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Small-toothed Bird Cherry

Small-toothed Bird Cherry

Р. serrulata

Family Rosaceae (Rosaceae). Native to the Far East, the southern part of Primorye, Northeastern China, Korea, and Japan.

Spreading Oreorchis

Spreading Oreorchis

Oreorchis patens

Oreorchis has a chain-like rhizome. Leaf solitary, leathery, sword-shaped, pointed, appearing in the second half of summer, overwintering and dying back by July. Leaf length up to 25 cm, width 2.5 cm. Inflorescence a ma…

White ash

White ash

Fraxinus ornus

Small tree, 6–10 m tall, 4–6 m wide, slow-growing, with a regular, rounded, dense crown.

Round or common snowberry

Round or common snowberry

S. orbiculatus Moench

The round snowberry is a fairly tall shrub with thin shoots, small leaves, dark green above and bluish underneath. The flowers are as small as those of the white one and are gathered in dense short inflorescences.

Meadowsweet

Meadowsweet

Filipendula [Tourn.] Mill.

A genus of herbaceous plants in the Rosaceae family. Stem erect, leaves pinnate or palmately divided. Flowers small, white, pink or red, arranged in corymbose-panicle inflorescences.

Pontic Hazel

Pontic Hazel

С. pontica KKoch

A variety of the common hazel. A shrub with a spreading crown and rounded yellowish-green leaves. The fruits are large edible nuts of an ovoid shape.

Pyrenean geranium or Endrasa

Pyrenean geranium or Endrasa

G. endressii

A herbaceous perennial. Occupies a large area, intertwining into clumps via continuously growing shoots. With vigorous growth it tends to break apart in different directions.

Common rowan ‘Edulis’

Common rowan ‘Edulis’

Sorbus aucuparia ‘Edulis’

The sweet or Moravian rowan is a variety of the common rowan; it was discovered in the 19th century in the Sudetes of Moravia and introduced into cultivation because of its attractive, tasty fruits.

Calochortus

Calochortus

Calochortus

Bulbous perennials. Stems erect or winding, usually dichotomously branched, 10–80 cm tall, rarely up to 2 m.

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