pinus, subsection Balfourianae) that are thought to reach an age far greater than that of any other single living organism known, up to nearly 5,000 years and can produce seeds for over 200 years more.

Bristlecone pines grow in isolated groves at and just below the tree line. Because of cold temperatures, dry soils, high winds, and short growing seasons, the trees grow very slowly.

The wood is very dense and resinous, and thus resistant to invasion by insects, fungi, and other potential pests. As the tree ages, much of its vascular cambium layer may die. In very old specimens, often only a narrow strip of living tissue connects the roots to a handful of live branches.

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Nature CanTeach Us

noreply@blogger.com (Amazing Things with Plants) — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 19:20:00 +0000

Walk outside, look around at nature. Notice something? Everything is functioning the same way it was yesterday, and last year.

Nature is perfectly balanced and 100% efficient. You never see an oak tree grow an apple, or a pine tree grow from an acorn.

Nature does not make mistakes; it follows certain laws and never deviates from it. If nature decided to go rogue, we would no longer be here.

What can we learn from this? Nature only uses habits that serve the greater good. A tree does not grow for the benefit of just the tree; it grows for the benefit of the world.

http://www.alexshalman.com/2009/02/18/what-nature-can-teach-us-about-our-habits/

Wood Anemone aka Wind Flower

noreply@blogger.com (Amazing Things with Plants) — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 18:39:00 +0000

Anemone nemorosa is an early-spring flowering plant in the genus Anemone in the family Ranunculaceae.

Common names include wood anemone, windflower, thimbleweed and smell fox, an allusion to the musky smell of the leaves. It is a perennial herbaceous plant, growing in early spring from 5 to 15 cm tall

A common species, often known by an old name, Windflower, and very beautiful as here, with sun shining through the white petals.

The flowers close up in the evening and folklore has it that this is where fairies sleep. By sleeping, it help to keep all the nutrient and vitamin. By this, the flower able to live longer and produce photosynthesis and keep soil stronger.

The plant grows in this location below the still open canopy of the woodland that has developed along the banks of the River Tyne. The creeping rootstock is just below the surface and grows rapidly allowing large colonies to form.

Medical Uses

The plant contains poisonous chemicals that are toxic to animals including humans, but it has also been used as a medicine. All parts of the plant contain protoanemonin, which can cause severe skin and gastrointestinal irritation, burning mouth sensation, burning throat sensation, mouth ulcers, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, bitter taste in mouth, blood in vomit

Conifers

noreply@blogger.com (Amazing Things with Plants) — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 18:05:00 +0000

Conifers are trees with needle-like, typically evergreen leaves that make their seeds not in flowers but in cones.

With gingkos and cycads, they make up the group of plants called Gymnosperms, all of which make their seeds in cones.

Many conifers are cone-shaped, which helps them shed snow in winter.

The needles of some pines can grow up to 30 cm long. But the biggest needles ever were those of the extinct Cordaites, over 1m long and 15 cm wide.

Conifers grow over most of the world, but the biggest conifer forest are in places with cold winters, such as North Siberia, northern North America and on mountain slopes almost everywhere.

Super power

The needles-like shape and waxy coating of the leaves helps to save water and avoid animals from stealing the water.

Able to protect themselves by using cunning defence trick to avoid animals stole their water stored.

This tree protect butterflies egg from any other insect which can help environment.

The world’s tallest tree,

the redwood is a conifer.

The world’s most massive tree,

The Giant Sequoia, is a conifer.

The World’s oldest trees,

The Bristlecone Pine of California and Nevada, almost 5,000 years old