Herbaceous Plant Wildlife Food For Sale In Virginia

It can be used as a staple food crop in either savoury or sweet dishes. Used as a cereal, it is probably best known as the breakfast cereal porridge but it can also be used in many other ways.

It is pollinated by evening flying insects and provides seed as food for finches in the winter. The inflated bladder like flowers are interesting. * This plant is commonly seen along roadsides and in disturbed places in North America.

This perennial is a native plant found throughout the eastern part of the United States and in many parts of the western U.S., Canada , and Mexico . * Lance-leaved coreopsis produces yellow flowers in late summer.

The flowers emerge from a tall, upright stem. Its effectiveness has never been reliably proven or disproven since controlled studies have not been carried out. Add enough chicken stock or water to cover the Sorrel Bring to a boil and let simmer a minute...

Prefers a moist soil. The flowers are a rich source of nectar and is occasionally grown commercially as a crop for bees. The plant often self-sows. * Seed propagation- sow in situ in late spring or late summer.

Showy, bright, rose-purple flowers with orange-yellow centers bloom in profusion at the tips of the leafy branches. A pink variety of this species is sometimes grown commercially. It is native to almost every area in North America east of the Rocky Mountains,...

Its grass-like leaves grow up to 3' tall from short stout rhizomes. * The seedheads resemble small sweetgum balls but do not grow above the foliage. * This carex is common throughout southern and central Missouri in the moist soil beside ponds, streams...

* Elymus virginicus, or Virginia wildrye, is a perennial bunchgrass located in Virginia and the eastern United States. * It is extremely palatable to livestock and will decrease without proper grazing management.It spreads via seed and tillering.

In winter, the seeds are important foods for the Carolina Wren and species of Tree Sparrow . * Myrica cerifera is a small tree or large shrub , and is adaptable to many habitats. Cerifera will also provide habitat for the Northern Bobwhite Quail.

* Elymus virginicus, or Virginia wildrye, is a perennial bunchgrass located in Virginia and the eastern United States. * It is extremely palatable to livestock and will decrease without proper grazing management.It spreads via seed and tillering.

* A refreshing tea is made from the fresh or dried leaves, flowers and stems. * Perennial; small yellow flowers; source of a golden-yellow dye. It can be drunk hot or cold. * Agrimonia eupatoria is a species of agrimony that is often referred to as common...

* The root is eaten cooked or raw. Unfortunately, yields are rather low and so the plant is only worthwhile growing as a taste treat, not as a staple crop. * Lathyrus tuberosus, also known as the tuberous pea, tuberous vetchling, earthnut pea, or aardaker,...

* A pasture grass occurring widely throughout the Western Hemisphere * The grass is also drought- and cold-tolerant and is hardy in zones 4-9. * The small oat-like seeds develop on the side of the stalk.

The plant, however, should be used with some caution since large doses are laxative and emetic and the plant might contain potentially liver-harming pyrrolizidine alkaloids. * Thoroughwort is one of the most popular domestic medicines in North America...

* It is a perennial plant to USDA Zone 6. The flowers are dark pink with a paler base, 12–15 mm long, produced in a dense inflorescence. * Dietary amounts of red clover are safe, but medicinal quantities may cause rash-like reactions, muscle ache, headache,...

Seeds should be planted in the fall or moist-stratified and planted in the spring. The seedheads, which spray out attractively from the center of the clump, resemble a fox's tail but are short-lived.

But little is known as an ornamental. Fruiting in September. * Native to temperate forests, thickets; 400-2600 m. In Russia cultivated in St. Petersburg and Moscow . * Blossoms in May.

It is found neither in very dry locations nor in waterlogged ones. * An infusion of the dried powdered herb can be used as an antiseptic. They have been chewed and the juice slowly swallowed to treat sore throats.

It is used in the treatment of rheumatism and skin eruptions. Caution is advised since this is a poisonous plant. * The flowers and leaves are diaphoretic, diuretic and rubefacient.

* Lonicera xylosteum , commonly known as Fly honeysuckle , European Fly Honeysuckle , Dwarf Honeysuckle or Fly Woodbine is a deciduous shrub. It is one of two honeysuckles native to Britain, the other being the Common Honeysuckle ( Lonicera periclymenum...

* A refreshing tea is made from the fresh or dried leaves, flowers and stems. * Perennial; small yellow flowers; source of a golden-yellow dye. It can be drunk hot or cold. * Agrimonia eupatoria is a species of agrimony that is often referred to as common...

Showy, bright, rose-purple flowers with orange-yellow centers bloom in profusion at the tips of the leafy branches. A pink variety of this species is sometimes grown commercially. It is native to almost every area in North America east of the Rocky Mountains,...

It can be used as a staple food crop in either savoury or sweet dishes. Used as a cereal, it is probably best known as the breakfast cereal porridge but it can also be used in many other ways.

As a popular ornamental used in landscaping its notable features include the red stems in fall (autumn) through late winter, the brightest winter bark of any cornus. * Cornus alba (red-barked or Siberian dogwood) is a species of flowering plant in the...

It grows at higher elevations (to 9500') with a slower growth rate, and has shorter cones (to 3"), blue-green needles and better winter hardiness. Mice, voles, shrews, and chipmunks consumed an estimated 65 percent of a Douglas fir seed crop following...

The flowers emerge from a tall, upright stem. Its effectiveness has never been reliably proven or disproven since controlled studies have not been carried out. Add enough chicken stock or water to cover the Sorrel Bring to a boil and let simmer a minute...

Scattered growth of the Pin cherry also occurs in the Rocky Mountains , south to Colorado and southeast to the Black Hills of South Dakota . The plants grow rapidly and can be used for fuel and pulpwood.