Shade Tolerant Plant Wildlife Food For Sale In Arizona

They are very attractive to bees whilst the fruit is a good winter food source for many species of birds. * A very ornamental plant, it is hardy to about -15°c. Hybridizes freely with other members of this genus.

* The wood is hard, heavy, rather strong, tough, elastic, brittle, coarse-grained. * A fairly wind resistant tree, it can be grown as part of a shelterbelt planting. * Fraxinus pennsylvanica ( Green Ash or Red Ash ) is a species of ash native to eastern...

Depending on soil and moisture conditions, it grows to a height of 1 – 3m (3 – 10 ft) . * Big bluestem is tolerant of a wide range of soils and moisture. * Seed germination appears to be dependent on about a 2-week period of moistened seed at a time...

* The wood is hard, heavy, rather strong, tough, elastic, brittle, coarse-grained. * A fairly wind resistant tree, it can be grown as part of a shelterbelt planting. * Fraxinus pennsylvanica ( Green Ash or Red Ash ) is a species of ash native to eastern...

It is distinguished from most other oaks by its leaves , which are shaped like willow leaves, 5-12 cm long and 1-2.5 cm broad with an entire margin; they are bright green above, paler beneath, usually hairless but sometimes downy beneath.

It is used for making tools. * An easily grown plant, it succeeds in any soil of good or moderate fertility, ranging from acid to shallow chalk. * The tree itself is planted as a street tree.

Taxol has shown exciting potential as an anti-cancer drug, particularly in the treatment of ovarian cancers. * It is a small to medium-sized evergreen tree, growing 10-15 m tall and with a trunk up to 50 cm diameter, rarely more.

The Latin species name means thick leaf. * The common native elm in east Texas where it is planted for shade. Its seeds are eaten by several species of birds. Tree with rounded crown of drooping branches and the smallest leaves of any native elm.

It is frequently planted as an ornamental tree in parks, or as a shade tree or a lawn tree. * Tilia platyphyllos is a deciduous tree native to much of Europe , including locally in southwestern Great Britain , growing on lime -rich soils.

It can grow up to 6 meters in height and grows in plains and dry forests. * 3" leaves, blue green or gray green; reddish-yellow fruit; native to western Asia, southeast Europe. * Celtis tournefortii, commonly known as the 'oriental hackberry' is a deciduous...

Over much of its range, giant chinkapin shows several growth forms; it grows in a wide variety of habitats but is rarely a dominant component of any stand. Giant chinkapin (Castanopsis chrysophylla), also called golden chinkapin, giant evergreen-chinkapin,...

* The seeds are the largest of any native maple and are also a food source for wildlife. * It is often found along waterways and in wetlands, leading to the colloquial name "water maple".

Over much of its range, giant chinkapin shows several growth forms; it grows in a wide variety of habitats but is rarely a dominant component of any stand. Giant chinkapin (Castanopsis chrysophylla), also called golden chinkapin, giant evergreen-chinkapin,...

The Latin species name means thick leaf. * The common native elm in east Texas where it is planted for shade. Its seeds are eaten by several species of birds. Tree with rounded crown of drooping branches and the smallest leaves of any native elm.

It is the longest living non-clonal flowering plant in Eastern North America, capable of obtaining ages of over 650 years. * The leaf of Black Gum is variable in size and shape. This resistance to splitting led to its use for making mauls, pulleys, wheel...

* Sambucus canadensis is a deciduous Shrub growing to 4 m (13ft) by 4 m (13ft) at a fast rate. * Leaves and inner bark can be used as an insecticide and a dye. * Perhaps best when massed in naturalized areas where suckering spread is acceptable.

* It can be slow to establish but it will hold up to grazing, high saline soils, wet soils and can take some shade. * Palestine Strawberry Clover was developed in Australia and is very tolerant of adverse conditions.

The fruit is a red berry. * Arctostaphylos uva-ursi is a small procumbent woody groundcover shrub 5–30 cm high. * The fruits are readily eaten by birds, but are not recommended for human consumption.

* It has very striking white flower-like bracts that open in April and May before leaves emerge; shiny red fruit that ripens in late September and October. * Fruits are an important food source for dozens of species of birds , which then distribute the...

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, but does not extend past 50°N (Soper and Heimburger...

In Mexico mostly north Sonora - Chihuahua . * Gambel oak ( Quercus gambelii ) is a deciduous small tree or large shrub widespread in the foothills and lower mountain elevations of the central southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico : its range...

* The hollow stems can be made into whistles and flutes. * Leycesteria formosa ( Himalayan Honeysuckle , Flowering Nutmeg , Himalaya Nutmeg or Pheasant Berry ) is a deciduous shrub in the family Caprifoliaceae , native to the Himalaya and southwestern...

Over time the cork cambium layer of bark can develop considerable thickness and can be harvested every 9 to 12 years to produce cork. The tree is cultivated in Spain, Portugal, Algeria, Morocco, France, Italy and Tunisia.

Their lower limbs often sweep down towards the ground before curving up again. * Depending on the growing conditions, live oaks vary from the shrubby to large and spreading: typical open-grown trees reach 15 meters (50 feet) in height, but may span nearly...

* Fruits are sour and usually not consumed raw by humans, but may be cooked for use in the preparation of wine, jelly and pies. Many authorities have now grouped both of these red elders together under the name of Sambucus racemosa.

This bushy tree apparently grows without the benefit of rainfall, and obtains some water from dew . * Prosopis tamarugo , commonly known as the Tamarugo , is a species of flowering tree in the pea family, Fabaceae .

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