Medicinal Plant Wildlife Food For Sale In Alabama

The bright red, acidic berries were used extensively for food throughout the year. * Vaccinium parvifolium is cultivated in the specialty horticulture trade with limited availability as an ornamental plant: for natural landscaping, native plant, and habitat...

* A poultice made from the bark is used to close cuts and wounds. * The nuts produced by American hazelnut are a preferred mast by squirrels, deer, turkey, woodpeckers, pheasants and other animals.

* White or pink flowers to 2 1/2"; pear-shaped 1/3-2/3" hips, shiny red or red-orange; suckers to form thickets; native to woods, dunes, and prairies from Nova Scotia to Maryland and Texas * It is being investigated as a food that is capable of reducing...

The flowers are double-tongued, opening white and fading to yellow, and sweetly scented. * The Japanese Honeysuckle ( Lonicera japonica ; Suikazura ? * A very vigorous climbing plant, it makes a good dense ground cover plant where it has the space to...

* 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. * Easily grown in a good well-drained loamy soil in sun or semi-shade[

The roundleaf dogwood is also a temperate, northeastern North American species that occurs throughout southern and eastern Ontario; in northern Ontario it occurs farther north than the alternateleaf dogwood, but does not extend past 50°N (Soper and Heimburger...

They are most commonly found in wet woods and swamps. * The chokeberries ( Aronia ) are two to three species of deciduous shrubs in the family Rosaceae , native to eastern North America .

Yellow, orange and brownish dyes can also be obtained. Used for small turnery. Wood - hard, handsome with a marble-like grain. * A green dye is obtained from the immature fruit. * Rhamnus cathartica ( Buckthorn , Common Buckthorn or Purging Buckthorn...

The roundleaf dogwood is also a temperate, northeastern North American species that occurs throughout southern and eastern Ontario; in northern Ontario it occurs farther north than the alternateleaf dogwood, but does not extend past 50°N (Soper and Heimburger...

( like the woods) 2. * Sequoia sempervirensis the sole living species of the genus Sequoia in the cypress family Cupressaceae (formerly treated in Taxodiaceae). Winter Storage: 1. The tree will not require light because it is in hibernation but it does...

Excellent for attracting birds and butterflies. * Liatris spicata , the dense blazing star or prairie gay feather , is an herbaceous perennial plant native throughout most of eastern North America .

The fruit is a small blue drupe. The flowers are said to have similar properties. * The dried root-bark is antiperiodic, astringent, stimulant (mild), tonic. The leaves are opposite, 10 cm long and 7 cm broad, oval with an acute apex.

It is also called "agueweed", "feverwort" or "sweating-plant". It has been shown to stimulate resistance to viral and bacterial infections, and reduces fevers by encouraging sweating.

* Fragaria vesca, commonly called wild strawberry, woodland strawberry, Alpine strawberry, European strawberry, or fraise des bois, is a perennial herbaceous plant that grows naturally throughout much of the Northern Hemisphere, and that produces edible...

* Sugarberry is frequently planted as a shade-tree within its range. Sugarberry has narrower leaves which are smoother above. It is also found on the island of Bermuda. Small amounts are used for dimension stock, veneer, and containers, but the main use...

Like the American mountain-ash (Sorbus Americana), the showy mountain-ash has pinnately compound leaves and often large clusters of flowers and fruits. However, a useful distinguishing feature of this species is its shiny, sticky buds.

* The leaves are very rich in vitamins and minerals, especially iron and the vitamins A and C. * A perennial weed, to most, with long curly leaves; develops a deep taproot; seed turns brown and remains conspicuous in winter; birdfood, native to Europe...

They are sometimes put in beer and ale to improve the flavour and increase foaming. * Myrica gale is a species of flowering plant in the genus Myrica , native to northern and western Europe and parts of northern North America .

The bark is both strong and flexible as well as being ornamental. It is often found in recently disturbed areas, open woods, on nutrient-rich soil. It has been used to make baskets, mats, ropes and as an ornament on bows, arrows etc.

* It is a large shrub or small tree 3-12 m tall with smooth grey bark even in old age. * A shrub; shiny dark green leaves to 3" long; Native to Europe. The leaves are shiny green, ovoid, 3-8 cm long and 2-6 cm broad.

* Sugarberry is frequently planted as a shade-tree within its range. Sugarberry has narrower leaves which are smoother above. It is also found on the island of Bermuda. Small amounts are used for dimension stock, veneer, and containers, but the main use...

The root is harvested in early autumn and dried for later use. An infusion is said to strengthen the stomach, create an appetite, remove obstructions of the liver and treat jaundice.

The fruit contains about 8.3% sugars, 4.5% protein, 1% ash. * Tolerant of drought, salt, and poor sandy soil; fragrant flowers; produces lots of fruit, silvery at first, later scarlet; a Soil Conservation Service introduction in the U.S.; native to Himalayas,...

Compound corymb rather loose, 3–4 cm in diam.; peduncle subglabrous; bracts caducous, lanceolate. * Shrubs to 3 m tall. Lateral branches short, thornlike; young branchlets rusty pubescent, dark brown and glabrescent when old.

It is common in the Pacific Northwest where it is found in both openings and the forest understory at low to moderate elevations. The flowers emit a perfume similar to meadowsweet.

* A decidious Tree growing to 30 m. * It is native to Greece and Albania. * It is in flower in May, and the seeds ripen in September. * With its white flowers it is beloved of bees in May and children in fall for the mahogany nuts.

If this does not happen, this species will regrow a shoot. * Myrica cerifera is a small tree or large shrub , and is adaptable to many habitats. In winter, the seeds are important foods for the Carolina Wren and species of Tree Sparrow .