dwarf alder — noun 1. : a small American buckthorn (Rhamnus alnifolia) with leaves resembling those of the alder 2. : a shrub (Fothergilla gardeni) of the southeastern United States with white flowers * * * dwarf alder, a small North American buckthorn whose… … Useful english dictionary
Alder (disambiguation) — Alder is the common name of Alnus , a genus of shrubs and small trees. It may also denote: *dwarf alder, common name of several plants *witch alder, plants of genus Fothergilla *Alder, Montana *Alder (crater), lunar crater *Alder (Pendragon… … Wikipedia
Dwarf elder — Elder El der, n. [OE. ellern, eller, AS. ellen, cf. LG. elloorn; perh. akin to OHG. holantar, holuntar, G. holunder; or perh. to E. alder, n.] (Bot.) A genus of shrubs ({Sambucus}) having broad umbels of white flowers, and small black or red… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Irish orthography — has evolved over many centuries, since Old Irish was first written down in the Latin alphabet in about the sixth century AD. Prior to that, Primitive Irish was written in Ogham. Irish spelling is mainly based on etymological considerations, very… … Wikipedia
Logie-Coldstone — LOGIE COLDSTONE, a parish, in the district of Kincardine O Neil, county of Aberdeen, 9 miles (W.) from Kincardine; containing 936 inhabitants. This place comprises the ancient parishes of Logie and Coldstone, united in 1618, and of which the… … A Topographical dictionary of Scotland
List of trees and shrubs by taxonomic family — The following is a list of trees and shrubs of high notoriety. Taxonomic families for the following trees and shrubs are listed in alphabetical order, likewise the genera and closely related species.=GYMNOSPERMS= =CONIFERS= Araucariaceae: The… … Wikipedia
List of Canadian plants by genus — Below is a list of Canadian plants by genus. Due to the vastness of Canada s biodiversity, this page is divided.Many of the plants seen in Canada are introduced, either intentionally or accidentally. N indicated native and X indicated exotic.… … Wikipedia
Kobuk River — The Kobuk River is approximately convert|280|mi|km|0|lk=on long, located in the Arctic region of northwestern Alaska in the United States. [USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO… … Wikipedia
List of edible flowers — Main articles: Edible flowers, List of useful plants This information has been extracted from the [http://www.pfaf.org/ Plants For A Future] species database.AAb Ac*Abutilon megapotamicum Trailing Abutilon *Abutilon x hybridum Chinese Lantern… … Wikipedia
Birch — Taxobox name = Birch image width = 240px image caption = Silver Birch regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Fagales familia = Betulaceae genus = Betula genus authority = L. subdivision ranks = Species subdivision … Wikipedia