Medicinal Plant Wildlife Food For Sale In San Antonio

* A species of buckeye native to the Ohio Valley and Appalachian Mountains of the Eastern United States. * It is a medium-sized deciduous tree growing to 20-47 m tall. * It has greenish yellow flowers in May and the dark green leaves turn yellow to pumpkin-orange...

Unlike many other members of the genus, it has no prickles. * However, the wild thimbleberries can be eaten raw or dried and can be made into a jam which is sold as a local delicacy in some parts of their range, notably in the Keweenaw Peninsula of Upper...

* The nuts are also grown for use in expensive cakes, cookies, and candies * The male catkins are a food staple of ruffed grouse throughout the winter. * The nuts produced by American hazelnut are a preferred mast by squirrels, deer, turkey, woodpeckers,...

* Rhamnus cathartica ( Buckthorn , Common Buckthorn or Purging Buckthorn ), is a species in the family Rhamnaceae , native to Europe , northwest Africa , and western Asia , from the central British Isles south to Morocco , and east to Kyrgyzstan .

Seeds are dispersed by birds and mice, but many seeds simply fall to the ground underneath the parent, creating a dense local population. * The wood is used to make wooden nails, shoe lasts, veneer etc.

* The shrub is known to be an occasional source of nutrition for wildlife and livestock. It is an ingredient of many patent cough medicines. The smaller branches and foliage are coated in a sticky resin and are often dusted with black fungi, Heterosporium...

It was formerly very popular either on its own or added to China tea, having a peculiar delicacy and aroma. * Agrimonia eupatoria is a species of agrimony that is often referred to as common agrimony , church steeples or sticklewort .

* It differs from the wild type in having stouter, somewhat recurved spines on the seed heads. It is water soluble. The dried flower heads were attached to spindles, wheels, or cylinders, sometimes called teasel frames, to raise the nap on fabrics (that...

* A green dye can be obtained from the leaves. Wood - close-grained, soft, brittle. An excellent fuel. It has been used to make baskets, mats, ropes and as an ornament on bows, arrows etc.

* Prunus spinosa ( blackthorn or sloe ) is a species of Prunus native to Europe , western Asia , and locally in northwest Africa . * The fruit is usually used in jellies, syrups, conserves etc.

It is a twining vine able to climb up to 10 metres (33 ft) high or more in trees , with opposite, simple oval leaves 3–8 centimetres (1.2–3.1 in) long and 2–3 centimetres (0.79–1.2 in) broad.

* Rhamnus cathartica ( Buckthorn , Common Buckthorn or Purging Buckthorn ), is a species in the family Rhamnaceae , native to Europe , northwest Africa , and western Asia , from the central British Isles south to Morocco , and east to Kyrgyzstan .

Paitan is antiseptic, astringent and haemostatic. It is used applied externally to burns, bleeding due to traumatic injuries, haemorrhoids and ulcers in the mouth. * An excrescence produced on the leaf by an insect Melaphis chinensis or M.

* Sorbus decora, commonly known as the showy mountain-ash or "dogberry" is a deciduous shrub or very small tree native to northeastern North America. Like the American mountain-ash (Sorbus Americana), the showy mountain-ash has pinnately compound leaves...

The dark-green leaves are usually small, 2.5-7 cm long and 2-5 cm broad, thick and often spiny-toothed, particularly on young trees. It also occurs south into northern Baja California in Mexico .

Gansu, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Qinghai, W Shanxi, Xinjiang [Mongolia]. It is good fodder for animals, improves the soil, allows natural vegetation to become established, and prevents soil erosion by wind and rain.

* The Scarlet Oak ( Quercus coccinea ) is an oak in the red oak section Quercus sect. Also a good street tree. * Any galls produced on the tree are strongly astringent and can be used in the treatment of haemorrhages, chronic diarrhoea, dysentery etc.

Sea Buckthorn Shrub, is becoming increasingly popular for its exciting range of healing properties, a common plant in Chinese medicines. The leaves contain the important flavonoids and can be made into a tea with high concentrations of those same chemicals...

* Ilex vomitoria ( Yaupon Holly , Yaupon , or Cassina ; the latter shared with Ilex cassine ), is a species of holly native to southeastern North America , occurring in United States from Maryland south to Florida and west to Oklahoma (only in the extreme...

The fruit can also be used in preserves. * Cornus capitata is a species of dogwood known by the common names Bentham's cornel , Himalayan flowering dogwood , and evergreen dogwood .

* The plants are easily grown from seed, and readily self-seed. * A refreshing tea is made from the flower petals. * The red anthocyanin constituent of the flowers is used as a litmus.

* The original Cook strain of Balsam Fir was selected due to the blue tinge of the needles. * It is more heat tolerant than the species. * The seeds from these improved selections will be more true to type due to continued selection for blue color and...

* It is widely grown as a fodder crop, valued for its nitrogen fixation, which increases soil fertility. * Trifolium pratense (red clover) is a species of clover native to Europe, Western Asia and northwest Africa, but planted and naturalised in many...

* Sequoia Sempervirens is an evergreen Tree growing to 110 m (361ft) by 20 m (65ft) at a fast rate, approximately 24"/year in the right conditions. Sequoia semperirens tree needs to be in a cold environment durning the winter protected from the frost.

* This species is the state tree of Ohio. * Commonly known as Ohio buckeye , American buckeye , or fetid buckeye. * The twigs, bark, flowers and leaves all produce a foetid odour if crushed.

* Lindera benzoin ( Wild Allspice , Spicebush , Common Spicebush , Northern Spicebush or Benjamin Bush ) is a flowering plant in the family Lauraceae , native to eastern North America , ranging from Maine to Ontario in the north, and to Kansas , Texas...

* The species is used to produce galls, called Chinese gall, Galla Chinensis or Wu Bei Zi (???) in Chinese, which are rich in gallotannins,a type of hydrolysable tannins. Naturalize in open woodland areas, wood margins or wild areas.