Squirrel Food Producing Plant Wildlife Food For Sale In Clearwater

The seed is up to 3cm long. * The seed is eaten raw or cooked. 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.

Its native range includes the Quartz Mountains and Wichita Mountains in southwestern Oklahoma, through Texas, to the Mexican states of Coahuila, Tamaulipas, and Nuevo Leon. Fusiformis), commonly known as texas live oak, escarpment live oak, plateau live...

* Common hazel is typically a shrub reaching 3–8 m tall, but can reach 15 m. * Jefferson is also the best in shell variety yet found with resistance. All of these were selected for their Eastern Filbert Blight resistance.

* 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. * The acorns are eaten by jays, pigeons, and squirrels .

* The very bold, decorative leaves and the attractive catkins produced in spring make it an excellent ornamental tree for planting in parks and large gardens. * In this variety the seeds are heart shaped.

It grows in sandy soils, red clays, and old fields to the borders of swamps, streams, to bottomlands. * Water oak grows well along small streams or moist upland soils with 1270 to 1520 mm (50 to 60 in) annual rainfall during the frost-free period.

* An evergreen Tree growing to 10 m (32ft) by 10 m (32ft) at a slow rate. * Lithocarpus densiflorus , commonly known as the Tanoak or Tanbark-oak , is an evergreen tree in the beech family Fagaceae , native to the western United States , in California...

* A shrub or small tree, thick-shelled round nuts, 3/4"; native to south central U.S. and northern Mexico. * Juglans microcarpa , known also as the Texas Walnut or the Little Black Walnut (literally the Jupiter's acorn with small nuts) is a large shrub...

The leaves are gray-green and pale and fuzzy underneath, and several centimeters long. * Cornus capitata is a species of dogwood known by the common names Bentham's cornel , Himalayan flowering dogwood , and evergreen dogwood .

* The wood is similar to, and usually marketed mixed with, other white oaks. * The Swamp Chestnut Oak ( Quercus michauxii ) is a species of oak in the white oak section Quercus section Quercus , native to bottomlands and wetlands in the southern and central...

It is a consistent seed producer with good crops of acorns every 2 to 3 years. * 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...

The dark-green leaves are usually small, 2.5-7 cm long and 2-5 cm broad, thick and often spiny-toothed, particularly on young trees. * The Interior Live Oak ( Quercus wislizeni ) is an evergeen oak , highly variable and often shrubby, found in areas of...

* An oil is extracted from the seeds. It attains a tallow-like consistency on standing and is used to make candles.

* Common hazel is typically a shrub reaching 3–8 m tall, but can reach 15 m. * Jefferson is also the best in shell variety yet found with resistance. All of these were selected for their Eastern Filbert Blight resistance.

Specific epithet comes from Latin and means to place in an overlapping order, as with tile or shingles. * 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.

* The Scarlet Oak ( Quercus coccinea ) is an oak in the red oak section Quercus sect. * This tall tree has lustrous almost reflective dark green summer leaves that yield to brilliant reds and scarlets in the fall.

* An evergreen Tree growing to 10 m (32ft) by 10 m (32ft) at a slow rate. * Lithocarpus densiflorus , commonly known as the Tanoak or Tanbark-oak , is an evergreen tree in the beech family Fagaceae , native to the western United States , in California...

The inflated bladder like flowers are interesting. * This plant is commonly seen along roadsides and in disturbed places in North America. It is considered a noxious weed in the state of Washington and seems to be tolerated most others.

* Substances from the plant have shown anticancer activity. * Cephalotaxus fortunei, commonly called the Chinese Plum Yew, simply Plum Yew, Chinese Cowtail Pine or in Chinese as San Jian Shan (Chinese: ???; pinyin: s?nji?nsh?n), is a coniferous shrub...

* The bark is cathartic, febrifuge and tonic. * 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.

* Acorns are a source of food for wildlife. * Quercus marilandica ( Blackjack oak ) is a small oak , one of the red oak group Quercus sect. * The wood is very dense and produces a hot flame when burned, which functions as an excellent source of heat for...

Many kinds of wildlife eat the fruits and it is a favored honey tree. * The fruit is occasionally eaten raw but more often used in preserves. * They are long-lived trees, commencing to bear seeds when about 30 years old and usually producing heavy crops...

* Rosa palustris is a shrub with alternate, pinnately compound leaves , on thorny stems. The flowers are pink, borne in summer.

* Cornus alba (red-barked or Siberian dogwood) is a species of flowering plant in the family Cornaceae, native to Siberia, northern China and Korea. * The plant is extremely hardy, to USDA Zone 3.

The fruit can also be dried and stored for later use. * The fruit can be eaten raw or cooked. Pectin is also said to protect the body against radiation. Harsh and acid, it is mainly used for jellies but can be eaten raw when it is fully ripe.

* Alpine Honeysuckle ( Lonicera alpigena L. It is a deciduous shrub up to 2 m high, in late summer bearing conspicuous brilliant red inedible fruits superficially resembling cherries.

* Quick growing, extremely tall, grows well in poor soil; grayish-white bark, creamy-white branches; bark produces a "manna" eaten by natives; wood used for shingles and rough woodworking; common in cultivation.