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By Marie Claire
Stag's horn sumach is a shrub or small tree, 4-8 m high, often forming groups which develop from root suckers. Annual shoots are stout, rusty-brown, velvety hairy, with a prominent rust-coloured pith. The buds are small and rounded. Greenish flowers appear in June, followed by fruits ripening in October and remaining on the shrub throughout the winter. It throws out stump and root sprouts freely. Propagation is by means of seeds or root cuttings.
This shrub is a native of eastern North America from Indiana northward to Canada. It grows on rocky hillsides and dry banks, mostly on limestone. It requires abundant light but will grow on poorer and drier soils. It has been cultivated in Europe for several centuries, being valued for the vivid colouring of the foliage in the autumn and the ornamental fruits.
Growing on dry and warm banks in central and western Europe is the related species D. cneorum, a dwarf shrub about 30 cm in height, of sprawling habit with evergreen, leathery leaves and fragrant red flowers.
Tamarisk is a thin shrub or small tree, 2-7 m high. The shoots are slender and green to reddish brown. The short terminal twigs are shed together with the leaves. The buds arc small, the leaf buds slightly pointed, the flower buds round. The pink flowers are borne from June till the end of July. The capsules ripen and split in September. The seed retains its powers of germination for only a few weeks and must be sown in moist soil.
This species is widespread in southern Europe, its range extending from Spain and France as far as Asia Minor. It is naturalized near the coasts of southern England. Where native, it grows in the coastal belt, mostly in river valleys and on river terraces, and prefers light soils, also tolerating salty soils. In central and western Europe it is cultivated as an ornamental shrub in parks and gardens.
This shrub is widespread throughout most of Europe, its range extending northward to the 60th parallel and eastward to Siberia. It grows mostly on dry, sunny banks and rocky sites in hilly country. A light-loving, frost-resistant shrub, it does well even on poorer soils. The wood is hard, with brownish-reel heartwood and yellow- white sapwood. The bark and fruits were used to make natural dyes and for medicinal purposes.
This shrub is a native of eastern North America from Indiana northward to Canada. It grows on rocky hillsides and dry banks, mostly on limestone. It requires abundant light but will grow on poorer and drier soils. It has been cultivated in Europe for several centuries, being valued for the vivid colouring of the foliage in the autumn and the ornamental fruits.
Growing on dry and warm banks in central and western Europe is the related species D. cneorum, a dwarf shrub about 30 cm in height, of sprawling habit with evergreen, leathery leaves and fragrant red flowers.
Tamarisk is a thin shrub or small tree, 2-7 m high. The shoots are slender and green to reddish brown. The short terminal twigs are shed together with the leaves. The buds arc small, the leaf buds slightly pointed, the flower buds round. The pink flowers are borne from June till the end of July. The capsules ripen and split in September. The seed retains its powers of germination for only a few weeks and must be sown in moist soil.
This species is widespread in southern Europe, its range extending from Spain and France as far as Asia Minor. It is naturalized near the coasts of southern England. Where native, it grows in the coastal belt, mostly in river valleys and on river terraces, and prefers light soils, also tolerating salty soils. In central and western Europe it is cultivated as an ornamental shrub in parks and gardens.
This shrub is widespread throughout most of Europe, its range extending northward to the 60th parallel and eastward to Siberia. It grows mostly on dry, sunny banks and rocky sites in hilly country. A light-loving, frost-resistant shrub, it does well even on poorer soils. The wood is hard, with brownish-reel heartwood and yellow- white sapwood. The bark and fruits were used to make natural dyes and for medicinal purposes.
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