Habitat of plants~.~.~.~.~.~.????

plz tell me the habitat of the following plants



1 apple plant

2 apricot

3 mango plant

4 rowan

5 blAckberry

6 castor bean

7 coconut

8 sugar maple

9 common yew

10 tomato tree



Or telll me site where i can find habitat of all above...



thanks......

Habitat of plants~.~.~.~.~.~.????
1.NAME : Apple



GAELIC NAME : úll





LATIN NAME : Pyrus malus



COMMON / FOLK NAMES : Fruit of the Gods Fruit of the Underworld Silver Branch Silver Bough Tree of Love



MEDICINAL PART : Fruit



PLACES OF ORIGIN : Ireland Europe Asia North America



HABITAT : Moist Soils ,Apple tree species are natives of all of the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, and are found as far down as the Himalayan mountains and other more southern mountainous areas where the cool air suits the tree.



In its cultivated form it is of course enormously widespread as a garden and orchard tree. People keen to grow it for its lovely fruit have gone through immense troubles to obtain, nurture and grow many varieties of its cultivated forms all over the globe.



It is thought that the ancestors of our edible apples may have been the result of a natural cross-fertilisation between the relatively sweet Malus pumila and Malus sylvestris in the Caucasus and adjoining areas. The North American Sweet Crab Apple, Malus coronia must have also contributed a lot in developing the variety of lovely apples we can enjoy today.



The wild crab apple is a native tree in Britain and can be found, south of Perthshire, in open woods (mostly Oak-woods) or at the edges of woodlands, as well as in shrub-land and hedges. With the destruction of miles of hedgerows over the last few decennia, lots of apple trees have gone as well. It is possible that many self-seeded apple trees nowadays have grown from the seeds of cultivated trees. Pips from cultivated apples tend to revert to its ancestral appearance. Telltale signs may be gained from the size of its fruits and its taste, which will be larger and sweeter than the original crabs.



2.Apricot

Botanical: Prunus Armeniaca (LINN.)

Family: N.O. Rosaceae

Habitat---Although formerly supposed to come from Armenia, where it was long cultivated, hence the name Armeniaca, there is now little doubt that its original habitat is northern China, the Himalaya region and other parts of temperate Asia. It is cultivated generally throughout temperate regions. Introduced into England, from Italy, in Henry VIII's reign.



3.mango

(from Malayalam)



Scientific name: Mangifera indica L.

Family: Anacardiaceae (Cashew family)

Habitat

Native to India and Burma.

The mango tree is considered sacred in India, the land of the fruit's origin. Now this delectable fruit is cultivated in temperate climates around the world, including California and Florida.



4.rowan

The rowans are plants of the Family Rosaceae, in the Genus Sorbus, Subgenus Sorbus. They are native throughout the cool temperate regions of the northern hemisphere, with the highest species diversity in the mountains of western China and the Himalaya, where numerous apomictic microspecies occur.



5.Blackberry

Rubus allegheniensis

Rose family (Rosaceae)

Any of several species of the genus Rubus (family Rosaceae) having fruit consisting of many drupelets attached to a common fleshy, elongated core (receptacle) which is removed with the fruit. Ripe fruit is usually black or dark purple, and often sweet and flavorful. The bushy plants have perennial roots from which arise long, often thorny, biennial stems (canes) with compound leaves. Many species are native to temperate regions, especially in the Northern Hemisphere, to which they are best adapted. They are commonly found on the edges of forests, along streams, and in clearings. Because of their thorns and prolific growth habit, blackberries are a nuisance in some areas



6 Castor Bean Plant (Ricinus communis)

Habitat: Castor bean was originally native to northeastern Africa and the Middle East. It has escaped cultivation and become naturalized as a weed almost everywhere in the world that has a tropical or subtropical climate. Castor bean grows wild on rocky hillsides, and in waste places, fields, along road shoulders and at the edges of cultivated fields. It is grown as an ornamental in gardens and sometimes as a houseplant.



7. coconut

A large palm, Cocos nucifera, widely grown throughout the tropics and valuable for its fruit and fiber. Usually found near the seacoast, it requires high humidity, abundant rainfall, and mean annual temperature of about 85°F (29°C). Southern Florida, with mean temperature of 77°F (25°C), is at the limit of successful growth.



8 sugar maple

The Sugar Maple Acer saccharum is a prominent tree in the hardwood forests of eastern North America. It is the largest American maple.The Sugar Maple is an immensely important species to the ecology of many forests in North America. Pure stands are common, and it is a major component of many forest types. It often forms associations with the American Beech, forming the beech-maple forest type, common in northern areas. Other associations include Sugar Maple-Yellow Birch (which is most important beyond the northern limit of beech), Sugar Maple-American Basswood, Sugar Maple-White Ash and Sugar Maple-Ironwood-Red Oak. Sugar Maples engage in hydraulic lift, drawing water from lower soil layers and exuding that water into upper, drier soil layers. This not only benefits the tree itself but also many other plants growing around it.



9 .common yew

Family: Taxaceae

Habitat: mountains and lowlands; preferring chalky soils.

Distribution: although in the past widely cultivated throughout the region, especially in the south-west, is now rarely found in the wild, having been extensively felled during the Middle Ages.

The Yew was at one time much more common and widespread in Europe and has been a dominant forest species in Europe in our distant past, but it is becoming rarer and is now protected in many countries. It is native from Scandinavia all the way down to North Africa and from Britain eastwards to Asia minor, Syria, Iran, the Caucasus and the Himalayas.

It is one of the few native British evergreens (Box, Juniper, Holly and Scots Pine are the others).

In the United Kingdom the Yew was common on the chalk downs in Southern England and on limestone areas in the North. Although it grows particularly well on chalk, it can also be found in mixed woodland, shrub and open country site. There are groves of Yew in ancient forests such as the Forest of Dean and the New Forest. Yews can sometimes form almost pure stands. Good examples may be found at Kingley Vale on the S. Downs near Chichester, Boxhill in Surrey and in the Ireland at Muckross, in Killarney National Park.

Many churchyards are graced by Yews and the tree is also widely planted in Parks and Gardens for ornament. Offspring of the fastigate (meaning: growing upwards) Irish Yew is often used for hedges and topiary. This variety was discovered in 1760 by a farmer, Mr. Willis, in the Cuilgeagh mountains of Northern Ireland and all Irish Yews today are its offspring.



10 tomato tree



Family: Solanaceae

Genus: Cyphomandra

Species: betacea

Country of Origin: Peru

Habitat:Dry soils at forest margins. Open forests at medium to high altitudes



The Tamarillo, Tree Tomato, or Tomate de árbol (Cyphomandra betacea) belongs to the flowering plant family Solanaceae. It grows as a small tree or shrub, bearing edible egg-shaped fruit with a thin skin and a soft flesh (when ripe), with dark-colored seeds occupying about one third of the interior. The fruit closely resembles a tomato, hence its name. The tamarillo and tomato are in the same family, Solanaceae, but the tamarillo is in the genus Cyphomandra while the tomato is in the genus Solanum.



The fruit can be between 2 and 8 cm in length. They are held on the tree in clusters as are many other clustered fruit, such as cherries. The trees are grown from cuttings and are very frost-tender when young. They are shallow-rooted and respond to deep mulching and abundant water. The tree can grow to a little more than 6 meters but it is subject to wind damage and needs shelter. It will bear fruit after two years and a single mature tree in good soil will carry more fruit than a normal family can eat for about 3 months. When the tree is about 1 to 1.5 meters in height it is advisable to cut the roots on one side and lean the tree to the other (direction of the midday sun at about 30 to 45 degrees). This allows fruiting branches to grow from all along the trunk rather than just at the top.



The tamarillo is native to the Andes of Peru, Chile, Ecuador and Bolivia. It is cultivated in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Colombia, Kenya, the United States and Venezuela. It is grown as a commercial crop for international export in New Zealand.



The fruit is eaten by scooping the flesh from a halved fruit but, in New Zealand, most children palpate the ripe fruit until it is soft then bite off the stem end and squeeze the flesh directly into their mouths. When lightly sugared and cooled, the flesh makes a refreshing breakfast dish. In addition, they give a unique flavor when compoted or added to stews and curries. They are also tasty and decorative in fresh salads. In Colombia, the tamarillo flesh is frequently combined with water and sugar in a blender to create a beverage.
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Information Last Reviewed August 2002







The more information that can be gathered about a plant, the easier the plant will be to identify. In addition to collecting roots, stems, leaves and flowers of a plant for identification purposes, a determination of the type of habitat in which the plant is growing may be extremely useful because certain plants grow only in certain types of habitats. For convenience in using this system, two types of habitats are recognized: terrestrial and aquatic or wetland. All plants require water for growth and survival, but specific requirements vary from species to species. They range from plants that are obligate aquatics to those that can survive with only a few millimeters of moisture a year. Within the system, it is recognized that plants that usually grow in wet habitats may, due to water level fluctuations, be sometimes found in dryish places; and it is under these conditions that determination of habitat type may be the most difficult.







Examination of a plant itself may offer a few clues as to its preferred habitat. Terrestrial plants often develop extensive root systems for uptake of water and nutrients as an adaptation to growing in a water-limited environment. Their stems are usually rigid due to development of scleretized cells in various plant tissues. Their leaves have a cuticle of varying degrees of thickness to prevent water loss. In some terrestrial plants a distinctive waxy coating may be present on the surface of the cuticle and this gives a "bloom" to stems, leaves or fruit. They may be armed in various ways with sharp thorns, spines, or prickles to deter grazing by animals.







Aquatic or wetland plants are herein identified as those growing and surviving in sites that are permanently or seasonally wet. Obligate aquatic plants either grow wholly beneath the surface of the water except for flowering stalks or have leafy stems both below the surface and above it and are supported by the water. This group is easily recognized as being aquatic or wetland because without the support the plant cannot remain upright when out of the water. Their roots are often reduced, being required only for anchorage since uptake of water and salts is carried out by the stems and leaves. Other aquatic or wetland species which do not require water for support do have rigid stems. A cross section of the stems of these plants may reveal the presence of large air spaces that allow for gas diffusion throughout the plant.







Landform characters also offer good clues to habitat types. Streambanks, lake edges, ditches, swales, or depressions even though at the time a plant is collected may be dry are places in which aquatic or wetland plants are likely to be found.







The plant identification portion of this system is quite flexible and those plants that may cause the greatest difficulty in determining whether they are aquatic or terrestrial are described in both categories.







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Aquatic or Wetland Plant Types



Terrestrial Plant Growth Forms
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