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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. Conservation Plant Characteristics Chrysolepis sempervirens (Kellogg) Hjelmqvist bush chinquapin CHSE11 Summary Duration Perennial Growth Habit...
  • Collection Locale: California
  • Species: sempervirens
  • Quantity: 0.05 lb
  • Common Name: Bush Chinquapin, Dwarf Golden Chinquapin
  • Germination: 63%
  • Family: Fagaceae
Illinois
Elgin
Chinese Hickory Carya cathayensis
Prices start at : 12.95 USD / 1 packet

* The wood is hard, tough, elastic. A very good fuel, burning well and giving off a lot of heat. It has a sweet flavour and is highly esteemed by the Chinese. The seed ripens in late autumn and, when stored in its shell in a cool place, will keep for...
  • Botanical Name: Carya cathayensis
  • Height: 60 feet
  • Common Name: Chinese Hickory
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Family: JUGLANDACEAE
  • Collection Locale: China
Illinois
Elgin
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. * The acorns are eaten by jays, pigeons, and squirrels .
  • Genus: Quercus
  • Height: 75-90 feet
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Species: acutissima
Illinois
Elgin
Sand Hickory Carya pallida
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* The seed is eaten raw or cooked. 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.
  • Common Name: Sand Hickory
  • Family: Juglandaceae
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Botanical Name: Carya pallida
Illinois
Elgin
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. * An ornamental and shade tree, it is also suitable for hedges, screens, and windbreaks.
  • Genus: Quercus
  • Family: Fagaceae
  • Species: imbricaria
  • Common Name: Shingle Oak
Illinois
Elgin
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. * The acorns are eaten by jays, pigeons, and squirrels .
  • Height: 75-90 feet
  • Species: acutissima
  • Family: Fagaceae
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
Illinois
Elgin
White Oak Quercus alba
Prices start at : 7.95 USD / 1 packet

* White oak is the Illinois State Tree. Widely used in landscapes. * Species name of alba means white in reference to the light ash-gray bark. * Normally not a very tall tree, typically 65–85 feet (19.5-25.5 m) tall at maturity, it nonetheless becomes...
  • Common Name: White Oak
  • Seeds Per Pound: 80
  • Collection Locale: Lexington Co, Ill
  • Genus: Quercus
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Family: Fagaceae
Illinois
Elgin
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). It is distinguished from most other oaks by its leaves , which are shaped like willow leaves, 5-12 cm long and 1-2.5...
  • Family: Fagaceae
  • Species: phellos
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Height: 60-90 feet
Illinois
Elgin
Siberian Hazelnut, Siberian Filbert, Asian Hazel Corylus heterophylla
Prices start at : 7.95 USD / 1 packet

The seed, which has a hard shell, is of relatively good flavour. * The seed can be eaten raw or cooked. * Corylus heterophylla , the Asian Hazel , is a species of hazel native to eastern Asia , from northern China , eastern Mongolia , Korea , Japan ,...
  • Germination: 91%
  • Height: 18-20 feet
  • Common Name: Siberian Hazelnut, Siberian Filbert, Asian Hazel
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Quantity: 5.66 lb
  • Seeds Per Pound: 482
Illinois
Elgin
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.
  • Genus: Quercus
  • Species: michauxii
  • Family: Fagaceae
  • Height: 60-120 feet
Illinois
Elgin
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 . Prinoides on the same site by its single stem and sparse acorn production.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Family: Fagaceae
  • Common Name: Chinquapin Oak, Chinkapin Oak, Yellow Chestnut Oak, Yellow Oak, Chestnut Oak
  • Species: muehlenbergii
Illinois
Elgin
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. * Butternut grows quickly, but is rather short-lived for a tree, rarely living longer than 75 years.
  • Germination: 98%
  • Genus: Juglans
  • Crop Year: 2016
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Common Name: Butternut
  • Botanical Name: Juglans cinerea
Illinois
Elgin
Texas Live Oak, Plateau Oak, Escarpment Live Oak Quercus fusiformis
Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

* Leaves are evergreen, firm textured, ovate to elliptic, 1 to 3 inches long; usually without lobes except on young plants and rootsprouts, then with pointed lobes. * The largest known Texas live oak grows in Real County, Texas.
  • Crop Year: 2018
  • Genus: Quercus
  • Family: Fagaceae
  • Height: 20-40 feet
  • Collection Locale: Texas
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 5
Illinois
Elgin
Wilson\'s Dogwood Cornus wilsoniana     - Swida wilsoniana
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Propagation Seed - best sown as soon as it is ripe in a cold frame or in an outdoors seedbed if there is sufficient seed. The seed must be separated from the fruit flesh since this contains germination inhibitors.
  • Seeds Per Pound: 5,902
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 12
  • Height: 20-30 feet
  • Quantity: 1.9 lb
  • Genus: Cornus
  • Purity: 99%
Illinois
Elgin
Tanoak Lithocarpus densiflorus     - Notholithocarpus densiflorus
Prices start at : 13.95 USD / 1 packet

* 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 as far south as the Transverse Ranges and north to southwest Oregon .
  • Collection Locale: California
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Genus: Lithocarpus
  • Botanical Name: Lithocarpus densiflorus
  • Family: Fagaceae
Illinois
Elgin
Evergreen Dogwood, Bentham\'s Cornel Cornus capitata
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

It flowers during the summer in white blooms. * Cornus capitata is a species of dogwood known by the common names Bentham's cornel , Himalayan flowering dogwood , and evergreen dogwood .
  • Height: 20-30 feet
  • Common Name: Evergreen Dogwood, Bentham's Cornel
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Germination: 83%
  • Purity: 99%
  • Botanical Name: Cornus capitata
Illinois
Elgin
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. * Trees may live up to 500 years according to the USDA , and a living example of 326 years was noted in 2001 by Orwig et al.
  • Quantity: 630.39 lb
  • Crop Year: 2018
  • Family: Fagaceae
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Genus: Quercus
  • Collection Locale: Illinois
Illinois
Elgin
Milkweed, Common Milkweed Asclepias syriaca
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

They are used like broccoli. * The sprouted seeds can be eaten. It grows in sandy soils and appreciates lots of sunlight. * The unopened flower buds are eaten cooked. It is in the genus Asclepias , making it a type of milkweed .
  • Crop Year: 1997
  • Common Name: Milkweed, Common Milkweed
  • Seeds Per Pound: 77,634
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Species: syriaca
  • Botanical Name: Asclepias syriaca
Illinois
Elgin
Agrimony, Churchsteeples, Common Agrimony, Church Steeples, Sticklewort, Cockeburr, Stickwort Agrimonia eupatoria
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* A refreshing tea is made from the fresh or dried leaves, flowers and stems. * Agrimonia eupatoria is a species of agrimony that is often referred to as common agrimony , church steeples or sticklewort .
  • Species: eupatoria
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 109
  • Germination: 91%
  • Height: 1-2 feet
  • Collection Locale: Hungary
  • Family: Rosaceae
Illinois
Elgin
Little Walnut Juglans microcarpa
Prices start at : 20.95 USD / 1 packet

The pinnately compound leaves bear 7—25 untoothed to finely-toothed leaflets, each 1/4—1/2 in wide. * The seed is sweet and oily but it is rather small and has a thick shell. The seed is the smallest of this genus.
  • Crop Year: 2018
  • Common Name: Little Walnut
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Genus: Juglans
  • Collection Locale: Colorado
  • Height: 10-30 feet
Illinois
Elgin
Lacy Phacelia Phacelia tanacetifolia
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Prefers a moist soil. The flowers are a rich source of nectar and is occasionally grown commercially as a crop for bees. * It was originally native to the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico, but it is now used in many places in agriculture...
  • Seeds Per Pound: 2,522,222
  • Common Name: Lacy Phacelia
  • Germination: 87%
  • Purity: 99%
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
  • Genus: Phacelia
Illinois
Elgin
Deer Call Fall & Overwinter Food Plot Seed Mix
Prices start at : 23.95 USD / 5-lbs

Can be planted with Deer Calltm clover mix. This total Brassica mix grows well in cool soil conditions and allows deer and other wildlife to feed for many months even when covered with snow.
  • weight: 5 lbs
Illinois
Elgin
Paradox Black Walnut Juglans x Paradox
Prices start at : 11.95 USD / 1 packet

* Paradox has more resistance to soil borne diseases than either of its parents. Indeed they sprang forward at such a rate as presently to dwarf their pure breed relatives." * They are commonly used in California as a rootstock for English Walnut, inspiring...
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Common Name: Paradox Black Walnut
  • Collection Locale: California
  • Purity: 99%
  • Quantity: 120.32 lb
  • Height: 40-70 feet
Illinois
Elgin
Waxy Currant, Wax Currant, Squaw Currant Ribes cereum
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* It is native to western North America, including British Columbia and much of the western United States. * Easily grown in a moisture retentive but well-drained loamy soil of at least moderate quality.
  • Quantity: 0.93 lb
  • Height: 5-6 feet
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Genus: Ribes
  • Germination: 71%
  • Species: cereum
Illinois
Elgin
Blackjack Oak Quercus marilandica
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It is native to the southern and central United States , with populations following the eastern seaboard north to Long Island . * The Blackjack oak grows in poor, thin, dry, rocky or sandy soils where few other woody plants can thrive, usually on low...
  • Botanical Name: Quercus marilandica
  • Family: FAGACEAE
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Genus: Quercus
Illinois
Elgin
Swamp White Oak Quercus bicolor
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

* Over 400 Swamp White Oak trees are being planted in the newly constructed September 11 Memorial Plaza in Manhattan. * It is one of the more important white oaks for lumber production.
  • Seeds Per Pound: 104
  • Species: bicolor
  • Genus: Quercus
  • Family: Fagaceae
  • Common Name: Swamp White Oak
  • Botanical Name: Quercus bicolor
Illinois
Elgin
Arizona White Oak Quercus arizonica
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The amount of acorns produced can also vary year to year, one year there may be about 32,000 acorns and the next year there may be very few. * The acorns usually mature around fall.
  • Species: arizonica
  • Genus: Quercus
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
  • Height: 60 feet
Illinois
Elgin