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Entire tree
Quercus muehlenbergii (Chinkapin Oak)
Green vine covering a dead tree
Parthenocissus quinquefolia (Virginia creeper) 2
A stylized red hibiscus flower with an orange style protruding from the center of the flower. The hibiscus is the state flower of Hawaii.
Hibiscus Flower
Pickleweed is an invasive or introduced plant in Hawaii. It has succulent, brilliant green leaves and is common in salt marshes and tidal shorelines. It grows slowly in soils with high salt concentrations and areas with seawater overwash where it suffers little competition from other plants. The species manages salts by sequestering them in cell vacuoles and eventually shedding the leaves.
Batis maritima (Pickleweed)
Illustration of an Ontario Balsam Poplar.
Populus balsamifera (Balsam poplar)
Black oak (Quercus velutina) seedling that has emerged on its own.
Black oak (Quercus velutina) volunteer
Dying elm due to disease, on an Eastern Shore Maryland property.
Diseased elm
Invasive multiflora with Russian olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia) among planted Red Cedars (Juniperus virginiana), in Maryland.
Invasive multiflora with Russian olive (Elaeagnus…
Invasive Russian olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia) in Maryland.
Invasive Russian olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia)
The poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) vines climbing trees on this property on the Eastern Shore of Maryland have been cut and are allowed to die in place, preventing bark damage with attempted removal.
Poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans)
Poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) on a tree, in Maryland.
Poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans)
Shenandoah National Park, VA.
Acorns
Illustration of Intsia bijuga (Ifilele), a tree used traditionally in Samoa to carve 'Ava bowls. The tree is endangered in many places in Southeast Asia due to extensive logging, and is classified as Vulnerable by the IUCN.
Intsia bijuga (Ifilele)
Wax myrtle (Myrica cerifera) is the most common shrub in the areas behind the ocean dunes and protected from salt spray. It is an evergreen whose berries are eaten by tree swallows and myrtle warblers, and that provides cover for small rodents and rabbits.
Myrica cerifera (wax myrtle)
Illustration of Beach Heath (Hudsonia tomentosa)
Hudsonia tomentosa (Beach Heath)
Illustration of Corymbia spp. (Ghost Gum)
Corymbia spp. (Ghost Gum)
Front view illustration of a Koa tree, endemic to the Hawaiian islands. There are actually two species of koa native to Hawaii. The large forest koa is well known around the world for the beautiful hard wood. Koa's smaller cousin, koai?a, that once grew in the lowlands of most of the main Hawaiian Islands, has an even harder wood that is much prized for its gnarled grain.
Acacia koa (Koa tree)
Front view of a Wiliwili tree, endemic to the Hawaiian islands. It is typically found in dry forests on leeward island slopes up to an elevation of 600 m.
Erythrina sandwicensis (Wiliwili)
Front view illustration of a Christmas Berry. An introduced, invasive shrub or small tree.
Heteromeles arbutifolia (Christmas Berry)
Known as Koa haole (foreign koa) in Hawaii, or leucaena, is abundant as a weed in dry lowlands of Hawaii, often forming dense thickets in lowlands and lower mountain slopes of 2500 ft (762 m) altitude.
Leucaena leucocephala (White Leadtree)

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