Perennial Plant Wildlife Food For Sale In Fort Worth

* 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...

Obtusifolia) and Coffee Senna (S. * Senna hebecarpa ( American Senna or Wild Senna ) is an ornamental plant native to North America , specially Canada and the United States . Occidentalis), are also found in the East.

The perennial's hairy, clasping leaves are arranged densely on its stout stems. * Symphyotrichum novae-angliae (formerly Aster novae-angliae), commonly known as the New England aster, is a flowering herbaceous perennial plant in the Asteraceae family.

Stems are glabrous or moderately covered in hirsute hairs with spreading branches. The leaf bases are attenuate to cordate in shape and the margins of the leaves are usually entire or serrate, or sometimes lacerate.

* Festuca rubra is a species of grass known by the common name red fescue . Shade tolerant and sod forming. It is found worldwide and can tolerate many habitats and climates; it generally needs full sun to thrive.

It is most common in chaparral habitat in central Arizona , through the transition zone of the Mogollon Rim – White Mountains , but also southeast Arizona in the Madrean Sky Island mountain ranges of sky islands .

* The lance-leaved coreopsis , Coreopsis lanceolata , is a species of coreopsis (Tickseed). * A semi-double form of the species said to come more or less true from seed; yellow flowers; native to U.S. east

* This attractive perennial maintains a neat mound shape and grows 1-2 ft. Named for Ferdinand Roemer, a German geologist who collected specimens in the New Braunfels, Texas, area from 1845-47.

Leaves are grasslike but broad. Spikelets mature to brown by mid-summer and remain attractive well into fall. It typically forms a slowly-spreading clump of upright stems (culms) to 4-5' tall.

It is considered a noxious weed in the state of Washington and seems to be tolerated most others. It is pollinated by evening flying insects and provides seed as food for finches in the winter.

The shoots are rich in vitamin C. Because the fruit is so soft, it does not pack or ship well, so thimbleberries are rarely cultivated commercially. The shoots are harvested as they emerge in the spring, and whilst they are still young and tender.

* Big bluestem grows very rapidly, producing large amounts of foliage in just a few short months. * Big Bluestem is a perennial grass. Depending on soil and moisture conditions, it grows to a height of 1 – 3m (3 – 10 ft) .

It is native to North America, including most of Canada and the United States and part of Mexico, and it is known in Europe and New Zealand as an introduced species . Its narrow grass-like leaf blades grow in 2 ft clumps up to 3 ft in height.

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 generally occurs in foothills , being most abundant in the lower altitudes of the Sierra Nevada , but also widespread...

* A perennial grass with clustered erect green or purplish stems, branching at the top; turns an attractive pale browny-red in fall; needs full sun; produces silvery 2 1/2" seed heads in late summer; native from Quebec to Alberta, south to Florida and...

Prick them out into individual pots when they are large enough to handle and plant them out during the summer. * Woodland strawberry fruit is strongly flavored, and is still collected and grown for domestic use and on a small scale commercially for the...

* It is largely confined to very infertile , excessively well-drained, sandy habitats where competition from larger-growing species is minimized by the harsh growing conditions, as in the Florida scrub .

* When found in a truly wild situation this species is considered to be an indication of primary woodland. Torminalis clusii , Wild Service Tree ), sometimes known as the Chequer(s) Tree or Checker(s) Tree , is a species of Sorbus native to Europe from...

It is part of the red oak group. * Myrtle oak features shiny, leathery leaves (to 2” long) which are dark green above and yellow-green to orange-brown beneath. It is often found in coastal areas on sandy soils.

The name comes from the resemblance of the leaves to those of a chestnut or chinquapin. * Chinkapin oak can be separated from Q. * It is rarely a predominant tree, but it grows in association with many other species.

Stems are glabrous or moderately covered in hirsute hairs with spreading branches. The leaf bases are attenuate to cordate in shape and the margins of the leaves are usually entire or serrate, or sometimes lacerate.

* A fibre obtained from the stems is used in papermaking. * A refreshing tea is made from the flower petals. * The red anthocyanin constituent of the flowers is used as a litmus. They are useful in the treatment of chest complaints.

A decoction of the roots has been used in the treatment of kidney complaints and TB. The roundleaf dogwood is also a temperate, northeastern North American species that occurs throughout southern and eastern Ontario; in northern Ontario it occurs farther...

In Missouri, the average number of mature acorns per tree was generally higher than for other oaks over a 5-year period, but the number of acorns differed greatly from year to year and from tree to tree within the same stand.

Dried berries were stewed and made into sauces, or mixed with salmon roe and oil to eat at winter feasts. * Vaccinium parvifolium is cultivated in the specialty horticulture trade with limited availability as an ornamental plant: for natural landscaping,...

It is a deciduous shrub up to 2 m high, in late summer bearing conspicuous brilliant red inedible fruits superficially resembling cherries. * Alpine Honeysuckle ( Lonicera alpigena L.

It is in the genus Asclepias , making it a type of milkweed . * The latex in the stems is a suitable replacement for chicle and can be made into a chewing gum. * The unopened flower buds are eaten cooked.