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shortleaf wrote:
The Missouri state nursery has apparently opened up early online this year. I got a notecard from them yesterday that they're open online already. They sent it to me because I've bought from them before but I'm not buying from them this year. I have way too many plants sitting around in pots! lol This is what this state nursery looks like though. - http://extra.mdc.mo.gov/cgi-bin/mdcdevpub/apps/seedlings/sea...
I know this one doesn't do you any good but it gives you an idea of selection, sizes and pricing of seedlings at a state nursery. I know they're small but trust me they grow good. Here is a couple of Shumard Oak seedlings that I got out of a dumpster behind a Missouri Dep't of Conservation regional office around here, over 10 years ago (along with about 600 others). Here is a couple of before and after pics. One of those seedlings is about 25 feet tall now! I'd go for more than just Oaks and Maples (if you can get many Maples). I'm not sure what you have available in semi-coastal Miss. but I'd also have quite a few Bald Cypresses and Water Tupelos. If it were me I'd get some of everything for something like that.
I personally wouldn't have any non-natives like Ailanthus or Bradford Pears. I'd have all sort of little native understory trees too. If you wanna keep people out of there make a couple ponds, they'll be so many mosquitos they won't want to get out of the car, vice-versa of course.

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=water tupelo tree range&...

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=bald cypress tree range&...

Yeah, a treed property would be difficult for a tree planter and tractor. Boy howdy, you have alot of clearing to do, that's a big job, (remember to sell the wood)! My friend did Missouri's Farm to Forest plan. His acreage was kinda like a blank slate. I haven't heard from him or seen that property since then. He was talking about building a brick house on it and the land would be his yard. That is him on the tractor up there. He may even be watching here, we
met from that other gardening website. It's been nearly 10 years since I helped do that, he may have a genuine 23 acre forest now.
Will

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