ambidendroanthus, more commonly called a tree flower, are a type of sedereamischos with two biological morphs, depending on the environmental conditions they end up in they will grow into their angiomorph or their dendronimorph, if the environment they end up in has nutrient poor substrate and low moisture levels they will mature into their angiomorph, with no form of drift fruit and pollenating purely through wind and then releasing their seeds using wind dispersal or small burrs which attach to ostomesa, and they will mature into their dendronimorph if theyre in nutrient rich substrate or around high moisture levels, these dendronimorph ambidendroanthus pollenate similar to angiomorphs, and disperse seeds with wind dispersal as well as drift fruit which will quickly populate oases with dendronimorphs, ◗ta scholars did genetic testing and found that the closest living relative to ambidendroanthus is neoanthos from fungal steppes, if you have any questions about this organism please dont be afraid to ask im more than happy to answer
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The Mockernut Hickory (Carya tomentosa) male catkins always drape down like chained chandeliers, when I was little I used to get covered in these things preparing my shade garden. It's common to see Hickories filled with flowers before a mast year, judging by the draught in the previous summer it's not unusual for the local forest to go through a reproductive cycle. A mast year is when trees have gained enough energy to produce massive crops of fruiting nuts, this typically occur every 2-3 years for hickories.
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Rosaceae Prunus cerasifera
Cherry Plum
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there's a cherry blossom tree in DC that keeps blooming every year even though it shouldn't and the park service keeps thinking it's dead and then it keeps blooming! well they're removing a lot of trees to rehabilitate the area and they've said it's finally time for stumpy to go and they're going to mulch it and use the mulch to enrich all the other trees so it can help everything else keep going. and they're also going to plant spliced little pieces of it all over so that stumpy can live forever and this is genuinely sending me into a spiral
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The existing pool. Water can make an attractive transition between garden and countryside. Here the detailing of the pond is natural, with boulders used to make an informal surround.
The Garden Book, 1984
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