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The acorns form a valuable food resource for several small mammals and some birds, notably Eurasian Jays Garrulus glandarius. * Quercus robur is planted for forestry, and produces a long-lasting and durable heartwood, much in demand for interior and furniture...

* 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.

* Swamp laurel oak is found mostly on alluvial flood plains, from sea level up to 150 m altitude. * The acorns provide food for raccoons, White-tailed Deer, Wild Turkeys, squirrels, ducks, Bobwhite Quail, and small birds and rodents.

The seed ripens in mid to late autumn and will probably need to be protected from squirrels. * Corylus cornuta ( Beaked Hazel ) is a deciduous shrubby hazel found in most of North America , from southern Canada south to Georgia and California .

* The Shumard Oak , Quercus shumardii (also known as Spotted Oak, Schneck Oak, Shumard Red Oak, and Swamp Red Oak), is one of the largest of the oak species in the red oak group ( Quercus section Lobatae ).

Indeed they sprang forward at such a rate as presently to dwarf their pure breed relatives." * They are commonly used in California as a rootstock for English Walnut, inspiring more vigor in the trees.

* 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.

* Quercus acutissima lives in deciduous forests at altitudes of up to 2,200 metres (7,200 ft) in South Asia and South East Asia. * The acorns are eaten by jays, pigeons, and squirrels .

The seed ripens in mid to late autumn and will probably need to be protected from squirrels. * Corylus cornuta ( Beaked Hazel ) is a deciduous shrubby hazel found in most of North America , from southern Canada south to Georgia and California .

* An ornamental and shade tree, it is also suitable for hedges, screens, and windbreaks. * Wood was once used by early settlers in the midwest for shingles, hence the common name. Rare in the east, abundant in the lower Ohio valley and middle of Mississippi...

* Wyman says the kernals come out whole. They really are perfect hearts! * The fruit is a nut , produced in bunches of 4-10 together; the nut is spherical, 3-5 cm long and broad, surrounded by a green husk before maturity in mid autumn.

It has a sweet flavour and is highly esteemed by the Chinese. * The wood is hard, tough, elastic. An edible oil from the seed is used in cooking. Used for tool handles etc. The seed ripens in late autumn and, when stored in its shell in a cool place,...

* An oil is extracted from the seeds. It attains a tallow-like consistency on standing and is used to make candles.

* Chinkapin oak is generally found on well-drained upland soils derived from limestone or where limestone outcrops occur. * The scientific name honors Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753–1815), a Lutheran pastor and amateur botanist in Pennsylvania...

It flowers during the summer in white blooms. * Cornus capitata is a species of dogwood known by the common names Bentham's cornel , Himalayan flowering dogwood , and evergreen dogwood .

The seed is the smallest of this genus. It is found at elevations ranging from 700 ft to 6700 ft. It produces nuts with a width of 1/2—3/4 in. * A shrub or small tree, thick-shelled round nuts, 3/4"; native to south central U.S. and northern Mexico.

* 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.

* Tolerate: Drought, Dry Soil, Black Walnut, Air Pollution. * Trees may live up to 500 years according to the USDA , and a living example of 326 years was noted in 2001 by Orwig et al.

* An oil is extracted from the seeds. It attains a tallow-like consistency on standing and is used to make candles.

It has a sweet flavour and is highly esteemed by the Chinese. * The wood is hard, tough, elastic. An edible oil from the seed is used in cooking. Used for tool handles etc. The seed ripens in late autumn and, when stored in its shell in a cool place,...

* The swamp white oak is a medium-sized tree of America's north central and northeastern mixed forests. * Over 400 Swamp White Oak trees are being planted in the newly constructed September 11 Memorial Plaza in Manhattan.

* A perennial weed, to most, with long curly leaves; develops a deep taproot; seed turns brown and remains conspicuous in winter; birdfood, native to Europe and Asia and common in North America.

* Plateau oak or Escarpment live oak is a thicket-forming shrub or large, spreading tree that is nearly identical in appearance to, and considered much hardier than, Q. * Leaves are evergreen, firm textured, ovate to elliptic, 1 to 3 inches long; usually...

* Bark dark red-brown, peeling in strips. * In cultivation they tend to grow on a single stem that is often leaning and bare towards the bottom, but with dense foliage on the upper half.

Pectin is also said to protect the body against radiation. The fruits can be buried in the ground overwinter and will have lost much of their acidity by the spring. Fairly large, it is up to 5cm in diameter.

* The Bird Cherry ( Prunus padus ) is a species of cherry , native to northern Europe and northern Asia , growing even north of the Arctic Circle in Norway , Sweden , Finland and Russia .

* It is a perennial which grows between 30 and 120 cm (47 in), flowering from June until July. Thrives in deep rich soil, but also grows well on poorer sandy soils providing they are moist.