Timber Tree Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Florida

* This species is cultivated for its timber in warm temperate areas. It grows from 24° to 18° North latitude and 1800 to 2700 m above sea level. * "The slender, gracefully hanging leaves are 12" long,...making this a rather striking tree" (Wyman); grass-green...

Giant chinkapin (Castanopsis chrysophylla), also called golden chinkapin, giant evergreen-chinkapin, and goldenleaf chestnut, is an interesting hardwood species in a landscape dominated by coniferous forests.

Pendant star-shaped white flowers (to 1" wide) in 3 to 5-flowered cymes cover the plant with bloom in spring (April-May). Populations are found in northern Guangdong, southern Hunan, and Jiangxi provinces.

* California black oak comprises a total volume of 29% of California's hardwood timber resources, and is the major hardwood sawn into lumber there. * It is a close relative of the Black Oak ( Quercus velutina ) found in eastern and central North America...

* Ecologically very similar to P. Mayriana), but it is now universally regarded as a distinct species. Palustris: finely adapted to low-intensity fire with fire frequencies of <5 years.

Ponderosa subsp. * Pinus washoensis may be synonymous with P. * For now, this small-coned form of P. Ponderosa is distinguishable in the field and certainly occurs at the type locality (Mount Rose, Nevada).

* Resembles Celtis but has winged fruits to 3/4"; dark green foliage; "gray-brown bark exfoliates in patches and is quite handsome...for the plant collector this is a treasure to be unearthed" (Dirr); native to northern and central China.

* Of symmetrical conical habit; needles stiff, often twisted, dark green, to 7"; cones 2-4 1/2"; native to California, where it is used ornamentally. The species is often smaller, stunted and twisted in coastal exposures.

* The leaves and the wood are antiseptic and expectorant. * The crown is conic when young, becoming broadly tabular with age with fairly level branches.The shoots are dimorphic, with long shoots and short shoots.

* Native to Tropical Africa. * The Mokala National Park in the Northern Cape is named after this tree.

* A conifer of narrow conical form with green, gray-green, or blue-green foliage; shiny reddish brown bark exfoliates in scales; likes heat, drought, and full sun; best in dry western regions.

And it is considered a noxious weed in California! * Very tolerant of maritime exposure and salt-laden winds, it is also very fast growing. * Bright green needles to 6", 7" cones; native to California south to Baja; grows quickly when young; "a beautiful...

* A deliciously scented essential oil, it has a fragrance of violets. * An essential oil called Cassie is distilled from the flowers. * While the point of origin is Mexico and Central America the species has a pantropical distribution incorporating Northern...

It is most often grown as a living fence or interplanted with other species for use as timber. * This small tropical tree is sometimes grown as an ornamental. * It is quite drought tolerant as it will drop its leaves during dry periods for up to 8 months.

Wood - coarse-grained, light, soft, brittle, not strong, very durable, resinous. Turpentine consists of an average of 20% of the oleo-resin and is separated by distillation. Turpentine has a wide range of uses including as a solvent for waxes etc, for...

It has also been introduced to Belize , Costa Rica and Nicaragua , growing at 1200–3000 m altitude. * Cupressus lusitanica , ( Cedro Blanco ; Teotlate , distinctive names used in Mexico); Cedro Blanco means White Cedar and is also known as Mexican White...

* Native to the U.S. Southwest, where it is sometimes used as a street or shade tree; 3-5 leaflets per leaf; dark gray scaly ridged bark; velvety young shoots, downy leaves. * Fraxinus velutina ( Velvet Ash or Arizona Ash or Modesto Ash ) is a species...

The leaves are needle-like, 1-2.5 cm long, rhombic in cross-section, greyish-green to bluish-green with conspicuous stomatal lines. The cones are cylindric-conic, 6-15 cm long and 2-3 cm broad, maturing pale brown 5-7 months after pollination, and have...

Americana, though it is usually sold under that name. * The wood is hard, heavy, rather strong, tough, elastic, brittle, coarse-grained. The wood is of poorer quality than F. * A fairly wind resistant tree, it can be grown as part of a shelterbelt planting.

* Resembles Celtis but has winged fruits to 3/4"; dark green foliage; "gray-brown bark exfoliates in patches and is quite handsome...for the plant collector this is a treasure to be unearthed" (Dirr); native to northern and central China.

* Drooping yellow branchlets; needles to 12", light green, drooping; 8" cones; similar to P. * It is a subtropical pine and does not tolerate low temperatures or hard frost, surviving temperatures down to about 6 to 10 °C.

* A large specimen planted in 1550 stands before the church in the village perche of Fox-Amphoux in the Provence region of southern France. * Celtis australis is supposed to have been the Lotus of the ancients, whose fruit Herodotus, Dioscorides, and...

Ponderosa subsp. * An infusion of the dried buds has been used as an eye wash. * Ponderosa pine was employed medicinally by several native North American Indian tribes, who valued it especially for its antiseptic and vulnerary properties, using it to...

* A species of Albizia , native to tropical southern Asia , and widely cultivated and naturalised in other tropical and subtropical regions. * A tropical tree with compound leaves and clustered yellow-green flowers.

* Dirr notes that several forms occur, but the one most of us recall fondly divided into several major trunks topped by spreading, arching, pendulous branches. * The glorious elm that used to line American streets.

* Quercus acutissima lives in deciduous forests at altitudes of up to 2,200 metres (7,200 ft) in South Asia and South East Asia. * Most planting in North America was carried out for wildlife food provision, as the species tends to bear heavier crops of...

* This beautiful tropical flowering tree from the Carribean will do well in protected locations in zone 9 and anywhere in zones 10 and 11.