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Plant Database Main Page.htm. Dendrology at Virginia Tech. Gymnosperm families go to Angiosperm Families Araucariaceae Cupressaceae Cupressaceae (Taxodiaceae) Cupressaceae (inc. Ephedraceae Ginkgoaceae Pinaceae Podocarpaceae Sciadopityaceae Taxaceae. Welcome to the PLANTS Database | USDA PLANTS. Dendrology at Virginia Tech. CSC Virtual Herbarium. Here is where you can find pictures and descriptions of the flora that grows around the New London, N.H., area. In order to make it easy to find what you are looking for, the flora has been divided into categories as follows: Angiosperms These are leafy trees and shrubs. Gymnosperms These are trees and shrubs with needles or scales rather than leaves.

Spring Wildflowers These are flowers found in the wild (although some may have escaped from cultivation at some point). Summer Wildflowers These are flowers found in the wild (again, some may have escaped from cultivation at some point). Fall Wildflowers These are wildflowers that are in bloom during the fall season. Ferns - These are a few of the ferns growing in the New London Area. Grasses - These are a few of the grasses, mostly of the wetland variety, that can be found here. New London Invasive Species - Learn more about how to identify and control invasive species.

Sources Magee, Dennis W. and H.E. Tree Encyclopedia. Trees have three principle features that distinguish them from all other plants. First, they have a woody stem, roots and branches which do not die back in winter, but continue to grow year after year. From the moment of its germination, a tree remains visible; from the tallest Sequoia to the smallest garden fruit tree, this principle of growth remains constant. Trees live longer than any other organism on earth.

Trees commonly live more than 1,000 years, and many grow considerably older. Pando (Latin for “I spread”), aka “the trembling giant,” is a clone colony of male quaking aspen, (Populus tremuloides) a single living organism identified by identical genetic markers. Trees have been living on Earth for more than 370 million years, and today can be found almost everywhere from the Arctic Circle to the Sahara Desert. Family Aceraceae: Maples are some of our most familiar and beloved trees. Legumes harbor nitrogen-fixing bacteria in nodules in their root structures. Tree index.