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unusual facts about Native plant


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As a result, the El Segundo blue butterfly (Euphilotes battoides allyni) became an endangered species.


Brunnera macrophylla

Brunnera macrophylla (Siberian bugloss, heartleaf) is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, native to the Caucasus.

Cornus sericea

stolonifera, Swida sericea, (red osier dogwood) is a species of flowering plant in the family Cornaceae, native throughout northern and western North America from Alaska east to Newfoundland, south to Durango and Nuevo León in the west, and Illinois and Virginia in the east.

Dracaena draco

Dracaena draco, the Canary Islands dragon tree or drago, is a subtropical tree-like plant in the genus Dracaena, native to the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Madeira, and locally in western Morocco, and introduced to the Azores.

Lamium maculatum

Lamium maculatum (also known as spotted deadnettle, spotted henbit and purple dragon) is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, native throughout Europe and temperate Asia (Lebanon, Syria and Turkey).

Lithops karasmontana

Lithops karasmontana (Karas Mountains living stone) is a species of flowering plant in the ice plant family Aizoaceae, native to Namibia and South Africa (the name refers to the Great Karas Mountains of Namibia).

Yarran Dheran

Following presentations from the local residents and the Blackburn Tree Preservation Society, the site was chosen for a native plant park and the name Yarran Dheran, roughly meaning Wattle Gully, was chosen.


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Amde Werq

Although this fast growing tree, Eucalyptus globulus is helping the people in terms of providing fuel for cooking and other domestic consumptions, the genera to which this tree species belongs is known to possess an inhibitive effect on the growth and development of native plant species.

Glen Canyon Park

Here the main issue appears to be re-establishing the native plant "silver bush lupine", whose leaves are the larval food of these butterflies.

Holcus lanatus

In Yosemite National Park it is one of nine priority noxious weeds to control for habitat restoration and regenerating native plant balances.

Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar

Talinum paniculatum is a native plant from West Indies and Central America and has common names of Flameflower and Jewels-of-Opar.

Westchester Community College

The Native Plant Center (NPC), a non-profit project of the Westchester Community College Foundation, is an affiliate of the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin, Texas.