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Oriental Beech Fagus orientalis
Prices start at : 24.95 USD / 1 oz

* Large stately tree with smooth pale gray bark and obovate leaves widest near the tips, 6" veins; Dark green foilage, golden yellow in the fall. The natural range extends from northwest Turkey east to the Caucasus and Alborz Mountains.
  • Seeds Per Pound: 1,316
  • Collection Locale: Russia
  • Common Name: Oriental Beech
  • Crop Year: 2013
  • Species: orientalis
  • Family: FAGACEAE
Texas
Austin
Beaked Filbert, Beaked Hazelnut Corylus cornuta
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The seed can be dried and ground into a powder which is added to cereals and used in making bread, pies etc. It grows in dry woodlands and forest edges and can reach 4 – 8 m tall with stems 10 – 25 cm thick with smooth gray bark.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Botanical Name: Corylus cornuta
  • Family: Betulaceae
  • Species: cornuta
Texas
Austin
Niagara Big Bluestem Andropogon gerardii   Niagara
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* Seed germination appears to be dependent on about a 2-week period of moistened seed at a time when soil temperatures have reached 60 degrees Fahrenheit. Depending on soil and moisture conditions, it grows to a height of 1 – 3m (3 – 10 ft) .
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Species: gerardii
  • Seeds Per Pound: 156,876
  • Purity: 92%
  • Family: Poaceae
  • Crop Year: 2016
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Austin
Chinese Plum Yew, Chinese Cowtail Pine, San Jian Shan Cephalotaxus fortunei
Prices start at : 7.95 USD / 1 packet

* Substances from the plant have shown anticancer activity. Fortunei is a shrub or small tree growing to as high as 20 m with a diameter at breast height of about 20 cm. * In cultivation they tend to grow on a single stem that is often leaning and bare...
  • Botanical Name: Cephalotaxus fortunei
  • Common Name: Chinese Plum Yew, Chinese Cowtail Pine, San Jian Shan
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 9
  • Crop Year: 2016
  • Quantity: 2.57 lb
  • Height: 60 feet
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Austin
Pacific Yew Taxus brevifolia
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* 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. It has thin scaly brown bark. * Modern research has shown that it contains the substance 'taxol' in its shoots and bark.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Common Name: Pacific Yew
  • Species: brevifolia
  • Botanical Name: Taxus brevifolia
Texas
Austin
Green Ash, Northern Red Ash, Red Ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

Used for tool handles, furniture etc. * Green Ash is one of the most widely planted ornamental trees throughout the United States and much of Canada but mostly Alberta, including in western areas where it is not native.
  • Family: Oleaceae
  • Common Name: Green Ash, Northern Red Ash, Red Ash
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Genus: Fraxinus
  • Collection Locale: Iowa
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 72
Texas
Austin
Cedar Elm Ulmus crassifolia
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Cedar elm (Ulmus crassifolia) grows rapidly to medium or large size in the Southern United States and northeastern Mexico, where it may sometimes be called basket elm, red elm, southern rock elm, or olmo (Spanish).
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Quantity: 1.77 lb
  • Species: crassifolia
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 54
  • Collection Locale: Louisisna
Texas
Austin
Oriental Beech Fagus orientalis
Prices start at : 24.95 USD / 1 oz

* Large stately tree with smooth pale gray bark and obovate leaves widest near the tips, 6" veins; Dark green foilage, golden yellow in the fall. The natural range extends from northwest Turkey east to the Caucasus and Alborz Mountains.
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Common Name: Oriental Beech
  • Collection Locale: Russia
  • Purity: 99%
  • Seeds Per Pound: 1,316
  • Genus: Fagus
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Austin
Live Oak Quercus virginiana
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They drop their leaves, and grow new ones, within a few weeks in spring. Their lower limbs often sweep down towards the ground before curving up again. They can grow at severe angles, and Native Americans used to bend saplings over so that they would...
  • Common Name: Live Oak
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Botanical Name: Quercus virginiana
  • Family: Fagaceae
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Austin
Laurel Oak, Darlington Oak, Sand Laurel Oak, Laurel-leaf Oak Quercus hemisphaerica
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* When both sand laurel oak (Q. * Laurel oak is fast growing and matures in about 50 years. It is in the red oak section Quercus sect. * Sand laurel oak is mostly evergreen, while swamp laurel oak is mostly tardily deciduous.
  • Species: hemisphaerica
  • Genus: Quercus
  • Height: 60-65 feet
  • Common Name: Laurel Oak, Darlington Oak, Sand Laurel Oak, Laurel-leaf Oak
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Austin
Oriental Hackberry Celtis tournefortii
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Succeeds in any reasonably good soil, preferring a good fertile well-drained loamy soil. The species is endemic to eastern Europe: Ukraine, Croatia, Greece (including Crete, Sicily, Macedonia, Montenegro; Western Asia: Cyprus, northwestern Iran, northern...
  • Quantity: 0.27 lb
  • Lot#: 9702
  • Common Name: Oriental Hackberry
  • Species: tournefortii
  • Genus: Celtis
  • Family: Ulmaceae
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Austin
Sugar Hackberry, Sugarberry, Southern Hackberry, Hackberry Celtis laevigata
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

Occidentalis) where the range overlaps. * Celtis laevigata is a medium-sized tree native to North America. Common names include Sugarberry, Southern Hackberry, or in the southern U.S. Sugar Hackberry or just Hackberry.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Crop Year: 2015
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Genus: Celtis
  • Species: laevigata
  • Seeds Per Pound: 8,172
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Austin
Mockernut Hickory, Mockernut, White Hickory, Whiteheart Hickory, Hognut, Bullnut Carya tomentosa     - Carya alba
Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

* A high percentage of the wood is used for products where strength, hardness, and flexibility are needed. * It is the most abundant of the hickories. * Carya tomentosa , ( Mockernut hickory , mockernut , white hickory , whiteheart hickory , hognut ,...
  • Collection Locale: Tennessee
  • Germination: 71%
  • Botanical Name: Carya tomentosa
  • Crop Year: 2016
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 8
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Austin
Cherrybark Oak Quercus pagoda     - Quercus falcata  pagodifolia  , Quercus falcata pagodifolia
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The species is rare in the lower Mississippi Delta. * It is widely distributed on the best loamy sites on first bottom ridges, well-drained terraces, and colluvial sites. These sites occur along both large and small streams of the southeastern Coastal...
  • Height: 100-130 feet
  • Species: pagoda
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Common Name: Cherrybark Oak
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Austin
Gray Dogwood, Northern Swamp Dogwood Cornus racemosa
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* Many species of birds feed on the fruits. Its native from southeastern Canada and northeastern United States . * Cornus racemosa ( Northern Swamp Dogwood or Gray Dogwood ) is a shrubby plant species growing to 5 m tall.
  • Seeds Per Pound: 15,436
  • Height: 10 feet
  • Family: Cornaceae
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Quantity: 29.5 lb
  • Purity: 99%
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Austin
Green Mormon Tea, Mormon Tea, Green Ephedra, Mountain Joint Fir, Brigham Tea Ephedra viridis
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Ephedra viridis is a species of Ephedra known by the common names green ephedra and green Mormon tea . It is native to the western United States, where it is a member of varied scrub, woodland, and open habitats.
  • Height: 4 feet
  • Family: Ephedraceae
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
  • Germination: 79%
  • Collection Locale: UT
  • Germination Test Type: TZ
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Austin
California Black Oak Quercus kelloggii
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* The cooked seed was used as a staple food by several native North American Indian tribes * Oaks may be the single most important genus used by wildlife for food and cover in California forests and rangelands.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Height: 60-80 feet
  • Common Name: California Black Oak
  • Genus: Quercus
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Austin
American Elder, Elderberry, Common Elder, Sweet Elder, Blackberry Elder, American Elderberry Sambucus canadensis
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* Leaves and inner bark can be used as an insecticide and a dye. * It is closely related to the European Sambucus nigra, and some authors treat it as conspecific, under the name Sambucus nigra subsp.
  • Height: 12 feet
  • Botanical Name: Sambucus canadensis
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Genus: Sambucus
Texas
Austin
Red Buckeye Aesculus pavia    Southern
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* Fine plant for naturalizing in moist soils and where there is some shade. * It is in flower in June, and the seeds ripen in September. * A decidious Shrub growing to 5 m. * Scarlet flowers; native to Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana
  • Height: 15 feet
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Botanical Name: Aesculus pavia Southern
  • Species: pavia
  • Common Name: Red Buckeye
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Austin
California Black Oak Quercus kelloggii
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* The cooked seed was used as a staple food by several native North American Indian tribes * Oaks may be the single most important genus used by wildlife for food and cover in California forests and rangelands.
  • Botanical Name: Quercus kelloggii
  • Species: kelloggii
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Genus: Quercus
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Austin
Georgia Oak, Stone Mountain Oak Quercus georgiana
Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

* The Georgia oak ( Quercus georgiana ), also called the Stone Mountain oak , is a rare deciduous oak . * It has a very restricted range in the southern Appalachian Mountains and outlying monadnocks , mainly in northern Georgia.
  • Quantity: 0.85 lb
  • Germination: 83%
  • Family: Fagaceae
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
  • Collection Locale: Georgia
  • Crop Year: 2017
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Austin
Sawtooth Oak Quercus acutissima
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* Most planting in North America was carried out for wildlife food provision, as the species tends to bear heavier crops of acorns than other native American oak species. * Quercus acutissima lives in deciduous forests at altitudes of up to 2,200 metres...
  • Genus: Quercus
  • Common Name: Sawtooth Oak
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Species: acutissima
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Austin
Himalayan Honeysuckle, Flowering Nutmeg, Himalayan Nutmeg, Pheasant Berry Leycesteria formosa
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

* 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...
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 88
  • Germination: 30%
  • Genus: Leycesteria
  • Common Name: Himalayan Honeysuckle, Flowering Nutmeg, Himalayan Nutmeg, Pheasant Berry
  • Collection Locale: Holland
  • Species: formosa
Texas
Austin
Mockernut Hickory, Mockernut, White Hickory, Whiteheart Hickory, Hognut, Bullnut Carya tomentosa     - Carya alba
Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

* A high percentage of the wood is used for products where strength, hardness, and flexibility are needed. * It is the most abundant of the hickories. * Carya tomentosa , ( Mockernut hickory , mockernut , white hickory , whiteheart hickory , hognut ,...
  • Height: 110 feet
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 8
  • Botanical Name: Carya tomentosa
  • Seeds Per Pound: 51
  • Genus: Carya
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Austin
Beetlebung, Sourgum, Pepperidge, Black Tupelo, Blackgum Nyssa sylvatica    Southern
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

Its flowers are an important source of honey and its fruits are important to many bird species. The tree is best when grown in sheltered but not crowded positions, developing a pyramidal shape in youth, and spreading with age.
  • Location: Southern
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Germination: 83%
  • Seeds Per Pound: 3,632
  • Family: Cornaceae
  • Botanical Name: Nyssa sylvatica Southern
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Austin
Chinquapin Oak, Chinkapin Oak, Yellow Chestnut Oak, Yellow Oak, Chestnut Oak Quercus muehlenbergii
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* It is a deciduous tree reaching 30 m tall (exceptionally up to 50 m), with a rounded crown and thin, scaly or flaky bark on the trunk. The name comes from the resemblance of the leaves to those of a chestnut or chinquapin.
  • Family: Fagaceae
  • Species: muehlenbergii
  • Common Name: Chinquapin Oak, Chinkapin Oak, Yellow Chestnut Oak, Yellow Oak, Chestnut Oak
  • Genus: Quercus
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Austin
Scrub Interior Live Oak Quercus wislizeni  frutescens
Prices start at : 12.95 USD / 1 packet

* It is a large shrub or tree growing to 22 m tall. It generally occurs in foothills , being most abundant in the lower altitudes of the Sierra Nevada , but also widespread in the Pacific Coast Ranges and the San Gabriel Mountains .
  • Family: Fagaceae
  • Common Name: Scrub Interior Live Oak
  • Collection Locale: Paradise Valley, CA
  • Genus: Quercus
  • Crop Year: 2018
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
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Austin