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
• 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
Indigo Bush
Amorpha fruticosa
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
Buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis
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
Redbud
Cercis canadensis
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
Pagoda Dogwood
Cornus alternifolia
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
Flowering Dogwood
Cornus florida
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
Hazelnut
Corylus americana
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
Witch-Hazel
Hamamelis virginiana
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
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
American Plum
Prunus americana
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
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
Steeplebush
Spiraea tomentosa
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
Coralberry
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
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
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
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
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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, Promethea silkmoth, Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Tulip Poplar -Eastern Swallowtail butterfly, Tuliptree Silkmoth, 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 , Horaces Duskywing
Pin Oak - Gray Hairstreak
Red Oak - Gray Hairstreak
Sassafras - Spicebush butterfly, Promethea silkmoth, 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 - Baldcypress sphinx moth
Arrowwood Viburnum - Spring Azure, native bees, bumble bees
Blackhaw Viburnum – native bees, bumble bees