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Trees
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.
10,768 Questions
Does Rubber Tapping affect trees?
No, it does not affect trees in any way. Rubber tappers are sure to leave the tree unharmed in any way. :)
What did siddharta gautama attain under the bodhi tree?
You could say he "attained" the whole universe, since he realized that they had never been separate, not even for an instance.
What species of tree has a leaf with a white fuzzy back similar in shape to a maple?
It's probably from the white poplar.
Where can one view images of Cedar trees?
One can view images of cedar trees on various websites like TreePictures and GPNC. Both websites offer a variety of tree pictures, which can be viewed for free.
What are the lines on the trunks of birch and beech trees?
As tree grows, it creates growth rings as new wood is laid down concentrically over the old wood.
Shelterwood
Shelterbelt
What fruit tree bears small round 1 inch purple fruit with large pit?
I think it is the Capulin Cherry Tree. I'm not so sure or not.
How old is an oak tree before it produces its first acorns?
The best acorns for human/ animal consumption are that of Swamp White Oak (Quercus bicolor). They have the lowest tannin levels (bitter taste) of all of the north-east hardy white oaks and are healthy, sustainable, and pretty good once leached. It can also be used to create flour for bread.
There was a study through University of Missouri called GRAFTING INFLUENCES ON EARLY ACORN PRODUCTION IN SWAMP WHITE OAK that showed you can achieve prolific and early bearing as early as 4 years by grafting a prolific nut producing Swamp White Oak scion onto a regular White Oak (Quercus Alba) rootstock.
Is a Dawn Redwood a coniferous or a deciduous tree?
The Dawn Redwood or Metasequoia glyptestroboides is a deciduous conifer.
What type of trees are the giant trees in Californiia or Oregon?
giant redwood- Sequoiadendron Gigantium
Do pine trees produce pine cones for protection or for reproduction?
Reproduction because inside the pine cone, there are little seeds hiden near the comb.
What is weeping willow in Hebrew?
Weeping willow (the tree) = aravát Bável (ערבת בבל). It literally means willow of Babylon.
Contact your local plant/landscape company. Palms grow better on the southern parts of NC. On the norther outerbanks coast where I live, in the winter they have to wrap the tops of the trees in plastic to keep them from freezing and dying.
Why do some wildflowers bloom before the trees even emerge?
A tree canopy in full leaf takes all the light away form the Forrest floor where the bluebells grow and as all plants need light to grow the bluebells must therefore grow and flower before this happens.
One could say why don't they leave it until after the leaves have come off the trees in autumn? If they did this then they would be starting to grow and flower in winter when the temperatures and weather are inclement and the amount of sunlight is falling to its minimum as the sun moves south.
Any of several North American or eastern Asian evergreen trees or shrubs of the genus Thuja, having flattened branchlets with opposite, scalelike leaves and small cones. They are grown as ornamentals and for timber.
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Junipers are coniferous as are the Cupressaceae or cypress family to which the White Ceder belongs. Thus the answer is NO but both Junipers and Ceders are conifers, they have a common stock.
