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European Red Elderberry, Red Elderberry Sambucus racemosa
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* The fruit is a bright red or sometimes purple drupe containing 3 to 5 seeds. * The blossoms have been used in the treatment of measles. The fruits are popular with birds, who distribute the seeds.
  • Purity: 99%
  • Seeds Per Pound: 104,420
  • Botanical Name: Sambucus racemosa
  • Collection Locale: Hungary
  • Species: racemosa
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 191
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Douglas Fir Pseudotsuga menziesii  glauca  AZ Apache
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

Glauca is the commonly cultivated variety of this tree for areas outside of the Pacific Northwest, and is clearly a better selection for midwestern climates than the species because of its better cold tolerance (species is hardy to USDA Zone 6, but var.
  • Family: Pinaceae
  • Quantity: 3.41 lb
  • Location: AZ Apache
  • Crop Year: 2016
  • Collection Locale: Apache National Forest, AZ
  • Species: menziesii
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Oriental Beech Fagus orientalis
Prices start at : 24.95 USD / 1 oz

It is a large tree, capable of reaching heights of up to 45 m tall and 3m trunk diameter, though more typically 25-35 m tall and up to 1.5 m trunk diameter. * Large stately tree with smooth pale gray bark and obovate leaves widest near the tips, 6" veins;...
  • Genus: Fagus
  • Germination: 98%
  • Seeds Per Pound: 1,316
  • Family: FAGACEAE
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Botanical Name: Fagus orientalis
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Big-leaf Linden, Largeleaf Linden, Bigleaf Linden, Cut-leaved Lime, Cut-leaved Linden Tilia platyphyllos
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

It has been introduced in the US (New England). Cordata; varies a good deal, and several cultivars are grown; often used in Europe, where it is native, but not common in the U.S. * Lime flowers are a popular domestic remedy for a number of ailments, especially...
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Germination: 83%
  • Genus: Tilia
  • Purity: 99%
  • Family: Tiliaceae
  • Botanical Name: Tilia platyphyllos
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Common Hackberry Celtis occidentalis    North America
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* Usually the common hackberry forms a medium sized tree, thirty to fifty feet in height, with a slender trunk; however, it can rise to the height of one hundred and thirty feet, in the best conditions in the southern Mississippi valley area.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Family: Ulmaceae
  • Botanical Name: Celtis occidentalis North America
  • Common Name: Common Hackberry
  • Species: occidentalis
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Pecan Carya illinoinensis  commercial varieties
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

In the wild, trees grow best in areas where summer temperatures average 24 - 30°c and the humidity is high. * Trees are probably much hardier when grown in areas with hot summers.
  • Collection Locale: Tennessee
  • Seeds Per Pound: 80
  • Botanical Name: Carya illinoinensis commercial varieties
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Family: Juglandaceae
  • Species: illinoinensis
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Texas Live Oak, Plateau Oak, Escarpment Live Oak Quercus fusiformis
Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

Fusiformis), commonly known as texas live oak, escarpment live oak, plateau live oak, or plateau oak, is an evergreen or nearly evergreen tree. It can reach a height of 20-40 ft. * The largest known Texas live oak grows in Real County, Texas.
  • Seeds Per Pound: 128
  • Germination: 98%
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Purity: 99%
  • Species: fusiformis
  • Genus: Quercus
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Red Bay, Sweet Bay, Swamp Bay, Laurel Tree, Tisswood, Florida Mahogany Persea borbonia
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

* A large roundish or oval shrub or small tree; inconspicuous creamy flowers, dark blue fruit on red stems; likes moist acid soil, full sun or part shade; native to swamps but does well in drier conditions; salt tolerant; native from Delaware to Florida.
  • Collection Locale: Louisisna
  • Genus: Persea
  • Quantity: 2.46 lb
  • Botanical Name: Persea borbonia
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Germination Test Type: cut
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Southern Wax Myrtle Myrica cerifera
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Specimens in wetter areas are more tree-like with bigger leaves. Specimens in drier and sandier areas are shrub-like, have rhizomes and smaller leaves than usual. In winter, the seeds are important foods for the Carolina Wren and species of Tree Sparrow...
  • Genus: Myrica
  • Species: cerifera
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Family: MYRICACEAE
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Choctawhatchee Sand Pine, Sand Pine Pinus clausa    Choctawhatchee
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

* Pinus clausa ( Sand Pine , Sandhill Pine ) is a small, often shrubby tree from 5–10 m (16–33 ft), exceptionally to 21 m (69 ft) tall, found in two separate locations, one across central peninsular Florida , and the other in the western Florida panhandle...
  • Germination: 98%
  • Genus: Pinus
  • Purity: 99%
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 20
  • Common Name: Choctawhatchee Sand Pine, Sand Pine
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
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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. * The acorns are eaten by jays, pigeons, and squirrels .
  • Common Name: Sawtooth Oak
  • Height: 75-90 feet
  • Family: Fagaceae
  • Botanical Name: Quercus acutissima
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Spanish Red Oak, Southern Red Oak Quercus falcata
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* Quercus falcata , commonly known as the Southern Red Oak or Spanish Oak , is a tree in the red oak section ( Lobatae ) of the genus Quercus native to the southeastern United States .
  • Genus: Quercus
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Common Name: Spanish Red Oak, Southern Red Oak
  • Botanical Name: Quercus falcata
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African Tuliptree Spathodea campanulata
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 packet

The wood of the tree is soft and is used for nesting by many hole-building birds such as barbets. The open flowers are cup-shaped and hold rain and dew, making them attractive to many species of birds.
  • Genus: Spathodea
  • Species: campanulata
  • Collection Locale: Hawaii
  • Quantity: 0.02 lb
  • Purity: 99%
  • Height: 40 - 80 feet
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Cherrystone Juniper, Oneseed Juniper, Single-seed Juniper Juniperus monosperma
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When rubbed fine, the bark can be used to make children'sclothing. * Of somewhat loose habit; sometimes grown ornamentally; gray bark, gray-green foliage, gray-blue fruit; native to the southwest U.S. and Mexico.
  • Species: monosperma
  • Common Name: Cherrystone Juniper, Oneseed Juniper, Single-seed Juniper
  • Botanical Name: Juniperus monosperma
  • Family: Cupressaceae
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Red Buckeye Aesculus pavia    Southern
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* Fine plant for naturalizing in moist soils and where there is some shade. * Scarlet flowers; native to Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana * Native to the southern and eastern parts of the United States , found from Illinois to Virginia in the north and...
  • Species: pavia
  • Location: Southern
  • Height: 15 feet
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Genus: Aesculus
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Pumpkin Ash Fraxinus profunda
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

Conservation Plant Characteristics Fraxinus profunda (Bush) Bush pumpkin ash FRPR Summary Duration Perennial Growth Habit Tree Native Status L48 (N), CAN (N) Federal T/E Status National Wetland Indicator OBL Morphology/Physiology Active Growth Period...
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 32
  • Quantity: 2.37 lb
  • Purity: 99%
  • Family: Oleaceae
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Germination: 91%
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Cherrybark Oak Quercus pagoda     - Quercus falcata  pagodifolia  , Quercus falcata pagodifolia
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These sites occur along both large and small streams of the southeastern Coastal Plain and the Mississippi Valley north into Missouri and Illinois. * It is widely distributed on the best loamy sites on first bottom ridges, well-drained terraces, and colluvial...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Species: pagoda
  • Height: 100-130 feet
  • Genus: Quercus
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Snake Bark Maple ACER rufinerve
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* A maple in the snake-bark maple group. * It is native to mountains forests of Japan.
  • Genus: ACER
  • Common Name: Snake Bark Maple
  • Species: rufinerve
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Shumard\'s Red Oak, Shumard\'s Oak Quercus shumardii
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It is tolerant of wide ranges of pH levels in soil. It is cultivated at least as far north as Ottawa, Ontario and as far south as Lake Worth, Florida. It is closely related to Texas Red Oak ( Quercus buckleyi ), Nuttall's Oak ( Quercus texana ), and Chisos...
  • Species: shumardii
  • Common Name: Shumard's Red Oak, Shumard's Oak
  • Genus: Quercus
  • Family: Fagaceae
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Leatherleaf Mahonia, Oregon Grape, Beale\'s Barberry Mahonia bealei
Prices start at : 12.95 USD / 1 packet

A pleasant acid flavour, it is nice when added to muesli or porridge. * Fruit - raw or cooked. * Shiny leathery leaves, coarse, evergreen, dark green or blue green. * Very fragrant yellow flowers in early spring.
  • Collection Locale: California
  • Genus: Mahonia
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Seeds Per Pound: 12,712
  • Species: bealei
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 14
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Fly Honeysuckle, Dwarf Honeysuckle Lonicera xylosteum
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Lonicera xylosteum , commonly known as Fly honeysuckle , European Fly Honeysuckle , Dwarf Honeysuckle or Fly Woodbine is a deciduous shrub. It is one of two honeysuckles native to Britain, the other being the Common Honeysuckle ( Lonicera periclymenum...
  • Purity: 99%
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Species: xylosteum
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 45
  • Seeds Per Pound: 113,500
  • Crop Year: 2017
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Laurel Oak, Diamond Leaf Oak Quercus laurifolia     - Quercus obtusa
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* It is commonly used as an ornamental tree in landscaping because of its fast growth and pleasing appearance. * Laurel oak is a medium sized, mostly deciduous oak of the red oak group that typically grows to 40-60' (less frequently to 100') tall with...
  • Botanical Name: Quercus laurifolia
  • Height: 40-60 feet
  • Common Name: Laurel Oak, Diamond Leaf Oak
  • Genus: Quercus
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Hophornbeam, Ironwood, Eastern Hophornbeam, Hop Hornbeam, Eastern Hop Hornbeam Ostrya virginiana
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

It is used locally for posts, mallets, tool handles and applications where resistance to wear is essential. Carpinifolia, but a graceful tree nonetheless; slow-growing; bark gray brown, in narrow strips; yields a very hard wood; sometimes used as a street...
  • Germination: 48%
  • Common Name: Hophornbeam, Ironwood, Eastern Hophornbeam, Hop Hornbeam, Eastern Hop Hornbeam
  • Botanical Name: Ostrya virginiana capsules
  • Quantity: 51.25 lb
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Germination Test Type: cut
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Fly Honeysuckle, Dwarf Honeysuckle Lonicera xylosteum
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* Lonicera xylosteum , commonly known as Fly honeysuckle , European Fly Honeysuckle , Dwarf Honeysuckle or Fly Woodbine is a deciduous shrub. It is one of two honeysuckles native to Britain, the other being the Common Honeysuckle ( Lonicera periclymenum...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Germination: 91%
  • Collection Locale: Holland
  • Family: Caprifoliaceae
  • Common Name: Fly Honeysuckle, Dwarf Honeysuckle
  • Quantity: 0.24 lb
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Turkey Oak Quercus laevis
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* The American Turkey Oak ( Quercus laevis ) is a member of the red oak group of oaks . It is native to the southeastern United States , occurring on the coastal plain from Delaware south to central Florida , and west to southeast Louisiana .
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 7
  • Common Name: Turkey Oak
  • Botanical Name: Quercus laevis
  • Species: laevis
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Chinese Pear, Sand Pear, Harbin Pear, Ussurian Pear Pyrus ussuriensis
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* This makes a beautiful flowering tree all on its own even though it is primarily grown as an extremely cold hardy rootstock for grafting edible pear varieties. Pyrifolia culta in Korea, it is very frost resistant.
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 42
  • Seeds Per Pound: 10,896
  • Collection Locale: China
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Quantity: 10.5 lb
  • Height: 50ft
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Spicebush, Northern Spicebush, Benjamin Bush, Common Spicebush, Spice Bush, Carencro Bush Lindera benzoin
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* Spicebush is a Missouri native deciduous shrub with a broad, rounded habit which typically grows 6-12' (less frequently to 15') high in moist locations in bottomlands, woods, ravines, valleys and along streams.
  • Height: 6- 15 feet
  • Species: benzoin
  • Common Name: Spicebush, Northern Spicebush, Benjamin Bush, Common Spicebush, Spice Bush, Carencro Bush
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
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