Squirrel Food Producing Plant Shade Tree For Sale In Seattle

* The seed is eaten raw or cooked. The seed is up to 3cm long. Rather thin-shelled, the seed is small and sweet. The seed ripens in late autumn and, when stored in its shell in a cool place, will keep for at least 6 months.

The swamp chestnut oak's bark can be sliced into flexible strips suitable for basket weaving, and for this reason the species is sometimes called the "basket oak". * The wood is similar to, and usually marketed mixed with, other white oaks.

* Luther Burbank was the first to describe Paradox Black Walnut, "As compared with seedlings of either the California or the Persian Walnut this manifests an enormous capacity for growth.

* Q.robur supports the highest biodiversity of insect herbivores of any British plant (>400 spp). * A specimen of notable longevity is one in Stelmuz , Lithuania which is believed to be approximately 1,500 years old, possibly making it the oldest oak...

* It is a deciduous tree growing to 20 m tall, rarely 30 m, and 40–80 cm stem diameter, with light gray bark . * Compound leaves, dark green; 2" edible fruit, oily; furrowed dark gray bark; often of rather open habit, with a number of trunks and few...

It is tolerant of wide ranges of pH levels in soil. * Shumard Oak is native to the Atlantic Coastal Plain primarily from North Carolina to northern Florida and west to central Texas; it is also found north in the Mississippi River Valley to central Oklahoma,...

July high temperatures vary from 21° to 46° C (70° to 115° F) and January low temperatures from 2° to -29° C (35° to -20° F) . * Water oak is particularly suited for timber, fuel, wildlife habitat, and environmental forestry .

* Bur Oak typically grows in the open, away from forest canopy. * This plant is also called Mossycup oak and Mossycup white oak . * 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...

* 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.

Quercus , native to North America in the eastern and midwestern United States and south-central Canada . * The bark is a medium gray and somewhat rugged. * Among the white oaks, it is one of the most tolerant of urban conditions, and is one of the fastest-growing...

* Acorns are an important source of food for wildlife. Specific epithet comes from Latin and means to place in an overlapping order, as with tile or shingles. * Wood was once used by early settlers in the midwest for shingles, hence the common name.

* 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.

* Intermediate between the Chestnut Oak and the White Oak . * The bark resembles the White Oak. * Wildlife such as deer, ducks, and geese, as well as other animals are attracted to this tree when acorns are dropping in the fall.

A unique cross that grows quickly, yet maintains structural integrity. (The USDA hardiness zones offer a guide to varieties that will grow well in certain climates. Shipped 3 feet and up.

* Tallowwood is so named owing to the greasy feel of the wood when cut. It has many commercial uses. * The wood is strong, hard, durable,and takes a good polish. It is one of the species whose leaves are used for food by Koalas.

Formosana turns a very attractive red color in autumn.Leaves grow in an alternate arrangement, and are simple, palmately-veined, with serrated margins. It is usually found in East Asia in Central and Southern China, Taiwan, and Indochina.

Introduced in 1966. Cold-hardy.The USDA hardiness zones offer a guide to varieties that will grow well in certain climates. Each zone corresponds to the minimum winter temperatures experienced in a given area.

Under optimal conditions it can grow 3' or more per year! Intense, long lasting orange-red fall color. This hybrid combines the best features of both parents: the vigor and adaptability of the Silver Maple with the beauty and strength of the Red Maple.

* A species of buckeye native to the Ohio Valley and Appalachian Mountains of the Eastern United States. * It is a medium-sized deciduous tree growing to 20-47 m tall. * It has greenish yellow flowers in May and the dark green leaves turn yellow to pumpkin-orange...

* The cooked seed was used as a staple food by several native North American Indian tribes * Oaks may be the single most important genus used by wildlife for food and cover in California forests and rangelands.

Occidentalis) where the range overlaps. The wood is also used to produce sporting goods and plywood. It has also been used, mixed with powdered shells, as a treatment for VD. It is well-adapted to urban areas; its elm-like shape and warty bark make it...

* The pin oak is in the red oak subgenus: pointed lobes.The sinuses are very deeply cut and u-shaped.The amount of sinus area is approximately equivalent to the amount of actual leaf area.The upper branches point upwards, the middle branches are perpendicular...

* 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.

* The wood of Nyssa sylvatica is heavy, hard, cross-grained, and difficult to split, especially after drying. Hollow trunks provide nesting or denning opportunities for bees and various mammals.

* It is a medium-sized to large deciduous tree, growing to 15–25 m. Southern sugar maple ACBA3 Summary Duration Perennial Growth Habit Tree Native Status L48 (N) Federal T/E Status National Wetland Indicator Morphology/Physiology Active Growth Period...

* A short, tapering trunk supports picturesquely gnarled branches and limbs that over time will spread horizontally a great distance from the main trunk. The tree is generally accepted to be the hardiest evergreen oak, able to withstand very cold winters...

* The trees are evergreen, 12 to 15 m tall. * Bark smooth to wrinkled. * Maple makes a handsome street tree in SE China.