Squirrel Food Producing Plant Wildlife Food For Sale In Port St Lucie

Rare in the east, abundant in the lower Ohio valley and middle of Mississippi valley. * Wood was once used by early settlers in the midwest for shingles, hence the common name. * Acorns are an important source of food for wildlife.

* The tree starts acorn production around 15 years of age, earlier than many oak species. It is distinguished from most other oaks by its leaves , which are shaped like willow leaves, 5-12 cm long and 1-2.5 cm broad with an entire margin; they are bright...

On Scarlet Oak the sinuses between lobes are "C"-shaped in comparison to Pin Oak (Q. * The Scarlet Oak ( Quercus coccinea ) is an oak in the red oak section Quercus sect. The scarlet oak can be mistaken for the Pin Oak , the Black Oak , or occasionally...

Succeeds in full sun or light shade. Grows well in heavy clay soils. Stored seed should be cold stratified for 3 - 4 months and sown as early as possible in the year. * Propagation Seed - best sown as soon as it is ripe in a cold frame or in an outdoors...

* Jefferson is also the best in shell variety yet found with resistance. * Our seed is collected from the variety Jefferson which is open pollinated by the varieties Theta and Yamhill.

* White oak is the Illinois State Tree. * Species name of alba means white in reference to the light ash-gray bark. * White oak grows over much of eastern North America and is an important hardwood timber tree.

This tree is considered vulnerable due of its rarity. It has gray-brown, fissured bark, with mottled streaks. * The leaves range from ovate to obovate-elliptic and have a doubly serrated, irregular margin.

The seed is up to 3cm long. Rather thin-shelled, the seed is small and sweet. * 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.

* They closely resembles the chestnut oak Quercus prinus, and for that reason has sometimes been treated as a variety of that species. It typically grows to around 65 ft (20 m) tall, though the tallest specimen currently known is over 42m tall.

* Plateau oak or Escarpment live oak is a thicket-forming shrub or large, spreading tree that is nearly identical in appearance to, and considered much hardier than, Q. It is also a smaller tree, not exceeding 1 m in trunk diameter (to 2.5 m diameter...

It also occurs south into northern Baja California in Mexico . * It is a large shrub or tree growing to 22 m tall. * The Interior Live Oak is classified in the red oak section (Quercus sect.

* The Quercus macrocarpa or Bur Oak , sometimes spelled Burr Oak , is a species of oak in the white oak section Quercus sect. * Among the white oaks, it is one of the most tolerant of urban conditions, and is one of the fastest-growing of the group.

It is often used for roadside erosion control, as well as beautification; it tends, however, to eliminate all other desirable spring and early-summer species of native vegetation in the area where it is planted.

* The Shumard Oak , Quercus shumardii (also known as Spotted Oak, Schneck Oak, Shumard Red Oak, and Swamp Red Oak), is one of the largest of the oak species in the red oak group ( Quercus section Lobatae ).

Fairly large, it is up to 5cm in diameter. The fruits can be buried in the ground overwinter and will have lost much of their acidity by the spring. Rich in pectin, so it can be added to pectin-low fruits when making jams or jellies.

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

* A perennial weed, to most, with long curly leaves; develops a deep taproot; seed turns brown and remains conspicuous in winter; birdfood, native to Europe and Asia and common in North America.

* For the brightest winter bark, young shoots are encouraged by cutting to the ground some older stems at the end of the winter, before leaves are open. * The plant is extremely hardy, to USDA Zone 3.

Individual plants can produce as many as 400-1800 fruits with three seeds each. * Rhamnus frangula is a tall deciduous shrub, sometimes referred to as a small tree, that grows up to 6 m (20 ft) tall and 4.5 m (15 ft) wide.

* Often cultivated for its edible fruit in N. * Easily grown in a moisture retentive but well-drained loamy soil of at least moderate quality. * It is native to western North America, including British Columbia and much of the western United States.

* The stems of most members ofthis genus contain the alkaloid ephedrine and are valuable in the treatment of asthma and many other complaints of therespiratory system. The whole plant can be used at much lower concentrations than the isolated constituents...

* This is currently one of Mexico's more important timber trees, and logging is a widespread and commercially important activity in its range. * The tree is found from Chihuahua and Sonora, southwards through Durango and Jalisco, to Michoacan.

It is native to northwestern Mexico and the southwestern United States from far eastern California to southwest Colorado , Rio Grande New Mexico , to west Texas , where it grows in woodland, chaparral , forest, and other habitat.

Consists of: 20% Japanese Millet 20% White Proso Millet 20% Buckwheat 20% Sudan Sorghum 15% Chufas 5% Ladino Clover 10 lbs. Contains chufas and grains that allow turkeys to scratch and feed all year round.

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

* The flower color is variable, ranging from lavender to blue to white. * New England American-aster is large and showy, growing to 6 or more ft. It is native to almost every area in North America east of the Rocky Mountains, but excluding the far north...

* 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 .