Squirrel Food Producing Plant Wildlife Food For Sale In Simi Valley

* A very ornamental shrub. Plants can only be grown in oceanic and Mediterranean climates, thriving in Britain. * The seed is eaten raw or cooked. Very sweet and much appreciated, tasting somewhat like a hazel nut.

* Grown mostly as a novelty due to the heart shaped fruit. * Differs from the straight species in that the nuts are heart-shaped, thin-shelled, and easily cracked. * In this variety the seeds are heart shaped.

* 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).

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

The tree is generally accepted to be the hardiest evergreen oak, able to withstand very cold winters with minimal leaf burn in areas as cold as USDA zone 6a. * Leaves are evergreen, firm textured, ovate to elliptic, 1 to 3 inches long; usually without...

* 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.

* The wood is hard, tough, elastic. * Carya cathayensis is a deciduous Tree growing to 18 m (59ft 1in) at a slow rate. A very good fuel, burning well and giving off a lot of heat. Used for tool handles etc.

* A very ornamental shrub. Plants can only be grown in oceanic and Mediterranean climates, thriving in Britain. * The seed is eaten raw or cooked. Very sweet and much appreciated, tasting somewhat like a hazel nut.

* The acorns are eaten by jays, pigeons, and squirrels . * 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.

* It is a deciduous tree growing to 20 m tall, rarely 30 m, and 40–80 cm stem diameter, with light gray bark . Oily and sweet tasting with a rich agreeable flavour. * Compound leaves, dark green; 2" edible fruit, oily; furrowed dark gray bark; often...

It is most common in chaparral habitat in central Arizona , through the transition zone of the Mogollon Rim – White Mountains , but also southeast Arizona in the Madrean Sky Island mountain ranges of sky islands .

* Corylus cornuta ( Beaked Hazel ) is a deciduous shrubby hazel found in most of North America , from southern Canada south to Georgia and California . An edible oil is obtained from the seed.

* This plant is commonly seen along roadsides and in disturbed places in North America. It is considered a noxious weed in the state of Washington and seems to be tolerated most others.

* Record Shumard Oaks have been measured at up to 42 meters (138 ft) tall, with crowns up to 27.5 meters (90 ft) in width. It is closely related to Texas Red Oak ( Quercus buckleyi ), Nuttall's Oak ( Quercus texana ), and Chisos Red Oak ( Quercus gravesii...

The species name incarnatum means "blood red". 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 to 10-13 mm long and...

It is used in preserves. It is in flower from Mar to May, and the seeds ripen from Aug to October. Diameter, red fruits that are pleasantly flavored and used as a substitute for limes.

* It commonly lives to be 200 to 300 years old, and may live up to 400 years. Quercus , native to North America in the eastern and midwestern United States and south-central Canada .

It generally occurs in foothills , being most abundant in the lower altitudes of the Sierra Nevada , but also widespread in the Pacific Coast Ranges and the San Gabriel Mountains .

* Corylus heterophylla , the Asian Hazel , is a species of hazel native to eastern Asia , from northern China , eastern Mongolia , Korea , Japan , and southeastern Siberia . The seed ripens in mid to late autumn and will probably need to be protected...

If this does not happen, this species will regrow a shoot. Specimens in drier and sandier areas are shrub-like, have rhizomes and smaller leaves than usual. * Myrica cerifera is a small tree or large shrub , and is adaptable to many habitats.

In Russia cultivated in St. Petersburg and Moscow . * Native to temperate forests, thickets; 400-2600 m. Fruiting in September. * Blossoms in May. * Common in mixed and coniferous forests as undergrowth , sometimes, especially in the burned areas and...

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

* The acorns are eaten by jays, pigeons, and squirrels . * 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.

Thrives in moist soil conditions, Prefers medium fertility soils with a pH between 6.0 - 6.5. Plants produce uncertain numbers of 4 leafed clovers considered lucky. Thick growing and winter hardy.

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. * Juglans microcarpa , known also as the Texas Walnut or the Little Black...

The red gum or manna exuding from cracks in the bark is eaten eagerly by boys. A very pleasant sweet taste. Eucalyptus manna,which exudes from punctures in summer months, is sometimes consumed.

* Symphyotrichum novae-angliae (formerly Aster novae-angliae), commonly known as the New England aster, is a flowering herbaceous perennial plant in the Asteraceae family. A pink variety of this species is sometimes grown commercially.