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| White Cedar |
to 50' |
sand/loam/clay |
moist to well drained |
Sun/part shade |
Used for windbreaks, moderate growth when young, growth slows with age, will grow on eroded slopes |
| White Pine |
100' + |
sand/loam/silt loam |
well drained |
Sun/part shade |
Used in reforestation to initiate succession to hardwoods, susceptible to salt damage |
| Norway Spruce |
to 100' |
sand/loam/clay |
well drained |
Sun/part shade |
Used for windbreaks, fast growth once established, this is often the large spruce one sees along old farm lanes |
| White Spruce |
to 60' |
sand/loam/clay |
moist to well drained |
Sun/part shade |
Used for windbreaks, does not grow as tall as Norway spruce |
| Blue Spruce |
to 50' |
sand/loam/silt loam |
well drained |
Sun/part shade |
Drought tolerant once established, moderately tolerant of salt spray |
| Tamarack |
to 60' |
organic(muck)/ loam |
well to poorly drained |
Full sun |
Tolerates wet soils, fast grower; needles turn yellow in fall and drop, native larch |
| Austrian Pine |
to 60' |
sand/loam/clay |
well drained |
Full sun |
Tolerates salt spray, drought, used mainly along roads and for urban/residential trees |
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| Silver Maple |
to 100' |
sand/loam/clay |
well to poorly drained |
Full sun |
Good trees for moist sites but will also grow on upland sites with heavy soil |
| Sugar Maple |
to 80' |
sand loam to clay |
well drained |
Shade/part shade |
Important tree for timber and maple syrup production, requires protection from rodents, rabbits and deer |
| Red Oak |
to 100' |
sand/loam/clay |
well drained |
Full sun |
Excellent wildlife species, requires protection from rodents, rabbits and deer, best growth on well drained loams |
| Bur Oak |
to 100' |
sand/loam/clay |
well to imperfectly drained |
Full sun |
Excellent wildlife species, requires protection from rodents, rabbits and deer, tolerates a range of soil types, moist to dry |
| Black Walnut |
to 100' |
loam/clay |
well drained |
Full sun |
Best growth on deep, well drained loams of floodplains or lower slopes |
| Black Cherry |
to 80' |
loam |
well drained |
Full sun |
Excellent wildlife species, protect from rodents, rabbits and deer, grows fast on well drained loams |
| Common Hackberry |
to 60' |
sand/loam/clay |
well drained |
Sun / part shade |
Has unique corky ridges on bark, tolerates dry sites but best growth in flood plains |
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| Red Osier Dogwood |
to 10' |
sand/loam/clay |
poorly drained |
Full sun |
White flowers with white fruit, tolerates a wide variety of soils and drainage |
| Staghorn Sumac |
to 15' |
sand/loam/clay |
well drained |
Full sun |
Red fruit persists in winter, excellent for eroded slopes, spreads by root suckers that prevent erosion, tolerates poor soil |
| Nannyberry Viburnum |
to 15' |
sand/loam/clay |
well to poorly drained |
Full sun |
Cream flowers and dark purple fruit |
| Highbush Cranberry |
to 15' |
sand/loam/clay |
well to poorly drained |
Full sun |
Prefers moist soils, red fruit persists in to winter |