Herbaceous Plant Wildlife Food For Sale In El Paso

All spikes of purple flowers appear in July and August. It is also used in treating kidney diseases. Excellent for attracting birds and butterflies. * Liatris spicata , the dense blazing star or prairie gay feather , is an herbaceous perennial plant native...

On moist, rich soils. Rather slow to establish. * Loosely tufted perennial, short lived bunchgrass. * It is a perennial which grows between 30 and 120 cm (47 in), flowering from June until July.

* Dichanthelium clandestinum is a species of grass known by the common name deertongue. It tolerates acid soils and thin, infertile soils. It can be used to revegetate reclaimed land such as mine spoils.

* This sedge is less prone to summer dieback and remains attractive during warm weather. Its grass-like leaves grow up to 3' tall from short stout rhizomes. * This carex is common throughout southern and central Missouri in the moist soil beside ponds,...

Named for Ferdinand Roemer, a German geologist who collected specimens in the New Braunfels, Texas, area from 1845-47. * This attractive perennial maintains a neat mound shape and grows 1-2 ft.

* It is extremely palatable to livestock and will decrease without proper grazing management.It spreads via seed and tillering. It is typically found in moister sites than Canadian wildrye, and will tolerate more shading.

* It is extremely palatable to livestock and will decrease without proper grazing management.It spreads via seed and tillering. It is typically found in moister sites than Canadian wildrye, and will tolerate more shading.

* Phlox paniculata (garden phlox or perennial phlox) is a species of flowering plant in the family Polemoniaceae, native to the eastern United States, but extensively cultivated as an ornamental plant.

* Blue-joint grass stands up well in winter. * Calamagrostis canadensis is a species of grass known by the common names bluejoint and Canadian reedgrass . * Many slender stems arise from small rhizomes; each topped by a large, slightly nodding, branched...

It is hardy to zone 7. It can reach 40 m tall (though 15–25 m is more usual) in the California Coast Ranges , and can have a trunk diameter of 60–190 cm. * Lithocarpus densiflorus , commonly known as the Tanoak or Tanbark-oak , is an evergreen tree...

* Timothy grass is a very variable species that is commonly grown as a hay grass. * Timothy-grass ( Phleum pratense ), is an abundant perennial grass native to most of Europe except for the Mediterranean region .

* The flowers are demulcent, diuretic and emollient. * The plants are easily grown from seed, and readily self-seed. * The red anthocyanin constituent of the flowers is used as a litmus.

* Evidence from archaeological excavations suggests that Fragaria vesca has been consumed by humans since the Stone Age. The woodland strawberry was first cultivated in ancient Persia where farmers knew the fruit as Toot Farangi.

* Native to Eurasia and widely introduced elsewhere, this sod forming grass is useful as a forage and for erosion control. * Alopecurus arundinaceus ( Creeping meadow foxtail , Creeping foxtail ) is a rhizomatous perennial species in the Grass family...

* Lathyrus tuberosus, also known as the tuberous pea, tuberous vetchling, earthnut pea, or aardaker, is a small, climbing perennial plant, native in moist temperate parts of Europe and Western Asia.

* It grows in large clumps about 1.5 meters (5 feet) tall at the water's edge along streams and ditches, but can be invasive anywhere with moist soil. The lower leaves are reduced to a brown sheath at the bottom of the stem.

* The bulb is eaten cooked. A starchy and slightly sweet taste. Common names include, Turk's Cap Lily , Turban Lily , Swamp lily or American Tiger Lily . * Lilium superbum is a species of true lily native to the eastern and central regions of North America...

* It is often used as an ornamental plant. Stems with seed pods make excellent additions to dried flower arrangements. * Gomphocarpus physocarpus is a food of the caterpillars of Danaus butterflies, including the monarch butterfly.

Shade tolerant and sod forming. * Festuca rubra is a species of grass known by the common name red fescue . It is a nutritious and palatable forage grass for domestic and wild animals.

They are harvested with about 20cm of stem as soon as the flowers wither and are dried for later use. The colour is yellow when mixed with alum. * Not known in a truly wild condition.

* It was believed by some native North American Indian tribes that if the finely ground roots were secretly added to the food of an arguing couple then this would avert a divorce and they would love each other again.

* A sedge with stems to 4 1/2 ft. Grasslike leaves (6-11 blades per culm) are broad (to 3/4" wide), linear and yellow green to dark green with rough edges. Culms are topped in late spring with dark green spikelets that are clustered into spherical heads.

* Juniperus monosperma ( One-seed Juniper ) is a species of juniper native to western North America , in the United States in Arizona , New Mexico , southern Colorado , western Oklahoma ( Panhandle ), and western Texas , and in Mexico in the extreme north...

* A slender, hairy-stemmed plant bearing flower heads with drooping, yellow rays surrounding a roundish to ellipsoid, grayish central disk darkening to brown as rays drop off. Tall, summer perennial with a somewhat branched stem.

* A sedge with stems to 4 1/2 ft. Grasslike leaves (6-11 blades per culm) are broad (to 3/4" wide), linear and yellow green to dark green with rough edges. Culms are topped in late spring with dark green spikelets that are clustered into spherical heads.

It was formerly very popular either on its own or added to China tea, having a peculiar delicacy and aroma. * Perennial; small yellow flowers; source of a golden-yellow dye. * A refreshing tea is made from the fresh or dried leaves, flowers and stems.

Berries were also dried for later use. * Indigenous peoples of North America found the plant and its fruit very useful. * It is a deciduous shrub growing to 4-metre (13 ft) tall with bright green shoots with an angular cross-section.