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  • Dipterocarps are a major component of the forest structure and form emergent tree canopies with such species as Dipterocarpus alatus, D. costatus, Hopea odorata, Shorea guiso, S. hypochra, and Anisoptera costata.

    Southeastern Indochina dry evergreen forests 2008

  • Unusually large trees such as Dipterocarpus turbinatus, D. alatus, and D. costatus (at the head of valleys) once formed dense stands in these forests, with a variety of other dipterocarps in ravines and scattered in such habitats.

    Southeastern Indochina dry evergreen forests 2008

  • Commercially important tree species include teak Tectona grandis, Terminatia nudiflora, Xylia kerii, L. calyculata, A. xylocarpa, D. alatus, H. odorata, Anisoptera cochinchinensis.

    Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand 2008

  • Successional vegetation, including open water, mats of floating vegetation, Typha, Phragmites, and scrub alternated with stands of towering Dipterocarpus alatus trees, and other species on higher ground, such as along river banks; Pandanus was common in many swampy forest areas.

    Chao Phraya freshwater swamp forests 2008

  • The diverse dipterocarp forests that occur in the southern portion of this ecoregion include numerous species such as Dipterocarpus alatus, D. griffithii, D. laevis, D. turbinatus, Shorea spp.,

    Tenasserim-South Thailand semi-evergreen rain forests 2008

  • E.ropoeus_ (sometimes a small tree), _E. alatus, E. Bungeanus, E. latifolius, _ and perhaps others.

    Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) 1906

  • I found the unio alatus, overtus, rugosus and gibbosus, also some anadontas.

    Memoirs of 30 Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers Schoolcraft, H R 1851

  • Horticulture experts say the newly published findings by Dr. Yi Li and others at the New England Invasive Plant Center in Storrs could be a boon for landscapers and gardeners, who've pushed annual sales of burning bush - also known as winged Euonymus alatus - past $38 million nationwide.

    KansasCity.com: Front Page 2011

  • Horticulture experts say the newly published findings by Dr. Yi Li and others at the New England Invasive Plant Center in Storrs could be a boon for landscapers and gardeners, who've pushed annual sales of burning bush - also known as winged Euonymus alatus - past $38 million nationwide.

    KansasCity.com: Front Page 2011

  • Paths snake between packed borders down a steep hillside to a small lake, the scene lit by tinting trees and shrubs including maples, rowans and the splendid, lipstick-pink Euonymus alatus a compact spindle, perfect for the small garden.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Stephen Lacey 2011

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