### plant | tracheophyte | lily:

Hardy lily
* Hardy Lilies can remain in the pond year round.
* Hardy lilies are able to withstand most conditions and are the most common
  - particularly popular because of their spectacular blooms
  - perennials and frost tolerant
  - very popular because of their spectacular blooms
  - can overwinter in the pond in cold climates
  - require very little care
* Some hardy lilies grow in containers.

Sea lily
* Most sea lilies have flowers.
* Sea lilies are known to eventually detach from their sessile habitat
  - restricted to deep water and attach permanently to the bottom
  - suspension feeders, sifting through water currents for microorganisms
* Sea lilies have a central body, or calyx, surrounded by feathery, usually heavily branched arms
  - look like flowers, hence the name, but are actually animals

Torch lily
* Some torch lilies survive cold winter
* Torch Lilies stand out as specimen plantings in sunny gardens
  - lilies are a favorite of hummingbirds

Tropical lily
* Most tropical lilies spread widely.
* Tropical lilies are available as night or day bloomers
  - usually the best flowering plants
  - bloom profusely, far more than hardy lilies and for longer in the fall
  - have the best selection in colors and types
  - have, for the most part, more spectacular flowers and foliage

True lily
* Most true lilies are hardy perennials in the Bay Area.
* True lilies are members of the genus Lilium
  - belong to the genus Lilium
  - have stiff stems with relatively narrow strap like leaves from top to bottom

### plant | tracheophyte:

Lupin
* are flowers
  - important larval food plants for many lepidopterans , the butterflies and moths
  - narrow-leaved lupins
  - on friendly terms with humans, elves, and dwarves
  - popular ornamental plants in gardens
* can also recognise the smell of a person or creature they have encountered before.
* cross readily, hence isolation for propagation is absolutely necessary.
* dislike goblinoids and hate all evil canines, especially werewolves.
* ferment more slowly in the rumen than high-starch grains like wheat.
* grow best in neutral to somewhat acid soils.
* have a high energy and crude protein content
  - quite large seeds, which are easy to handle and to sow individually
* look like furred humans with canine heads.
* vary in such phenotypic characters as growth habit, flower color, seed color, and height.

### plant | tracheophyte:

Lupine
* add nutrients back into the ecosystem.
* always have their leaves fanned out to receive direct sunlight.
* are in the pea family so they have flowers that look like pea flowers
  - part of the legume family and add nitrogen to the soil enabling plant growth
  - short-lived perennials producing spikes of pea like flowers
  - woody plants
* come in many sizes too.
* cool-season crop, and is relatively tolerant of spring frosts.
* do well in partial shade and wooded areas.
* embodies the first trophic level, which brings life through revegetation.
* favorite in Eastern European countries as a cover crop preceding potatoes.
* germinates better with intermittent fires, for example.
* grow in forest clearings, many of which are caused by wild fires.
* have a small purple flower and are a member of the pea family.
* helps corn and many other crops.
* lasts for a bit less than a mile in low trees, mostly under the sun.
* poor competitor with weeds, and is slow to develop a full canopy.
* shade-intolerant herb, and can be rapidly overtopped and excluded by shrubs or trees.

### plant | tracheophyte | nightshade:

Black nightshade
* are nightshades.
* is an annual herb with a tap root
  - found worldwide, and is the prevalent nightshade in California
  - poisonous to all livestock that eat it
* problem in blackeye beans and cowpeas.