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Allegheny blackberry
This very large plant grows 60 to 240 cm tall. Its upright, glandular, downy stems are covered with stiff, almost straight thorns.
Plant formBroad-leaved shrubFamilyRosaceae -
Alpine rockcress
This plant forms a 40 cm high carpet. It has lightly toothed, slightly downy leaves. Its fruit and white flowers are held upright.
Plant formHerbaceous terrestrial plantFamilyBrassicaceae (Cruciferae) -
Alternate-leaved dogwood
This small tree may grow up to 10 m tall. Its thin, reddish-brown bark is smooth when young and separates into shallow ridges with age. The branches are shiny and almost horizontal.
Plant formBroadleaf treeFamilyCornaceae -
American beech
This 18 to 24 m tall tree is easy to recognize year-round, with its smooth, silvery bark mottled with diamond-shaped patches. It has slender shiny twigs.
Plant formBroadleaf treeFamilyFagaceae -
American linden, American basswood
This 18 to 40 m tall tree has a trunk 40 to 80 cm in diameter. Its large dark green leaves have paler undersides and measure 5 to 15 cm across.
Plant formBroadleaf treeFamilyTiliaceae -
Andiroba
This large tree in the mahogany family may grow up to 2 m in diameter and 45 m tall. Its greyish bark peels off in irregular patches. Its compound, alternate leaves are 40 to 100 cm long.
Plant formBroadleaf treeFamilyMeliaceae -
Annatto tree, Lipstick tree
This small ornamental tree grows 5 to 8 m tall. Its leaves are alternate, acuminate and entire. They are 8 to 12 cm long and 8 cm wide. The pinkish-white flowers are grouped in terminal clusters.
Plant formBroadleaf treeFamilyBixaceae -
Arrowleaf Philodendron
This plant has a stem 4 to 6 cm in diameter, divided into nodes every 15 cm. Thick, long, brownish roots grow from each node, used by the plant to cling to a support.
Plant formHerbaceous climbing plantFamilyAraceae -
Balsa tree
This large tree with deciduous leaves can grow up to 30 m tall. Its trunk sometimes has buttress roots. It has very light wood.
Plant formBroadleaf treeFamilyMalvaceae -
Balsam fir
This 10 to 22 m tall tree has flattened needles arranged on either side of the branch.
Plant formConiferFamilyPinaceae -
Balsam pear
Balsam pear grows 3 to 4 m tall. Its deeply lobed leaves have 5 to 7 lobes and measure 5 to 6 cm long. The yellow flowers are bell shaped.
Plant formHerbaceous climbing plantFamilyCucurbitaceae -
Balsam poplar
This 8 to 24 m tall tree has a narrow crown and large, ascending branches. Its roots are shallow.
Plant formBroadleaf treeFamilySalicaceae