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Stigmella Oxyacanthella
''Stigmella oxyacanthella'' is a moth of the family Nepticulidae, found in Europe and North America. The larvae are leaf miners feeding inside the leaves of trees and shrubs, such as hawthorn, apple and pear. Description The wingspan is 5–6 mm.A small, dark bronze-coloured moth. The antennae are filamentous, dark and about half as long as the forewing. The innermost, greatly expanded joint is white, the head is covered with yellow hairs, at the back with a white collar. The body is dark. The forewings are dark bronze-coloured, with no light transverse band. The hind wing is narrow, grey, with long fringes. The species is very similar to several other ''Stigmella'' species, one must examine genitalia preparations with a microscope to determine these species with certainty. Meyrick-The head is rust yellow, collar white. Antennal eyecaps white. Forewings are shiny bronze brown basal to the tip which has a steel blue shimmer. Hindwings grey. Biology Adults are on wing in Jun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Tibbats Stainton
Henry Tibbats Stainton (13 August 1822 – 2 December 1892) was an English entomologist. He served as an editor for two popular entomology periodicals of his period, ''The Entomologist's Annual'' and ''The Entomologist's Weekly Intelligencer''. Biography Stainton was the son of Henry Stainton, belonging to a wealthy family in Lewisham. After being privately tutored, he went to King's College London. He was the author of ''A Manual of British Butterflies and Moths'' (1857–59) and with the German entomologist Philipp Christoph Zeller, a Swiss, Heinrich Frey and another Englishman, John William Douglas of ''The Natural History of the Tineina'' (1855–73). He undertook editing William Buckler's and John Hellins' work, following their deaths: ''The Larvae of the British Butterflies and Moths''. He was also a prolific editor of entomological periodicals, including the ''Entomologist's Weekly Intelligencer'' (1856–61) and the ''Entomologist's Monthly Magazine'' (1864 until hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crataegus Laevigata
''Crataegus laevigata'', known as the Midland hawthorn, English hawthorn, woodland hawthorn, or mayflower, is a species of hawthorn native to western and central Europe, from Great Britain (where it is typically found in ancient woodland and old hedgerows) and Spain east to the Czech Republic and Hungary. It is also present in North Africa. The species name is sometimes spelt ''C. levigata'', but the original orthography is ''C. lævigata''. Description It is a large shrub or small tree growing to or rarely to tall, with a dense crown. The leaves are long and broad, with two or three shallow, forward-pointing lobes on each side of the leaf. The hermaphrodite flowers are produced in corymbs of 6 to 12, each flower with five white or pale pink petals and two or sometimes three styles. The flowers are pollinated by insects. The fruit is a dark red pome diameter, slightly broader than long, containing two or three nutlets. It is distinguished from the closely related common ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malus Domestica
An apple is an edible fruit produced by an apple tree (''Malus domestica''). Apple trees are cultivated worldwide and are the most widely grown species in the genus ''Malus''. The tree originated in Central Asia, where its wild ancestor, '' Malus sieversii'', is still found today. Apples have been grown for thousands of years in Asia and Europe and were brought to North America by European colonists. Apples have religious and mythological significance in many cultures, including Norse, Greek, and European Christian tradition. Apples grown from seed tend to be very different from those of their parents, and the resultant fruit frequently lacks desired characteristics. Generally, apple cultivars are propagated by clonal grafting onto rootstocks. Apple trees grown without rootstocks tend to be larger and much slower to fruit after planting. Rootstocks are used to control the speed of growth and the size of the resulting tree, allowing for easier harvesting. There are more t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malus Coronaria
''Malus coronaria'', also known by the names sweet crabapple or garland crab, is a North American species of ''Malus'' (crabapple). Description ''Malus coronaria'' often is a bushy shrub with rigid, contorted branches, but frequently becomes a small tree up to tall, with a broad open crown. Its flowering time is about two weeks later than that of the domestic apple, and its fragrant fruit clings to the branches on clustered stems long after the leaves have fallen. The bark is reddish brown, longitudinally fissured, with surface separating in narrow scales. Branchlets at first coated with thick white wool, later they become smooth reddish brown; they develop in their second year long, spur-like branches and sometimes absolute thorns or more in length. The wood is reddish brown, the sapwood yellow; it is heavy, close-grained, not strong. Used for the handles of tools and small domestic articles. It has a specific gravity of 0.7048; and density . Its winter buds are bright red ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malus Baccata
''Malus baccata'' is an Asian species of apple known by the common names Siberian crab apple, Siberian crab, Manchurian crab apple and Chinese crab apple. It is native to much of northern Asia, but is also grown elsewhere as an ornamental tree and for rootstock. It is used for bonsai. It bears plentiful fragrant white flowers and edible red to yellow fruit of about diameter. Description The trees grow up to high. They have arching or overhanging red-brown branches and red-brown buds. Petioles are long, with few glands. Leaves are elliptic or egg-shaped, . Pedicels are slender and long. They bear white fragrant flowers of in diameter which groups by 4–6. Petals are white and egg-shaped, approximately long. Fruits are red to yellow and spherical, only about in diameter; they form dense clusters and resemble cherries from a distance. Flowering occurs in spring, with fruits appearing in September–October. Taxonomy The subordinate taxa include the followin varieties: *'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malus Angustifolia
''Malus angustifolia'', or southern crabapple, is a species of Malus, crabapple native to the eastern and south-central United States. Description ''M. angustifolia'' is a tree sometimes attaining a height of 10 meters (33 feet). The trunk can have a diameter up to . The flowers are pink, with a pleasant scent. The fruits are up to in diameter, and have an aromatic scent and a pear-like shape. Taxonomy The following two Variety (botany), varieties are known: * ''Malus angustifolia'' var. ''angustifolia'' * ''Malus angustifolia'' var. ''puberula'' (Rehder) Rehder Distribution and habitat The species can be found from Florida west to eastern Texas and north to New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Missouri. Ecology The fruits are eaten by various wildlife. Uses Although the fruits are astringent, acidic, and unpalatable when raw, they can be used to make jellies, jams, and food preserves. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quince
The quince (; ''Cydonia oblonga'') is the sole member of the genus ''Cydonia'' in the Malinae subtribe (which also contains apples and pears, among other fruits) of the Rosaceae family. It is a deciduous tree that bears hard, aromatic bright golden-yellow pome fruit, similar in appearance to a pear. Ripe quince fruits are hard, tart, and astringent. They are seldom eaten raw, but are processed into marmalade, jam, paste (known as quince cheese) or alcoholic beverages. The quince tree is also grown as an ornamental plant for its attractive pale pink blossoms and other ornamental qualities. Description The tree grows high and wide. The fruit is long and across. The immature fruit is green with dense grey-white fine hair, most of which rubs off before maturity in late autumn when the fruit changes colour to yellow with hard, strongly perfumed flesh. The leaves are alternately arranged, simple, long, with an entire margin and densely pubescent with fine white hairs. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crataegus Spathulata
''Crataegus spathulata'' is a species hawthorn known by the common name littlehip hawthorn. It is native to the southeastern United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie .... It has very attractive small delicate leaves with a bluish appearance, pretty flowers and small orange to red fruit. References External links * spathulata Flora of North America {{Crataegus-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crataegus Rivularis
''Crataegus rivularis'' is a species of hawthorn known by the common name river hawthorn. It is native to the intermontane region of the northwestern United States, situated between the coastal ranges and the Rocky Mountains. ''C. rivularis'' is one of the black-fruited hawthorn species. It is closely related to '' C. erythropoda'', and less closely related to '' C. saligna''. Images Image:Crataegus_rivularis_young_fruit.jpg, Young fruit Image:Crataegus_rivularis_young_bark.jpg, Young bark. See also * List of hawthorn species with black fruit Most species of ''Crataegus ''Crataegus'' (), commonly called hawthorn, quickthorn, thornapple, Voss, E. G. 1985. ''Michigan Flora: A guide to the identification and occurrence of the native and naturalized seed-plants of the state. Part II: Di ... References rivularis Flora of North America {{crataegus-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crataegus Punctata
''Crataegus punctata'' is a species of hawthorn known by the common names dotted hawthorn or white haw that is native to most of the eastern United States and eastern Canada. While some sources claim it is the state flower of Missouri, the actual legislation does not identify an exact species. Furthermore, the Missouri Department of Conservation asserts the '' Crataegus mollis'' was specifically designated as the state flower. Description Although many North American hawthorns are polyploid and reproduce by apomixis, this species is apparently diploid and sexual, at least throughout Ontario, Canada. The name white haw refers to its distinctive pale (grey) bark, which is particularly noticeable in the winter landscape. The plant is a bush or small tree to about 7 meters in height and very thorny, particularly on the trunk. The flower has three to five styles and approximately 20 stamens, and the fruit is a pome-type polypyrenous drupe In botany, a drupe (or stone fruit) is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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