Tag Archives: Flowering Tree
Know Your Natives – Downy Serviceberry
Downy serviceberry (Amelanchier arborea) of the Rose (Rosaceae) family is a small tree or large shrub that produces showy white flowers very early in spring. The genus name likely originates from a common name of the type species of the … Continue reading
Posted in Know Your Natives, Native Plants, Shrubs, Trees, White, Wildflowers
Tagged Amelanchier, Amelanchier arborea, Flowering Tree, Know Your Natives, Rosaceae, Tree
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Trees of Arkansas Is Now User-Friendly with Full Color Pictures
The tried and true handbook of the Arkansas Forestry Commission, Dwight Moore’s Trees of Arkansas, has been reissued (2014) in a smart, new, user-friendly, and full-color edition. Moore’s book dates back to 1950, when the author revised Lewis M. Turner’s … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review, Native Plants, Trees
Tagged Flowering Tree, Mexican Plum, Plum, Prunus, Prunus mexicana, Rosaceae, Trees of Arkansas
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