Plant For Moist Soil Wildlife Food For Sale In Phoenix

* A deciduous Tree growing to 30 m (98ft) by 15 m (49ft) at a fast rate. * It is often found along waterways and in wetlands, leading to the colloquial name "water maple". * The seeds are the largest of any native maple and are also a food source for...

* Trees are late coming into leaf (usually late May to June) and lose their leaves early in the autumn (usually in October). These factors combine to make the trees eminently suitable for a mixed woodland planting with shrubs and other trees beneath them.

* The seeds are eaten by a wide variety of birds. * It is also highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even grow well in inner city environments. * The species is being tested as a potential source of genes for resistance to emerald ash borer.

* It was believed by some native North American Indian tribes that if the finely ground roots were secretly added to the food of an arguing couple then this would avert a divorce and they would love each other again.

* The seeds are eaten by a wide variety of birds. * It is also highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even grow well in inner city environments. * The species is being tested as a potential source of genes for resistance to emerald ash borer.

The foliage is bright-green and glossy. When in bloom, they cover the plant creating a fragrant, white cloud. * A small delicate shrub with 1" white bell-shaped flowers in small clusters from the leaf axils, in early or mid summer; bright green flowers;...

Extremely hardy and fond of wet areas and sites with poor drainage; native to central and northeastern U.S. * Logs of wood can be beaten with mauls to separate the growth layers, these layers can then be cut into strips and woven into baskets.

* A decidious Tree growing to 18m. * A species of alder with a wide range across the cooler parts of the Northern Hemisphere .

* It is a large shrub or small tree 3-12 m tall with smooth grey bark even in old age. * Native to Northwestern North America. * Bright green leaves. * It is sometimes used for afforestation on infertile soils which it enriches by means of its nitrogen-fixing...

* This sedge is less prone to summer dieback and remains attractive during warm weather. * This carex is common throughout southern and central Missouri in the moist soil beside ponds, streams and spring branches and in calcium-rich swampy meadows.

* Fraser Fir has been used more times as the Blue Room Christmas tree (the official Christmas tree of the President of the United States's White House) than any other type of tree.

This behavior creates thickets. The flowers are said to have similar properties. The flowers are produced in cymes. The growth habit is upright rounded, but where stems are in contact with the ground, roots are formed.

* It is sometimes cultivated as a large garden tree or street tree, and is quite easy to grow if it is not subject to extreme urban conditions. * The Swamp Chestnut Oak ( Quercus michauxii ) is a species of oak in the white oak section Quercus section...

* The original Cook strain of Balsam Fir was selected due to the blue tinge of the needles. * It is more heat tolerant than the species. * The seeds from these improved selections will be more true to type due to continued selection for blue color and...

Pubens (native to North America) was known as American red elder. * Tolerates a wide range of soils, but prefers moist, humusy, nutrient-rich, neutral to slightly acidic loams. Fruits are attractive to wildlife.

* It was believed by some native North American Indian tribes that if the finely ground roots were secretly added to the food of an arguing couple then this would avert a divorce and they would love each other again.

* A specimen tree has been reported in Missouri with 117 cm (46.2 in) in d.b.h. , 36.9 m (121 ft) tall, and a spread of 22.6 m (74 ft). It is a slow-growing long-lived tree, hard to transplant because of its long taproot.

* The fruit is occasionally eaten raw but more often used in preserves. * Water Tupelo often occurs in pure stands. The seed is mainly distributed by water. A good mature tree will produce commercial timber used for furniture and crates.

Culms are topped in late spring with dark green spikelets that are clustered into spherical heads. * Scirpus atrovirens, known as common bulrush, is a grass-like, rhizomatous marginal aquatic perennial that is native to moist meadows, bogs, stream/river/lake...

Leaves are large, long and sharply toothed. * Eutrochium fistulosum (Eupatorium fistulosum), also called Joe-Pye weed, Trumpetweed, or Purple thoroughwort, is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to eastern North America, in southeast Canada...

See also List of Lepidoptera that feed on larches European Larch needles are the only known food for caterpillars of the case-bearer moth Coleophora sibiricella ; its cone scales are used as food by the caterpillars of the tortrix moth Cydia illutana...

It is a good forage crop for livestock and wildlife especially for wetter sites. The base of the grass grows along the ground and may root at several places. * This grass is native to the northeastern USA and eastern Canada; it grows in wetland situations,...

The hips are pear- or egg-shaped and borne in clusters, and are decorative in fall and early winter, when they are red or reddish-purple and contrast with yellow foliage. * The seed is a good source of vitamin E, it can be ground into a powder and mixed...

* The fruit is occasionally eaten raw but more often used in preserves. * Water Tupelo often occurs in pure stands. The seed is mainly distributed by water. A good mature tree will produce commercial timber used for furniture and crates.

* Plants can produce many stems and suckers, with older stems, which can reach 5 metres (16 ft) in height, having distinctive gray bark. * Terminal stems holding the flowers are distinctively red and provide interesting contrast to the clusters of small...

The leaves can also be usedas a spice substitute. I never knew about the Spicebush Swallowtail until recently though, thanks to the internet! I think I would grow these just to see the caterpillars! I'll be checking my plants next summer.

* Macedonian pine is also a popular ornamental tree in parks and large gardens, giving reliable steady though not fast growth on a wide range of sites. * Dark green or gray-green needles, to 4"; of narrow pyramidal or columnar habit; slow growing, wants...