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  • Muscle Innervation
  • Hamamelis virginiana (Witch hazel)
  • Pen-drawing of a tree, 1702
  • Betula pendula (Silver birch)
  • Ming herbal (painting): Sappan tree
  • Acer Saccharum (Sugar Maple)
  • Alnus glutinosa (Common Alder)
  • Aesculus hippocastanum (Horse chestnut)
  • Alnus glutinosa (Common Alder)
  • Castanea sativa (Sweet or Spanish chestnut)
  • Microfilaments
  • Aesculus hippocastanum (H. chestnut fruits)
  • Eucalyptus sp. (Eucalyptus)
  • Citrus Limon (Lemon)
  • Ficus carica (Common fig)
  • Taxus baccata (English yew)
  • Ming herbal (painting): Aspen/white poplar
  • Larix decidua (European larch)
  • Citrus bergamia (Bergamot orange)
  • Fraxinus excelsior (Ash)
  • Juniperus communis (Juniper)
  • Ming herbal (painting): Zelkova tree
  • Ming herbal (painting): Mongolian oak
  • Olea Euroapaea (Olive)
  • Nepal; deforestation in the Khumbu, 1986. Stacked firewood outside a Sherpa house at Phakding (altitude 3200 metres). Also shown are carrying baskets (bottom right) and prayer flags attached to thin sticks stuck into the ground. In common with many smallholdings, the ground floor of the house is reserved for animals while the family lives upstairs. By the early 1980s, it was estimated that massive deforestation was contributing to the loss of 240 million cubic metres of topsoil in Nepal each year. Sherpas rely on wood for fuel but lack of chimneys in most homes contribute to the coughs and bronchial congestion common to most. Poor hygiene is prevalent because precious wood must be destroyed to create hot water.
  • Taxus baccata (English yew)
  • Ming herbal (painting): Gomuti sugar palm
  • Ming herbal (painting): Paulownia
  • Laburnum anagyroides (Laburnum)