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Chinese Hickory Carya cathayensis
Prices start at : 12.95 USD / 1 packet

* Carya cathayensis is a deciduous Tree growing to 18 m (59ft 1in) at a slow rate. It has a sweet flavour and is highly esteemed by the Chinese. * The wood is hard, tough, elastic.
  • Common Name: Chinese Hickory
  • Height: 60 feet
  • Seeds Per Pound: 126
  • Botanical Name: Carya cathayensis
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 5
  • Collection Locale: China
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Black Oak Quercus velutina
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It is a consistent seed producer with good crops of acorns every 2 to 3 years. In Missouri, the average number of mature acorns per tree was generally higher than for other oaks over a 5-year period, but the number of acorns differed greatly from year...
  • Botanical Name: Quercus velutina
  • Species: velutina
  • Genus: Quercus
  • Common Name: Black Oak
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Texas Live Oak, Plateau Oak, Escarpment Live Oak Quercus fusiformis
Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

It is also a smaller tree, not exceeding 1 m in trunk diameter (to 2.5 m diameter in southern live oak), with more erect branching and a less wide crown. Virginiana, which it is sometimes considered a variety of.
  • Collection Locale: Texas
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Purity: 99%
  • Common Name: Texas Live Oak, Plateau Oak, Escarpment Live Oak
  • Crop Year: 2018
  • Family: Fagaceae
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Pin Oak Quercus palustris
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The acorns are 1/2"; the tree grows quickly; needs acid soil, is subject to chlorosis and likes full sun. * This is a very popular shade and street tree which is conical when young and ultimately forms a rounded canopy with a tall unbranched trunk.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Genus: Quercus
  • Common Name: Pin Oak
  • Height: 60-70 feet
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Sawtooth Oak Quercus acutissima
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* The acorns are eaten by jays, pigeons, and squirrels . * Most planting in North America was carried out for wildlife food provision, as the species tends to bear heavier crops of acorns than other native American oak species.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Family: Fagaceae
  • Height: 75-90 feet
  • Botanical Name: Quercus acutissima
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Butternut Juglans cinerea
Prices start at : 12.95 USD / 1 packet

* The seed is eaten raw or ground into a powder and used with cereal flours in making cakes, biscuits, muffins, bread etc. Oily and sweet tasting with a rich agreeable flavour. * It is a deciduous tree growing to 20 m tall, rarely 30 m, and 40–80 cm...
  • Germination: 98%
  • Family: Juglandaceae
  • Collection Locale: Pennsylvania
  • Crop Year: 2016
  • Quantity: 27.17 lb
  • Seeds Per Pound: 40
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Chinquapin Oak, Chinkapin Oak, Yellow Chestnut Oak, Yellow Oak, Chestnut Oak Quercus muehlenbergii
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* It is a deciduous tree reaching 30 m tall (exceptionally up to 50 m), with a rounded crown and thin, scaly or flaky bark on the trunk. * Chinkapin oak is generally found on well-drained upland soils derived from limestone or where limestone outcrops...
  • Botanical Name: Quercus muehlenbergii
  • Species: muehlenbergii
  • Common Name: Chinquapin Oak, Chinkapin Oak, Yellow Chestnut Oak, Yellow Oak, Chestnut Oak
  • Family: Fagaceae
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White Oak Quercus alba
Prices start at : 7.95 USD / 1 packet

* Normally not a very tall tree, typically 65–85 feet (19.5-25.5 m) tall at maturity, it nonetheless becomes quite massive and its lower branches are apt to reach far out laterally parallel to the ground.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Common Name: White Oak
  • Crop Year: 2018
  • Seeds Per Pound: 80
  • Purity: 99%
  • Family: Fagaceae
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Beaked Filbert, Beaked Hazelnut Corylus cornuta
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* The seed can be eaten raw or cooked. * Corylus cornuta ( Beaked Hazel ) is a deciduous shrubby hazel found in most of North America , from southern Canada south to Georgia and California .
  • Species: cornuta
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Family: Betulaceae
  • Botanical Name: Corylus cornuta
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Swamp Chestnut Oak, Cow Oak Quercus michauxii
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It typically grows to around 65 ft (20 m) tall, though the tallest specimen currently known is over 42m tall. However, the swamp chestnut oak is a larger tree which differs in preferred habitat, and the bark does not have the distinctive deep, rugged...
  • Height: 60-120 feet
  • Species: michauxii
  • Common Name: Swamp Chestnut Oak, Cow Oak
  • Botanical Name: Quercus michauxii
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Northern Red Oak Quercus rubra     - Quercus borealis
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

* A fairly fast-growing tree, it is cultivated for its timber in C. * Tolerate: Drought, Dry Soil, Black Walnut, Air Pollution. * Prefers a good deep fertile loam which can be on the stiff side.
  • Germination: 98%
  • Genus: Quercus
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Common Name: Northern Red Oak
  • Purity: 99%
  • Seeds Per Pound: 80
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Sand Hickory Carya pallida
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The seed is up to 3cm long. The seed ripens in late autumn and, when stored in its shell in a cool place, will keep for at least 6 months. Rather thin-shelled, the seed is small and sweet.
  • Genus: Carya
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Common Name: Sand Hickory
  • Height: 90-100 feet
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Laurel Oak, Diamond Leaf Oak Quercus laurifolia     - Quercus obtusa
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* Swamp laurel oak is found mostly on alluvial flood plains, from sea level up to 150 m altitude. * It will tolerate the wetter sites in association with other oak species but will not live with continuous or prolonged flooding.
  • Height: 40-60 feet
  • Botanical Name: Quercus laurifolia
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
  • Species: laurifolia
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Water Oak, Spotted Oak, Duck Oak, Punk Oak, Orange Oak, Possum Oak Quercus nigra
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* Water oak is particularly suited for timber, fuel, wildlife habitat, and environmental forestry . It has been widely planted in southern communities as a shade tree. It grows in sandy soils, red clays, and old fields to the borders of swamps, streams,...
  • Botanical Name: Quercus nigra
  • Species: nigra
  • Common Name: Water Oak, Spotted Oak, Duck Oak, Punk Oak, Orange Oak, Possum Oak
  • Height: 100 feet
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Quaking Aspen
Prices start at : 5.99 USD / each

Fast grower eventually reaches 40-50 feet tall and 20-30 feet wide. 2-3' dormant bareroot trees. One of nature's finest yellow leaves in autumn. One of the hardiest trees we sell! You will love the golden splendour of Quaking Aspens in fall.
  • Colors: Yellow
  • Spread: 30'
  • Max Height (feet): 50
  • Plant Lighting: Full Sun
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Sawtooth Oak Quercus acutissima
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* The acorns are eaten by jays, pigeons, and squirrels . * Most planting in North America was carried out for wildlife food provision, as the species tends to bear heavier crops of acorns than other native American oak species.
  • Botanical Name: Quercus acutissima
  • Genus: Quercus
  • Family: Fagaceae
  • Species: acutissima
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Sandalwood Santalum album
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* The use of S. Album in India is noted in literature for over two thousand years. * Sandalwood oil has been widely used in folk medicine for treatment of common colds, bronchitis
  • Genus: Santalum
  • Species: album
  • Family: Santalaceae
  • Botanical Name: Santalum album
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Mossycup White Oak, Bur Oak, Mossycup Oak Quercus macrocarpa    Northern Zone 3
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

* The Quercus macrocarpa or Bur Oak , sometimes spelled Burr Oak , is a species of oak in the white oak section Quercus sect. Burleigh County ND. * Bur Oak typically grows in the open, away from forest canopy.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Purity: 99%
  • Genus: Quercus
  • Common Name: Mossycup White Oak, Bur Oak, Mossycup Oak
  • Species: macrocarpa
  • Crop Year: 2018
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Gobbler Sawtooth Oak Quercus acutissima   Gobbler
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* The acorns are eaten by jays, pigeons, and squirrels . * Most planting in North America was carried out for wildlife food provision, as the species tends to bear heavier crops of acorns than other native American oak species.
  • Species: acutissima
  • Botanical Name: Quercus acutissima Gobbler
  • Cultivar: Gobbler
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Seeds Per Pound: 132
  • Germination Test Type: cut
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Woodland Elaeocarpus Elaeocarpus sylvestris     - Elaeocarpus decipiens
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

The oil from the seeds may be processed into soap or lubricants. * This species contains the gallotannin 1,2,3,4,6-penta-O-galloyl-beta-D-glucose, a compound that may be used in radioprotection.
  • Crop Year: 2013
  • Germination: 71%
  • Collection Locale: China
  • Height: 30-40 feet
  • Botanical Name: Elaeocarpus sylvestris
  • Species: sylvestris
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Amur Mountain Ash Sorbus pohuashanensis
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

Dislikes dry soils. Tolerates light shade, though it fruits better in a sunny position. * A small tree with compound leaves, white flowers in clusters to 4", 1/4" orange-red fruit; native to northern China.
  • Crop Year: 2010
  • Collection Locale: China
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 67
  • Height: 20-40ft
  • Germination: 77%
  • Quantity: 2.82 lb
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Yellow Buckeye Aesculus octandra     - Aesculus flava
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* It has greenish yellow flowers in May and the dark green leaves turn yellow to pumpkin-orange in the fall. * A species of buckeye native to the Ohio Valley and Appalachian Mountains of the Eastern United States.
  • Species: octandra
  • Family: HIPPOCASTANACEAE
  • Genus: Aesculus
  • Height: 90-110 feet
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Live Oak Quercus virginiana
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They can grow at severe angles, and Native Americans used to bend saplings over so that they would grow at extreme angles, to serve as trail markers. They drop their leaves, and grow new ones, within a few weeks in spring.
  • Species: virginiana
  • Genus: Quercus
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Family: Fagaceae
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Swamp Chestnut Oak, Cow Oak Quercus michauxii
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It typically grows to around 65 ft (20 m) tall, though the tallest specimen currently known is over 42m tall. However, the swamp chestnut oak is a larger tree which differs in preferred habitat, and the bark does not have the distinctive deep, rugged...
  • Species: michauxii
  • Common Name: Swamp Chestnut Oak, Cow Oak
  • Family: Fagaceae
  • Botanical Name: Quercus michauxii
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Wisconsin Weeping Willow
Prices start at : 22.99 USD / Each

This popular classic makes a dramatic addition to any open space. Grows best in moist soil. (The USDA hardiness zones offer a guide to varieties that will grow well in certain climates.
  • Shade/Sun: Full Sun
  • Soil Composition: Loamy
  • Zone Range: 3 - 9
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Sandalwood Santalum album
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* The use of S. Album in India is noted in literature for over two thousand years. * Sandalwood oil has been widely used in folk medicine for treatment of common colds, bronchitis
  • Species: album
  • Common Name: Sandalwood
  • Botanical Name: Santalum album
  • Height: 15-30 feet
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Lombardy Poplar
Prices start at : 7.99 USD / Each

Make sure that your hardiness zone lies within the zone compatability range of this variety before ordering. Matures to be 50-60' tall. Cold-hardy.The USDA hardiness zones offer a guide to varieties that will grow well in certain climates.
  • Shade/Sun: Full Sun
  • Soil pH Level: 5.5 - 8.0
  • Bloom Color: Red
  • Soil Moisture: Well Drained
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