Nitrogen Fixing Plant Wildlife Food For Sale In Nebraska

* It tends to grow on dry sandy sites, and is associated with pine stands. * A broad, flat-topped shrub native to northeast U.S.; has fragrant foliage, long, narrow, frondlike leaves; a nitrogen-fixer, so good for poor soils; takes sun or part shade.

Seeds are eaten by many birds. Pharmaceutical preparations are manufactured from them. Leaves & stems are covered with silver hair. * A deep rooted legume found on a variety of soils in prairies & open woods.

Used for pasture, soil stabilization wildlife forage, hay. * A low growing, persistent, perennial, cool season legume. It has been widely introduced worldwide as a pasture crop, and is now also common in most grassy areas of North America and New Zealand.

The shrub's white flowers are small, clustered, and mildly scented. * The Cercocarpus betuloides leaves are distinctive in that they have smooth edges from the base to about half way up, then are wavy or toothed to the rounded tip.

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

The fruit contains about 8.3% sugars, 4.5% protein, 1% ash. * Leaves bright green on top, silvery beneath, sweetly fragrant silvery-white flowers; red fruit in fall, loved by birds, which may spread the plant excessively; native to Japan.

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

* The whole plant is pleasantly scented when bruised. * Ononis spinosa is a plant belonging to the family Fabaceae , that is commonly known as spiny restharrow or just restharrow .

* Native to semiconsolidated sand dunes; 900-2400 m. Gansu, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Qinghai, W Shanxi, Xinjiang [Mongolia]. It is good fodder for animals, improves the soil, allows natural vegetation to become established, and prevents soil erosion by wind...

It has become naturalised in many temperate areas, including the Americas and Australasia as an escape from cultivation. The flowers are dark pink with a paler base, 12–15 mm long, produced in a dense inflorescence.

* The aromatic fruits and leaves are used either fresh or dried to flavour soups, stews etc. * Myrica gale is a species of flowering plant in the genus Myrica , native to northern and western Europe and parts of northern North America .

It has become naturalised in many temperate areas, including the Americas and Australasia as an escape from cultivation. The flowers are dark pink with a paler base, 12–15 mm long, produced in a dense inflorescence.

* An excellent windbreak for maritime areas, it grows quite quickly and establishes well even in very windy sites. * 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...

* Plants have an extensive root system and are also fairly wind tolerant, they can be planted as a windbreak and also to prevent soil erosion. * Dark purple or purplish blue flowers in spikes; fast, coarse growth, good for dry, poor soil.

However, this plant will not survive shoot destruction indefinitely. Specimens in drier and sandier areas are shrub-like, have rhizomes and smaller leaves than usual. As of 1991, no known fire has killed this plant's roots.

* Trifolium campestre , commonly known as Hop Trefoil and Low Hop Clover , is a species of clover native to Europe and western Asia , growing in most areas, but specifically thriving on dry, sandy grassland habitats, as well as in fields, woodland margins,...

It is most common in chaparral habitat in central Arizona , through the transition zone of the Mogollon Rim – White Mountains , but also southeast Arizona in the Madrean Sky Island mountain ranges of sky islands .

* Seed propagation - sow spring to mid-summer in situ. Leaves alternate on the stem and possess three leaflets. * Sweet clover is a major source of nectar for domestic honey bees as hives near sweetclover can yield up to 200 pounds of honey in a year.

* The leaves are very rich in vitamins and minerals, especially iron and the vitamins A and C. * Curled Dock ( Rumex crispus ), also known as Curly Dock, Yellow Dock, Sour Dock, Narrow Dock , sometimes as "narrow-leaved dock" (which properly refers to...

The seed can be dried and ground into a powder which is added to cereals and used in making bread, pies etc. * Corylus cornuta ( Beaked Hazel ) is a deciduous shrubby hazel found in most of North America , from southern Canada south to Georgia and California...

* Palestine Strawberry Clover was developed in Australia and is very tolerant of adverse conditions. * It can be slow to establish but it will hold up to grazing, high saline soils, wet soils and can take some shade.

The fruit contains about 8.3% sugars, 4.5% protein, 1% ash. * Leaves bright green on top, silvery beneath, sweetly fragrant silvery-white flowers; red fruit in fall, loved by birds, which may spread the plant excessively; native to Japan.

* It tends to grow on dry sandy sites, and is associated with pine stands. * A broad, flat-topped shrub native to northeast U.S.; has fragrant foliage, long, narrow, frondlike leaves; a nitrogen-fixer, so good for poor soils; takes sun or part shade.

* A manna is exuded from the leaves (from the bark as well according to some reports) as a result ofinsect damage. A very pleasant sweet taste. * Timber is generally pale pink to pinkish brown in colour, often with distinctive light grey streaks.

* The tree produces long flat pods that hang vertically. * This species forms a small tree up to 12 metres in height and 10 metres in width. * The leaves appear shortly after the first flowers emerge.

* An excellent windbreak for maritime areas, it grows quite quickly and establishes well even in very windy sites. * 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...

On moist, rich soils. Thrives in deep rich soil, but also grows well on poorer sandy soils providing they are moist. A tall, tufted grass similar to tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea).