LIMITED SUPPLIES OF TREE SEEDLINGS STILL AVAILABLE: OH

COLUMBUS, OH -- Tree seedling sales by the Ohio Department of
Natural Resources (ODNR) are drawing to a close, and state foresters are
encouraging Ohioans to get in their orders before the April 4 deadline. The
seedling order forms are available by calling toll free
1-877-691-8733.
While many species are sold out, limited supplies of baldcypress,
black locust, green ash, river birch, sugar maple, sweetgum, black alder and
white pine are still available. The trees are one to two years old and bare
rooted. A minimum order of 250 trees is required. They range in price from
25 to 85 cents, depending on species and quantity purchased.
Seedlings are also being sold in large quantities from the former
Zanesville State Tree Nursery. The former nursery's stock is being sold for
12 cents each for species such as pin oaks, black locust, green and white
ash, black cherry, silky dogwood, red oak, silver maple, sweetgum, and
tuliptree. The seedlings are being sold in units, ranging in size from
3,325 pin oaks to as many as 83,300 black locust. Detailed information about
these seedlings is available on ohiodnr.com
More than 3,000,000 seedlings are sold each year by ODNR for use in
reforestation, wildlife habitat development, erosion control, windbreaks and
other conservation projects. In the past 80 years, the ODNR Division of
Forestry has planted more than 500,000,000 trees in Ohio.
For specific information about the availability of various tree
species and their prices, contact the ODNR Division of Forestry toll free at
1-877-691-8733. Tree seedling order forms are also available on the
Internet at ohiodnr.com

Source: ODNR