Medicinal Plant Wildlife Food For Sale In Hawaii

* Chokecherries are very high in antioxidant pigment compounds, such as anthocyanins. * 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.

All spikes of purple flowers appear in July and August. It is also used in treating kidney diseases. It thrives in full sun in ordinary garden soil. Native to moist prairies and sedge meadows.

A decoction of the roots has been used in the treatment of kidney complaints and TB. * Habitat and Range: sandy, gravelly, or rocky slopes, often growing in areas underlain by limestone bedrock.

The plants grow rapidly and can be used for fuel and pulpwood. It is also a nurse tree, providing cover and shade for the establishment of seedlings of the next generation of larger hardwoods.

They are usually multi-stemmed with an open and loosely rounded crown. It is native to northern Burma and China, but is sometimes grown in western gardens where it has been in cultivation since 1848.

* It is very acceptable raw and has a superior flavour to sweet chestnuts (C. * It grows best on well-drained soils in full sun or partial shade. * It is a spreading shrub or small tree, reaching 2–8 m in height at maturity.

An infusion has been taken by women when their periods are unusually long. * The flowers support pollinators, including of special value to Native bees, honeybees, and bumblebees. The shoots are harvested as they emerge in the spring, and whilst they...

* The stems of most members ofthis genus contain the alkaloid ephedrine and are valuable in the treatment of asthma and many other complaints of therespiratory system. * Ephedra viridis is a species of Ephedra known by the common names green ephedra and...

* With its white flowers it is beloved of bees in May and children in fall for the mahogany nuts. * A decidious Tree growing to 30 m. * Commonly found in parks and gardens and is one of the dominant landscape species.

Aromatic, sweet and succulent. Tolerates semi-shade though fruit production will be reduced. A vigorous plant, spreading rapidly by means of runners. The seed can take 4 weeks or more to germinate.

* It is a large shrub or small tree 3-12 m tall with smooth grey bark even in old age. * Alnus viridis subsp. Crispa, Mountain Alder). Northeastern North America, Greenland. * It is sometimes used for afforestation on infertile soils which it enriches...

* It is native to eastern U.S. and much used in Europe. * Planting Density per Acre, Minimum 700 Planting Density per Acre, Maximum 1200 * The fruit has a sweet flavor. * The fruit, which are pomes, are edible and can be eaten raw or cooked.

* The boiled roots and stems are used as a cure for the itch. * Clematis vitalba is a climbing shrub with branched, grooved stems , deciduous leaves, and scented greeny-white flowers with fluffy underlying sepals .

It is considered a noxious weed in the state of Washington and seems to be tolerated most others. * This plant is commonly seen along roadsides and in disturbed places in North America.

Lotus is sometimes used as an understock for that species. Also an excellent tree for Bonsai on its own. * It is among the oldest plants in cultivation. * Native to China and Japan; fruit of D.

The scarlet oak can be mistaken for the Pin Oak , the Black Oak , or occasionally the Red Oak . It is more upright than many oaks; leaves with a few deep lobes, are bright yellow when emerging.

* It is native to eastern U.S. and much used in Europe. * Planting Density per Acre, Minimum 700 Planting Density per Acre, Maximum 1200 * The fruit has a sweet flavor. * The fruit, which are pomes, are edible and can be eaten raw or cooked.

Often grown as an informal hedge, it is also amenable to trimming. A yellow dye is obtained from the bark. Used for small turnery. It was introduced to North America as an ornamental shrub in the early 1800s or perhaps before.

* It is an often multi-stemmed shrub with long, outward growing branches that form a dense, spreading or spherical shape. * The nuts are also grown for use in expensive cakes, cookies, and candies * The male catkins are a food staple of ruffed grouse...

Such hybrids in general have shallowly lobed or dentate, semipersistent leaves and intermediate characteristics of pubescence and fruit between parental types. Such hybrids are usually referred to as the Quercus × undulata complex because of widespread...

* Its fruit are brown to red. * Crataegus intricata is a species of hawthorn known by the common names Copenhagen hawthorn and thicket hawthorn . It is native to eastern Canada and the eastern United States.

* The plant is used in the treatment of blennorrhoea and also as an unguent for burns. * Astragalus sinicus is widely used on rice land as a winter crop. * This species used to be cultivated for its edible leaves in China.

* Flowering period during the summer is long, attrracting many pollinators. * A poultice of the bruised root has been used as a dressing and salve on burns, inflammations and cuts.

* A pleasant tasting tea is made from the leaves and flower heads. * It inhabits prairies , plains, roadsides, and disturbed areas from southern Canada through most of the United States to northern Mexico .

* It is a large evergreen coniferous tree growing to 30–45 m (exceptionally 72 m) tall. * A "beautiful graceful specimenwith drooping branches" * The pitch or resin is said to be one of the best curatives for a sore throat.

* 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...

* Flowering period during the summer is long, attrracting many pollinators. * A poultice of the bruised root has been used as a dressing and salve on burns, inflammations and cuts.