Acid Loving Plant Wildlife Food For Sale In New Hampshire

* Amelanchier spicata, also referred to as the thicket shadbush, low juneberry, dwarf serviceberry, or low serviceberry (historically also called "pigeon berry"), is a species of serviceberry that has edible fruit, which are really pomes.

The fruit is a red drupe 6–7 mm diameter containing three to five pits The leaves are 1.5-7 cm long and 1-3 cm broad, with an entire or finely serrated margin and an acute apex, and a 0.5–2 cm petiole.

As plants take several years to flower in the wild, it is very sensitive to too-frequent burns and has been eliminated in some areas where this occurs. * Flowering is in autumn, or in winter in cooler areas; the inflorescences are flower spikes 7–22...

Birds consume the dry fruit. The greatest use of Cherry laurel is for providing a nearly carefree, dark green visual screen. It was once classified as Laurocerasus caroliniana. * Prunus caroliniana, known as the Carolina Cherry Laurel, with syns.

* Arctostaphylos uva-ursi is a small procumbent woody groundcover shrub 5–30 cm high. The fruit is a red berry. The leaves are evergreen, remaining green for 1–3 years before falling.

* This is the commercial cranberry we eat during the holidays; an attractive plant in its own right, making a low, dense groundcover, with narrow 3/4" shiny dark green leaves, turning reddish purple in fall; pretty little pinkish flowers in May and June;...

* Vaccinium parvifolium is cultivated in the specialty horticulture trade with limited availability as an ornamental plant: for natural landscaping, native plant, and habitat gardens; wildlife gardens; and restoration projects.

* Cephalanthus occidentalis is a deciduous shrub or small tree that averages 1–3 m (3.3–9.8 ft) in height, but can reach 6 m (20 ft). * The inner bark has been chewed in the treatment of toothaches.

* Arctostaphylos nevadensis is a species of manzanita known by the common name pinemat manzanita . It would be easier to dry the whole fruit, grind this into a powder and use it in soups etc.

Small but very sweet and nutritious, it is sold in local markets in Canada and some parts of America. Although sometimes found in pure stands, it is more often associated with Sugar Maple (forming the Beech-Maple climax community ), Yellow Birch , and...

* Arctostaphylos uva-ursi is a small procumbent woody groundcover shrub 5–30 cm high. The fruit is a red berry. The leaves are evergreen, remaining green for 1–3 years before falling.

* The plant is used in the treatment of blennorrhoea and also as an unguent for burns. * This species used to be cultivated for its edible leaves in China. * Astragalus sinicus is widely used on rice land as a winter crop.

* Cephalanthus occidentalis is a deciduous shrub or small tree that averages 1–3 m (3.3–9.8 ft) in height, but can reach 6 m (20 ft). * The inner bark has been chewed in the treatment of toothaches.

* In 2006, production of wild blueberries in Quebec has reached 70 million pounds. * The native plant Lowbush Blueberry is also grown commercially in Canada, Maine, and Massachusetts, mainly harvested from managed wild patches.

Prefers a sheltered semi-shaded position and a light deep moist soil. * A very ornamental shrub. * Requires a lime-free soil. Conservation Plant Characteristics Chrysolepis sempervirens (Kellogg) Hjelmqvist bush chinquapin CHSE11 Summary Duration Perennial...

Too small for commercial exploitation, the wood is used locally for turnery, inlay work, woodenware etc. It weighs 46lb per cubic foot. * This species is occasionally used for hedging in the southern states of America.

* This is the commercial cranberry we eat during the holidays; an attractive plant in its own right, making a low, dense groundcover, with narrow 3/4" shiny dark green leaves, turning reddish purple in fall; pretty little pinkish flowers in May and June;...

* The fruit is sweet and juicy with a good flavour that has a hint of apple. * Running serviceberry is a deciduous, early-flowering, stoloniferous shrub which typically suckers and spreads to form thickets.

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

* The spongy bark at the base of the trunk is pliable, absorbent and astringent. * Common names include Swamp Cyrilla , Titi (U.S.), Bwa wouj (Caribbean), and Leatherwood . Farther south, plants are nearly evergreen.

* 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.

* Vaccinium arboreum ( Sparkleberry or Farkleberry ) is a species of Vaccinium native to the southeastern United States , from southern Virginia west to southeastern Missouri , and south to Florida and eastern Texas .

It is somewhat waxy in texture and studded with glandular hairs. The fruit is an edible blue-black berry under a centimeter wide. The inflorescence is a dense raceme of up to 20 flowers hanging pendent or held erect on the branches.

The plant prefers loamy acid and neutral soils, and can grow in very acid soils.It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade. * Pterostyrax corymbosa is a deciduous Tree growing to 12 m (39ft 4in) at a fast rate.It is hardy to zone 6.

Used for small articles. Its pome fruits are edible and can be eaten raw or cooked. * Amelanchier ovalis , commonly known as Snowy Mespilus , is a serviceberry shrub. * Wood - fine grained, hard, very heavy, reddish.

* Prefers a good deep fertile loam which can be on the stiff side. * A fairly fast-growing tree, it is cultivated for its timber in C. * Tolerate: Drought, Dry Soil, Black Walnut, Air Pollution.

A decoction is used internally in the treatment of diarrhoea, malaria etc, and externally in the treatment of indolent sores and chronic skin disease. * The bark is antiseptic, astringent, cathartic and tonic.