West Plains, MO. – The Missouri Department of Conservation is buying tree seeds once again, this time in preparation for fall and winter.
These seeds, once purchased, will be going toward the George O. White Tree Nursery in Licking. The seeds will then be grown into bare root seedlings and then sold or distributed.
The West Plains MDC Office, found at 551 Joe Jones Boulevard has been listed as a drop-off spot for the seeds, giving those in Howell County and the surrounding area a place closer to home to make the sale.
A list of desired seeds, as it was written by the MDC, can be found below.
The following species are currently being accepted. All prices are per pound of fruit:
- Mixed hickory: $0.75
- Persimmon: (Persimmon fruit must be ripe, which means it must be yellow, red, or orange. No partially green fruit will be accepted.) $0.75
- Shellbark hickory: $0.90
- Ohio buckeye (without hulls): $0.95
- Red buckeye (without hulls): $0.95
- White oak: $0.95
- Paw paw: (Fruit must be ripe, which means it will be soft. Seed will not be accepted if fruit is too firm.) $1.50
- Post oak: $1.50
- Wild plum: (Plum must be ripe, which means it must be yellow, red, or orange. No partially green fruit will be accepted.) $1.95
- Chinkapin oak: $2.50
- Butternut: $3
- Redbud: (Pods must be brown and have an average of three seeds per pod that are light-brown and filled, not black. Green seed pods will not be accepted.) $4 per pound in pods
- Elderberry: (Fruit must be ripe, purple to black in color. Sellers should bring fruit only, no clusters.) $4.25
- Spicebush: $4.25
- Witchhazel: (Seed inside pod must be black in color.) $4.50
- Hazelnut: (Seed must be mature, light-brown, and easily pulled from husk. No green or partially husks will be accepted. Please be patient and allow the seed to mature on the plant.) $4.75
- Roughleaf dogwood: $4.75
- Flowering dogwood: $5
- Gray dogwood: $5
- Black cherry: (Fruit must be ripe, black in color), $6
- Eastern wahoo: $6.50
The following species will be accepted beginning Oct. 2:
- Black oak: $0.85
- Shumard oak: $0.95
- Northern red oak: $0.95
- Bur oak: $1.10
- Pin oak: $1.25
- Cherrybark oak: $1.85
- Nuttall oak: $1.85
- Swamp white oak: $1.50
- Swamp chestnut oak: $1.50
- Overcup oak: $1.50
- Willow oak: $1.85
The following species will be accepted beginning Oct. 23:
- Deciduous holly: $4.50
