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Arrowwood;  (Viburnum dentatum)    

Conservation practices: H, E, N

Soil: Wide Tolerance

Growth rate: Medium

Description:6-15' multi stemmed rounded shrub. It has creamy white flowers May to June. In late September Arrowwood will produce a blue black fruit that is attractive to birds. This plant is adaptable to all soils and climates

PLANT USE KEY

C = Christmas Tree

E = Enivornmental Forestry

F = Human Food

H = Habitat/Food Wildlife

N = Native S = Shelterbelt

T = Timber

W = Watershed

Blackberry: (Rubus darrow)

Soil: Moist, Well drained

Growth rate: Medium

Conservation practices: F, H, W, N

Description: This plant produces large black fruit that is firm, fleshy, and sweet. Blackberry will produce over a long period of time. It is a very hardy and heavy producer. The root systems of this plant have great soil holding capacity

PLANT USE KEY

C = Christmas Tree
E = Enivornmental Forestry
F = Human Food
H = Habitat/Food Wildlife
N = Native
S = Shelterbelt
T = Timber
W = Watershed

Butterfly Bush : (Buddleia David)

Conservation practices: H   

Soil: Well drained

Growth rate: Medium

Description: 5-12' multi-stemmed shrub. This bush will have fragrant flowers July through the fall. Butterfly bush attracts butterflies. It should be heavily pruned in the spring and it tolerates most soils. They thrive in fairly dry conditions once established. Roots may perish in wet soil.  Avoid the use of insecticides around buddleias. Pinch off spent flower clusters to prolong blooming.

PLANT USE KEY

C = Christmas Tree

E = Environmental Forestry

F = Human Food

H = Habitat/Food Wildlife

N = Native S = Shelterbelt

T = Timber W = Watershed

Elderberry: (Sambucus canadensis)

Conservation practices: H, S, E, N

Soil: Wide tolerance

Growth rate: Fast

Description: 5-12' multi-stemmed shrub. In mid-June it has white flowers and in mid-August it has purple fruit. Elderberry tolerates soils and roadside conditions.

PLANT USE KEY

C = Christmas Tree
E = Enivornmental Forestry
F = Human Food
H = Habitat/Food Wildlife
N = Native
S = Shelterbelt
T = Timber
W = Watershed

Filbert American: (Corylus americana)

Conservation practices: F, H, N

Soil: Moist, Well drained

Growth rate: Medium - fast

Description: 8-15' multistemmed shrubby tree. The nut on this tree will mature in late September. American Filbert is pH adaptable, but prefers well-drained soils.

PLANT USE KEY

C = Christmas Tree
E = Enivornmental Forestry
F = Human Food
H = Habitat/Food Wildlife
N = Native
S = Shelterbelt
T = Timber
W = Watershed

 Forsythia: (Forsythia x intermedia)

Conservation practices: H

Soil: Moist fertile

Growth rate: Fast

Description: 8-10' upright and wide shrub. It has yellow flowers in April for 2-3 weeks. Full sunlight is needed for maximum flower. full sun to partial shade prefers moist, well-drained soils in full sun, but is very adaptable to poor soils, rocky soils, dry soils, compacted soils, various soil pHs, drought, heavy pruning, and pollution (and is therefore very urban tolerant). Any pruning after mid-July will cause the loss of some floral buds for the following year, including Forsythia grown as a formal hedge. Reduced flowering also occurs in shady situations, and vegetative growth becomes more leggy and stretching. When installed or pruned as a specimen plant that has been limbed up into a single- or multi-trunked small tree form, this type of Forsythia must continuously have its basal suckers removed to maintain this growth habit.

 PLANT USE KEY

C = Christmas Tree
E = Enivornmental Forestry
F = Human Food
H = Habitat/Food Wildlife
N = Native
S = Shelterbelt
T = Timber
W = Watershed

Description: Jersey Blueberry is a vigorous erect bush with medium size, firm, sweet berry. Blue Crop Bluberry is an upright hardy and drought resistant bush. It has a large firm aromatic berry. They need acidic soils with a pH of 4.0 to 4.5. They like clay and other poor or rocky soils. You may need to increase the acidity in your soil to grow healthy bushes

PLANT USE KEY

C = Christmas Tree
E = Enivornmental Forestry
F = Human Food
H = Habitat/Food Wildlife
N = Native
S = Shelterbelt
T = Timber
W = Watershed

Decription: 3-5' Dark Green Foliage on an upright bush, producing bright berries.  Bloom time late spring, fruit begins to ripen in mid summer. Full sun required. The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) and are pollinated by Bees and flies. The plant is self-fertile. Good for jam and jellies.

PLANT USE KEY

C = Christmas Tree
E = Enivornmental Forestry
F = Human Food
H = Habitat/Food Wildlife
N = Native
S = Shelterbelt
T = Timber
W = Watershed

Redosier Dogwood: (Cornus stolinifera)

 

Conservation practices: H, E, N

Soil: Wide tolerance

Growth rate: Fast

Description: 7-9' slender, upright shrub. It has a red stem and white drupe fruit in mid-August. Redoiser Dogwood is best in wet or swampy conditions. It is also a great structure for holding soil on slopped areas. The glossy-red fruits provide food for songbirds

Growth rate: Fast

Description: 25' height small tree. Most noted attribute elongated yellow-catkins provide interesting color. They make excellent plants along stream banks and poor soil areas.

Witch Hazel: (Hamamelis virginiana)

Conservation practices: H, E, N

Soil: Moist cool soils

Growth rate: Medium

Description: 20-30 ft wide spreading shrub. It has yellow fragrant flowers that last in
to late October. This native plant will grow in wet shady areas as well
as in the open sun.

C = Christmas Tree
E = Enivornmental Forestry
F = Human Food
H = Habitat/Food Wildlife
N = Native
S = Shelterbelt
T = Timber
W = Watershed

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