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* The seed can be eaten raw or cooked. Very popular in America, the seed is sweet and well-flavoured with a thin shell. When kept in a cool place, and not shelled, the seed should store for at least 12 months.

Unlike Coastal live oak, acorns are spindle-shaped (fusiform), narrowed at the base. * This live oak in the white oak section of the genus Quercus is distinguished from Quercus virginiana (southern live oak) most easily by the acorns, which are slightly...

Reaches its largest size in southern Illinois and Indiana. * A tree usually fifty to sixty feet high, maximum height one hundred, with broad pyramidal head when young, becoming in old age broad-topped and open.

* 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 .

* Carya cathayensis is a deciduous Tree growing to 18 m (59ft 1in) at a slow rate. Used for tool handles etc. The seed ripens in late autumn and, when stored in its shell in a cool place, will keep for at least 6 months.

* A fairly fast-growing tree, it is cultivated for its timber in C. * In forests, the northern red oak grows straight and tall, to 28 m (90 ft), exceptionally to 43 m (140 ft) tall, with a trunk of up to 50-100 cm (20-40 in) diameter.

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

Since it is a large tree, it must be planted in a location where it will have sufficient space to grow upward and spread to its mature size. Pin Oak however is properly identified as Quercus palustris.

An excellent nut for raw eating. All of these were selected for their Eastern Filbert Blight resistance. * Common hazel is typically a shrub reaching 3–8 m tall, but can reach 15 m.

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

* Shumard Oak is valued for commercial use, as a shade tree, and as a food source for various birds and mammals. It is found locally north to southern Michigan, southern Pennsylvania, Maryland, and the extreme south of Ontario, Canada.

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 .

An excellent nut for raw eating. All of these were selected for their Eastern Filbert Blight resistance. * Common hazel is typically a shrub reaching 3–8 m tall, but can reach 15 m.

* Corylus heterophylla , the Asian Hazel , is a species of hazel native to eastern Asia , from northern China , eastern Mongolia , Korea , Japan , and southeastern Siberia . The seed ripens in mid to late autumn and will probably need to be protected...

* This species grows up to 40 metres tall. * Corylus chinensis, common names Chinese filbert and Chinese Hazel, is a deciduous tree native to western China. The branchlets are a purplish-brown colour, and are slender and sparsely villous.

* It commonly lives to be 200 to 300 years old, and may live up to 400 years. * Quercus macrocarpa is a large deciduous tree growing up to 30 m (100 ft), rarely 40 m (130 ft), in height, and is one of the most massive oaks with a trunk diameter of up...

* It is a deciduous tree growing to 20 m tall, rarely 30 m, and 40–80 cm stem diameter, with light gray bark . * Compound leaves, dark green; 2" edible fruit, oily; furrowed dark gray bark; often of rather open habit, with a number of trunks and few...

* 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. * Chinkapin oak can be separated from Q. * It is rarely a predominant tree, but it grows in association with many...

* Grown mostly as a novelty due to the heart shaped fruit. * In this variety the seeds are heart shaped. * The very bold, decorative leaves and the attractive catkins produced in spring make it an excellent ornamental tree for planting in parks and large...

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.

They are usually multi-stemmed with an open and loosely rounded crown. * 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.

* Cornus alba (red-barked or Siberian dogwood) is a species of flowering plant in the family Cornaceae, native to Siberia, northern China and Korea. * The plant is extremely hardy, to USDA Zone 3.

All spikes of purple flowers appear in July and August. Native to moist prairies and sedge meadows. * The plant is said to be extremely efficacious when used as a local application in the treatment of sore throats and gonorrhoea.

* In forest stands, black oak begins to produce seeds at about age 20 and reaches optimum production at 40 to 75 years. * In the northern part of its range, black oak is a relatively small tree, reaching a height of 20-25 m (65-80 ft) and a diameter of...

The dense wood is used for making farm tools and furniture. * The fruit contains up to 30% oil. Germination, especially of stored seed, can be very slow, taking 18 months or more. * An easily grown plant, it succeeds in any soil of good or moderate fertility,...

Eucalyptus manna,which exudes from punctures in summer months, is sometimes consumed. * Quick growing, extremely tall, grows well in poor soil; grayish-white bark, creamy-white branches; bark produces a "manna" eaten by natives; wood used for shingles...

* Asclepias syriaca , commonly called Common Milkweed , Butterfly flower , Silkweed , Silky Swallow-wort , Virginia Silkweed , is a herbaceous plant species. * The latex in the stems is a suitable replacement for chicle and can be made into a chewing...