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is probably the most desired timber tree in the world today.
Douglas fir
are also prized for their wood, which is resistant to fungi and insects
Coastal redwoods
used in the past for coffins and shingles, is also resistant to decay.
Bald cypress wood
dye and tannins are obtained from the
eastern hemlock
was used for canoes
Eastern white cedar's wood
was used for construction of pipes for pipe organs
Atlantic cedar
used for making bows, and an extract from yew bark has potential for the treatment of human ovarian cancer
Yew wood
have edible seeds.
Podocarps of New Zealand
used for cedar chests, cigar boxes, pencils, and fence posts
Incense cedar wood
used to flavor gin and were used by Native Americans for food and a beverage.
Juniper berries
Ginkgo seeds are edible
Ginkgo seeds are edible
was once obtained from cycad
Arrowroot starch
is brewed from the leaves and stems of joint firs (Ephedra), which, in the past, were also a source of the drug ephedrine and a venereal disease treatment.
Mormon tea
cultivated in Java for food.
A gnetum species
Largest and most diverse, flowering group within the Kingdom Plantae
ANGIOSPERMS
Angiosperms represent approximately 80 percent of all the known green plants now living
True
pacific bleeding hearts scientific name
(Dicentra formosa
Derived from maturing floral organs of angiospermous plants.
FRUITS
Have evolved specialized cells and tissues that carry out these functions and have further evolved specialized vascular tissues (xylem and phloem) that translocate the water and nutrients to all areas of the plant body.
FRUITS
The specialization of the plant body, which has evolved as an adaptation to a principally terrestrial habitat, includes
Extensive root stems, Stem that supports the growing plant body, Leaves, which are the principal sites of photosynthesis
