Hedge Rows, Shrubs and plants, Hops

Hops (Humulus lupulus, Linn.) are a perennial climbing herb in the same plant family as the Nettles and Marijuana. The female hop produces cone like flowers that are covered with a bitter/aromatic compound called lupulin.

The Hoptree, Ptelea trifoliata, in the Rutaceae family is a deciduous shrub or small tree 6–8 m (20–26 ft) tall with a broad crown. Also known as Wafer Ash

Waferash, ptelea, wingseed, shrubby trefoil, swamp dogwood, three-leaved hoptree, ague bark, prairie-grub, quinine tree, stinking ash, stinking prairie-bush, sang-tree, pickaway-anise.

 

 

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