Drought Tolerant Plant Wildlife Food For Sale In Charlotte

* Ecologically very similar to P. * The English name refers to the species' occurrence in the lands of the Apache Native Americans, while the scientific name commemorates the pioneering American botanist George Engelmann who discovered the species in...

* It is a hardy grass which can grow in many types of habitat, including disturbed areas such as roadsides and railroad tracks , and cultivated farmland. * This is an annual grass growing up to about half a meter in maximum height.

Pseudostrobus and the bark resembles P. Ornelasii" was attributed by Martinez to a 5-leaved form with dark green, longer needles and larger cones, but Farjon and Styles (1997) found these differences to be inconsistent (sometimes larger cones and normal...

It also contains fat branches and a spreading crown along with thick leaves. The amount of acorns produced can also vary year to year, one year there may be about 32,000 acorns and the next year there may be very few.

* This is currently one of Mexico's more important timber trees, and logging is a widespread and commercially important activity in its range. I think that these forests, which invite a walk or a drive through them, are one of the reasons why so many...

Vera by their geographic distributions (in the wild) and their nuts. Their nuts are much smaller, have a strong flavor of turpentine , and have a shell that is not hard. Pistacia vera often is confused with other species in the genus Pistacia that are...

He obtained specimens near Hermosillo, in Sonora, Mexico, in 1830. * The blue palo verde is the state tree of Arizona. Cercidium floridum), is a species of palo verde native to the Sonoran Deserts in the Southwestern United States and Northwestern Mexico.

* This is one of the food plants for the caterpillars of several butterflies and moths, including the Gatekeeper and the Meadow Brown. * It is a perennial plant sometimes found in acidic bogs , for example in the Portlethen Moss , Scotland.

The leaves are long-stalked and uniquely divided into two leaflets about 1 1/2 inches long. Named for Ferdinand Roemer, a German geologist who collected specimens in the New Braunfels, Texas, area from 1845-47.

Used as a reclamation species on very poor soils. Experimentally, it has demonstrated antitumor activity against Walker-256 carcinosarcoma and is also reportedly effective in lowering blood cholesterol levels.

* Thrives in a light well-drained sandy or gravelly loam in a sunny position. Thus, it is often found as krummholz , trees dwarfed by exposure and growing close to the ground. * Pinus albicaulis (known commonly as Whitebark pine , Pitch pine , Scrub pine...

* Ecologically very similar to P. * The English name refers to the species' occurrence in the lands of the Apache Native Americans, while the scientific name commemorates the pioneering American botanist George Engelmann who discovered the species in...

The flowers are produced in early spring before the leaves expand fully, and are white, with five petals, and about 2 to 3 cm (0.79 to 1.2 in) in diameter. They have a smell that some people find distasteful.

The dark-green leaves are usually small, 2.5-7 cm long and 2-5 cm broad, thick and often spiny-toothed, particularly on young trees. It generally occurs in foothills , being most abundant in the lower altitudes of the Sierra Nevada , but also widespread...

* The acorns are eaten by jays, pigeons, and squirrels . * Quercus acutissima lives in deciduous forests at altitudes of up to 2,200 metres (7,200 ft) in South Asia and South East Asia.

The fruit provides food for wild life. * The berries are bitter and are unfit for culinary use. * The flowers are pink to white. * The berries which are small drupes are purple. * Callicarpa dichotoma (common names, Purple Beautyberry or Early Amethyst...

The shrub's white flowers are small, clustered, and mildly scented. Betula is the genus for birch, and the species name refers to the birch-like leaves. * Native American Californians used the hard wood for arrows, digging, spearing fish, and digging.

* The chestnut oak is readily identified by its massively-ridged dark gray-brown bark, the thickest of any eastern North American oak. It weighs 47lb per cubic foot. Alba, it is used for furniture, cabinet making, interior finishes, fence posts and fuel.

* Found mostly on flat-topped limestone hills. * Forms thickets on shallow soil, seldom a single tree. * A shrub or small tree with light gray, flaking bark.

It also dominates sections of mountain chaparral. It has evergreen foliage, short styles, very bitter acorns that mature in 18 months, and a woolly acorn shell interior. In the field, it is best identified from its clustered terminal buds, which is characteristic...

Such hybrids are usually referred to as the Quercus × undulata complex because of widespread application of the latter name to various populations. Any galls produced on the tree are strongly astringent and can be used in the treatment of haemorrhages,...

* It is widely used as an ornamental plant. * It is native to northwestern China and Japan . * Buddleja davidii , (old spelling Buddleia davidii ); also called summer lilac , butterfly-bush or orange eye ) is a shrub in the Buddlejaceae family .

It has also been used as a lining in shoes to absorb moisture and to keep the feet warmer. * Of somewhat loose habit; sometimes grown ornamentally; gray bark, gray-green foliage, gray-blue fruit; native to the southwest U.S. and Mexico.

* Gambel oak ( Quercus gambelii ) is a deciduous small tree or large shrub widespread in the foothills and lower mountain elevations of the central southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico : its range is centered on the Colorado Plateau –...

* Native to semiconsolidated sand dunes; 900-2400 m. * This is one of ther best species for soil stabilization and reviatalization in cold arid zones where few plants will survive.

* Big bluestem is tolerant of a wide range of soils and moisture. * Big Bluestem is a perennial grass. Depending on soil and moisture conditions, it grows to a height of 1 – 3m (3 – 10 ft) .

It is usually found at very high altitudes, from 2500-3700 m, in cold, dry subalpine climate conditions, often at the tree line , although it also forms extensive closed-canopy stands at somewhat lower elevations.