Timber Tree Specimen Tree For Sale In Chicago

The roots have been used as overlay twine warps and overlay twine weft bases in making baskets. Libocedrus decurrens Torr.) is a species of conifer native to western North America , with the bulk of the range in the United States , from central western...

Anagyroides; it also has the benefit of low seed production. Laburnum seed can poison anyone who mistakes the seeds for peas. In some cases, diarrhea is very severe, and at times the convulsions are markedly tetanic.

* Douglas fir seeds are an extremely important food for small mammals. * The Douglas fir's useful wood and its quick growth make it the crop of choice for many timber companies, which typically replant a clear-cut area with Douglas fir.

Used for pianos, violins, interiors of buildings etc. * The wood is beautifully grained. It is also valued for its use in the pulp industry to make paper. It was named after Russian botanist Peter von Glehn .

* Pinus wallichiana is a pine native to the Himalaya , Karakoram and Hindu Kush mountains, from eastern Afghanistan east across northern Pakistan and India to Yunnan in southwest China .

N and W Guangdong, NE and SE Guangxi, Guizhou, S and W Hunan, S Jiangxi, SE Yunnan [N Vietnam]. * This species is grown as an ornamental and used for timber. * Native to evergreen broad-leaved forests; 500-1700 m.

It is found only in China . It is much more drought tolerant than most spruce species. * Picea crassifolia is a species of conifer in the Pinaceae family. * This species of spruce should be grown in areas where drought may be a concern.

Over much of its range, giant chinkapin shows several growth forms; it grows in a wide variety of habitats but is rarely a dominant component of any stand. Ecologically and taxonomically, it remains a poorly understood species.

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

* Douglas fir seeds are an extremely important food for small mammals. * The Douglas fir's useful wood and its quick growth make it the crop of choice for many timber companies, which typically replant a clear-cut area with Douglas fir.

The leaves are stiff, sharp and needle-like, 15–25 mm long, flattened in cross-section, dark glaucous blue-green above with two or three thin lines of stomata , and blue-white below with two dense bands of stomata.The cones are pendulous, slender cylindrical,...

Nice for lawns, parks and golf courses or commercial grounds. * Gutta-percha, known as Du Zhong in China, is commonly used in Chinese herbalism, where it is considered to be one of the 50 fundamental herbs.

Over much of its range, giant chinkapin shows several growth forms; it grows in a wide variety of habitats but is rarely a dominant component of any stand. Ecologically and taxonomically, it remains a poorly understood species.

In the far south of those states, it is replaced by Pinus arizonica (q.v.). Ponderosa subsp. * An infusion of the dried buds has been used as an eye wash. The 'South Rockies' group includes populations formerly assigned to Pinus brachyptera Engelmann...

* The flowers and fruits are more dainty than the species we are accustomed to. Well worth growing as a garden novelty. * This is a rare Styrax to western gardners. The tree can grow larger than Styrax japonicus and Styrax obassia.

The wood is soft, lightweight, and weak. * Essential oils extracted from the leaves are used in aromatherapy and perfumes. It is used in construction, furniture, and wood pulp. * Doesn't like hot dry summers.

* Cupressus funebris is cultivated as an ornamental tree, due to its graciously weeping form and texture, and planted in gardens and public parks in other warm temperate regions, such as California.

* Narrower and more symmetrical in habit than P. * The roasted young cones can be eaten. Strobus; "makes a beautiful specimen" (Wyman). * it is a very beneficial treatment for a variety of skin complaints, wounds, sores, burns, boils etc and is used in...

* The plant is medium-sized understory tree 15-20 m tall, distinguished from other magnolias by the large leaf size, 25-80 cm long and 11-30 cm broad. Many of the tree's branches bend under the weight of the large foliage.

Abies) and White (P. It is a large evergreen tree growing to 30-45 m tall (exceptionally to 57 m), and with a trunk diameter of up to 1.5 m (exceptionally up to 4 m). * Dark green shiny needles, shortest of any spruce at 1/4-1/2"; in habit, a dense, narrow...

The small green fruits are not edible, being hard and astringent. The flowers are large and pure white highlighted with black-tipped stamens although the buds are tipped with red. * Grown for its silvery young foliage; leaves narrow, tapering at both...

The blue-green needles are up to 1/2" and it produces 1 1/2 - 3" cones. * This species is the biggest (but not the tallest) tree in the world and can weigh up to 2000 tonnes. They grow to an average height of 50–85 m (165–280 ft) and 6–8 m (18–24...

Nice for lawns, parks and golf courses or commercial grounds. * Gutta-percha, known as Du Zhong in China, is commonly used in Chinese herbalism, where it is considered to be one of the 50 fundamental herbs.

* Flora of China States. * Trees grow to 20 m tall; bark gray-brown, smooth.

It is endemic to China . * A small tree with 6" leaves; petalless flowers in short racemes; native to central and western China. * Sinowilsonia is a monotypic genus of plant containing the single species Sinowilsonia henryi .

It is named after the German doctor Philipp Franz von Siebold (1796–1866). * 4" pure white bowl-shaped flowers with red stamens face more or less downward; a shrubby species; sun or part shade; doesn't like limey soils; native to Japan and Korea

It is also grown to a small extent in forestry for timber and paper production, though its slower growth compared to Norway Spruce reduces its importance outside of its native range.