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Wisteria

Famous Scientist
Thomas Nuttall was born in Long Preston, Yorkshire, England, on January 5 1786. He worked as a printer in his hometown before moving to America and becoming a botanist and explorer. Once he got older he moved back to England and died at age 73 on September 10th, 1859. An achievement he made was formally establishing and naming the genus Wisteria in 1818, In tribute to his friend, Dr. Casper Wistar. ​
Career
ay working at Royal Horticultural Society is Gardening plants, weeding, pruning, and watering, also using seeds they collected from their own gardens.  A worker who works on Wisteria, is a Horticulturist or gardener, You would focus your day on the specialized care, maintenance, and training. making sure it’s in the right weather to thrive in. Wisteria struggles to grow in cold temperatures, and warm summers let them thrive and grow faster, but if the temperature is too high in heat it will struggle. Wisteria mostly grows near our region of Missouri, zone 5 to 9 is where Wisteria grows. You would also be responsible for keeping its vigorous growth under control. Wisteria grows 120inches per year.  All parts of wisteria are considered poisonous, the seeds and pods are the most poisonous, though.  

    The salary to work here is from around $16,000 for being library level to $40,000 for scientific roles. Though, if you worked with experience, you could earn $50,000 every year.
Concept & Application
Wisteria is used for supporting local pollinators, used to make tea and fermented cordials, Wisteria tea, often called Chirock blue-frosted tea, is usually used to help treat stomach cancer and other cancers in addition to arthritis.  In some parts of Asia, Wisteria might be used for some medicine, but is generally discouraged since Wisteria can cause diarrhea, vomiting and other side effects. But in a positive way, medicine for Wisteria in China is they use wisteria for issues like headaches, skin rashes, and digestive problems, but still, most parts of wisteria are poisonous.  Every-day use for wisteria is to make structural covering, to hide or cover old walls, buildings, flower screens, crafting and materials, and to make pretty spaces since wisteria is considered to be gorgeous because of its breathtaking pea-like flowers. Most wisteria is shades of purple to help attract pollinators, and scents of natural pigments. But can also be blue, pink, and pure white.  
But why we should study Wisteria, studying Wisteria can help majorly, such as Wisteria is an aggressive, destructive, plant on local habitats since its fast-growing vine that creates thick woody vines that will kill trees and nature by its heavy weight of 700 pounds if fully mature, Wisteria very difficult to remove, Wisteria can live up to 50 to 100 years, with some Wisteria specimens in Japan living to 1,000 years, Wisteria lives this long due to their woody, fast growing nature. Letting them establish deep root systems that keep them safe. 
Some interesting facts about wisteria. Wisteria is in the pea family, and Wisteria symbolizes longevity, wisdom, endurance, and good luck. But can mean love, romantic meanings in East asian, in Japan its royalty, and devotion in Korea. 
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