Edible Fruit Or Nut Plant Wildlife Food For Sale In Columbus

* 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.

* 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.

* In this variety the seeds are heart shaped. * Wyman says the kernals come out whole. * The very bold, decorative leaves and the attractive catkins produced in spring make it an excellent ornamental tree for planting in parks and large gardens.

* The fruits are 1.5 to 3 centimeters in diameter and are somewhat sweet yet sour, bitter and astringent. They are sometimes used in the production of schnapps. * The young plants have many prickles and serrated edged leaves.

Oats are a nutrient-rich food associated with lower blood cholesterol when consumed regularly. They prefer a poor dry soil and tolerate cool moist conditions. Conservation Plant Characteristics Avena sativa L.

* The flowers support pollinators, including of special value to Native bees, honeybees, and bumblebees. Unlike many other members of the genus, it has no prickles. The shoots are rich in vitamin C.

* The bark of chokecherry root was once made into an asperous-textured concoction used to ward off or treat colds, fever and stomach maladies by native Americans. * The chokecherry fruit can be used to make a tasty jam, jelly, or syrup.

* It is a deciduous shrub or small tree that can grow to 1–8 m (3–26 ft) (rarely to 10 m, 33 ft) in height. * The fruit can be eaten raw or cooked. About the size of a blackcurrant, the fruit is produced in small clusters and the best wild forms can...

* 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.

* The Swiss Pine or Arolla Pine ( Pinus cembra ) is a species of pine tree that occurs in the Alps and Carpathian Mountains of central Europe , in Poland ( Tatra Mountains ), Switzerland , France , Italy , Austria , Germany , Slovenia , Slovakia , Ukraine...

* Pinus pumila (also known as the Siberian dwarf pine , Dwarf Siberian Pine , Japanese stone pine or Creeping pine ) is a native to northeastern Asia , including the islands of Japan .

* Numerous hybrids of Quercus gambelii [Gamble Oak] with various scrub oaks have been reported, including Q. Any galls produced on the tree are strongly astringent and can be used in the treatment of haemorrhages, chronic diarrhoea, dysentery etc.

* Seed - best sown as soon as it is ripe in a cold frame. An infusion of the root and branch bark has been drunk in the treatment of stomach problems and rheumatism. Plants are susceptible to fireblight.

* Rosa nutkana ( Nootka Rose , Bristly rose , Wild rose ) is a 2-10 foot (60cm-3m) tall perennial shrub in the Rose family ( Rosaceae ). The flowers, which appear in early summer, can have a pleasantly strong fragrance.

However, a useful distinguishing feature of this species is its shiny, sticky buds. * A decoction of the peeled stems has been drunk in the treatment of backaches. Showy mountain-ash is very similar to the closely related American mountain-ash.

The tree typically grows to 12-15 m, but can reach 35 m in height. * Pale blue-green needles to 12", cones to 10"; of loose, open habit; edible seeds; native to California. The seed cones are large and heavy, 12-35 cm in length and almost as wide as they...

* Lithocarpus edulis (common name, Japanese Stone Oak ) is a species of stone-oak native to Japan . The process can be speeded up by grinding the seed into a powder prior to soaking.

* Seed - requires 2 - 3 months cold stratification and is best sown in a cold frame as soon as it is ripe. * The wild plums of this species are gathered for making jellies and jams.

1 cm, subglabrous. Petiole glabrous or initially slightly pubescent; stipules not seen; leaf blade obovate or obovate-oblong, 1.5–6 × 0.5–2 cm, both surfaces glabrous, base cuneate, margin serrate with teeth incurved, apex obtuse or emarginate, sometimes...

* Nyssa aquatica ( Water Tupelo , Cottongum , Sourgum , Tupelo-gum , and Water-gum ) is a large, long-lived tupelo tree that grows in swamps and floodplains of the Eastern United States .

It makes an excellent fuelwood, too. * Native region from Massachusetts south to Florida and Texas; nearly round nuts; scaly dark gray bark; of open habit; hard shelled, edible nuts.

* It is a good bird plant with 3/8" purple-black fruit that they love to eat. * The fruit is rich in iron and copper. * The nicest tree form of Serviceberry. * The fruit, which are pomes, are edible and can be eaten raw or cooked.

The seed ripens in late autumn and, when stored in its shell in a cool place, will keep for at least 6 months. * The seed is eaten raw or cooked. Rather thin-shelled, the seed is small and sweet.

* The fruit is a small cherry 13–15 millimetres (0.51–0.59 in) diameter, ripening dark purple in early summer. * Prunus pumila, commonly called sand cherry with eastern, western, Great Lakes and Susquehana varieties, is a species of Prunus native...

* Grows like mad; tolerant of cities and poor soil; tends to sucker; sometimes used as a street tree; 8" leaves yellow-green in fall; red fruit. * The Paper Mulberry ( Broussonetia papyrifera , syn.

Mayhaw, Riverflat hawthorn, Western mayhaw Rosaceae (Rose Family) USDA Symbol: CROP USDA Native Status: Native to U.S. Small tree with relatively tall trunk and narrow, rounded crown; or a large shrub.

* The common wild black raspberry; 1/2" white flowers followed by clusters of delicious shiny black fruit; arching canes root where the tips touch ground. This has led to their being very useful as natural dyes.