OSCEOLA-LAKE CONSERVATION DISTRICT

FALL SEEDLING SALE CATALOG

2007 Seedling Catalog

After you check out the available species you can print our Order Form and call, fax, or mail your order.

1.                 Complete the "2007 Seedling Order Form". Full payment is required for orders under $50 or a minimum of 10% down payment is required for orders over $50. Balance is due at time of pick up. Orders may be placed by phone, fax or mail.  Visa and MasterCard are accepted.

2.                 Mail the order form with payment to:  Osceola-Lake Conservation District, 138 W. Upton Ave, Suite 2, Reed City, MI  49677.

3.                 Fall ordering deadline is Friday, September 28, 2007, 4:00 p.m. Orders received after this date will be filled only on the availability of products.

4.                 Quantities are limited and orders will be filled on a first-come first-serve basis.

5.                 We do not guarantee survival. Our liability ceases when seedlings are delivered to buyer or custom planter.

6.                 It is unlawful for these trees and shrubs to be resold with the roots attached (Act 189 of P.A. 1931).

7.                 Pickup location will be at the Paris Park Fish Hatchery. Orders are not shipped. Tentative pick up date:  Friday October 5, 2007.  You will be notified by post card regarding the exact date and time for pickup.

8.                 If you are unable to pickup your order on the scheduled dates you must make other arrangements.  We will not be responsible for lost or stolen trees that are not picked up on the scheduled pickup dates.

9.                 Please let us know if a tree planter will be picking up your order. The order must be paid in full prior to pickup.

10.            The district reserves the right to cancel orders and refund payments due to reasons beyond our control.

11.            No refunds on fall orders cancelled after September 28, 2007.

 

CONIFERS

 

Name

(scientific)

Height

S/F

Sun/ Shade

Soil Type

Description

Quantity

 

Seedling
Height

 

 

 

 

Uses

Price

 

Red Pine

(Pinus resinosa)

50-60'

S/F

Full Sun to Light Shade

Sandy

Native Tree. Also called Norway pine. Needles dark green in color, two to a bundle and 4-6" long. Medium to fast growing.

25

50

100

250

500

1000

 

6-12”

 

 

 

 

Uses: Windbreaks, timber production and wildlife.

$14

$20

$30

$47

$86

$158

 

White Pine

(Pinus strobes)

80-100'

S/F

Full Sun to Partial Shade

Range of soils

Michigan's State Tree. Soft flexible bluish green needles, five in a bundle with a 4-8" cone slightly curved. Shade tolerant. Fast growing.

25

50

100

250

500

1000

 

6-12”

 

 

 

 

Uses: Windbreaks, timber production, erosion control, and wildlife cover.

$16

$22

$32

$49

$88

$159

 

Jack Pine

(Pinus banksiana)

40-80'

S/F

Full sun

Very sandy

Very fast growing. Often grows where no other trees will. Needles are stout, flat 1-1 1/2" long, dark green in bundles of two.

25

50

100

250

500

1000

 

6-12”

 

 

 

 

Uses: Wildlife cover, windbreaks, and timber production.

$14

$20

$30

$47

$86

$158

 

White Spruce

(Picea glauca)

50-60'

S/F

Full sun

Sandy to moist

Native tree. Slower growing. Retains lower branches. Frequently used for Christmas trees and pulpwood.

25

50

100

250

500

1000

 

6-12”

 

 

 

 

Uses: Christmas trees, ornamental, windbreaks, and wildlife.

$14

$20

$30

$47

$86

$158

 

Norway Spruce

(Picea abies)

60-90'

S/F

Moderate shade tolerance

Most upland

Fast growing spruce. Mature trees have drooping branches.

25

50

100

250

500

1000

 

6-12”

 

 

 

 

Uses: Windbreaks, wildlife, timber production, and ornamental.

$14

$20

$30

$47

$86

$158

 

Blue Spruce

(Picea pungens)

60-80'

S/F

Full sun

Sandy to moist

The most tolerant spruce for dry sites. Slow-growing, long-lived non-native tree. Cone shaped with beautiful silver-blue needles.

25

50

100

250

500

1000

 

6-12”

 

 

 

 

Uses: Ornamental, wildlife and Christmas Trees.

$14

$20

$30

$47

$86

$158

 

 

 

WILDLIFE SHRUBS

Name
(scientific)

Height

S/F

Sun/
Shade

Soil Type

Description

Quantity

Seedling Height

Uses

Price

Gray Dogwood

Cornus racemosa

6-8'

S/F

Sun to shade

Wet to well drained

Multi-stemmed shrub with grayish-green foliage becoming reddish in autumn. Flowers in May-June producing red berries July through September.

25

50

100

250

500

1000

6-12”

 

 

 

 

Uses: Readily used by wildlife.

$28

$38

$48

$66

$90

$160

Silky Dogwood

Cornus amomum

6-10'

S/F

Sun to shade

Moist to well drained

Dense, multi-stemmed shrub. Blue colored berries in September. Grows on sandy loam and clay upland and wetlands.

25

50