Squirrel Food Producing Plant Wildlife Food For Sale In New Haven

Very sweet and much appreciated, tasting somewhat like a hazel nut. Conservation Plant Characteristics Chrysolepis sempervirens (Kellogg) Hjelmqvist bush chinquapin CHSE11 Summary Duration Perennial Growth Habit Shrub Native Status L48 (N) Federal T/E...

* 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. * Quercus acutissima lives in deciduous forests at altitudes of up to 2,200 metres...

Robur is a large deciduous tree 25–35 m tall (exceptionally to 50 m), with lobed and nearly sessile (very short-stalked) leaves 7–14 cm long. The acorns form a valuable food resource for several small mammals and some birds, notably Eurasian Jays...

It is a consistent seed producer with good crops of acorns every 2 to 3 years. In Missouri, the average number of mature acorns per tree was generally higher than for other oaks over a 5-year period, but the number of acorns differed greatly from year...

On Scarlet Oak the sinuses between lobes are "C"-shaped in comparison to Pin Oak (Q. Palustris), which has "U"-shaped sinuses and the acorns are half covered by a deep cap. * The Scarlet Oak ( Quercus coccinea ) is an oak in the red oak section Quercus...

It grows in dry woodlands and forest edges and can reach 4 – 8 m tall with stems 10 – 25 cm thick with smooth gray bark. Very popular in America, the seed is sweet and well-flavoured with a thin shell.

This tree is considered vulnerable due of its rarity. * A shrub at Kew was 2 metres tall and 2 metres wide inJuly 1996 with a reasonable crop of immature fruit. * Corylus chinensis, common names Chinese filbert and Chinese Hazel, is a deciduous tree native...

The inflated bladder like flowers are interesting. It is considered a noxious weed in the state of Washington and seems to be tolerated most others. It is pollinated by evening flying insects and provides seed as food for finches in the winter.

* 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. * Tolerate: Drought, Dry Soil, Black Walnut, Air Pollution.

It is a consistent seed producer with good crops of acorns every 2 to 3 years. In Missouri, the average number of mature acorns per tree was generally higher than for other oaks over a 5-year period, but the number of acorns differed greatly from year...

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.

Large with an agreeably acid flavour, theymake good preserves and a refreshing lemonade-like drink. * A deciduous Tree growing to 15 m (49ft 3in). One to several trunks are crooked and the 4-6 in.

Cerifera will also provide habitat for the Northern Bobwhite Quail. * Myrica cerifera is a small tree or large shrub , and is adaptable to many habitats. Specimens in wetter areas are more tree-like with bigger leaves.

The inflated bladder like flowers are interesting. It is considered a noxious weed in the state of Washington and seems to be tolerated most others. It is pollinated by evening flying insects and provides seed as food for finches in the winter.

* It ranges from southernmost Alaska south to central California , mostly in the Pacific Coast Ranges , but with an isolated disjunct population in southeast British Columbia , most notably occurring on Zuckerberg Island near Castlegar and south to central...

Grows well in heavy clay soils. * A very ornamental plant, the fruit is a good wildlife food source, especially for birds. * An easily grown plant, it succeeds in most fertile soils, preferring a moisture retentive well-drained loamy soil.

* Chinkapin oak is generally found on well-drained upland soils derived from limestone or where limestone outcrops occur. Prinoides on the same site by its single stem and sparse acorn production.

It can typically be found in forest margins, fields and roadsides. The flowers are produced throughout the spring and summer, rich red or crimson, congested on an elongated spike inflorescence 3-5 cm tall and 1.5 cm broad; the individual flowers are up...

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

* 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. * Tolerate: Drought, Dry Soil, Black Walnut, Air Pollution.

* Texas live oak is typically found on dry sites, unlike southern live oak, which prefers moister conditions. * It is more drought-tolerant and cold-hardy than Q. The tree is generally accepted to be the hardiest evergreen oak, able to withstand very...

Lobatae , but fairly isolated from the others. * The wood is very dense and produces a hot flame when burned, which functions as an excellent source of heat for barbecues and wood-burning stoves.

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.

* Lonicera xylosteum , commonly known as Fly honeysuckle , European Fly Honeysuckle , Dwarf Honeysuckle or Fly Woodbine is a deciduous shrub. It is one of two honeysuckles native to Britain, the other being the Common Honeysuckle ( Lonicera periclymenum...

Growing up to a meter tall, it lives in zones 4 to 9 in moist to wet soils. It produces a spike of zygomorphic flowers in the late summer. * It was believed by some native North American Indian tribes that if the finely ground roots were secretly added...

* Water Tupelo often occurs in pure stands. * The wood of the roots is sometimes used for making floats instead of cork. * Nyssa aquatica ( Water Tupelo , Cottongum , Sourgum , Tupelo-gum , and Water-gum ) is a large, long-lived tupelo tree that grows...

It is native to almost every area in North America east of the Rocky Mountains, but excluding the far north of Canada as well as some of the southern United States. * Symphyotrichum novae-angliae (formerly Aster novae-angliae), commonly known as the New...