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The seed ripens in late autumn and, when stored in its shell in a cool place, will keep for at least 6 months. The seed is up to 3cm long. Rather thin-shelled, the seed is small and sweet.

* Butternut grows quickly, but is rather short-lived for a tree, rarely living longer than 75 years. * The seed is eaten raw or ground into a powder and used with cereal flours in making cakes, biscuits, muffins, bread etc.

* Water oak serves the same ecological role as weeping willow and other wetland trees. Lobatae), native to the eastern and south-central United States, found in all the coastal states from New Jersey to Texas, and inland as far as Oklahoma, Kentucky,...

* White oak is the Illinois State Tree. * Normally not a very tall tree, typically 65–85 feet (19.5-25.5 m) tall at maturity, it nonetheless becomes quite massive and its lower branches are apt to reach far out laterally parallel to the ground.

The seed ripens in late autumn and, when stored in its shell in a cool place, will keep for at least 6 months. The seed is up to 3cm long. Rather thin-shelled, the seed is small and sweet.

It is also a smaller tree, not exceeding 1 m in trunk diameter (to 2.5 m diameter in southern live oak), with more erect branching and a less wide crown. Unlike Coastal live oak, acorns are spindle-shaped (fusiform), narrowed at the base.

* Willow oaks can grow moderately fast (height growth up to 60 cm / 2 feet a year), and tend to be conic to oblong when young, rounding out and gaining girth at maturity (i.e. more than 50 years) * The willow oak has leaves,somewhat like the willow.

* The acorns are eaten by jays, pigeons, and squirrels . * 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 Swamp Chestnut Oak ( Quercus michauxii ) is a species of oak in the white oak section Quercus section Quercus , native to bottomlands and wetlands in the southern and central United States , from New Jersey south to northern Florida , and west to...

Also a good street tree. On Scarlet Oak the sinuses between lobes are "C"-shaped in comparison to Pin Oak (Q. Palustris), which has "U"-shaped sinuses and the acorns are half covered by a deep cap.

Ecologically and taxonomically, it remains a poorly understood species. In certain portions of its range, it can be an undesirable competitor of commercial species during early stages of stand development.

* Water oak serves the same ecological role as weeping willow and other wetland trees. Lobatae), native to the eastern and south-central United States, found in all the coastal states from New Jersey to Texas, and inland as far as Oklahoma, Kentucky,...

* The very bold, decorative leaves and the attractive catkins produced in spring make it an excellent ornamental tree for planting in parks and large gardens. * The fruit is a nut , produced in bunches of 4-10 together; the nut is spherical, 3-5 cm long...

The crown is broad conic in young trees, becoming cylindric in older trees; old trees may have no branches in the lowest 30–40 m. The shoots are very pale buff-brown, almost white, and glabrous (hairless) but with prominent pulvini .

* Needles to 10", cones to 3 1/2"; native to Yunnan, China. * Yunnan Pine ( Pinus yunnanensis ) is a species of conifer in the Pinaceae family. It is found only in China ( Yunnan ).

* Needles to 10", cones to 3 1/2"; native to Yunnan, China. * Yunnan Pine ( Pinus yunnanensis ) is a species of conifer in the Pinaceae family. It is found only in China ( Yunnan ).

* In this variety the seeds are heart shaped. * Wyman says the kernals come out whole. * Grown mostly as a novelty due to the heart shaped fruit. The shells are hard and the meats flavorful.

It is mainly native to the northern midwest United States , and also in the southeast and southwest of Ontario , Canada . Palustris , it has traditionally been thought to be closely related to the Scarlet Oak Q.

* These are from excellent old native stands south of Bismarck, ND. * Bur Oak typically grows in the open, away from forest canopy. * Quercus macrocarpa is cultivated by plant nurseries for use in gardens, parks, and as a street tree.

* This species is grown as an ornamental and used for timber. * This is a lovely tree with fragrant red flowers in the spring and beautiful evergreen foliage.

* An evergreen native to southeastern China with needlelike foliage; pyramidal when young, later flat-topped; 7" cones, purple when young. The species is named after Scottish botanist Robert Fortune, who discovered the tree in 1844.

* Likes abundant moisture at the roots, if grown in drier areas it must be given a deep moist soil. Succeeds in most sites, including limestone. It grows at altitudes of 2,400-3,600 m in forests together with Deodar Cedar, Blue Pine and Pindrow Fir.

* Ostrya virginiana ( American Hophornbeam ), is a species of Ostrya native to eastern North America , from Nova Scotia west to southern Manitoba and eastern Wyoming , southeast to northern Florida and southwest to eastern Texas and northeastern Mexico...

* Drooping branchlets, 1 1/2" needles, dull green; 4" cones; native to Central Asia. It grows at altitudes of 1,300-3,600 metres, usually in pure forests, sometimes mixed with the Tien Shan variety of Siberian Fir ( Abies sibirica var.

* The acorns are eaten by jays, pigeons, and squirrels . * 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.

* It is a slow-growing coniferous tree growing to 35–50 m tall with a trunk up to 2 m in diameter. The bark is red-brown, vertically fissured and with a stringy texture. * It is grown for its timber in Japan, where it is used as a material for building...

* Light green, compound leaves; of slender cylindrical form; native to eastern U.S. from Quebec to Florida; of tall, upright habit. * It is a large deciduous tree , growing up to 35 meters tall (exceptionally to 47 m), with a trunk up to 1 m diameter.