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Use for: geranium

• a genus of southern African herbs of the Acanthaceae family with showy flowers of usually red, pink, or white distinguished by a spurred calyx and irregular corolla

• A family of trees and shrubshaving the staminate flowers in cymose heads or drooping aments and pistillate flowers with an urn-shaped to oblong perianth that occur singly or in clusters and are succeeded by one-seeded nuts

Use for: oak

• A genus of ornamental and timber trees and shrubs in the beech family (Fagaceae), distributed throughout the north temperate zone and at high altitudes in the tropics

• a family of shrubs and trees (order Ranales), having bisexual flowers, stamens arranged spirally, and numerous simple pistils spirally arranged on an elongated axis

Use for: Magnola

• A plant genus of trees and shrubs of the family Magnoliaceae native to North and South America, the Himalayas, and East Asia. They are valued for their large and fragrant white, yellow, pink, or purple flowers and frequently handsome leaves and unusual fruits. Some are important garden ornamentals; others are local timber sources.

Use for: Gramineae, grasses

• grass family of monocotyledonous flowering plants, a division of the order Poales. The Poaceae are the world’s single most important source of food. They rank among the top five families of flowering plants in terms of the number of species, but they are clearly the most abundant and important family of the Earth’s flora. They grow on all continents, in desert to freshwater and marine habitats, and at all but the highest elevations. Plant communities dominated by grasses account for about 24 percent of the Earth’s vegetation.

Use for: bamboo

• Bamboo. Subfamily of tall treelike grasses of the family Poaceae, comprising more than 115 genera and 1,400 species. Bamboos are distributed in tropical and subtropical to mild temperate regions, with the heaviest concentration and largest number of species in East and Southeast Asia and on islands of the Indian and Pacific oceans. A few species of the genus Arundinaria are native to the southern United States, where they form dense canebrakes along riverbanks and in marshy areas.

• the soapberry family of flowering plants (order Sapindales). Its members occur mainly in the tropical and subtropical areas of the world and are especially abundant in the American tropics. A number of species produce wood useful for construction, furniture, or fuel. Several are cultivated as ornamentals or shade trees, and many are well known for their edible fruits.

Use for: maple tree

• a large genus of shrubs or trees in the family Sapindaceae, widely distributed in the North Temperate Zone but concentrated in China.

• any of a class (Gymnospermae) of vascular plants that produce seeds not enclosed in an ovary, possess separate male and female reproductive strobili, and include the conifers, cycadophytes, gnetophytes, and gingko