Scotch and Irish Moss
Arenaria montana
Grows 2–4 in. high; weak stems up to 1 ft. long, usually covered with soft hairs. Leaves grayish...
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Scotch and Irish Moss
Arenaria verna
Of two different ground-hugging plants of similar appearance, Sagina subulata is the more com...
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Scotch Heather
Calluna vulgaris
This, the true and only Scotch heather, which is native from Europe to Asia Minor, has crowded, tiny, ...
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Scotch Pine
Pinus sylvestris
From northern Europe, western Asia, northeastern Siberia. Grows fast at first, then moderately to 30&n...
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Screw Bean
Prosopis pubescens
Native to Arizona, Texas, Mexico. Common name refers to the spirally twisted seedpods, which make an u...
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Screw Pine
Pandanus tectorius
Native to many Pacific islands, including Hawaii. Striking palm-like tree sends down large aerial root...
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Scrub Oak
Quercus berberidifolia
Native to California chaparral from 300–5,000-ft. elevation. Dense growth 6–15 ft. tall and wide. Leav...
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Sea Holly
Eryngium
Mostly spiny-leafed, rosette-forming plants that produce erect, thistlelike, leafy stalks bearing tigh...
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Sea Holly
Eryngium amethystinum
From Italy and the Balkans. To 2 1/2 ft. high and 1 1/2 ft. wide, with taproot. Spiny, medium green le...
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Sea Kale
Crambe maritima
From coastal northern Europe; naturalized on the Oregon coast. To 2 ft. tall and wide; blue-green leav...
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Sea Lavender
Limonium platyphyllum
Vigorous plant to 2 1/2 ft. tall, covered in a haze of flowers up to 3 ft. wide in summer. Calyx is wh...
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Sea Oats
Chasmanthium latifolium
Broad, bamboo-like leaves make 2-ft. tall clump topped in midsummer by 2 to 5 ft. arching flowering st...
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