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Flowering plants, shrubs and trees provide the environment with much needed oxygen and fight soil erosion. They also provide food and shelter for many animals, as well as contribute to the fertility of soil with their dead leaves and flowers.

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Scabiosa

Scabiosa, a genus of about 100 species of annual and perennial herbaceous plants native to Europe, Africa, and Asia.

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Scilla

Scilla, or Squill, a large genus of perennial herbs native to the temperate regions of Africa, Asia, and Europe.

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Sea Holly

Sea Holly, a common name for a genus of herbs that grow in temperate and tropical regions.

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Sea Lavender

Sea Lavender, the common name of a group of herbaceous plants found mainly along the seacoasts of the Northern Hemisphere.

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Sedge

Sedge, the common name of a large family of plants related to the grasses. The sedge family consists of about 90 genera and some 4,000 species.

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Sedum

Sedum, a genus of about 600 species of succulent plants, mostly perennial. The sedums are found in the temperate region of the Northern Hemisphere.

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Sequoia

Sequoia, a genus of cone-bearing evergreen trees of the pine family. These trees were named after Sequoya, a Cherokee Indian leader and scholar.

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Shamrock

Shamrock, a popular name for several clover plants having leaves divided into three small leaflets.

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Shrub

Shrub, a perennial plant, often referred to as a bush. Unlike an herb, a shrub has woody tissue in its stems, which last from season to season.

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Sisal

Sisal, the name of a plant and also the name of the fiber obtained from its leaves.

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Skunk Cabbage

Skunk Cabbage, a perennial herb that grows in swamps and other wet areas in North America and Asia.

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Smilax

Smilax, a genus of woody or herbaceous plants, found in tropical or temperate regions.

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Smoke Tree

Smoke Tree, a common name given to two related species of woody plants. One is a Eurasian shrub that grows to 15 feet (4.6 m) in height.

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Snakeroot

Snakeroot, a common name for various plants, most of which are unrelated. Some of the plants are named for their snakelike roots; others, for the use of their roots as a folk remedy for snakebite.

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Snapdragon

Snapdragon, the common name for about 40 species of annual or perennial herbs that grow in the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.

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Sneezeweed

Sneezeweed, the common name of a genus of annual and perennial herbs. There are about 40 species, native to North and South America.

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Sneezewort

Sneezewort, a strongly scented perennial herb. The sneezewort grows in northern temperate regions and is native to Europe and Asia.

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Snow-On-The-Mountain

Snow-on-the-mountain, an annual, bushy plant native to the prairies of the midwestern United States.

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Snowball

Snowball, a name applied to any of several cultivated ornamental shrubs that bear ball-shaped clusters of white flowers.

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Snowdrop

Snowdrop, the common name for a genus of about 20 species of bulbous plants. Snowdrops are of Eurasian origin but are cultivated in the United States as garden plants that bloom in the late winter.

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