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

An edible oil from the seed is used in cooking. The seed ripens in late autumn and, when stored in its shell in a cool place, will keep for at least 6 months. * Carya cathayensis is a deciduous Tree growing to 18 m (59ft 1in) at a slow rate.
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 5
  • Common Name: Chinese Hickory
  • Germination: 98%
  • Family: JUGLANDACEAE
  • Height: 60 feet
  • Germination Test Type: cut
North Carolina
Durham
Swamp Chestnut Oak, Cow Oak Quercus michauxii
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However, the swamp chestnut oak is a larger tree which differs in preferred habitat, and the bark does not have the distinctive deep, rugged ridging of the chestnut oak, being thinner, scaly, and paler gray.
  • Common Name: Swamp Chestnut Oak, Cow Oak
  • Botanical Name: Quercus michauxii
  • Family: Fagaceae
  • Genus: Quercus
North Carolina
Durham
Scarlet Oak Quercus coccinea
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On Scarlet Oak the sinuses between lobes are "C"-shaped in comparison to Pin Oak (Q. * Any galls produced on the tree are strongly astringent and can be used in the treatment of haemorrhages, chronic diarrhoea, dysentery etc.
  • Common Name: Scarlet Oak
  • Family: FAGACEAE
  • Species: coccinea
  • Height: 70-75 feet
North Carolina
Durham
Sawtooth Oak Quercus acutissima
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* Quercus acutissima lives in deciduous forests at altitudes of up to 2,200 metres (7,200 ft) in South Asia and South East Asia. * Most planting in North America was carried out for wildlife food provision, as the species tends to bear heavier crops of...
  • Family: Fagaceae
  • Species: acutissima
  • Height: 75-90 feet
  • Common Name: Sawtooth Oak
North Carolina
Durham
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.
  • Family: Fagaceae
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Botanical Name: Quercus phellos
  • Species: phellos
North Carolina
Durham
Bush Chinquapin, Dwarf Golden Chinquapin Chrysolepis sempervirens
Prices start at : 29.95 USD / 1 packet

* A very ornamental shrub. Plants can only be grown in oceanic and Mediterranean climates, thriving in Britain. * The seed is eaten raw or cooked. * Requires a lime-free soil. Very sweet and much appreciated, tasting somewhat like a hazel nut.
  • Family: Fagaceae
  • Botanical Name: Chrysolepis sempervirens
  • Height: 5-7 feet
  • Genus: Chrysolepis
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Seeds Per Pound: 512
North Carolina
Durham
Sand Hickory Carya pallida
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* The seed is eaten raw or cooked. 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.
  • Height: 90-100 feet
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Genus: Carya
  • Common Name: Sand Hickory
North Carolina
Durham
European Filbert, Common Filbert, Common Hazelnut, European Hazelnut Corylus avellana
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All of these were selected for their Eastern Filbert Blight resistance. The leaves are deciduous , rounded, 6–12 cm long and across, softly hairy on both surfaces, and with a double-serrate margin.
  • Common Name: European Filbert, Common Filbert, Common Hazelnut, European Hazelnut
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Species: avellana
  • Genus: Corylus
North Carolina
Durham
White Oak Quercus alba
Prices start at : 7.95 USD / 1 packet

* It is not unusual for a white oak tree to be as wide as it is tall. * White oak grows over much of eastern North America and is an important hardwood timber tree. * Normally not a very tall tree, typically 65–85 feet (19.5-25.5 m) tall at maturity,...
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 8
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Germination: 91%
  • Crop Year: 2018
  • Seeds Per Pound: 80
  • Height: 65-85 feet
North Carolina
Durham
Sand Hickory Carya pallida
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* The seed is eaten raw or cooked. 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.
  • Height: 90-100 feet
  • Botanical Name: Carya pallida
  • Genus: Carya
  • Species: pallida
North Carolina
Durham
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.
  • Genus: Quercus
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Common Name: Black Oak
  • Botanical Name: Quercus velutina
North Carolina
Durham
English Oak, Pedunculate Oak Quercus robur
Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

* Quercus robur is cultivated as an ornamental tree in the temperate regions of most continents. * Q.robur supports the highest biodiversity of insect herbivores of any British plant (>400 spp).
  • Common Name: English Oak, Pedunculate Oak
  • Purity: 99%
  • Germination: 98%
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 7
  • Collection Locale: Morgan Co., Ill
  • Height: 75-100 feet
North Carolina
Durham
Water Oak, Spotted Oak, Duck Oak, Punk Oak, Orange Oak, Possum Oak Quercus nigra
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* 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. It has been widely planted in southern communities as a shade tree.
  • Common Name: Water Oak, Spotted Oak, Duck Oak, Punk Oak, Orange Oak, Possum Oak
  • Family: Fagaceae
  • Botanical Name: Quercus nigra
  • Height: 100 feet
North Carolina
Durham
Shingle Oak Quercus imbricaria
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Reaches its largest size in southern Illinois and Indiana. * Acorns are an important source of food for wildlife. * A tree usually fifty to sixty feet high, maximum height one hundred, with broad pyramidal head when young, becoming in old age broad-topped...
  • Botanical Name: Quercus imbricaria
  • Family: Fagaceae
  • Genus: Quercus
  • Species: imbricaria
North Carolina
Durham
Water Tupelo Nyssa aquatica
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* The wood of the roots is sometimes used for making floats instead of cork. * They are long-lived trees, commencing to bear seeds when about 30 years old and usually producing heavy crops each year.
  • Height: 90-100 feet
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Seeds Per Pound: 681
  • Germination: 63%
  • Common Name: Water Tupelo
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
North Carolina
Durham
Meadow Sweet, Siberian Meadowsweet, Meadowsweet Filipendula palmata
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

The species grow to between 0.5-2 m tall, with large inflorescences of small five-petalled flowers, creamy-white to pink-tinged in most species, dark pink in F. * It is a genus of 12 species of perennial herbaceous flowering plants in the family Rosaceae,...
  • Seeds Per Pound: 998,800
  • Height: 36-48 inches
  • Quantity: 0.08 lb
  • Common Name: Meadow Sweet, Siberian Meadowsweet, Meadowsweet
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Germination: 30%
North Carolina
Durham
Choctawhatchee Sand Pine, Sand Pine Pinus clausa    Choctawhatchee
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

* It is largely confined to very infertile , excessively well-drained, sandy habitats where competition from larger-growing species is minimized by the harsh growing conditions, as in the Florida scrub .
  • Germination: 98%
  • Genus: Pinus
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Botanical Name: Pinus clausa Choctawhatchee
  • Common Name: Choctawhatchee Sand Pine, Sand Pine
  • Seeds Per Pound: 47,113
North Carolina
Durham
Yellow Coneflower, Prairie Coneflower, Gray-head Coneflower, Gray-head Mexican-hat Ratibida pinnata     - Rudbeckia pinnata
Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

Tall, summer perennial with a somewhat branched stem. It is hardy and not easily outcompeted by other plants. * The disc heads have a scent reminiscent of anise when crushed. * This plant is grown as an ornamental garden plant.
  • Genus: Ratibida
  • Common Name: Yellow Coneflower, Prairie Coneflower, Gray-head Coneflower, Gray-head Mexican-hat
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 460
  • Family: Asteraceae
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Collection Locale: Colorado
North Carolina
Durham
White Lobelia, Great White Blue Lobelia, White Cardinal Flower Lobelia siphilitica  Alba
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* It was believed by some native North American Indian tribes that if the finely ground roots were secretly added to the food of an arguing couple then this would avert a divorce and they would love each other again.
  • Botanical Name: Lobelia siphilitica Alba
  • Collection Locale: England
  • Seeds Per Pound: 15,000,000
  • Species: siphilitica
  • Common Name: White Lobelia, Great White Blue Lobelia, White Cardinal Flower
  • Genus: Lobelia
North Carolina
Durham
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
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Common Name: Butternut
  • Species: cinerea
  • Botanical Name: Juglans cinerea
  • Germination: 98%
  • Collection Locale: Pennsylvania
North Carolina
Durham
Douglas Fir Pseudotsuga menziesii  glauca  AZ Kaibab
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* Pseduotsuga menziesii var. Glauca is hardy to Zone 4). * Douglas fir seeds are an extremely important food for small mammals. Glauca is the Rocky Mountain variety of this tree. It is also a popular Christmas tree.
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 68
  • Species: menziesii
  • Variety: glauca
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Collection Locale: Arizona, Kaibab
  • Common Name: Douglas Fir
North Carolina
Durham
Leather Oak Quercus durata
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Quercus dumosa revoluta Sarg.) is an oak endemic to California . * Quercus durata ( California Scrub Oak , Leather Oak ; syn. This plant is often used as an urban tree and medicinal plant.
  • Genus: Quercus
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Common Name: Leather Oak
  • Height: 12-15 feet
  • Germination: 91%
  • Species: durata
North Carolina
Durham
Greene\'s Mountain Ash, Western Mountain Ash Sorbus scopulina
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* A shrubby species with compound leaves, white flowers, and orange to scarlet 1/4" round fruit; native to the Rocky Mountains, California to British Columbia. * Sorbus scopulina is a species of Rowan that is native to western North America , primarily...
  • Quantity: 0.95 lb
  • Species: scopulina
  • Seeds Per Pound: 100,000
  • Family: Rosaceae
  • Height: 12-14 feet
  • Common Name: Greene's Mountain Ash, Western Mountain Ash
North Carolina
Durham
Amur Barberry Berberis amurensis     - Berberis amurensis  Japonica
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Cl. Phys.-Math. Saint-Petersbourg. Since it is not appreciably absorbed by the body, it is used orally in the treatment of various enteric infections, especially bacterial dysentery.
  • Genus: Berberis
  • Botanical Name: Berberis amurensis
  • Family: BERBERIDACEAE
  • Common Name: Amur Barberry
North Carolina
Durham
Lacy Phacelia Phacelia tanacetifolia
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The flowers are a rich source of nectar and is occasionally grown commercially as a crop for bees. * This is an annual herb which grows erect to a maximum height near 100 centimeters.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: annual
  • Height: 1-2 feet
  • Seeds Per Pound: 2,522,222
  • Collection Locale: Colorado
  • Germination: 87%
  • Species: tanacetifolia
North Carolina
Durham
Common Boneset, Thoroughwort Eupatorium perfoliatum
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

It was introduced to American colonists by Indians who used the plant for breaking fevers by means of heavy sweating. It has been shown to stimulate resistance to viral and bacterial infections, and reduces fevers by encouraging sweating.
  • Lot#: 070634
  • Family: Asteraceae
  • Purity: 71%
  • Genus: Eupatorium
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Height: 3 feet
North Carolina
Durham
Tecate Cypress Cupressus guadalupensis  forbesii   - Hesperocyparis forbesii    , Cupressus forbesii
Prices start at : 11.95 USD / 1 packet

Very few mature trees survived but regeneration is occurring by the hundreds to thousands. * The northernmost stand, in Orange County, which comprises a large area on the upper limits of Coal Canyon and on Sierra Peak in the Santa Ana Mountains, burned...
  • Height: 20-30 feet
  • Germination: 33%
  • Collection Locale: California
  • Variety: forbesii
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Species: guadalupensis
North Carolina
Durham