Edible Fruit Or Nut Plant Wildlife Food For Sale In Boston

* The fruit turns sweeter and so tastes best after a frost. A decoction of the root and branch bark has been used as an eyewash. If you have sufficient seed it can be sown in an outdoor seedbed.

* The nuts are edible. * Native to temperate forests, thickets; 400-2600 m. In Russia cultivated in St. Petersburg and Moscow . E Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang (Daxinganling), Henan (Funiu Shan), ?Hubei, Jilin (Changbai Shan), Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Shaanxi,...

* Rubus spectabilis ( Salmonberry ) is a species of Rubus native to the west coast of North America from west central Alaska to California . * The fruit is juicy with a very good flavour.

* The pear-shaped nut ripens in September and October and is an important part of the diet of many wild animals. * Carya glabra, the Pignut hickory, is a common but not abundant species in the oak-hickory forest association in the Eastern United States...

* Amelanchier spicata, also referred to as the thicket shadbush, low juneberry, dwarf serviceberry, or low serviceberry (historically also called "pigeon berry"), is a species of serviceberry that has edible fruit, which are really pomes.

* Corylus chinensis, common names Chinese filbert and Chinese Hazel, is a deciduous tree native to western China. It has gray-brown, fissured bark, with mottled streaks. The branchlets are a purplish-brown colour, and are slender and sparsely villous.

* A shrub or small tree with bright green compound leaves; yellow-white flowers in 4-6" flat-topped clusters, followed by quantities of dark blue-black berries used in jelly, pie, and wine; native to Pacific Northwest.

* Emory oak ( Quercus emoryi ) is a species of oak common in Arizona , New Mexico and western Texas ( Big Bend National Park ), USA , and northern Mexico south to Durango and San Luis Potosi .

* Celtis tenuifolia, the Dwarf Hackberry or Georgia Hackberry is a shrub or small tree 2 to 12 meters high. * Dwarf hackberry is shade intolerant, drought tolerant and slow-growing.

* It is native to western North America, including British Columbia and much of the western United States. * Easily grown in a moisture retentive but well-drained loamy soil of at least moderate quality.

* When baked it becomes even sweeter and develops a floury texture, it makes an excellent potato or cereal substitute. * It is a spreading shrub or small tree, reaching 2–8 m in height at maturity.

It is reported that freezing and thawing will greatly mitigate the bitterness and make the hips much more palatable. It has light green paired leaflets with toothed edges and sharp spines on the bottom.

* The fruit attracts many birds. This is a shrub or small tree which is endemic to northern California , where it grows along streambanks in the Cascades , Sierra Nevada , and the coastal mountain ranges.

* Vaccinium arboreum ( Sparkleberry or Farkleberry ) is a species of Vaccinium native to the southeastern United States , from southern Virginia west to southeastern Missouri , and south to Florida and eastern Texas .

A very nice sweet flavour that is enjoyed by almost everyone who tries it, there is a hint of apple in the taste. Its growth form spans from suckering and forming colonies to clumped.The leaves are oval to nearly circular, 2–5 cm (0.79–2.0 in) long...

* The sturdy trunk of the Valley oak may exceed two to three meters in diameter and its towering stature may surpass 30 meters in height. * Valley oak tolerates cool wet winters and hot dry summers, but requires abundant water.

* Shiny dark green needles, to 5"; columnar when young, more open and spreading with age; may branch low; slow growing; full sun, likes good well-drained soil, slightly acid; eventually makes a striking specimen; native to Alps and Carpathian Mountains.

The seed can be dried and ground into a powder which is added to cereals and used in making bread, pies etc. * Corylus cornuta ( Beaked Hazel ) is a deciduous shrubby hazel found in most of North America , from southern Canada south to Georgia and California...

* Bigtree or Mexican plum is a single-trunked, non-suckering tree, 15-35 ft. It has a single trunk and reaches a height of 15–38 feet (4.6–12 m). Tall, with fragrant, showy, white flowers displayed before the leaves appear.

* The nuts make an excellent dessert. * The nuts produced by American hazelnut are a preferred mast by squirrels, deer, turkey, woodpeckers, pheasants and other animals. * It is an often multi-stemmed shrub with long, outward growing branches that form...

* A very poular tree for bonsai due to its dwarf size and small fruit.

* Vaccinium arboreum ( Sparkleberry or Farkleberry ) is a species of Vaccinium native to the southeastern United States , from southern Virginia west to southeastern Missouri , and south to Florida and eastern Texas .

* The seed is eaten raw or cooked. Its fine and short grain makes it an easy wood to work with, easy to soak, dye (except its heartwood), varnish and glue. * A magnificent, stately tree; smooth gray bark, somewhat darker than the American species; beautiful...

* This hybrid apple serviceberry cultivar is a deciduous, early-flowering large shrub or small tree which typically grows 15-25' tall. * Deserves a prominent position in the landscape to showcase its multi-season ornamental interest.

* The Blue Oak ( Quercus douglasii ) is an oak in the white oak section of the genus, Quercus sect. * Individual Blue Oaks over 500 years old have been recorded, although most are less than 300 years old.

The tree was also valued for its tough, resilient wood, used for making implements, and for its bark, used for a wide range of medicinal purposes. An infusion of the bark, combined with wild cherry bark (Prunus sp.) has been used as a cure-all tonic.

* The European Pear Pyrus communis is a species of pear native to central and eastern Europe and southwest Asia . Two other species of pear, the Nashi Pear , Pyrus pyrifolia , and the Chinese white pear bai li , Pyrus × bretschneideri , are more widely...