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Black Oak Quercus velutina
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* In the northern part of its range, black oak is a relatively small tree, reaching a height of 20-25 m (65-80 ft) and a diameter of 90 cm (35 in), but it grows larger in the south and center of its range, where heights of up to 42 m (140 ft) are known.
  • Species: velutina
  • Family: Fagaceae
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Botanical Name: Quercus velutina
Illinois
Chicago
Beaked Filbert, Beaked Hazelnut Corylus cornuta
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The seed ripens in mid to late autumn and will probably need to be protected from squirrels. When kept in a cool place, and not shelled, the seed should store for at least 12 months.
  • Height: 9-12 feet
  • Genus: Corylus
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Common Name: Beaked Filbert, Beaked Hazelnut
Illinois
Chicago
Butternut Juglans cinerea
Prices start at : 12.95 USD / 1 packet

* Compound leaves, dark green; 2" edible fruit, oily; furrowed dark gray bark; often of rather open habit, with a number of trunks and few internal branches; likes rich moist soil but adapts to drier sites; native to eastern North America
  • Common Name: Butternut
  • Species: cinerea
  • Family: Juglandaceae
  • Crop Year: 2016
  • Collection Locale: Pennsylvania
  • Seeds Per Pound: 40
Illinois
Chicago
Water Oak, Spotted Oak, Duck Oak, Punk Oak, Orange Oak, Possum Oak Quercus nigra
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* Water oak serves the same ecological role as weeping willow and other wetland trees. * Quercus nigra, the water oak, is an oak in the red oak group (Quercus sect. The seed is about 15cm long and wide, it can be dried, ground into a powder and used as...
  • Species: nigra
  • Family: Fagaceae
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
  • Height: 100 feet
Illinois
Chicago
English Oak, Pedunculate Oak Quercus robur
Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

* Q.robur supports the highest biodiversity of insect herbivores of any British plant (>400 spp). The acorns form a valuable food resource for several small mammals and some birds, notably Eurasian Jays Garrulus glandarius.
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Purity: 99%
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 7
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Quantity: 15.67 lb
Illinois
Chicago
Texas Live Oak, Plateau Oak, Escarpment Live Oak Quercus fusiformis
Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

* A short, tapering trunk supports picturesquely gnarled branches and limbs that over time will spread horizontally a great distance from the main trunk. * This live oak in the white oak section of the genus Quercus is distinguished from Quercus virginiana...
  • Species: fusiformis
  • Collection Locale: Texas
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 5
  • Common Name: Texas Live Oak, Plateau Oak, Escarpment Live Oak
  • Genus: Quercus
  • Family: Fagaceae
Illinois
Chicago
Mossycup White Oak, Bur Oak, Mossycup Oak Quercus macrocarpa Northern Zone 3
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

Burleigh County ND. * It commonly lives to be 200 to 300 years old, and may live up to 400 years. * The bark is a medium gray and somewhat rugged. * Acorn cups are covered with a mossy scale or bur near the rim, hence the common names.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Seeds Per Pound: 184
  • Genus: Quercus
  • Location: Northern Zone 3
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 7
  • Purity: 99%
Illinois
Chicago
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.
  • Genus: Quercus
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Common Name: Sawtooth Oak
  • Family: Fagaceae
Illinois
Chicago
Laurel Oak, Diamond Leaf Oak Quercus laurifolia - Quercus obtusa
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* It is grown and marketed mainly as pulpwood. * The acorns provide food for raccoons, White-tailed Deer, Wild Turkeys, squirrels, ducks, Bobwhite Quail, and small birds and rodents.
  • Species: laurifolia
  • Height: 40-60 feet
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
  • Family: Fagaceae
Illinois
Chicago
Bur Oak Quercus macrocarpa Southern
Prices start at : 11.95 USD / 1 packet

* Bur Oak typically grows in the open, away from forest canopy. * Quercus macrocarpa is a large deciduous tree growing up to 30 m (100 ft), rarely 40 m (130 ft), in height, and is one of the most massive oaks with a trunk diameter of up to 3 m (10 ft).

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    • Genus: Quercus
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
    • Germination: 91%
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 6
    • Height: 70 feet
    • Quantity: 27.24 lb
    Illinois
    Chicago
    Autumn Blaze Maple
    Prices start at : 12.99 USD / each

    Under optimal conditions it can grow 3' or more per year! Intense, long lasting orange-red fall color. Very uniform shape that required little pruning. This hybrid combines the best features of both parents: the vigor and adaptability of the Silver Maple...
    • Max Height (feet): 50
    • Spread: 40'
    • Zones: 3-8
    • Deer Resistant: No
    Illinois
    Chicago
    Chinquapin Oak, Chinkapin Oak, Yellow Chestnut Oak, Yellow Oak, Chestnut Oak Quercus muehlenbergii
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    * The scientific name honors Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753–1815), a Lutheran pastor and amateur botanist in Pennsylvania . * Chinkapin oak is generally found on well-drained upland soils derived from limestone or where limestone outcrops...
    • Botanical Name: Quercus muehlenbergii
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
    • Common Name: Chinquapin Oak, Chinkapin Oak, Yellow Chestnut Oak, Yellow Oak, Chestnut Oak
    • Height: 90-110 fet
    Illinois
    Chicago
    Willow Oak Quercus phellos
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    * It is a medium-sized tree growing to 20-30 m tall (exceptionally to 39 m), with a trunk up to 1-1.5 m diameter (exceptionally 2 m). * The tree starts acorn production around 15 years of age, earlier than many oak species.
    • Height: 60-90 feet
    • Common Name: Willow Oak
    • Botanical Name: Quercus phellos
    • Genus: Quercus
    Illinois
    Chicago
    Woodland Elaeocarpus Elaeocarpus sylvestris - Elaeocarpus decipiens
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    * The wood does not resist water, so it is not considered good timber, but it is used for growing shiitake mushrooms. * This species contains the gallotannin 1,2,3,4,6-penta-O-galloyl-beta-D-glucose, a compound that may be used in radioprotection.
    • Species: sylvestris
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 10
    • Common Name: Woodland Elaeocarpus
    • Genus: Elaeocarpus
    • Germination: 71%
    • Seeds Per Pound: 2,179
    Illinois
    Chicago
    Shingle Oak Quercus imbricaria
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    * A tree usually fifty to sixty feet high, maximum height one hundred, with broad pyramidal head when young, becoming in old age broad-topped and open. * Acorns are an important source of food for wildlife.
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
    • Species: imbricaria
    • Botanical Name: Quercus imbricaria
    • Height: 60 feet
    Illinois
    Chicago
    Chinese Hickory Carya cathayensis
    Prices start at : 12.95 USD / 1 packet

    * The wood is hard, tough, elastic. It has a sweet flavour and is highly esteemed by the Chinese. * Carya cathayensis is a deciduous Tree growing to 18 m (59ft 1in) at a slow rate.
    • Quantity: 1.45 lb
    • Crop Year: 2016
    • Purity: 99%
    • Collection Locale: China
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 5
    • Species: cathayensis
    Illinois
    Chicago
    Nutmeg Hickory Carya myristiciformis
    Prices start at : 11.95 USD / 1 packet

    * 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.
    • Germination: 83%
    • Family: Juglandaceae
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 12
    • Collection Locale: Louisiana
    • Quantity: 4.02 lb
    • Crop Year: 2017
    Illinois
    Chicago
    Oriental Beech Fagus orientalis
    Prices start at : 24.95 USD / 1 oz

    Source of useful timber; native to eastern Europe. * It is closely related to the European Beech ( F. * Large stately tree with smooth pale gray bark and obovate leaves widest near the tips, 6" veins; Dark green foilage, golden yellow in the fall.
    • Quantity: 10.01 lb
    • Collection Locale: Russia
    • Crop Year: 2013
    • Purity: 99%
    • Botanical Name: Fagus orientalis
    • Common Name: Oriental Beech
    Illinois
    Chicago
    Horse Chestnut Aesculus hippocastanum
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    * It is native to Greece and Albania. * With its white flowers it is beloved of bees in May and children in fall for the mahogany nuts. * A decidious Tree growing to 30 m. * Commonly found in parks and gardens and is one of the dominant landscape species.
    • Family: Hippocastanaceae
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
    • Common Name: Horse Chestnut
    • Genus: Aesculus
    Illinois
    Chicago
    Big-leaf Linden, Largeleaf Linden, Bigleaf Linden, Cut-leaved Lime, Cut-leaved Linden Tilia platyphyllos
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    It is frequently planted as an ornamental tree in parks, or as a shade tree or a lawn tree. * Leaves to 5" long, heart-shaped, dark green; yellowish-white flowers in drooping clusters; of upright, rounded habit, like T.
    • Purity: 99%
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    • Genus: Tilia
    • Botanical Name: Tilia platyphyllos
    • Family: Tiliaceae
    • Height: 100 feet
    Illinois
    Chicago
    Beaked Filbert, Beaked Hazelnut Corylus cornuta
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    The seed ripens in mid to late autumn and will probably need to be protected from squirrels. When kept in a cool place, and not shelled, the seed should store for at least 12 months.
    • Botanical Name: Corylus cornuta
    • Species: cornuta
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
    • Common Name: Beaked Filbert, Beaked Hazelnut
    Illinois
    Chicago
    Dasystyla Tilia Tilia dasystyla
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    * Tilia dasystyla is a deciduous lime tree species . * Leaves to 6"; small flower clusters; young branches red; rounded fruit; native to southeast Europe and western Asia.
    • Botanical Name: Tilia dasystyla
    • Common Name: Dasystyla Tilia
    • Family: TILIACEAE
    • Species: dasystyla
    Illinois
    Chicago
    Freeman\'s Maple, Freeman Maple ACER x freemanii - ACER freemanii
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    * A hybrid of the red and silver maples, combining the best of both species. * Excellent red autumn color. * Popular ornamental tree in parks and large gardens. * Fast growth and tolerance to adverse climatic and soil conditions.
    • Botanical Name: ACER x freemanii dry seed
    • Genus: ACER
    • Family: ACERACEAE
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
    Illinois
    Chicago
    Red Buckeye, Firecracker Plant Aesculus pavia Northern
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    * When grouped or massed in light shade provided by pines the effect can be spectacular. * Fine plant for naturalizing in moist soils and where there is some shade. * A decidious Shrub growing to 5 m.
    • Height: 15 feet
    • Family: Hippocastanaceae
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
    • Genus: Aesculus
    • Common Name: Red Buckeye, Firecracker Plant
    Illinois
    Chicago
    Butternut Juglans cinerea
    Prices start at : 12.95 USD / 1 packet

    * Compound leaves, dark green; 2" edible fruit, oily; furrowed dark gray bark; often of rather open habit, with a number of trunks and few internal branches; likes rich moist soil but adapts to drier sites; native to eastern North America
    • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 9
    • Botanical Name: Juglans cinerea
    • Species: cinerea
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    • Height: 60-90 feet
    • Purity: 99%
    Illinois
    Chicago
    Formosan Sweetgum, Chinese Sweet Gum, Formosan Gum Liquidambar formosana
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

    Formosana turns a very attractive red color in autumn.Leaves grow in an alternate arrangement, and are simple, palmately-veined, with serrated margins. * Liquidambar formosana is a large, native, deciduous tree that grows up to 30-40m tall.
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
    • Lot#: 060802
    • Common Name: Formosan Sweetgum, Chinese Sweet Gum, Formosan Gum
    • Genus: Liquidambar
    • Collection Locale: China
    • Crop Year: 2006
    Illinois
    Chicago
    Tallowwood Eucalyptus, Australian Tallowwood Eucalyptus microcorys
    Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

    * Tallowwood ( Eucalyptus microcorys ) is a native Eucalypt species common in New South Wales and Queensland , Australia . * Tallowwood is so named owing to the greasy feel of the wood when cut.
    • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 10
    • Family: Myrtaceae
    • Common Name: Tallowwood Eucalyptus, Australian Tallowwood
    • Height: 100-120 feet
    • Germination: 71%
    • Genus: Eucalyptus
    Illinois
    Chicago
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