Squirrel Food Producing Plant Wildlife Food For Sale In Santa Rosa

Rather thin-shelled, the seed is small and sweet. 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.

The seed can be dried and ground into a powder which is added to cereals and used in making bread, pies etc. 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.

* The wood is similar to, and usually marketed mixed with, other white oaks. * It is sometimes cultivated as a large garden tree or street tree, and is quite easy to grow if it is not subject to extreme urban conditions.

* Our seed is collected from the variety Jefferson which is open pollinated by the varieties Theta and Yamhill. An excellent nut for raw eating. * One of the species grown for its nuts; may grow as a tree or, more often, a multi-stemmed shrub; dark green...

* Shumard Oak is native to the Atlantic Coastal Plain primarily from North Carolina to northern Florida and west to central Texas; it is also found north in the Mississippi River Valley to central Oklahoma, eastern Kansas, Missouri, southern Illinois,...

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. * It is a large shrub or tree growing to 22 m tall.

Pin Oak however is properly identified as Quercus palustris. Since it is a large tree, it must be planted in a location where it will have sufficient space to grow upward and spread to its mature size.

* The seed can be eaten raw or cooked. The seed ripens in mid to late autumn and will probably need to be protected from squirrels. The seed, which has a hard shell, is of relatively good flavour.

* A shrub or small tree, thick-shelled round nuts, 3/4"; native to south central U.S. and northern Mexico. The seed is the smallest of this genus. It is found at elevations ranging from 700 ft to 6700 ft.

* White oak grows over much of eastern North America and is an important hardwood timber tree. * It is not unusual for a white oak tree to be as wide as it is tall. * White oak is the Illinois State Tree.

The fruit can also be dried and stored for later use. Pectin is also said to protect the body against radiation. The fruits can be buried in the ground overwinter and will have lost much of their acidity by the spring.

* A specimen of notable longevity is one in Stelmuz , Lithuania which is believed to be approximately 1,500 years old, possibly making it the oldest oak in Europe. The acorns form a valuable food resource for several small mammals and some birds, notably...

The branchlets are a purplish-brown colour, and are slender and sparsely villous. * A shrub at Kew was 2 metres tall and 2 metres wide inJuly 1996 with a reasonable crop of immature fruit.

* 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. The seed is about 15cm long and wide, it can be dried, ground into a powder and used as a thickening in stews...

Prinoides on the same site by its single stem and sparse acorn production. * Quercus muehlenbergii, (its scientific name often misspelt muhlenbergii) is native to eastern and central North America, ranging from Vermont west to Wisconsin and south to South...

* The leaves are very rich in vitamins and minerals, especially iron and the vitamins A and C. * Curled Dock ( Rumex crispus ), also known as Curly Dock, Yellow Dock, Sour Dock, Narrow Dock , sometimes as "narrow-leaved dock" (which properly refers to...

* Prefers a good deep fertile loam which can be on the stiff side. * 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.

* Prefers a good deep fertile loam which can be on the stiff side. * 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.

Prinoides on the same site by its single stem and sparse acorn production. * Quercus muehlenbergii, (its scientific name often misspelt muhlenbergii) is native to eastern and central North America, ranging from Vermont west to Wisconsin and south to South...

Tall, with a wide, wispy, open crown. The foliage is bright-green and glossy. American snowbell's showy, white, bell-shaped flowers are borne in pairs from leaf axils. * A small delicate shrub with 1" white bell-shaped flowers in small clusters from the...

Specific epithet comes from Latin and means to place in an overlapping order, as with tile or shingles. * An ornamental and shade tree, it is also suitable for hedges, screens, and windbreaks.

Prefers a moist soil. * It is planted in vineyards and alongside crop fields, where it is valued for its long, coiling inflorescences of nectar-rich flowers which open in sequence, giving a long flowering period.It is a good insectary plant, attracting...

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

The poor taste is probably due, at least in part, to the presence of tannins. It is an evergreen tree growing up to 15 metres tall. These can be removed by soaking the seed in water for a few days, changing the soak water regularly.

A very good fuel, burning well and giving off a lot of heat. * Carya cathayensis is a deciduous Tree growing to 18 m (59ft 1in) at a slow rate. An edible oil from the seed is used in cooking.

Fruiting in September. * The nuts are edible. * Native to temperate forests, thickets; 400-2600 m. But little is known as an ornamental. * Blossoms in May. E Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang (Daxinganling), Henan (Funiu Shan), ?Hubei, Jilin (Changbai Shan),...

It can reach 40 m tall (though 15–25 m is more usual) in the California Coast Ranges , and can have a trunk diameter of 60–190 cm. * An evergreen Tree growing to 10 m (32ft) by 10 m (32ft) at a slow rate.