Herbaceous Plant Wildlife Food For Sale In Baltimore

Timothy-grass can be confused with Meadow Foxtail ( Alopecurus pratensis ) and Purple-stem Cat's-tail ( Phleum phleoides ). It grows to 50–150 cm tall, with leaves up to 45 cm long and 1 cm broad.

It can be drunk hot or cold. * Agrimonia eupatoria is a species of agrimony that is often referred to as common agrimony , church steeples or sticklewort . * Perennial; small yellow flowers; source of a golden-yellow dye.

* Native to Eurasia and widely introduced elsewhere, this sod forming grass is useful as a forage and for erosion control. * Alopecurus arundinaceus ( Creeping meadow foxtail , Creeping foxtail ) is a rhizomatous perennial species in the Grass family...

It produces a spike of zygomorphic flowers in the late summer. It is an herbaceous, perennial dicot native to eastern and central Canada and United States. * The Great Blue Lobelia ( Lobelia siphilitica ) is a species within the Campanulaceae family.

* Native to Eurasia and widely introduced elsewhere, this sod forming grass is useful as a forage and for erosion control. * Alopecurus arundinaceus ( Creeping meadow foxtail , Creeping foxtail ) is a rhizomatous perennial species in the Grass family...

* It differs from the wild type in having stouter, somewhat recurved spines on the seed heads. They are harvested with about 20cm of stem as soon as the flowers wither and are dried for later use.

* Thrives in full sun or dappled shade on rich, moisture-retentive soils sheltered from strong winds. * It is a warm season perennial grass that is typically found in wooded areas and riparian zones .

* The seedheads resemble small sweetgum balls but do not grow above the foliage. Its grass-like leaves grow up to 3' tall from short stout rhizomes. * This sedge is less prone to summer dieback and remains attractive during warm weather.

It is in flower from May to September. * Lolium multiflorum is a BIENNIAL growing to 0.3 m (1ft). * Lolium multiflorum ( Italian ryegrass , annual ryegrass ) is a ryegrass native to temperate Europe , although the precise location of its origin is unknown.

It is commonly found growing in humus-rich areas like marshes, ditches, fens, and beaver dams.The stems are smooth cylinders with light pith filling. In fact the stem ends there; the top part is the bract , that continues with only a slight colour-band...

Five to 10 leaves are located along the stem. * The grass is not considered a good forage for livestock because it is low in nutrients. It is native to eastern North America, including eastern Canada and the eastern United States.

* The Lesser Burdock , Arctium minus , is a biennial thistle , also known as Burweed, Louse-bur, Common Burdock, and Button-bur. * Native to Europe, naturalized in North America, tends to be very weedy.

* American manna grass is a perennial grass which spreads by both thick rhizomes and stolons. It is most commonly found in wet areas such as riverbanks and ponds. * The tops of the stems are occupied with spreading, multibranched inflorescences bearing...

* Cornus capitata is a species of dogwood known by the common names Bentham's cornel , Himalayan flowering dogwood , and evergreen dogwood . * It is grown elsewhere as an ornamental .

* A refreshing tea is made from the flower petals. * The flowers are demulcent, diuretic and emollient. * It was imported into Europe from southwestern China during, or possibly before, the 15th century.

* It is naturalized almost everywhere and is usually found in disturbed areas, especially in soil rich in nitrogen. It is commonly cultivated in Japan where it gives its name to a particular construction technique, burdock piling.

* The bark is cathartic, febrifuge and tonic. The roundleaf dogwood is also a temperate, northeastern North American species that occurs throughout southern and eastern Ontario; in northern Ontario it occurs farther north than the alternateleaf dogwood,...

* Symphyotrichum novae-angliae (formerly Aster novae-angliae), commonly known as the New England aster, is a flowering herbaceous perennial plant in the Asteraceae family. * New England American-aster is large and showy, growing to 6 or more ft.

The leaves have blades that are lanceolate to broadly ovate or elliptic in shape with out lobes. The upper surfaces of the leaves are glabrous or have hirsute to strigose hairs. Stems are glabrous or moderately covered in hirsute hairs with spreading...

The fruit can also be dried for later use. * Prefers a fertile, well-drained, moisture retentive soil in a sunny position. The fresh or dried leaves are used to brew an excellent tea.

* It is extremely palatable to livestock and will decrease without proper grazing management.It spreads via seed and tillering. It is typically found in moister sites than Canadian wildrye, and will tolerate more shading.

* Loosely tufted perennial, short lived bunchgrass. It grows in meadows, on roadsides, riversides etc. Thrives in deep rich soil, but also grows well on poorer sandy soils providing they are moist.

It can be drunk hot or cold. * Agrimonia eupatoria is a species of agrimony that is often referred to as common agrimony , church steeples or sticklewort . * Perennial; small yellow flowers; source of a golden-yellow dye.

It also occurs south into northern Baja California in Mexico . * It is a large shrub or tree growing to 22 m tall. * The Interior Live Oak ( Quercus wislizeni ) is an evergeen oak , highly variable and often shrubby, found in areas of California in the...

* The yellow rays (petals) droop downward and are arranged around a grayish-brown cone. One or several flowers, each on its own long stalk, may top a single stem. * It is attractive to butterflies and birds.

It grows at 970–2300 m altitude. * Thin strips of the fibrous bark are used for making sleeping mats etc. The bark is employed as a tinder and is also made into a slow match or can be shredded, bound into bundles and used as a torch to give light in...

* Phlox paniculata is an erect herbaceous perennial growing to 120 cm (47 in) tall by 100 cm (39 in) wide, with alternate, simple leaves on slender green stems. The flowers are grouped in panicles, hence the specific epithet paniculata.