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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.
Deutzia
Deutzia, an ornamental shrub grown for its showy white, pink, or bluish flowers. There are over 40 species, most of which are native to eastern Asia and Central America.
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Devil's Paintbrush, or Orange Hawkweed, a rugged perennial weed of the composite family.
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Dicentra, a genus of perennial herbs. Dicentra are native to Asia and North America.
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Dieffenbachia, a genus of perennial plants native to tropical America and the West Indies.
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Dill, a hardy annual or biennial plant of the parsley family. It is native to southeastern Europe but grows wild in most temperate regions.
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Dittany, a perennial herbaceous plant or small shrub. The Crete dittany, a dwarf shrub native to Crete, grows to a height of 12 inches (30 cm).
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Dock, the common name for a genus of herbs. The members of this genus, also called sorrels, are mostly weeds, but some are cultivated as edible greens.
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Dodder, or Strangleweed, a parasitic plant of the morning-glory family. About 30 of the 170 species grow in North America.
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Dogbane, a genus of tough, perennial herbs. There are about 20 species, all with bitter, milky juice.
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Dogtooth Violet, a common name for two spring flowers, the adder's tongue and the spring (or fawn) lily.
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Dogwood, a genus of shrubs and small trees of the Northern Hemisphere. There are about 45 species in North America; they also are called cornel.
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Dracaena, the common name of two related genera of plants native to the tropics. Dracaenas of both genera occur as shrubs or trees in the wild, reaching heights of 3 feet (0.9 m) to 70 feet (21 m).
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Duckweed, the common name for several tiny plants that are among the smallest flowering plants known.
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Dutchman's-breeches, a wild herb of the bleeding heart family. The white, yellow-stained flowers, each with two spurs, look something like baggy trousers.
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Dutchman's-pipe, a deciduous, perennial vine native to the eastern United States.
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Ebony, a small family of mostly tropical, hard-wooded trees and shrubs. Ebony is also the common name of several trees in this family, as well as the name of the heartwood obtained from certain species.
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Edelweiss, a perennial herb of the composite family. The name, referring to its flowers, means "noble white.'' Edelweiss is native to the high mountains of Europe and Central Asia, particularly in the Swiss Alps.
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Eelgrass, the name of two kinds of unrelated plants that grow underwater. The more familiar kind, also called tape grass and wild celery, grows submerged in spring-fed lakes from Nova Scotia west to North Dakota and south to Florida.
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Eglantine, or Sweetbrier, a wild rose. It is a climbing plant that grows to a height of six feet (1.8 m).
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Elder, a tree or shrub of the honeysuckle family. The American, or common, elder is also called elderberry.
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