Salt Tolerant Plant Wildlife Food For Sale In Seattle

Quercus myrtifolia ( myrtle oak ) is a North American species of oaks in the beech family . It is part of the red oak group. Foliage is considered to be evergreen (leaves persist on the tree until new growth commences in spring).

Good tree for beginners because the stems are flexible and responsive to shaping. The trees are beautiful in the spring with white blooms and in the fall the dark berries appear. * Ligustrum vulgare ( Wild Privet , also sometimes known as Common Privet...

The native Americans used it to treat a variety of complaints but especially as an external wash on the skin. It is native to North America, where it occurs across much of Canada and the northern United States.

* The acorns usually mature around fall. The amount of acorns produced can also vary year to year, one year there may be about 32,000 acorns and the next year there may be very few.

It grows at higher elevations (to 9500') with a slower growth rate, and has shorter cones (to 3"), blue-green needles and better winter hardiness. * The Douglas fir's useful wood and its quick growth make it the crop of choice for many timber companies,...

* Shrubs evergreen, 1–3 m tall. Branchlets dark purplish brown to grayish brown, cylindric, initially densely yellow tomentose, glabrous when old. * A very ornamental plant, it is hardy to about -15°c.

It is lustrous, with entire, often wavy margins. * The leaf of Black Gum is variable in size and shape. Pleasantly acidulous. * Nyssa sylvatica is cultivated as an ornamental tree in parks and large gardens, where it is often used as a specimen or shade...

* The fruit is often sold in local markets and the plant is of potential commercial importance. * It is a deciduous shrub, in its natural sand dune habitat growing 1–2 m high, although it can grow larger, up to 4 m tall, when cultivated in gardens.

* A large roundish or oval shrub or small tree; inconspicuous creamy flowers, dark blue fruit on red stems; likes moist acid soil, full sun or part shade; native to swamps but does well in drier conditions; salt tolerant; native from Delaware to Florida.

The seed is very small and would be difficult to separate from the fruit. * The shrub blooms in spherical clusters of urn-shaped whitish manzanita flowers. * The seed can be ground into a powder and added to soups etc.

* Big bluestem is tolerant of a wide range of soils and moisture. * Big Bluestem is a perennial grass. * Seed germination appears to be dependent on about a 2-week period of moistened seed at a time when soil temperatures have reached 60 degrees Fahrenheit.

* A short, tapering trunk supports picturesquely gnarled branches and limbs that over time will spread horizontally a great distance from the main trunk. Acorns 3/4 to 1 inch long, rather elongate.

* Butcher's broom has been known to enhance blood flow to the brain, legs, and hands. * Mature shoots are bound into bunches and used as scourers or as besoms. * Ruscus aculeatus is a low evergreen Eurasian shrub, with flat shoots known as cladodes that...

* Templetonia is a dryland shrub that grows 3-7 feet tall. It is covered in red flowers in the winter and spring. * Templetonia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae.

* Quercus turbinella is a species of oak known by the common names Sonoran scrub oak and shrub live oak . It is most common in chaparral habitat in central Arizona , through the transition zone of the Mogollon Rim – White Mountains , but also southeast...

* Templetonia is a dryland shrub that grows 3-7 feet tall. It is covered in red flowers in the winter and spring. * Templetonia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae.

* The northernmost stand, in Orange County, which comprises a large area on the upper limits of Coal Canyon and on Sierra Peak in the Santa Ana Mountains, burned in a 2006 wildfire.

* An infusion of the leaves has been used as a wash for weak and inflamed eyes. * Symphoricarpos occidentalis is a woody species of flowering plant in the honeysuckle family , commonly called Western snowberry or Wolfberry (the latter not to be confused...

* The Callery Pear ( Pyrus calleryana ) is a species of pear native to China . The flowers are produced in early spring before the leaves expand fully, and are white, with five petals, and about 2 to 3 cm (0.79 to 1.2 in) in diameter.

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

Scattered stands of the trees have been cut down for firewood . The trees grow on saline soils that do not allow for other trees. * Prosopis tamarugo , commonly known as the Tamarugo , is a species of flowering tree in the pea family, Fabaceae .

Giant chinkapin (Castanopsis chrysophylla), also called golden chinkapin, giant evergreen-chinkapin, and goldenleaf chestnut, is an interesting hardwood species in a landscape dominated by coniferous forests.

* The lance-leaved coreopsis , Coreopsis lanceolata , is a species of coreopsis (Tickseed). It is commonly kept as an ornamental plant. * A semi-double form of the species said to come more or less true from seed; yellow flowers; native to U.S. east

* The Bur-gambel oak is a Bur oak hybrid which is vigorous, fast growing, and produces heavy crops of acorns at a young age. * Wildlife benefit: Squirrels, chipmunks, deer, birds, and turkeys eat the acorns.

When kept in a cool place, and not shelled, the seed should store for at least 12 months. * Corylus cornuta ( Beaked Hazel ) is a deciduous shrubby hazel found in most of North America , from southern Canada south to Georgia and California .

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

* The pistachio ( Pistacia vera L., Anacardiaceae ) is a small tree native to some regions of Syria , Iran , Turkey , Greece , Turkmenistan , Pakistan , and Afghanistan , that produces an important culinary nut .