Plants

Articles about plant species, botany and vegetation.

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Wild grape

Wildflower

Williams pear

Willow

Wisteria

Wisteria: ornamental climbing shrub with fragrant pendulous flowers

Wollemia

Wollemia (Wollemi pine)

Wood

Wood

Wood: Composition, Types, Uses and Sustainability

Wood is the structural tissue of trees, composed mainly of cellulose and lignin. This article summarizes its structure, varieties, uses, processing, history, and environmental impo

Woodruff

Sweet woodruff (Galium odoratum): description, uses and cultivation

Xeranthemum

Xeranthemum — Mediterranean everlasting flowers

Xerochrysum

Xerochrysum — Australian everlastingflowers genus

Xerochrysum bicolor

Xerochrysum bicolor — a Tasmanian coastal everlasting daisy

Xerochrysum bracteatum

Xerochrysum bracteatum — golden everlasting (strawflower)

Xerophyte

Xerophyte: plants adapted to dry environments

Yam

Yam (Dioscorea): a starchy tuber and its uses

Yerba mate

Yew

Yucca

Yucca — drought‑tolerant flowering plants of the Americas

Yucca brevifolia

Yucca brevifolia (Joshua tree): description, ecology, and conservation

Yuzu

Yuzu: an East Asian citrus fruit and its uses

Zedoary

Zedoary (Curcuma zedoaria) — white turmeric and aromatic rhizome

Zenobia (plant)

Zenobia (plant): the honeycup shrub of southeastern North American bogs

Zieria adenophora

Zieria adenophora (Araluen Zieria)

Zingiberaceae

Zingiberaceae (Ginger family): characteristics, uses, and distribution

Zingiberales

Zingiberales: the tropical order that includes gingers and bananas

Ziziphus

Ziziphus (jujube): a genus of shrubs and trees producing edible fruit

Ziziphus mauritiana

Ziziphus mauritiana (Indian jujube)

Zygnematophyceae