Bitterroot Restoration

Gardenia resinifera is a small, unarmed tree, up to 3 m tall. It exudes gum from the buds. Their leaves have very short stalks. They are oblong or oval or obovate, obtuse or with a short blunt point, hairless, hard, shining, with simple parallel nerves.

Gardenia jasminoides is a fragrant flowering evergreen tropical plant, a favorite in gardens worldwide. They are evergreen shrubs and small trees growing to 1–15 metres (3.3–49 ft) tall.

Flacourtia jangomas is a lowland and mountain rain forest tree. It is a small shrub or tree that grows to a height of 10m. It produces small white to green fragrant flowers.

Ficus religiosa is a large dry season-deciduous or semi-evergreen tree up to 30 m tall and with a trunk diameter of up to 3 m. Their leaves are cordate in shape with a distinctive extended tip; they are 10–17 cm long and 8–12 cm broad, with a 6–10 cm petiole.

This tree is medium tall, growing 10-16 meters in height. The rich green foliage provides a good shade. Their bark is reddish grey and often cracked. Their leaves are dark green, 7.5-10 cm long, ovate or elliptic.

Ficus benghalensis is a very large tree.It is fast growing and evergreen tree up to 3.0 meters. Their spreading branches and many aerial roots.

Feronia limonia is a large tree growing to 9 m tall, with rough, spiny bark. Their leaves are pinnate, with 5-7 leaflets, each leaflet 25–35 mm long and 10–20 mm broad, with a citrus-scent when crushed.

Excoecaria agallocha is a deciduous tree growing to 15 m tall. Their branches lenticellate , glabrous . Their leaves alternate throughout; stipules ovate , 1.5-2 mm; petiole 1.5-3 cm. Their young leaves are pinkish.

The Euphorbia tirucalli is a many-branched, succulent plant, usually 3-5 m but may reach 10 m on occasion. Their bark of very old specimens is grey and rough with longitudinal dents and ridges that break up into very small fragments. Their leaves are small and slender, up to 12 x 1.5 mm, rarely seen, as they fall very early.

The plants are woody shrubs or trees with a caustic, poisonous milky sap (latex). Their roots are fine or thick and fleshy or tuberous. Many species are more or less succulent, thorny or unarmed.