Editing Modification:Expanded Plants/Plants

This is a table of the real-life growths and growth seasons of plants found in Dwarf Fortress. It is a work in progress.

The values in this table will be incorporated into the Plant Fixes mod. Please feel free to help with the research!

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==A==
{| class="wikitable"
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! Plant name !! Plant type !! Climate !! Growths !! Uses !! Appearance Time !! Color !! Disappearance Time
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| rowspan=8 | [[Abaca]]
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| rowspan=7 | Perennial Tree-like herb
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| rowspan=6 | 
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| Pseudo-trunk Stem || None || Year-round || Green || N/A
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| Leaf || Cloth fiber "Manila Hemp" || Every 3-8 months || Green || N/A
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| Flower || None || No more than 1 month before leaves reappear || Red-orange || Shortly before leaves reappear
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| Fruit || Contains seeds || Sometime after leaves reappear || Almost-white brown || ??
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| Seeds || Oil for soap only (oil not edible) || N/A || Black || N/A
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| colspan=8 |
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| rowspan=8 | [[Acacia]]
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| rowspan=7 | Tree
|-
| rowspan=6 | 
|-
| Structural || Low-value wood || Year-round || Brown || N/A
|-
| Leaves || None || Year-round || Green || N/A
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| Flowers || None || Several times a year || Yellow || ??
|-
| Seedpods || Edible cooked, contains seeds, dye? || ?? || Brown || ??
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| Seeds || Edible raw or cooked || N/A || Black || N/A
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| colspan=8 |
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| rowspan=7 | [[Alder]]
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| rowspan=6 | Tree
|-
| rowspan=5 | 
|-
| Structural || Mid-value wood || Year-round || Brown || N/A
|-
| Leaves || None || Spring || Green, then orange || Autumn
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| Male catkins || None || Before leaves || Yellow/pink || Spring
|-
| Female catkins || None || Before leaves || Brown || Late autumn
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| colspan=8 |
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| rowspan=8 | [[Alfalfa]]
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| rowspan=7 | Perennial Herb
|-
| rowspan=6 | 
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| Stem || Edible when young (create sprout growth?) || Year-round || Light green || N/A
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| Leaves || None || Early/mid spring || Light green || Mid/late autumn
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| Flowers || None || Late spring || Magenta || Early autumn
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| Seedhead || Contains seeds || Mid summer || Green || Late autumn
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| Seed || Plantable, edible cooked || N/A || Light brown to yellow || N/A
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| colspan=8 |
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| rowspan=8 | [[Almond]]
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| rowspan=7 | Tree
|-
| rowspan=6 | 
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| Structural || Wood || Year-round || Brown || N/A
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| Leaves || None || Late spring || Green, then red|| November
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| Flowers || None || Late February || White || Late spring
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| Whole almonds || Contains seeds || September || Light brown || November
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| Seeds || Edible || N/A || Brown || N/A
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| rowspan=8 | [[Apple]]
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| rowspan=7 | Tree
|-
| rowspan=6 | 
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| Structural || Wood || Year-round || Brown || N/A
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| Leaves || None || Mid-spring || Green, then orange, then brown || Early winter
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| Flowers || None || Mid-spring || Pink, then white || Late spring
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| Fruit || Edible, brewable || Mid-autumn || Red, yellow or green || Late autumn
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| Seeds || None || N/A || Brown || N/A
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| rowspan=8 | [[Apricot]]
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| rowspan=7 | Tree
|-
| rowspan=6 | 
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| Structural || Wood || Year-round || Brown || N/A
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| Leaves || None || Mid-spring || Green, then yellow || Mid-autumn
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| Flowers || None || Very early spring || White || Somewhat quickly
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| Fruit || Edible, brewable, contains seed || Mid-summer || Orange || Early autumn
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| Pit/kernel || Edible, edible oil || N/A || Brown || N/A
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| rowspan=4 | [[Arrow Bamboo]]
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| rowspan=3 | Perennial shrub-like herb
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| rowspan=2 | 
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| colspan=5 | No usable or even interesting growths; going to leave it an unremarkable grass. (Too thin for timber.) However, it grows up to 18 ft tall; might make it a shrub? Stupid pandas and their needing bamboo to be a grass.
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| colspan=8 |
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| rowspan=9 | [[Artichoke]]
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| rowspan=8 | Perennial Herb 
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| rowspan=7 | 
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| Stem || None || Year-round || Light green || N/A
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| Leaves || None || Mid-Spring || Light green || Late autumn
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| Bud w/ Heart || Edible/Brewable || Early summer || Light green || 2 weeks later
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| Flower || None || Immediate upon bud disappearance || Bright purple || ??
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| Seedhead || Contains seeds || Sometime after flower disappearance || Brown || Late autumn
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| Seeds || Planting || N/A || ?? || N/A
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| rowspan=8 | [[Ash_tree|Ash]]
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| rowspan=7 | Tree
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| rowspan=6 | 
|-
| Structural || Low to mid-quality wood || Year-round || Brown || N/A
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| Leaves || None || Late spring || Green, then yellow orange or red || Early autumn
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| Flowers (male & female panicles) || None || Mid-spring || Purple || 
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| Samaras || None || Summer || Green then brown, falls off in cloud || Mid-autumn
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| Winter buds || None || Mid-winter || Brown || When leaves appear
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| rowspan=8 | [[Asparagus]]
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| rowspan=7 | Perennial Herb
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| rowspan=6 | 
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| Woody stem || None || Year-round || Brown || N/A
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| New shoots || Edible || Late spring || light green || Early summer
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| Leaves "ferns" || None || Early summer || Green, then yellow in fall & brown in winter || Late winter
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| Flowers || None || June || White or yellow || July
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| Berries || Contains seeds|| ?? || Red || ??
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| rowspan=7 | [[Avocado]]
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| rowspan=6 | Tree
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| rowspan=5 | 
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| Structural || Wood || Year-round || Brown || N/A
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| Leaves || None || Year-round || Green || N/A
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| Flowers || None? || January || Light green || February
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| Fruits || Edible (raw), edible oil || June || Green || October
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==B==
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! Plant name !! Plant type !! Climate !! Growths !! Uses !! Appearance Time !! Color !! Disappearance Time
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| [[Baby Toes Succulent]] || Perennial Succulent (herb?) || Very hot desert || Flowers || None || Late summer || White or yellow || Mid-autumn
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| rowspan=8 | [[Bambara Groundnut]]
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| rowspan=7 | Annual Herb
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| rowspan=6 | Semi-arid tropical to subtropical savannah
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| Stem || None || Year-round || Green? || N/A
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| Leaves || None || Year-round || Green || N/A
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| Flowers || None || 40 days after planting || purple or yellow?|| 60 days after planting
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| Seedpods || Contain seeds || Every 85 days, starting at pollination || Brown || 30 days after appearance
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| Seeds || Edible, plantable. Oil? || N/A || Light brown || N/A
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| rowspan=8 | [[Banana]]
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| rowspan=7 | Perennial tree-like herb
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| rowspan=6 | Tropical, medium to wet forest
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| Pseudostem || None || A new one every 6-8 months || Green || Shortly after fruiting
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| Leaves || Fiber for thread || New leaves with every pseudostem || Green || Shortly after fruiting
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| Inflorescence (1/plant, at the "tip" of the bunch.) || Edible || No more than 2 months after pseudostem matures || Dark red || When the fruit falls
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| Flowers (grow on the inflorescence) || None || Shortly after development of inflorescence || Pale pink || Appear in stages from base to tip; so about 2 months after appearing?
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| Fruit (grow along the inflorescence, from the "base" of it, where the early flowers were) || Edible, brewable || 4 months after flowering|| Yellow or green || About 2 months after the first ripen (they ripen gradually from the base of the inflorescence to the tip)
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| rowspan=7 | [[Barley]]
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| rowspan=6 | Annual Herb
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| rowspan=5 | Temperate to subtropical forest/grassland
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| Stalk || None || 15 days after leaves emerge || Green, then brown || 90 days after leaves emerge
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| Leaves || None || Early spring || Green, then brown || 90 days after leaves emerge
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| Seedhead || Contains seeds || 50 days after leaves emerge|| Green, then brown || 90 days after leaves emerge
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| Seeds || Edible, brewable, millable || N/A || Brown || N/A
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| rowspan=8 | [[Bayberry]] Bush
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| rowspan=7 | Perennial Shrub
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| rowspan=6 | Temperate marshes or other wet-to-medium. Saltwater OK.
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| Structural || None || Year-round || Brown || N/A
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| Leaves || None || Early spring || Green || Late autumn (some are evergreen)
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| Flowers || None || Mid-Spring || Yellow || Late spring
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| Berries || Press for inedible oil & wax; contains seeds || Mid-summer || Light green, ripening to gray-light blue in autumn|| Mid-winter
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| Seeds || Plantable || N/A || || N/A
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| rowspan=7 | [[Bayberry]] Tree (Chinese Bayberry)
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| rowspan=6 | Tree
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| rowspan=5 | Temperate to subtropical, well-drained, light tree cover at most.
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| Structural || Low-quality wood || Year-round || Brown || N/A
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| Leaves || None || Year-round || Green || N/A
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| Flowers || None || ?? || White || ??
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| Berries || Edible, brewable || Harvestable in November || Red || Not long - go bad quickly
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| rowspan=8 | [[Beet]]
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| rowspan=7 | Biennial Herb
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| rowspan=6 | Temperate, moderately wet, grassland to lightly forested
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| Root || Edible, dye || Year-round || Dark magenta-brown || N/A
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| Leaves || Edible raw or cooked|| Late spring || Green || Mid autumn
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| Flowers || None || Mid-summer || Green || Mid-summer
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| Seedhead || Contain seeds || Late summer || Brown || Late summer
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| Seed || Plantable || N/A || Brown || N/A
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| [[Bentgrass]] || Perennial Herb || Anywhere || colspan=5 | Boring. No indication of edible seeds, flowers are small & green & look like a seedhead. Just leave it, whatevs.
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| colspan=8 |
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| rowspan=8 | [[Bilberry]]
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| rowspan=7 | Shrub
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| rowspan=6 | Temperate & subarctic with poor soil. Forests-shrubland.
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| Structural || None || Year-round || Brown || N/A
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| Leaves || None || Spring || Green, then red || Fall
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| Flowers || None || Mid-spring || Light red || Early summer
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| Berries || Edible, brewable, dye, contains seeds || Late summer || Dark purple || Early autumn
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| Seeds || Plantable || N/A || Dark red || N/A
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| rowspan=7 | [[Birch]]
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| rowspan=6 | Tree
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| rowspan=5 | Temperate to boreal, any thickness veg
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| Wood || High quality wood || Year-round || Cream to tan || N/A
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| Leaves || None || Mid spring|| Light green, then orange || Mid autumn
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| Male catkins || None || Mid autumn || Yellow || Late spring
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| Female catkins || None || Early spring || Brown || Early Autumn
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| rowspan=7 | [[Bitter melon]]
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| rowspan=6 | Herbacious vine
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| rowspan=5 | Tropical & subtropical forests
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| Vine || None || Year-round || Green, then brown || N/A
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| Leaves || Edible when young || Year-round || Green || N/A
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| Flowers || None || June || Yellow || July
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| Melons || Edible, contains plantable seeds; incidentally, used in place of hops in brewing! || September || Green, then yellow-orange (not edible when yellow-orange - overripe, too bitter) || November
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| rowspan=7 | [[Bitter orange]]
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| rowspan=6 | Tree, arguably shrub
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| rowspan=5 | Subtropical to mildly temperate. Needs full sun.
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| Structural || Wood || Year-round || Brown || N/A
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| Leaves || None || January || Green, then orange || ??
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| Flowers || None || Late spring || White || Early summer
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| Fruit || Edible cooked, source of orange marmalade, orange oil - good with sugar || December ripening || Green, then orange || February
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| rowspan=8 | [[Bitter vetch]]
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| rowspan=7 | Annual? herb
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| rowspan=6 | Sub-tropical dryish (Turkey, Iraq etc.)
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| Stem/Structural || None || ?? little info remains || Green || ??
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| Leaves || None || ?? || Green, look like honey locust || ??
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| Flowers || None || ?? || White to light purple || ??
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| Pods || Contains seeds || ?? || Brown || ??
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| Seeds || Edible COOKED ONLY, causes paralysis if undercooked || N/A || Brown || N/A
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| rowspan=8 | [[Blackberry]]
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| rowspan=7 | Perennial shrub
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| rowspan=6 | Temperate; tolerates poor soil; best in bright sun; not too wet
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| Canes (structural) || None || Year-round || Wood || N/A
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| Leaves || None || Early spring || Green, then red-purple in autumn || Late autumn?
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| Flowers || None || May || White || Early summer
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| Berries || Edible, brewable, contains seeds; when eaten raw should not produce seeds || Late summer || Red when unripe, then black || Mid-autumn
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| Seeds || Edible raw or cooked, plantable || N/A || Purple || N/A
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| rowspan=8 | [[Blood amaranth]]
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| rowspan=7 | Annual herb
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| rowspan=6 | Temperate to tropical, wet or dry. Requires direct sun, does not compete well against other plants.
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| Stem || Edible when young || Mid spring || Green tinged with magenta || Early autumn
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| Leaves || Edible, harvestable every 20 days or so - super crazy || Mid spring || Magenta tinged green || Early autumn
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| Flowers || Hopi Red dye? May not be appropriate for fabric, was mostly used on pottery & as food coloring. || Late spring (70 days after planting) || Magenta-purple || Early summer
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| Seedheads || Contain seeds || Mid summer (110 days after planting) || Also magenta-purple! || Early autumn
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| Seeds || Edible cooked, flour, plantable || N/A || Black for wild, white for domesticated || N/A
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| colspan=8 |
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| [[Blue sedge]] || Perennial? herb || Drought-tolerant, sun to part-shade, temperate to subtropical. Tolerates salt. || colspan=5 | Pretty boring. Blue-green, but otherwise basic ground cover.
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| rowspan=8 | [[Blueberry]]
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| rowspan=7 | Perennial Shrub
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| rowspan=6 | Tundra to mild temperate, swampy to scrubby. Can deal with some woodland, but not downright forest. Will grow on mountains, Toady. :<
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| Structural || None || Year-round || Brown || N/A
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| Leaves || None || Middle spring || Green, then red || Early-mid autumn
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| Flowers || None? || Mid spring || White || Late spring/early summer
|-
| Berries || Edible, contain plantable seeds. NOT dye, blueberry stain does not hold to fabric. || Early summer || Green, then red, then (when ripe) dark blue || Late summer
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| Seeds || Plantable. Should not be produced when eating the berry raw. || N/A || Purpley red || N/A
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| rowspan=8 | [[Broad bean]] (fava bean)
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| rowspan=7 | Herb, annual but doesn't die off except due to weather?
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| rowspan=6 | Temperate to cold. Can handle a little wet but not too much, no dryness, some salt. Will not fruit above 70F or below 40F. Possibly divide into two plants - one a winter bean in warmer areas, one a summer bean in colder? Sharing each other's materials?
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| Structural || None || Extremely early spring || Green || Hang around until killed - can we accomplish this with heatdamage & colddamage points on the structural material?
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| Leaves || Edible raw, but this will reduce bean crop obvs. || Extremely early spring || Green || Hang around until killed
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| Flowers || Edible raw || ?? || White || 2-6 weeks later (depending on heat - hotter is longer)
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| Pods || Contain seeds || 80-100 days after planting || Green || Not long after? Beans are best when younger, and can only be eaten raw when harvested young - but can still be picked afterwards. A few different growths?
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| Seeds || Edible raw or cooked, plantable || N/A || Green, then white, then black || N/A
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| rowspan=8 | [[Buckwheat]]
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| rowspan=7 | Annual herb
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| rowspan=6 | Short-season crop, needs drainage but not dry. Mid-temperate to cold-temperate. No higher than 90F after the first 4 weeks, then no frost until the full 12 weeks are over.
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| Stalk || None || Early spring, Mid summer || Green || Dies in cold or when picked
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| Leaves || None || Early spring, Mid summer || Green || Dies in cold or when picked
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| Flowers || None || 6 weeks after sowing || White || 2-3 weeks
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| Seedhead || Contains seeds || 10-12 weeks after planting || Black || Mid autumn
|-
| Seeds || Edible cooked, flour, brewable || N/A || Brown || N/A
|}

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==C==
{| class="wikitable"
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! Plant name !! Plant type !! Climate !! Growths !! Uses !! Appearance Time !! Color !! Disappearance Time
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| rowspan=9 | [[Cabbage]]
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| rowspan=8 | Bienniel herb
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| rowspan=7 | Temperate, not too shaded
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| Head || Edible with its leaves || Mid-spring, early autumn || Green || Late spring/Early summer
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| Stem || None || Early summer || Green || Until plant dies (in DF, probably until heads come up again)
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| Leaves (opened, on stalk, not head) || None || Early summer (of the second year, but this is DF) || Green || Until plant dies
|-
| Raceme/flowers || None? || Slightly later than the stem || Yellow || ?? Shortly after presumably
|-
| Seed pods || Contains plantable seeds || a month after the flowers end? || Light brown || Only a few days!
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| Seeds || Plantable || N/A || Chestnut brown || N/A
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| rowspan=8 | [[Cacao tree]]
|-
| rowspan=7 | Tree
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| rowspan=6 | Tropical forests
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| Wood || Wood || Year-round || Brown || N/A
|-
| Leaves || None || Year-round || Green || N/A
|-
| Flowers || None || Year-round || ivory/pale yellow || N/A
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| Cacao pod || Contains seeds || Year-round, with a 5-6 month ripening period || Green then orange || N/A
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| Cacao beans || Edible cooked, ground to cacao paste, pressed to cacao butter (soap possible also) and cacao powder || N/A || Chocolate-colored! || N/A
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| colspan=8 |
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| rowspan=8 | [[Candlenut]]
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| rowspan=7 | Tree
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| rowspan=6 | Tropics with decent rain and good drainage. Slightly salt-tolerant.
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| Wood || Wood || Year-round || Brown || N/A
|-
| Leaves || None || Year-round || Green || N/A
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| Flowers || None || January || White || March
|-
| Nuts || Contains seed || September || Green, gray when ripe || December
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| Seeds || Edible; millable; pressable for oil || N/A || Brown || N/A
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| rowspan=9 | [[Caper]]
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| rowspan=8 | Perennial shrub
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| rowspan=7 | Tropical or subtropical deserts
|-
| Structural || None || Year-round || Purple || N/A
|-
| Leaves || Edible cooked || Year-round? || Green? || N/A
|-
| Buds || Edible cooked || May || Green || August
|-
| Flowers || None || Slightly later May || White || August
|-
| Berries || Edible cooked, contains seeds || June || Green-brown || September
|-
| Seeds || Plantable, obvs || N/A || Brown || N/A
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan=7 | [[Carambola]]
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| rowspan=6 | Broadleaf tree
|-
| rowspan=5 | Tropical (forests?)
|-
| Wood || Wood || Year-round || Birch-like (under the bark), with a little pink? || N/A
|-
| Leaves || None || Year-round || Dark green || N/A
|-
| Flowers || None || Year-round || Lavender/pink || N/A
|-
| Fruits (Starfruit) || Edible, brewable || Year-round || Green when unripe, then yellow || 3 crops/year
|-
| colspan=8 |
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| [[Carpetgrass]] || Perennial herb || Tropical & subtropical wet - tolerates periodic submersion & deep shade || colspan=5 | Nothing interesting - green leaves, no interesting flowers or fruits.
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| colspan=8 |
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| rowspan=9 | [[Cashew]]
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| rowspan=8 | Tree
|-
| rowspan=7 | Tropical woodlands; leaves spread wide, so not thick forests. Both drought and wet tolerant.
|-
| Wood || Wood || Year-round || Brown || N/A
|-
| Leaves || None || Year-round || Dark green || N/A
|-
| Flowers || None || Winter || Light green, then pink-red || Later in that winter
|-
| Fruit w/ nut || Edible, brewable into urrac, attached to NUT, not seed || A few months after flowering || Green nut, then green fruit, then red-orange when ripe || Drop after a few weeks? No gathering from ground, they sprout.
|- 
| Nut || Contains one seed, but seed is surrounded by a caustic chemical! Might make for some FUN in processing - chance to produce blister-liquid in workshop? || N/A || Darker brown || N/A
|-
| Seed || Edible raw or cooked, nut butter, oil || N/A || Light brown || N/A
|-
| colspan=8 |
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| rowspan=9 | [[Cassava]]
|-
| rowspan=8 | Shrub 
|-
| rowspan=7 | Tropical & subtropical. Both wet- and dry-tolerant (but not desert).
|-
| Structural || None || Year-round || Brown || N/A
|-
| Leaves || Edible cooked, with same syndromes as root (Note to self: test out if ingested syndromes via cooking is possible) || Year-round || Green || N/A
|-
| Root/tuber || Edible cooked (chance of cyanide poisoning. Let's leave out acute poisoning but give a chance for the effects of chronic exposure via layered syndromes. A few layers in you get: temporary blurred vision, permanent liver, kidney, pancreas & motor nerve damage, esp. to legs. Progressively worse motor nerve damage if it's still eaten, eventually blisters on brain & organ shutdown.), brewable, grindable to flour (we'll say flour is non-toxic since though toxic flour is possible, best practices REQUIRE making it into flour) || Year-round || Light brown || N/A
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| Flowers || None || July || Bright pink || January
|-
| Fruit || Contains plantable seeds || 70-90 days after pollination || Light green & Brown || 70-90 days after the last flowers disappear I guess?
|-
| Seeds || Plantable || N/A || Brown || N/A
|-
| colspan=8 |
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| rowspan= | [[Cattail]]
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| colspan=8 |
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| rowspan= | [[Cedar]]
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| colspan=8 |
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| rowspan= | [[Celery]]
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| colspan=8 |
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| rowspan= | [[Cherry]]
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| colspan=8 |
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| rowspan= | [[Chestnut]]
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| colspan=8 |
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| rowspan= | [[Chickpea]]
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| colspan=8 |
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| rowspan= | [[Chicory]]
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| colspan=8 |
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| rowspan= | [[Citron]]
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| colspan=8 |
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| rowspan= | [[Cloudberry]]
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| colspan=8 |
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| rowspan= | [[Coconut palm]]
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| colspan=8 |
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| rowspan= | [[Coffee]]
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| colspan=8 |
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| rowspan= | [[Common reed]]
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| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Cotton]]
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| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Cottongrass]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Cowpea]]
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| colspan=8 |
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| rowspan= | [[Cranberry]]
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| colspan=8 |
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| rowspan= | [[Cucumber]]
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| colspan=8 |
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| rowspan= | [[Custard-apple]]
|}

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==D==
{| class="wikitable"
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! Plant name !! Plant type !! Climate !! Growths !! Uses !! Appearance Time !! Color !! Disappearance Time
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| rowspan= | [[Dallisgrass]]
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| colspan=8 |
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| rowspan= | [[Date palm]]
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| colspan=8 |
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| rowspan= | [[Desert lime]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Dog's tooth grass]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Downy grass]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Dropseed grass]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Durian]]
|}

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==E==
{| class="wikitable"
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! Plant name !! Plant type !! Climate !! Growths !! Uses !! Appearance Time !! Color !! Disappearance Time
|-
| rowspan= | [[Eggplant]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
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| rowspan= | [[Elephant-head amaranth]]
|}

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==F==
{| class="wikitable"
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! Plant name !! Plant type !! Climate !! Growths !! Uses !! Appearance Time !! Color !! Disappearance Time
|-
| rowspan= | [[Fescue grass]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Field sedge]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Finger lime]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Finger millet]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Fisher berry]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Flax]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Fonio]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Foxtail millet]]
|}

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==G==
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|-
! Plant name !! Plant type !! Climate !! Growths !! Uses !! Appearance Time !! Color !! Disappearance Time
|-
| rowspan= | [[Garden Cress]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Garlic]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Ginkgo]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Golden bamboo]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Grama]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Grape]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Guava]]
|}

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==H==
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|-
! Plant name !! Plant type !! Climate !! Growths !! Uses !! Appearance Time !! Color !! Disappearance Time
|-
| rowspan= | [[Hair grass]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Hard wheat]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Hazel]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Hedge bamboo]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Hemp]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Horned melon]]
|}

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==I==

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==J==
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|-
! Plant name !! Plant type !! Climate !! Growths !! Uses !! Appearance Time !! Color !! Disappearance Time
|-
| rowspan= | [[Jute]]
|}

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==K==
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|-
! Plant name !! Plant type !! Climate !! Growths !! Uses !! Appearance Time !! Color !! Disappearance Time
|-
| rowspan= | [[Kaniwa]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Kapok]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Kenaf]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Knotgrass]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Kumquat]]
|}

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==L==
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|-
! Plant name !! Plant type !! Climate !! Growths !! Uses !! Appearance Time !! Color !! Disappearance Time
|-
| rowspan= | [[Larch]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Leek]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Lentil]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Lesser yam]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Lettuce]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Lime]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Long yam]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Lychee]]
|}

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==M==

Work on M is in progress by a friend of mine who prefers to use a spreadsheet. If you're here to help, please begin with another letter. Thanks!

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Plant name !! Plant type !! Climate !! Growths !! Uses !! Appearance Time !! Color !! Disappearance Time
|-
| rowspan= | [[Macadamia]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Mahogany]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Maize]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Mango]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Mangrove]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Maple]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Marsh thistle]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Meadow-grass]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Meadowsweet]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Mountain avens]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Mung bean]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Muskmelon]]
|}

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==N==
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|-
! Plant name !! Plant type !! Climate !! Growths !! Uses !! Appearance Time !! Color !! Disappearance Time
|-
| rowspan= | [[Needle Grass]]
|}

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==O==
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|-
! Plant name !! Plant type !! Climate !! Growths !! Uses !! Appearance Time !! Color !! Disappearance Time
|-
| rowspan= | [[Oak]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Oats]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Olive]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Onion]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Orange]]
|}

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==P==
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|-
! Plant name !! Plant type !! Climate !! Growths !! Uses !! Appearance Time !! Color !! Disappearance Time
|-
| rowspan= | [[Palm]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Papaya]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Papyrus sedge]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Paradise nut]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Parsnip]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Passion fruit]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Pea]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Peach]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Peanut]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Pear]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Pearl millet]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Pebble plant]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Pecan]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Pendant amaranth]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Pepper]] (bell)
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Persimmon]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Pine]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Pineapple]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Plum]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Pomegranate]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Pomelo]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Potato]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Purple amaranth]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Purple moor grass]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Purple yam]]
|}

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==Q==
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|-
! Plant name !! Plant type !! Climate !! Growths !! Uses !! Appearance Time !! Color !! Disappearance Time
|-
| rowspan= | [[Quinoa]]
|}

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==R==
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|-
! Plant name !! Plant type !! Climate !! Growths !! Uses !! Appearance Time !! Color !! Disappearance Time
|-
| rowspan= | [[Radish]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Rambutan]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Ramie]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Raspberry]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Red bean]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Red spinach]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Reedgrass]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Rhubarb]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Rice]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Round lime]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Rubber tree]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Rush]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Rye]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Ryegrass]]
|}

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==S==
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|-
! Plant name !! Plant type !! Climate !! Growths !! Uses !! Appearance Time !! Color !! Disappearance Time
|-
| rowspan= | [[Saguaro]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Sand pear]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Satintail]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Sawgrass]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Single-grain wheat]] (einkorn)
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Soft wheat]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Sorghum]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Soybean]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Spelt]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Spinach]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Squash]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Strawberry]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[String bean]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Sweet potato]]
|}

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==T==
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|-
! Plant name !! Plant type !! Climate !! Growths !! Uses !! Appearance Time !! Color !! Disappearance Time
|-
| rowspan=8 | [[Taro]]
|-
| rowspan=7 | Perennial Herb
|-
| rowspan=6 | Tropical wetland (native, also cultivated dry), high/medium soil fertility, any drainage, can handle some drought and flooding
|-
| Corm || Edible (cooked), flour, folk medicine || All year || Brown (with light purple) || N/A (harvested when leaves start to die)
|-
| Leaves || Edible (cooked), folk medicine || Spring/Summer (any period of warm wet weather) || Green, go yellow || 8-16 months
|-
| Flowers || ?? || Very rare (supposedly as result of farming) || Yellow, white, green || ??
|-
| Fruit || Contains seeds || Very rare (people plant the tubers) || Red || ??
|-
| Seeds || ?? || N/A || White || N/A
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan=8 | [[Tea]]
|-
| rowspan=7 | Evergreen shrub / small tree 
|-
| rowspan=6 | Tropical (wet/dry), native habitat debated
|-
| Structural || Wood || N/A || Brown || N/A
|-
| Leaves || Drink, folk medicine, stimulant, edible oil, tannin, dye || Some sources say continuous growth, others that there is a dormant period after seed production || Dark green || N/A (two harvests: early spring and summer, other sources say all the time)
|-
| Flowers || Drink || Late autumn (rare on farms) || White petals, yellow stamen || During fruit growth
|-
| Fruits || Contains seeds || ?? || Green, go yellow and red, then brown || ??
|-
| Seeds || Edible oil (not to be mistaken for tea tree oil) || N/A || Black/dark brown || N/A
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan=7 | [[Teff]]
|-
| rowspan=6 | Annual cereal grain
|-
| rowspan=5 | Subtropical / Tropical grasslands, swamps, marshes, very hardy, can handle limited drought and water logged soil, low/medium fertility soil
|-
| Stems || Straw || Late spring - summer (seeds sown) || Green, goes yellow || Autumn/Winter (after harvest)
|-
| Leaves || ?? || With stem || Green, goes yellow || With stem
|-
| Seedhead || Contains seed || Summer || red/green (sort of flowers), then yellow || Autumn (harvest time), Gone by winter
|-
| Grain || Edible (cooked at least), flour || N/A || White/light brown (wild relative would drop seeds) || N/A
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan=8 | [[Tomatillo]]
|-
| rowspan=7 | Annual Herb
|-
| rowspan=6 | Tropical, high drainage soil, high rainfall
|-
| Structural || Poisonous parts used as folk medicine || Spring (planting time) || Green || ??
|-
| Leaves || Poisonous || With stem || Green || ??
|-
| Flower || Poisonous || ?? || Pale yellow || ??
|-
| Fruit || Edible (raw/cooked), contains seeds, husk poisonous || Summer/early autumn (harvest time) || Grows inside a green husk which dries yellow/brown, fruit itself green, by end bursts through dry husk || ??
|-
| Seeds || Edible (cooked at least) || N/A || Pale yellow || N/A
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Tomato]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Turnip]]
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan= | [[Two-grain wheat]]
|}

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==U==
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|-
! Plant name !! Plant type !! Climate !! Growths !! Uses !! Appearance Time !! Color !! Disappearance Time
|-
| rowspan=8 | [[Urad bean]]
|-
| rowspan=7 | Annual Herb 
|-
| rowspan=6 | Tropical (sources vary on dry/wet), medium to high soil fertility, high drainage
|-
| Structural || Animal feed, fertilizer || Planted in summer or winter || Green || Two/three months
|-
| Leaves || ?? || Quickly || Green || Two/three months
|-
| Flowers || ?? || One month || Yellow || With bean pod development
|-
| Bean pods || Edible (raw/cooked) || ?? || Green, goes yellow, then black || Two months (harvest time)
|-
| Beans || Edible (raw/cooked), flour || N/A || Black, some dark green|| N/A
|-
|}

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==V==
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|-
! Plant name !! Plant type !! Climate !! Growths !! Uses !! Appearance Time !! Color !! Disappearance Time
|-
| rowspan=5 | [[Velvet grass]]
|-
| rowspan=4 | Perennial grass
|-
| rowspan=3 | Temperate (open forest, woodland, marshes, grassland)
|-
| Structural (leaves, stems, and all) || Grazing || ?? || Green || N/A
|-
| Flowers || None || Summer || White with pale pink || Summer
|-
|}

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==W==
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|-
! Plant name !! Plant type !! Climate !! Growths !! Uses !! Appearance Time !! Color !! Disappearance Time
|-
| rowspan=8 | [[Walnut]]
|-
| rowspan=7 | Tree, Alternate Bearing
|-
| rowspan=6 | 
|-
| Structural || High-value wood || Year-round || Dark Brown || N/A
|-
| Leaves || None || Early Spring || Green, then yellow, fall in clouds || Early Autumn
|-
| Flowers (male first and then female) || None || Spring || Green || Late Spring / When seedpods appear
|-
| Seedpods || Contains nuts, brown dye, tannin, ink || Late Spring / Early Summer, fall || Brown / Green || Late Summer / Early Autumn (when ready)
|-
| Nuts || Edible raw or cooked, oil (food and paint), nut casing used for a few things most not period appropriate || N/A || Brown || N/A
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan=8 | [[Watermelon]]
|-
| rowspan=7 | Annual Vine
|-
| rowspan=6 | Tropical / Subtropical (dry season), full sun, needs open space as they spread and kill neighbours, can be grown on trellis
|-
| Vines || None || Early winter (in original setting) || Yellow/Brown hairs on new growth, Green, brown when dry || ??
|-
| Leaves || Edible raw || With vines || Green, brown when dry || ??
|-
| Flowers || Edible raw || They grow quickly || Yellow, brown when dry || When fruit develops
|-
| Fruit || Edible raw, but better cooked, Brewable, acts as major water source for animals, humans can survive on it alone for 6 months || ?? || Green / Light green (sweeter ones go more yellow), may fall (stem goes dry) || Mid-Winter (when ready)
|-
| Seeds || Edible cooked, flour || N/A || Black || N/A
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan=7 | [[White millet]]
|-
| rowspan=6 | Annual grass
|-
| rowspan=5 | Temperate (dry), any soil save coarse sands
|-
| Stem || None || Spring || Green, goes yellow || ??
|-
| Leaves || None || With stem, but getting bushy by late Spring || Green, goes yellow || ??
|-
| Seedhead || Contain seeds || Late summer, early winter (when ready) || Green, goes yellow, wild varieties would drop these || ??
|-
| Seeds || Edible cooked, flour || N/A || white/yellow (husks after milling: cream, yellow, orange-red, or brown) || N/A
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan=5 | [[White mountain heather]]
|-
| rowspan=4 | Perennial shrub
|-
| rowspan=3 | Sub-alpine, patches on ground and in crevices
|-
| Structural (leaves, stems, and all) || None || ?? || Dark green || N/A
|-
| Flowers || None || Spring || White with red bractlets || Summer
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan=8 | [[White yam]]
|-
| rowspan=7 | Perennial Herb Vine
|-
| rowspan=6 | Tropical (wet, some say dry too), very fertile soil
|-
| Root || Edible (cooked), flour (dried rind) || All year (planted at start of rainy season) || Brown || N/A (usually harvested just before dry season)
|-
| Leaves || Edible (at least other yam leaves are) || Wet season and after dry season || Green, go yellow || ??
|-
| Flowers || ?? || After dry season, rare and often sterile || White/green || ??
|-
| Seedhead || Contains seeds || Rare || ?? || ??
|-
| Seed || ?? || N/A || ?? || N/A
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan=8 | [[Wild carrot]]
|-
| rowspan=7 | Biennial herb 
|-
| rowspan=6 | Temperate (dry/good drainage), tolerates poor/moderate soil 
|-
| Root || Edible raw/cooked (by second year too woody and needs cooking) || Late autumn to early summer (seeds sown), ready to harvest by summer same year || White || ??
|-
| Leaves || Some say edible, others poisonous (phytophotodermatitis) || ?? || Green || Autumn
|-
| Flowers || Edible || Summer (second year) || White || Early autumn
|-
| Fruit || Contains seeds, dried as kindling || Late summer / early autumn (second year) || Brown with yellow/white hairs || they get stuck to animals
|-
| Seeds || Edible, dye, folk medicine || N/A || Yellow brown || N/A
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan=8 | [[Willow]]
|-
| rowspan=7 | Perennial tree 
|-
| rowspan=6 | Temperate (wet)
|-
| Structural || Light flexible wood, wicker, paper, fibre, medicine (bark), tannin (bark) || ?? || Brown || N/A
|-
| Leaves || Medicine || Early spring - early summer || Green || Autumn (semievergreen)
|-
| Catkins || Edible (poor people cooked and mashed them) || Before or with leaves || Yellow, white || ??
|-
| Seedpods || Contains seeds || Summer || Light brown || ??
|-
| Seeds || ?? || Late summer || Green (hairy) (fall in clouds) || Late summer, early autumn
|-
| colspan=8 |
|-
| rowspan=8 | [[Winter melon]]
|-
| rowspan=7 | Annual Vine
|-
| rowspan=6 | Tropical (wet/dry), warm season, moist environment (when young, when established fairly drought resistant), well drained soil, frost kills, full sun
|-
| Vines || Edible (shoots and tendrils) || Spring || Green, goes brown || Late summer, early autumn
|-
| Leaves || Edible (raw/cooked) || Spring || Green, goes brown || Late summer, early autumn
|-
| Flowers || Edible (raw/cooked) || ?? || Yellow, goes brown || As fruit develops
|-
| Fruit || Contains seeds, edible (raw/cooked), takes months to spoil || ?? || Pale green, whiter with age (waxy) (white fuzz when young), folk medicine, candles (waxy coating), || Late summer, early autumn (fully ripe, but can be eaten immature), may drop from vine
|-
| Seeds || Edible (not sure how), oil || N/A || Yellow || N/A
|-
|}

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==X==

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==Z==
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|-
! Plant name !! Plant type !! Climate !! Growths !! Uses !! Appearance Time !! Color !! Disappearance Time
|-
| rowspan= | [[Zoysia]]
|}

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