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• A genus comprising of coarse herbs of the figwort family (Scrophulariaceae), native to open woodlands in the Northern Hemisphere. The common name refers to an early use of these plants in treating hemorrhoids, an ailment once known as “figs.” They are rather tall, frequently fetid plants with purple, greenish, or yellow flowers in large branched spikes.

• the figwort family of flowering plants, one of 26 in the order Lamiales, containing about 65 genera and 1,700 species with worldwide distribution. It contains no crop plants of great economic importance but is notable for many ornamental garden plants, such as butterfly bush (Buddleja), Diascia, Nemesia, and many others. Some, such as the mullein (Verbascum), are troublesome weeds.

Use for: sledding, snow sliding

• A genus of several shrubs or trees in the rose family (Rosaceae), native to the Northern Hemisphere. Unrelated to true ashes (genus Fraxinus, family Oleaceae), mountain ashes are widely cultivated as ornamentals for their flower clusters and brightly coloured fruits.

• a genus of mosses that grow in wet acidic areas (such as bogs or swamps) where their remains become compacted with other plant debris to form peat

Use for: peat moss

• a mass of dehydrated sphagnum plants used as a surgical dressing especially during World War I

• A genus made up of flowering shrubs in the rose family (Rosaceae). Native to the north temperate zone, many spirea species are commonly cultivated for their pleasing growth habit and attractive flower clusters.