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European Red Elderberry, Red Elderberry Sambucus racemosa
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* The blossoms have been used in the treatment of measles. * The fruit is a bright red or sometimes purple drupe containing 3 to 5 seeds. The fruits are popular with birds, who distribute the seeds.
  • Family: Caprifoliaceae
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 191
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Seeds Per Pound: 104,420
  • Genus: Sambucus
  • Height: 10-15 feet
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Butcher\'s Broom, Knee Holly, Jew\'s Myrtle Ruscus aculeatus
Prices start at : 16.95 USD / 1 packet

Grow the seedlings on in the pot in light shade in the greenhouse for their first growing season, giving occasional liquid feeds to ensure they do not suffer nutrient deficiencies.
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Height: 2-3 feet
  • Crop Year: 2014
  • Seeds Per Pound: 1,816
  • Common Name: Butcher's Broom, Knee Holly, Jew's Myrtle
  • Genus: Ruscus
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Beetlebung, Sourgum, Pepperidge, Black Tupelo, Blackgum Nyssa sylvatica    Southern
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

The fruit is up to 15mm in diameter and is borne in small clusters of 2 - 3. It is the longest living non-clonal flowering plant in Eastern North America, capable of obtaining ages of over 650 years.
  • Germination: 83%
  • Botanical Name: Nyssa sylvatica Southern
  • Purity: 99%
  • Family: Cornaceae
  • Species: sylvatica
  • Genus: Nyssa
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Blackgum, Black Tupelo, Pepperidge, Sourgum, Beetlebung Nyssa sylvatica    Northern
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The fruit is up to 15mm in diameter and is borne in small clusters of 2 - 3. It is the longest living non-clonal flowering plant in Eastern North America, capable of obtaining ages of over 650 years.
  • Height: 65-80 feet
  • Genus: Nyssa
  • Family: Cornaceae
  • Common Name: Blackgum, Black Tupelo, Pepperidge, Sourgum, Beetlebung
  • Location: Northern
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Spanish Red Oak, Southern Red Oak Quercus falcata
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* Quercus falcata , commonly known as the Southern Red Oak or Spanish Oak , is a tree in the red oak section ( Lobatae ) of the genus Quercus native to the southeastern United States .
  • Height: 100-130 feet
  • Species: falcata
  • Botanical Name: Quercus falcata
  • Genus: Quercus
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Pecan Carya illinoinensis  commercial varieties
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* The pecan (pronounced /p??k??n/ , /p??kaen/ , or /?pi?kaen/ ), Carya illinoinensis or illinoensis , is a species of hickory , native to south-central North America , in Mexico from Coahuila south to Jalisco and Veracruz , in the United States from southern...
  • Botanical Name: Carya illinoinensis commercial varieties
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Genus: Carya
  • Variety: commercial varieties
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Spiny Saltbush, Shadscale Atriplex confertifolia
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* Shadscale fruits and leaves provide important winter browse for both domestic livestock and native herbivores. * The seed is used in pinole or ground into a meal and used as a thickener in making bread or mixed with flour in making bread.
  • Quantity: 3.65 lb
  • Common Name: Spiny Saltbush, Shadscale
  • Crop Year: 2013
  • Species: confertifolia
  • Germination: 86%
  • Collection Locale: Utah
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Common Hackberry Celtis occidentalis    Europe
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It is a moderately long-lived hardwood with a light-colored wood, yellowish gray to light brown with yellow streaks. * Celtis occidentalis, commonly known as the Common hackberry, is a large deciduous tree native to North America.
  • Species: occidentalis
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Family: Ulmaceae
  • Genus: Celtis
  • Botanical Name: Celtis occidentalis Europe
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Roundleaved Dogwood, Roundleaf Dogwood Cornus rugosa
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* Habitat and Range: sandy, gravelly, or rocky slopes, often growing in areas underlain by limestone bedrock. A decoction of the roots has been used in the treatment of kidney complaints and TB.
  • Botanical Name: Cornus rugosa
  • Height: 6-10 feet
  • Species: rugosa
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
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Sonoran Scrub Oak Quercus turbinella
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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 .
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Botanical Name: Quercus turbinella
  • Species: turbinella
  • Genus: Quercus
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African Tuliptree Spathodea campanulata
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

* This tree is planted extensively as an ornamental tree throughout the tropics and is much appreciated for its very showy reddish-orange or crimson (rarely yellow), campanulate flowers.
  • Quantity: 0.02 lb
  • Height: 40 - 80 feet
  • Genus: Spathodea
  • Species: campanulata
  • Seeds Per Pound: 151,333
  • Common Name: African Tuliptree
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Hairy Leafcup, Bear\'s Foot Smallanthus uvedalius     - Polymnia uvedalia    , Osteospermum uvedalia    , Smallanthus uvedalia
Prices start at : 7.95 USD / 1 packet

* Flowering period during the summer is long, attrracting many pollinators. * Does well along woods edges as a background plant in perennial gardens. It is perhaps best known for its use as a hair tonic whilst the root is also taken internally as a treatment...
  • Botanical Name: Smallanthus uvedalius
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Height: 3-5 feet
  • Purity: 99%
  • Germination: 91%
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Massachusetts
Walter Dogwood Cornus walteri
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

It is used for making tools. * The tree itself is planted as a street tree. The wood is hard. * The fruit is a source of oil. * An easily grown plant, it succeeds in any soil of good or moderate fertility, ranging from acid to shallow chalk.
  • Quantity: 3.44 lb
  • Botanical Name: Cornus walteri
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Germination: 98%
  • Common Name: Walter Dogwood
  • Seeds Per Pound: 7,355
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Massachusetts
Lance Coreopsis, Lanceleaf Tickseed Coreopsis lanceolata   Sunburst
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

It is commonly kept as an ornamental plant. This perennial is a native plant found throughout the eastern part of the United States and in many parts of the western U.S., Canada , and Mexico .
  • Botanical Name: Coreopsis lanceolata Sunburst
  • Germination: 82%
  • Genus: Coreopsis
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Crop Year: 2005
  • Height: 3 feet
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Rountree Big Bluestem Andropogon gerardii   Rountree
Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

A warm-season grass, big bluestem begins growing in mid to late spring, several weeks after cool-season grasses. As the season progresses, plants develop a dozen or more leaves from a central tiller.
  • Common Name: Rountree Big Bluestem
  • Botanical Name: Andropogon gerardii Rountree
  • Genus: Andropogon
  • Cultivar: Rountree
  • Seeds Per Pound: 163,440
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
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Coast Live Oak, California Live Oak Quercus agrifolia
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Scrub jays prefer burned sites for acorn caching. With age, it develops deep furrows, ridges, and a thickness of about 8 to 9% of bole or branch diameter . Scrub jays cache about 5,000 acorns each year over an average home range of about 6.2 acres (2.5...
  • Family: FAGACEAE
  • Genus: Quercus
  • Height: 90 feet
  • Botanical Name: Quercus agrifolia
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American Elder, Elderberry, Common Elder, Sweet Elder, Blackberry Elder, American Elderberry Sambucus canadensis
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* The fruit is a dark purple to black berry 3–5 mm diameter, produced in drooping clusters in the fall. * Sambucus canadensis is a deciduous Shrub growing to 4 m (13ft) by 4 m (13ft) at a fast rate.
  • Common Name: American Elder, Elderberry, Common Elder, Sweet Elder, Blackberry Elder, American Elderberry
  • Height: 12 feet
  • Botanical Name: Sambucus canadensis
  • Species: canadensis
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Snake Bark Maple ACER rufinerve
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* A maple in the snake-bark maple group. * It is native to mountains forests of Japan.
  • Species: rufinerve
  • Family: ACERACEAE
  • Genus: ACER
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Bastard Oak, White Shin Oak, Bigelow Oak, Scaly-bark Oak, Shortlobe Oak Quercus sinuata  breviloba
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* Found mostly on flat-topped limestone hills. * A shrub or small tree with light gray, flaking bark. * Forms thickets on shallow soil, seldom a single tree.
  • Height: 10-40 feet
  • Variety: breviloba
  • Botanical Name: Quercus sinuata breviloba
  • Family: Fagaceae
  • Genus: Quercus
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Texas Live Oak, Plateau Oak, Escarpment Live Oak Quercus fusiformis
Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

Acorns 3/4 to 1 inch long, rather elongate. Unlike Coastal live oak, acorns are spindle-shaped (fusiform), narrowed at the base. Fusiformis), commonly known as texas live oak, escarpment live oak, plateau live oak, or plateau oak, is an evergreen or nearly...
  • Species: fusiformis
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Collection Locale: Texas
  • Common Name: Texas Live Oak, Plateau Oak, Escarpment Live Oak
  • Purity: 99%
  • Family: Fagaceae
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Cherrystone Juniper, Oneseed Juniper, Single-seed Juniper Juniperus monosperma
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When rubbed fine, the bark can be used to make children'sclothing. The bark is employed as a tinder and is also made into a slow match or can be shredded, bound into bundles and used as a torch to give light in the house.
  • Family: Cupressaceae
  • Species: monosperma
  • Common Name: Cherrystone Juniper, Oneseed Juniper, Single-seed Juniper
  • Genus: Juniperus
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Mossycup White Oak, Bur Oak, Mossycup Oak Quercus macrocarpa    Northern Zone 3
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

Burleigh County ND. It has been planted in many climates, ranging northwards to Anchorage, Alaska, and as far south as Mission, Texas. * Among the white oaks, it is one of the most tolerant of urban conditions, and is one of the fastest-growing of the...
  • Collection Locale: South Dakota
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 7
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Genus: Quercus
  • Crop Year: 2018
  • Quantity: 81.94 lb
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Scrub Oak Quercus berberidifolia     - Quercus dumosa  f. berberidifolia
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* In cooler, more exposed areas, scrub oak is usually a small, compact shrub, but in warm or sheltered areas the plant can spread out and grow several meters high. * The California Scrub Oak ( Quercus berberidifolia ) is a small evergreen or semi-evergreen...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 9
  • Common Name: Scrub Oak
  • Height: 3-6 feet
  • Botanical Name: Quercus berberidifolia
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Live Oak Quercus virginiana
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* Depending on the growing conditions, live oaks vary from the shrubby to large and spreading: typical open-grown trees reach 15 meters (50 feet) in height, but may span nearly 50 meters.
  • Species: virginiana
  • Height: 100 feet
  • Botanical Name: Quercus virginiana
  • Family: Fagaceae
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Live Oak Quercus virginiana
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* Depending on the growing conditions, live oaks vary from the shrubby to large and spreading: typical open-grown trees reach 15 meters (50 feet) in height, but may span nearly 50 meters.
  • Family: Fagaceae
  • Height: 100 feet
  • Botanical Name: Quercus virginiana
  • Species: virginiana
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Pistachio, Pistachio Nut Pistacia vera
Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

Vera by their geographic distributions (in the wild) and their nuts. Pistacia vera often is confused with other species in the genus Pistacia that are also known as pistachio. These species can be distinguished from P.
  • Family: Anacardiaceae
  • Height: 30 feet
  • Species: vera
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Collection Locale: India
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 10
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Spicebush, Northern Spicebush, Benjamin Bush, Common Spicebush, Spice Bush, Carencro Bush Lindera benzoin
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Its a native that thrives in shady locations and adds interest year round. * Spicebush is a Missouri native deciduous shrub with a broad, rounded habit which typically grows 6-12' (less frequently to 15') high in moist locations in bottomlands, woods,...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Botanical Name: Lindera benzoin
  • Genus: Lindera
  • Family: Lauraceae
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