Nitrogen Fixing Plant Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Huntsville

* They are occationally grown as ornamentals for their yellow flowers and interesting rattling seed pods. * Crotalarias are grown in the tropics as green manure cover crops due to their nitrogen fixing capabilities and drought tolerance.

It is useful for vegetating acid soils with a pH of 3.5 to 4.0, as well as alkaline soils of a pH 8.0. Bristly locust is especially adapted to stabilizing soils with active rill and gully erosion.

* An essential oil called Cassie is distilled from the flowers. * A deliciously scented essential oil, it has a fragrance of violets. * While the point of origin is Mexico and Central America the species has a pantropical distribution incorporating Northern...

* This species has a symbiotic relationship with certain soil bacteria, these bacteria form nodules on the roots and fix atmospheric nitrogen. A very ornamental plant, it prefers a continental climate with hot summers and cold winters.

Legume species. * An easily grown plant, succeeding in any moderately good soil in a sunny position. This species has a symbiotic relationship with certain soil bacteria, these bacteria form nodules on the roots and fix atmospheric nitrogen.

(Leguminosae) have been used in traditional medicine for the treatment of inflammatory diseases including swelling, suppuration, carbuncle and skin diseases. Sinensis has in vitro effects that may be indicative of antiallergic activities, possibly due...

Japonicum contains the isoflavone glycoside sophoricoside. * Grown for its white flowers, borne in late summer after most other flowering trees have long finished flowering. * This species is commonly used in Chinese medicine and is considered to be one...

* Gorgeous yellow flowers in 15" pendulous clusters in May, beautifully displayed against deep green leaves; few trees are more lovely in flower; small, short-trunked tree or large shrub; seeds poisonous if eaten; native to Alps and Eastern Europe (and...

* Bacteria on the roots fix atmospheric nitrogen - whilst this enables the tree to grow well in quite poor soils it also makes some of this nitrogen available to other plants growing nearby.

The leaves area safe and effective cathartic. They are best used with Foeniculum vulgare seeds in order to counteract a tendency to cause gripe. The seedpods can also be used and are milder but slower in their action.

* Canavalia pubescens, commonly known as ʻawikiwiki or Lavafield Jack-bean, is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae, that is endemic to Hawaii. * Its natural habitats are dry forests and low shrublands.

* Cynoglossum amabile is a flowering plant native to Asia , which is also called Chinese hound's tongue , or Chinese forget-me-not . This plant is often used as an ornamental plant in gardens.

* A strong fibre obtained from the leaves is used for cordage and brushes. Plants have been used to form hedges in Mediterranean areas. The stems grow slowly and often tightly together, eventually reaching 2-5 m tall with a trunk diameter of 20-25 cm.

Wood - heavy, very hard, strong, durable in contact with the soil, coarse-grained. * A spiny tree with small greenish flowers in 4" racemes; leaves pinnate or bipinnate; name suggests it is a good choice for wet areas; native to southeast U.S. * Having...

They prepared a brew called "achuma" , "huachuma" or "cimora" which was used during ritualistic ceremonies to diagnose the spiritual links to a patient's illness. * The human use of the cactus dates back thousands of years to the northern coast of Peru...

The solitary flowers are 3–5 cm in diameter, a rich yellow, with five petals and numerous yellow stamens . A yellow-orange dye is obtained from the flowers. It is indigenous to southeast Europe and southwest Asia .

* Ephedra nevadensis ( Nevada ephedra ) is a species of Ephedra native to dry areas of western North America. * A delicious tea is made by steeping the green or dried twigs inboiling water until they turn an amber or pink colour.

* Has various edible uses, such as cooking the flowers and obtaining a gum from the trunk * Native to southeastern Australia in New South Wales , Victoria , Tasmania , and the Australian Capital Territory .

It is a shrub or small tree , very variable and often a low spreading shrub, but occasionally reaching 10 m tall. A tea made from the berries has a spicy gin-like flavour. Common Juniper has needle-like leaves in whorls of three; the leaves are green,...

* Plants have large taproots and tend to grow in groups. * Prior to World War II before the common use of commercial agricultural fertilizers, the plant was commonly used as a cover crop to increase nitrogen content and improve subsoil water capacity...

* Appealing silvery-green leaves; small but fragrant flowers; likes sun; a tough plant, doesn't mind drought, or poor soil, very salt-tolerant; native over a wide swathe of southern Europe east to the Himalayas.

* Native to Western Australia, small tree or shrub. * Makes a good screen or hedge in warm temperate areas. * It is also extremely vigorous when young, often growing over a metre per year.

* The crown is conic when young, becoming broadly tabular with age with fairly level branches.The shoots are dimorphic, with long shoots and short shoots. They act to disinfect the respiratory tract.

* Plants have large taproots and tend to grow in groups. * Prior to World War II before the common use of commercial agricultural fertilizers, the plant was commonly used as a cover crop to increase nitrogen content and improve subsoil water capacity...

* Trees have extensive root systems and are sometimes planted on the banks of streams in order to prevent erosion.

* class: Equisetopsida C. It's habitat is being destroyed and it is currently listed as a threatened species. Genus: !Amorpha L. Species: !Amorpha georgiana Wilbur Order: Fabales Bromhead family: Fabaceae Lindl.

It is native to southern Europe ( Sicily ), southwestern Asia ( Lebanon , Syria , Turkey ) and eastern Asia ( China ), with two well-separated populations. * Fontanesia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Oleaceae , usually treated as comprising...