Conservation Seed is a business that seeks to encourage people to grow desirable native plants from seed or spore, in an affordable way. We can provide large
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If ordering from within Ohio, add 6.75% sales tax.
Shipping is a flat $1.50 for up to five items, $2.00 for 6-10 items, and $2.50 for more than ten.
Note: the prices quoted below are per packet. Generally, each packet contains at least twenty seed or hundreds of spore, except for many woody plants, which are 10 seed to a packet. All seed and spore collected in 2009 unless specified otherwise.
Watch for more additions! Many more varieties will be added soon!
Seed List as of October, 2009 |
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| Latin Name | Common Name | Price | Notes | |
Spore |
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| Dryopteris carthusiana | Spinulose wood fern | P | $1.50 | |
| Dryopteris cristata | Crested wood fern | P | $1.50 | |
| Dryopteris filix-mas | Male fern | P | $1.50 | |
| Dryopteris goldiana | Goldie's wood fern | P | $1.50 | |
| Dryopteris intermedia | Intermediate wood fern | P | $1.50 | |
| Dryopteris marginalis | Marginal wood fern | P | $1.50 | |
| Polystichum acrostichoides | Christmas fern | P | $1.50 | |
| Deparia acrostichoides | Silvery glade fern | P | $1.50 | |
| Diplazium pycnostichum | Narrow glade fern | P | $1.50 | |
| Diphasiastrum digitatum | Groundcedar | P | $1.50 | 2009 available on 15 Oct. |
| Diphasiastrum digitatum | Groundcedar | P | $15.00 | Per ounce: lycopodium powder |
Wildflower Seed |
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| Hibiscus moscheutos | Rose mallow | P | $1.50 | White, pink or red flowers |
| Camassia scilloides | Wild hyacinth | P | $1.50 | Lavendar flowers |
| Anemone virginiana | Thimbleweed | P | $1.50 | White flowers |
| Oenothera biennis | primrose | B | $1.50 | Yellow flowers |
| Rudbeckia hirta | Black-eyed Susan | P | $1.50 | Yellow flowers |
| Asclepias tuberosa | Butterflyweed | P | $1.50 | Orange flowers |
| Asclepias syriaca | Common milkweed | P | $1.50 | Purple flowers |
| Asclepias incarnata | Swamp milkweed | P | $1.50 | Pink flowers |
| Echinacea purpurea | Purple coneflower | P | $1.50 | Purple flowers |
| Eupatorium fistulosum | Joe-Pye-Weed | P | $1.50 | Dusky pink flowers |
| Eupatorium rugosum | White snakeroot | P | $1.50 | White flowers |
| Vernonia altissima | Ironweed | P | $1.50 | Purple flowers |
| Antennaria plantaginifolia | Pussytoes | P | $1.50 | Off-white flowers |
| Hieracium venosum | Veiny hawkweed | P | $1.50 | Yellow flowers |
| Silphium integrifolium | Rosinweed | P | $1.50 | Yellow flowers |
| Helianthus divaricatus | Woodland sunflower | P | $1.50 | Yellow flowers |
| Lithospermum latifolium | American gromwell | P | $1.50 | Inconspicuous flowers; 10 seed |
| Verbesina alternifolia | Wingstem | P | $1.50 | Yellow flowers |
| Agrimony gryposepala | Agrimony | P | $1.50 | Species not certified |
Woody Plant Seed |
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| Rosa carolina | Carolina rose | S | $2.00 | |
| Rosa setigera | Prairie rose | S | $2.00 | 10 seeds |
| Vitis riparia | Riverbank grape | V | $1.50 | 10 seeds |
| Cornus florida | Flowering dogwood | Ts | $1.50 | |
| Cornus amomum | Silky dogwood | S | $2.00 | 10 seeds |
| Halesia tetraptera | Carolina silverbells | Ts | $2.00 | 10 seeds |
| Lindera benzoin | Spicebush | S | $1.50 | |
| Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia creeper | V | $1.50 | |
| Asimina triloba | Pawpaw | Ts | $2.00 | 10 seeds |
| Quercus alba | white oak | Tl | $2.00 | Shipped Oct-Feb only; 10 seeds |
| Quercus phellos | willow oak | Tl | $2.00 | 10 seeds |
| Quercus rubra | Red oak | Tl | $1.50 | Shipped Oct-Feb only; 10 seeds |
| Quercus imbricaria | Shingle oak | Tm | $2.00 | Shipped Oct-Feb only; 10 seeds |
| Quercus shumardii | Shumard oak | Tl | $1.50 | 10 seeds |
| Quercus palustris | Pin oak | Tl | $1.50 | |
| Quercus macrocarpa | Bur oak | Tl | $2.50 | Shipped Oct-Feb only; 10 seeds |
| Quercus acutissima | Sawtooth oak | Tm | $2.00 | Shipped Oct-Feb only; 10 seeds |
| Quercus robur | English oak | Tl | $2.00 | Shipped Oct-Feb only; 10 seeds |
| Carya cordiformis | Bitternut hickory | Tl | $2.00 | Shipped Oct-Feb only; 10 seeds |
| Carya tomentosa | Mockernut hickory | Tl | $2.00 | Shipped Oct-Feb only; 10 seeds |
| Juglans nigra | Black walnut | Tl | $1.50 | 10 seeds |
| Corylus americana | American hazelnut | S/Ts | $2.00 | Shipped Oct-Feb only; 10 seeds |
| Oxydendrum arboreum | Sourwood | Ts | $2.00 | Seed are very fine |
| Acer negundo | Boxelder | Tm | $1.50 | |
| Aesculus glabra | Ohio buckeye | Tm | $2.00 | Shipped Oct-Feb only; 10 seeds |
| Cephalanthus occidentalis | Buttonbush | S | $2.00 | Wetland shrub |
| Gleditsia triacanthos | Honey locust | Tm | $2.00 | Wild type (thorny) |
| Robinia pseudoacacia | Black locust | Tm | $2.00 | |
| Cercis canadensis | Redbud | Ts | $2.00 | |
| Celtis tenuifolia | Dwarf hackberry | Ts | $2.00 | 2008 seed; 10 seeds |
| Magnolia tripetala | Umbrella magnolia | Ts | $2.00 | 10 seeds |
| Tsuga canadensis | Canadian hemlock | Tl | $2.50 | |
| Clematis viorna | Leatherflower | V | $2.00 | |
| Platanus occidentalis | Sycamore | Tl | $1.50 | 2008 seed |
| Diospyros virginiana | Persimmon | Tm | $1.50 | 10 seeds |
| Thuja occidentalis | Arborvitae | Ts | $2.00 | |
ADDITIONAL SPECIES AS OF OCTOBER 23: Passiflora lutea, yellow passionflower, $2.00 per twenty Quercus michauxii, swamp chestnut oak, $2.00 per ten Quercus prinus, chestnut oak, $2.00 per ten Quercus stellata, post oak, $2.00 per ten Nyssa sylvatica, black gum, $2.00 per twenty Euonymus americanus, strawberry bush, $2.00 per ten Euonymus alatus, wahoo, $2.00 per ten Symphoricarpos orbiculatus, coralberry, $1.50 per ten Cornus racemosa, gray dogwood, $2.50 per twenty Gymnocladus dioicus, Kentucky coffeetree, $2.00 per ten Juniperus virginiana, redcedar, $1.50 per ten Taxodium distichum, baldcypress, $1.50 per ten Aesculus species, unknown ornamental buckeye, $2.00 per ten Magnolia grandifolia, southern magnolia, $2.00 per ten Magnolia macrophylla, bigleaf magnolia, $3.00 per ten (very limited supply) Maclura pomifera, Osage orange, $1.50 per ten ALSO, White Oak mix: 5 each of: Q. alba (white), Q. michauxii (swamp chestnut), Q. stellata (post), Q. robur (English), Q. macrocarpa (bur), Q. prinus (chestnut): total 30 seed for $6.00 plus $2.00 shipping