Perennial Plant Wildlife Food For Sale In Indianapolis

As the season progresses, plants develop a dozen or more leaves from a central tiller. * 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 typically found in moister sites than Canadian wildrye, and will tolerate more shading. * It is extremely palatable to livestock and will decrease without proper grazing management.It spreads via seed and tillering.

* The leaves are very rich in vitamins and minerals, especially iron and the vitamins A and C. * Curled Dock ( Rumex crispus ), also known as Curly Dock, Yellow Dock, Sour Dock, Narrow Dock , sometimes as "narrow-leaved dock" (which properly refers to...

Named for Ferdinand Roemer, a German geologist who collected specimens in the New Braunfels, Texas, area from 1845-47. The leaves are long-stalked and uniquely divided into two leaflets about 1 1/2 inches long.

* Big bluestem is tolerant of a wide range of soils and moisture. * Big Bluestem is a perennial grass. Depending on soil and moisture conditions, it grows to a height of 1 – 3m (3 – 10 ft) .

Foliage turns yellow-brown in fall. Grasslike leaves (6-11 blades per culm) are broad (to 3/4" wide), linear and yellow green to dark green with rough edges. The terminal inflorescense contains many spikelets that are crowded into dense, nearly spherical...

Used for pasture, soil stabilization wildlife forage, hay. * A low growing, persistent, perennial, cool season legume. It has been widely introduced worldwide as a pasture crop, and is now also common in most grassy areas of North America and New Zealand.

Foliage turns yellow-brown in fall. Grasslike leaves (6-11 blades per culm) are broad (to 3/4" wide), linear and yellow green to dark green with rough edges. The terminal inflorescense contains many spikelets that are crowded into dense, nearly spherical...

* Helenium autumnale is a flowering plant native to North America. * Bright flowers of daisyish form, yellow ray petals and yellow-brown centers, from July to October; forms large clumps; parent of many hybrids; native to swamps and wet fields over much...

* The young shoots - peeled and eaten cooked or raw. The fruit is attractive to birds. * The flowers support pollinators, including of special value to Native bees, honeybees, and bumblebees.

Unfortunately, yields are rather low and so the plant is only worthwhile growing as a taste treat, not as a staple crop. * The root is eaten cooked or raw. * Lathyrus tuberosus is a perennial plant with edible tubers 3 to 5 cm (1.2 to 2.0 in) long attached...

An edible oil is obtained from the seed. When kept in a cool place, and not shelled, the seed should store for at least 12 months. * Corylus cornuta ( Beaked Hazel ) is a deciduous shrubby hazel found in most of North America , from southern Canada south...

* The bark or leaves of the plant were brewed for a bitter cold remedy, made as tea or smoked. * Vaccinium parvifolium is cultivated in the specialty horticulture trade with limited availability as an ornamental plant: for natural landscaping, native...

Specimens in wetter areas are more tree-like with bigger leaves. * The fruit is a source of food for a lot of bird species, including the Northern Bobwhite Quail and the Wild Turkey .

* Myrtle oak features shiny, leathery leaves (to 2” long) which are dark green above and yellow-green to orange-brown beneath. Foliage is considered to be evergreen (leaves persist on the tree until new growth commences in spring).

* Woodland strawberry fruit is strongly flavored, and is still collected and grown for domestic use and on a small scale commercially for the use of gourmets and as an ingredient for commercial jam, sauces, liqueurs, cosmetics and alternative medicine.

* The plant is extremely hardy, to USDA Zone 3. * For the brightest winter bark, young shoots are encouraged by cutting to the ground some older stems at the end of the winter, before leaves are open.

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 .

* A pasture grass occurring widely throughout the Western Hemisphere * The small oat-like seeds develop on the side of the stalk. * The foliage is blue green in color and has bright purple flowers.

This plant is often used as an urban tree and medicinal plant. * Quercus durata ( California Scrub Oak , Leather Oak ; syn. Quercus dumosa revoluta Sarg.) is an oak endemic to California .

* A Tecate Cypress planted at Strybing Arboretum in San Francisco is showing vigor and produces viable cones at forty years of age. Very few mature trees survived but regeneration is occurring by the hundreds to thousands.

If soil fertility is low, a large portion of the total production occurs in the spring, but if the soil is highly fertile, production is well distributed throughout the growing season.

Prefers a deep rich moist soil in sun or light shade. * Succeeds in fresh or salt water marshes and in ordinary garden soil. * Spartina pectinata is a species of cordgrass known by the common name prairie cordgrass .

Palustris: finely adapted to low-intensity fire with fire frequencies of <5 years. Palustris with its short-persistent, long leaves (but in this species drooping) and in its tendency to form a grass stage."

* A shrub; shiny dark green leaves to 3" long; Native to Europe. The leaves are shiny green, ovoid, 3-8 cm long and 2-6 cm broad. * It is a large shrub or small tree 3-12 m tall with smooth grey bark even in old age.

* A hybrid of the red and silver maples, combining the best of both species. * Excellent red autumn color. * Fast growth and tolerance to adverse climatic and soil conditions. * Popular ornamental tree in parks and large gardens.

* Helenium autumnale is a flowering plant native to North America. * Bright flowers of daisyish form, yellow ray petals and yellow-brown centers, from July to October; forms large clumps; parent of many hybrids; native to swamps and wet fields over much...