Name
|
Size
|
Growth Rate
|
Light
|
Soil
|
Fall Color
|
Wildlife Benefit
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Red Maple (Acer rubrum)
• Red Sunset
• October Glory
|
40 to 60H x 40 to 60W
|
Medium to fast
10 to 12 feet in 5 to 7 years
|
Sun/part shade
|
Moist
|
Yes
|
Food source: fruits and young shoots
|
Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum)
|
60 to 75H x 40 to 50W
|
Slow
|
Sun/part shade
|
Well drained
|
Yes
|
Food source: seeds and twigs
|
Armstrong Freeman Maple
|
50 to 70H x 50 to 20W
|
Fast
|
Sun/part shade
|
Well drained
|
Yes
|
Food source: seeds and twigs
|
Burr Oak (Quercus macrocarpa)
|
70 to 80H x 70 to 80W
|
Slow
15 to 20 feet over 20 years
|
Full sun
|
Wet/dry
|
Food source: acorns and twigs
| |
Chestnut Oak (Quercus prinus)
|
60 to 70H x 60 to 70W
|
Medium to fast
12 to 15 feet over 7 to 10 years
|
Sun/partial shade
|
Well drained drought tolerant
|
Yes
|
Food source: acorns and twigs
|
Saw Tooth Oak (Quercus acutissima)
|
35 to 45H x 35 to 45W
|
Medium
16 feet in 32 years
|
Sun
|
Well drained
|
Food source: acorns and twigs
| |
Swamp White Oak (Quercus bicolor)
|
50 to 60H x 50 to 60W
|
Slow to medium
12 to 15 feet over 10 to 12 years
|
Sun/partial shade
|
Drought tolerant
|
Yes
|
Food source: acorns and twigs
|
Willow Oak (Quercus phellos)
|
40 to 60H x 30 to 40W
|
Medium
1 to 2 feet per year
|
Full sun
|
Wet-dry
|
Food source: acorns and twigs
| |
American Linden (Tilia americana)
|
60 to 80H x 40 to 60W
|
Medium
20 to 30 feet over 30 years
|
Sun/partial shade
|
Moist, well drained
|
Food source: twigs, seeds and nectar
| |
Silver Linden (Tilia tomentosa)
|
50 to 70H x 30 to 50W
|
Medium
10 to 15 feet over 5 to 10 years
|
Full sun
|
Moist, well drained
|
Food source: twigs, seeds and nectar
| |
Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua - Rotundiloba)
|
60 to 75H x 40 to 59W
|
Medium to fast
20 feet over 20 years
|
Full sun
|
Moist, well drained
|
Yes
|
Food source: seeds
|
Cucumber Magnolia (Magnolia acuminate)
|
50 to 80H x 50 to 80W
|
Medium to fast
10 to 15 feet over 6 years
|
Full sun/partial shade
|
Moist, well drained
|
Food source: seeds
| |
American Elm Hybrids (Ulmus americana)
|
60 to 80H x 30 to 50W
|
Medium to fast
10 to 12 feet over 5 years
|
Sun
|
Moist-dry
|
Yes
|
Food source: seeds and twigs
|
Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis, Platanus x acerifolia)
|
75 to 100H x 75 to 100W
|
Medium to fast
2 feet per year
|
Full sun/light shade
|
Moist
| ||
Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum)
|
50 to 70H x 20 to 30W
|
Medium
50 to 70 feet over 30 to 50 years
|
Full sun
|
Wet-dry
|
Yes
| |
Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides)
|
70 to 100H x 25W
|
Fast
50 feet over 15 to 20 years
|
Full sun
|
Wet-dry
|
Yes
| |
Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis)
|
40 to 60H x 40 to 60W
|
Medium to fast
20 to 30 feet over 10 to 15 years
|
Sun
|
Wet-dry
|
Food source: fruits and twigs; shelter and nesting
sites
|
Name
|
Size
|
Growth Rate
|
Light
|
Soil
|
Fall Color
|
Wildlife Benefit
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chanticleer Pear (Pyrus calleryana)
|
35 to 40H x 16 to 25W
|
Slow
|
Sun
|
Wet-dry
|
Food source: fruit, buds
| |
Sassafras (Sassafras albidum)
|
30 to 60H x 25 to 40W
|
Medium to fast
10 to 12 feet over 5 to 8 years
|
Full sun/light shade
|
Moist, well drained
|
Yes
|
Food source: twigs and fruit
|
River Birch (Betula nigra)
|
40 to 70H x 40 to 46W
|
Medium to fast
30 to 40 feet over 20 years
|
Sun
|
Moist
|
Food source: buds, seeds, leaves and twigs
| |
American Hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana)
|
20 to 30H x 20 to 30W
|
Slow
8 to 10 feet over 10 years
|
Sun/shade
|
Wet-dry
|
Yes
|
Food source: buds, seeds, leaves and twigs
|
European Hornbeam (Carpinus betula)
|
40 to 60H x 30 to 40W
|
Slow to medium
10 feet over 10 years
|
Sun/light shade
|
Well drained
|
Food source: catkins, buds, seeds, leaves and twigs
| |
American Hophornbeam, Ironwood (Ostrya virginiana)
|
25 to 40H x 20 to 30W
|
Slow
10 feet to 15 feet over 15 years
|
Full sun/shade
|
Well drained dry
|
Food source: buds, catkins and seeds
| |
Tartarian Maple (Acer tataricum)
|
15 to 20H x 15 to 20W
|
Slow to medium
|
Full sun/light shade
|
Drought tolerant
|
Variable
| |
Amur Maple (Acer ginnala)
|
15 to 18H x 15 to 18W
|
Slow
12 to 20 feet over 10 to 20 years
|
Full sun/light shade
|
Moist, well drained
|
Variable
| |
Hedge Maple (Acer campestre)
|
25 to 45H x 25 to 45W
|
Slow
10 to 14 feet over 10 to 15 years
|
Full sun/light shade
|
Wet-dry
|
Variable
| |
Trident Maple (Acer buergeranum)
|
20 to 25H x 20 to 25W
|
Slow to medium
|
Full sun
|
Drought tolerant
|
Yes
| |
Paperbark Maple (Acer griseum)
|
20 to 30H x 10 to 15W
|
Slow
6 to 12 inches over 10 to 15 years
|
Full sun
|
Moist, well drained
|
Variable
|
Name
|
Size
|
Growth Rate
|
Light
|
Soil
|
Fall Color
|
Wildlife Benefit
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Serviceberry, Shadbush (Amelanchier canadensis/ laevis,
arborea)
|
15 to 25H
|
Medium
9 to 10 over 5 to 8 years
|
Sun/partial shade
|
Moist, well drained
|
Yes
|
Food source: fruits, twigs and leaves
|
Sweetbay Magnolia (Magnolia virginiana)
|
10 to 20H x 10 to 20W
|
Medium to fast
|
Sun/partial shade
|
Moist
| ||
Cockspur Hawthorn (Craetagus crusgalli)
|
20 to 30H x 20 to 35W
|
Slow to medium
10 to 14 feet over 6 to 10 years
|
Sun
|
Well drained
|
Yes
| |
Eastern Redbud (Cercis canadensis)
|
20 to 30H x 25 to 35W
|
Medium
7 to 10 over 5 to 6 years
|
Full sun/light shade
|
Moist, well drained - adaptable
|
Food source: seeds, foliage and flower pollen for honeybees
| |
Pagoda Dogwood (Cornus alternifolia)
|
15 to 25H x 20 to 30W
|
Slow after planting, medium when established
|
Partial shade
|
Moist, well drained
|
Food source: fruit
| |
Cornelian Cherry Dogwood (Cornus mas)
|
20 to 25H x 15 to 20W
|
Medium
|
Sun/partial shade
|
Moist, well drained/dry
|
Food source: fruit
| |
Japanese Dogwood (Cornus kousa)
|
20 to 30H x 20 to 30W
|
Slow
|
Sun
|
Moist, well drained/dry
|
Yes
|
Food source: fruit
|
White Dogwood (Cornus florida)
|
25 to 30H x 20 to 30W
|
Slow
|
Sun
|
Most, well drained/dry
|
Yes
|
Food source: fruit
|
Flowering Crabapple (Malus Numerous Cultivars)
|
15 to 25H x 25 to 30W
|
Slow
|
Sun
|
Moist, well drained
|
Yes
|
Food source: fruit
|
Japanese Stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamila)
|
20 to 40H x 10 to 15W
|
Slow
|
Sun
|
Moist
|
Yes
| |
Japanese Snowbell (Styrax japonica)
|
20 to 30H x 20 to 30W
|
Medium
9 to 10 feet over 7 to 10 years
|
Full sun/partial shade
|
Moist, well drained
| ||
Tree Lilac (Syringa reticulata)
|
20 to 30H x 15 to 25W
|
Medium
9 to 12 feet over 6 to 8 years
|
Full sun
|
Well drained
| ||
Sargent Cherry (Prunus sargentii)
|
20 to 30H x 20 to 30W
|
Medium
|
Full sun
|
Well drained
|
Yes
|
Food source: fruit
|
Native Eastern Redbud
|
20 to 30H 20 to 30W
|
Slow
|
Full sun
|
Well drained
|
Yes
|
Food source: fruit and Twigs
|
Name
|
Size
|
Growth Rate
|
Light
|
Soil
|
Fall Color
|
Wildlife Benefit
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eastern Redcedar (Juniperus virginiana)
|
40 to 50H x 8 to 20W
|
Medium
|
Sun
|
Well drained - tolerant of adverse conditions
| ||
Fraser Fir (Abies fraseri)
|
30 to 40H x 20 to 25W
|
Slow
|
Sun/partial shade
|
Moist, well drained
| ||
Japanese Cryptomeria (Cryptomeria japonica)
|
50 to 60H x 20 to 30W
|
Medium
50 to 60 feet over 30 to 40 years
|
Full sun
|
Moist, well drained
| ||
American Holly (Ilex opaca)
|
40 to 50H x 18 to 40W
|
Slow
|
Full sun/partial shade
|
Well drained
|
Food source: fruit
| |
Foster's Hybrid Hollies (Ilex x attenuta 'Fosteri')
|
20 to 30H x 10 to 15W
|
Slow - medium
|
Full sun/partial shade
|
Moist, well drained
|
Food source: fruit
| |
Swiss Stone Pine (Pinus cembra)
|
30 to 40H x 15 to 25W
|
Medium
|
Full sun
|
Well drained
|
Food source: seeds
| |
Lacebark Pine (Pinus bungeana)
|
30 to 50H x 20 to 35W
|
Slow
|
Sun
|
Well drained
|
Food source: seeds
|
Name
|
---|
Ash (American or White)
(Fraxinus americana, Fraxinus mandshurica)
|
Beech
(Fagus hayatae, Fagus longipetiolata, Fagus grandifolia, Mexican
Beech, Fagus sylvatica)
|
Black Locust
(Robinia pseudoacacia)
|
Black Walnut
(Juglans nigra)
|
Boxelder (Acer negundo)
|
Catalpa
(Catalpa spp.)
|
Bradford pear
(Pyrus calleryana "Bradford')
|
Fruit trees (apple, pear, plum, etc.)
|
Ginkgo, female and male
(Ginkgo biloba)
|
Goldenrain Tree
(Koelreuteria paniculata)
|
Honeylocust, thorned (Gleditsia tricanthos)
|
Norway maple
(Acer platanoides)
|
Mulberry (Morus spp.)
|
Pin Oak
(Quercus palustisi)
|
Poplars
(Populus spp.)
|
Siberian elm
(Ulmus pumila)
|
Silver maple
(Acer saccharinum)
|
Tree of Heaven
(Ailanthus altissima)
|
Willow
(Salix spp.)
|