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2014 Native Tree Sale

2014 Native Tree Sale. Tree Photos & Descriptions. Allegheny Serviceberry. Amelanchier laevis. Height: 15-35’ Spread: 15-25’ Sun: Full sun to part shade Site conditions: moist, well-drained soils Notes: Tolerates a variety of soil types Small, multi-trunked understory tree

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2014 Native Tree Sale

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  1. 2014 Native Tree Sale Tree Photos & Descriptions

  2. Allegheny Serviceberry Amelanchierlaevis • Height: 15-35’ • Spread: 15-25’ • Sun: Full sun to part shade • Site conditions: moist, well-drained soils • Notes: • Tolerates a variety of soil types • Small, multi-trunked understory tree • White flowers in spring • Edible, dark purple berries (Juneberry) • Foliage is bronze-purple in spring, dark green in summer and red-orange in fall • Berries are food source for birds • Sensitive to drought

  3. Indigo Bush Amorphafruticosa • Height: 6-10’ • Spread: 6-15’ • Sun: Sun to part shade • Site conditions: tolerates a range of soil types • Notes: • Showy purple flowers, fragrant • Beneficial for pollinators • Tolerates occasional flooding • Spreads easily by seeds, and can form thickets

  4. Buttonbush Cephalanthusoccidentalis • Height: 6-12’ • Spread: 4-8’ • Sun: full sun to part shade • Site conditions: moist to wet (including standing water) • Notes: • Small, fragrant white flowers in round clusters in summer • Flowers attractive to pollinators • Round fruits add winter interest • Waterfowl eat seeds • Does not tolerate dry conditions • Can form thickets • Good wildlife cover

  5. Redbud Cerciscanadensis • Height: 20-30’ • Spread:15-25’ • Sun: full sun to part shade, shade tolerant • Site conditions: moist, well-drained • Notes: • Doesn’t do well in poorly drained soils • Multi-trunked • Understory tree • Rounded crown • Pink flowers in early spring • Pollinators feed on flowers • Short trunk

  6. Pagoda Dogwood Cornusalternifolia • Height: 15-25’ • Spread: 20-32’ • Sun: full sun to part shade, shade tolerant • Site conditions: moist to well-drained • Notes: • Also called Alternate Dogwood • Small, multi-stemmed tree • Small, fragrant, cream-colored flowers • Blue-black fruit in late summer • Reddish-purple fall foliage • Horizontal branches give is unique “layered” appearance • Wildlife eat fruit

  7. Flowering Dogwood Cornusflorida • Height: 15-30’ • Spread: 15-30’ • Sun: full sun to part shade, shade-tolerant • Site conditions: mosit to well-drained • Notes: • Showy flowers in spring • Red fall color • Red berries eaten by birds • Short trunk and full, rounded crown • Nearly horizontal branches

  8. Hazelnut Corylusamericana • Height: 10-16’ • Spread: 8-13’ • Sun: Full sun to part shade, shade-tolerant • Site conditions: moist to well-drained • Notes: • Also called American Filbert • Rounded, multi-stemmed shrub • Edible nuts in summer • Wildlife eat nuts • Can form thickets (tends to sucker from roots) • Need two trees for pollination • Fall color varies from yellow to red

  9. Witch-Hazel Hamamelisvirginiana • Height: 15-20’ • Spread: 15-20’ • Sun: full sun to part shade, shade tolerant • Site conditions: moist to well-drained • Notes: • Tolerates heavy clay soils • Produces root suckers to form colonies • Fragrant, yellow flowers in late fall • Yellow foliage in fall • Often multi-trunked • Irregular, open crown • Seeds eaten by wildlife

  10. Spicebush Lindera benzoin • Height: 6-12’ • Spread: 6-12’ • Sun: full sun to part shade, shade tolerant • Site conditions: moist to well-drained • Notes: • Small, fragrant green flowers in spring • Need male and female plants to produce fruit • Flowers of female plants develop red fruit • Yellow foliage in fall • Leaves have fragrant, spicy aroma when crushed

  11. American Plum Prunusamericana • Height: 15-25’ • Spread: 15-25’ • Sun: full sun to part shade, shade tolerant • Site conditions: moist to dry • Notes: • Small tree/large shrub • Produces root suckers • Can form thickets • White flowers in early spring • Edible plums produced in early summer • All parts of tree except for plums are toxic • Can have thorns • Provide good wildlife habitat • Wildlife eat fruit

  12. Pussy Willow Salix discolor • Height: 6-15’ • Spread: 4-12’ • Sun: full sun to part shade • Site conditions: moist to wet • Notes: • Shrub that can form thickets due to root suckering • Intolerant of dry soils • Separate male and female trees • Males have showier catkins in late winter • Catkins said to resemble cat’s paw • Can be regularly cut back for smaller shrub • Fast-growing • Provides food source for wildlife in late winter

  13. Steeplebush Spiraeatomentosa • Height: 2-4’ • Spread: 3-5’ • Sun: full sun • Site conditions: moist to wet, acidic soil • Notes: • Tolerates light shade • Spreads by suckers to form colonies • Spikes of small, pink flowers • Yellow fall foliage • Blooms mid-summer to early fall for 1-2 months • Good for pollinators

  14. Coralberry Symphoricarposorbiculatus • Height: 2-5’ • Spread: 4-8’ • Sun: full sun to part shade • Site conditions: tolerates wide range of soils • Notes: • Also called Indian currant or Buckbrush • Spread by root suckers, can form thickets • Bell-shaped, white-pink flowers in summer • Coral-red fruit in fall which persist through winter • Peeling bark • Deer like to eat foliage

  15. Arrowwood Viburnum Viburnum dentatum • Height: 6-10’ • Spread: 6-10’ • Sun: full sun to part shade • Site conditions: moist to well-drained soils • Notes: • White flowers in late spring • Blue-black fruit in summer • Variable fall color from pale yellow to orange-red • Shade tolerant • Flood tolerant • Not drought tolerant • Produces root suckers • Flowers have slightly unpleasant aroma • Prefers slightly acidic soil

  16. Blackhaw Viburnum Viburnum prunifolium • Height: 12-15’ • Spread: 6-12’ • Sun: full sun to part shade • Site conditions: moist to dry • Notes: • Drought tolerant • Can be a large multi-stemmed shrub or small single stem tree • White flowers in spring • Blue-black fruit in fall that persist into winter • Birds eat fruit • Edible fruit • Fall foliage is red-purple

  17. Pollinator Trees and Shrubs • Red Maple - Rosy maple moth, native bees • Allegheny Serviceberry – native bees • Indigo Bush - California , Southern dogfaces, Silver-Spotted Skipper, Gray Hairstreak, Hoary Edge Skipper, native bees • Northern Pecan – Gray Hairstreak • Buttonbush –Titan spinx moth, Hydrangea sphinx moth, native bees, bumble bees, honey bees • Redbud - native bees, bumble bees • Pagoda Dogwood - Spring Azure • Flowering Dogwood - Spring Azure, native bees • Persimmon – Luna Moth, honey bees • Spicebush – Spicebush swallowtail, Prometheasilkmoth, Eastern Tiger Swallowtail • Tulip Poplar -Eastern Swallowtail butterfly, TuliptreeSilkmoth, honey bees • Black Gum – honey bees • American Plum – honey bees • Black Cherry – New England buckmoth, Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, Viceroy, Columbia silkmoth, native bees, bumble bees, honey bees • Bur Oak - Edwards Hairstreak , HoracesDuskywing • Pin Oak - Gray Hairstreak • Red Oak - Gray Hairstreak • Sassafras - Spicebush butterfly, Prometheasilkmoth, Pale swallowtail, Palamedes butterflies • Pussy Willow – Mourning Cloak, Viceroy, native bees, honey bees, bumble bees • Steeplebush - Columbia silkmoth, native bees • Coralberry - Hummingbird Clearwing moth, native bees • Bald Cypress -Baldcypresssphinx moth • Arrowwood Viburnum - Spring Azure, native bees, bumble bees • Blackhaw Viburnum – native bees, bumble bees

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