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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Twinflower, a woody, trailing, evergreen vine. The twinflower is found as a wild flower that grows along the ground throughout north temperate and subarctic regions.
See more »Vegetable Ivory, the seeds of the tagua, or ivory nut palm, a palm tree of tropical South America and Panama.
See more »Velvetleaf, or Indian Mallow, a plant with yellow flowers and large, velvety, heart-shaped leaves.
See more »Venus's-Flytrap, an insect-eating plant that grows wild on the sandy coasts of North and South Carolina.
See more »Verbena, a genus of about 75 species of plants, chiefly shrubs and annual and perennial herbs.
See more »Veronica, or Speedwell, a group of plants that grow mostly in temperate areas of the world.
See more »Viburnum, a group of shrubs and small trees native chiefly to north temperate areas.
See more »Violet, the name of a group of herbaceous annual and perennial plants that grow only in temperate areas.
See more »Viper's Bugloss, a group of herbs and shrubs native to the Old World. The common viper's bugloss, or blueweed, grows wild in dry fields and along roadsides in eastern North America.
See more »Virginia Creeper, a hardy climbing shrub native to North America. It is often called American ivy and woodbine.
See more »Wahlenbergia, a group of annual and perennial plants native mainly to Europe and Asia.
See more »Wahoo, or Winged Elm, a tree native to the southern United States. Its fruit grows singly in elliptical pods, called keys or samaras, that have two broad, corky wings.
See more »Wallflower, or Gillyflower, a perennial plant of southern Europe, where it grows wild in rocky crevices.
See more »Wandering Jew, the common name of three perennial herbs with creeping or trailing stems.
See more »Washington Palm, a palm tree native to southern California, Mexico, and southwestern Arizona.
See more »Water Hemlock, a poisonous perennial herb that grows near water from southern Canada to the Gulf of Mexico.
See more »Water Hyacinth, a weed of tropical and subtropical waters. It is related to the true hyacinth.
See more »Water Lily, a flowering plant that grows in lakes, ponds, and slow-moving streams in temperate and tropical regions.
See more »Weed, a plant that grows where it is not wanted. In general, plants are called weeds when they deprive more desirable plants of food, water, sunlight, and space.
See more »Welwitschia, a desert plant of southwestern Africa. The welwitschia has a woody stem less than 12 inches (30 cm) high but up to more than 12 feet (3.7 m) in circumference.
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