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2014 Native Tree Sale Tree Photos & Descriptions Red Sunset Maple Acer rubrum ‘Red Sunset’ Height: 40-60’ Spread: 30-40’ Sun: Full sun to part shade Site conditions: moist to wet, prefers acidic soil Notes: • Tolerates a variety of soil types • Flood tolerant • Fast -growing • Pyramid or oval shape crown • Small, red flowers in early spring • Showy, red-orange color in early fall • Cultivar of Red Maple Ohio Buckeye Aesculus glabra Height: 20-60’ Spread: 20-50’ Sun: Full sun to part shade Site conditions: moist to well-drained Notes: • Yellow-green flowers in spring • Showy fruit (buckeyes) • Broad, oval-shaped crown, low branching • Fall color typically yellow, sometimes orange to red • Drops twigs, fruit and leaves • All parts are toxic and have unpleasant odor when crushed • Food source for squirrels River Birch Betula nigra Height: 40-70’ Spread: 40-60’ Sun: Full sun to part shade Site conditions: moist to wet Notes: • Peeling bark provides winter interest • Fast-growing • Irregular, spreading crown • Well suited for areas that are seasonally wet • Seeds eaten by wildlife Northern Pecan Carya illinoensis Height: 70-100’ Spread: 40-75’ Sun: Sun to part shade Site conditions: moist, well-drained soils Notes: • Edible nuts • Round crown • Drought tolerant • Dropped fruit, leaves and pecan husks release a substance which can stain clothes, vehicles, pavement • Low, spreading branches Shagbark Hickory Carya ovata Height: 70-90’ Spread: 50-70’ Sun: full sun to part shade, shade-tolerant Site conditions: moist, well-drained Notes: • Irregular, oblong crown • Edible nuts • Provides wildlife food and cover • Hardy • Gold-brown foliage in fall • Slow growth • Produces litter from bark, large leaves, and nuts Persimmon Diospyros virginiana Height: 35-60’ Spread: 25-35’ Sun: Full sun to part shade Site conditions: medium to dry sites Notes: • Drought tolerant • Need male and female trees in order to set fruit • Rounded oval crown • Edible fruit in fall • Wildlife eat fruit • Slow-growing • Orange fall foliage Tulip Poplar Liriodendron tulipifera Height: 60-90’ Spread: 30-50’ Sun: Full sun, sun part shade, shade Site conditions: moist to well-drained Notes: • State Tree of Indiana • Large, yellow, tulip-like flowers in spring • Yellow foliage in fall • Oval-shaped crown • Intolerant of compacted soils • Flowers attract pollinators • Tall, straight trunk Black Gum Nyssa sylvatica Height: 30-50’ Spread: 20-30’ Sun: full sun to part shade Site conditions: moist to wet Notes: • Also called Black Tupelo • Tolerates poorly drained soils, and somewhat drought tolerant • Need a male and female tree to set fruit • Fruit is dark blue • Wildlife eat fruit • Slow-growing • Rounded crown • Small flowers excellent for pollinators • Showy fall foliage (ranges from yellow, orange, red, burgundy) Black Cherry Prunus serotina Height: 50-80’ Spread: 30-60’ Sun: full sun to part shade Site conditions: moist to well-drained Notes: • Showy, fragrant white flowers in spring • Clusters of red cherries than turn to purple-black in late summer • Wildlife eat fruit • Fruit often used for jams and jellies • Yellow fall foliage • Fast-growing • Drops leaves, twigs and fruit • Can be alleopathic to garden plants • All parts of plant except fruit is toxic Swamp White Oak Quercus bicolor Height: 50-60’ Spread: 50-60’ Sun: full sun Site conditions: moist to dry sites Notes: • Broad, rounded crown and short trunk • Fall color is yellow, occasionally red-purple • Acorns in early fall • Drought resistant • Durable and long-lived • Fast growing • Heavy acorn production every 3 to 5 years with light crops between • Wildlife feed on acorns • Produces litter from small twigs and acorns Bur Oak Quercus macrocarpa Height: 60-80’ Spread: 60-80’ Sun: full sun Site conditions: moist to dry Notes: • Drought tolerant • Broad-spreading, rounded crown • Acorns are an important food source for wildlife • Fall color is yellow-brown • Largest acorn of all native oaks • Fast-growing Pin Oak Quercus palustris Height: 50-70’ Spread: 40-60’ Sun: full sun Site conditions: moist to wet Notes: • Tolerates some flooding • Fall foliage is russet, bronze, red • Spreading, horizontal branches with slender twigs • Conical crown, straight trunk • Fast-growing • Acorns import wildlife food source • Some leaves persist through winter Red Oak Quercus rubra Height: 50-75’ Spread: 50-75’ Sun: full sun Site conditions: moist to dry Notes: • Broad, spreading crown • Fast-growing • Good acorn production every 2 to 5 years • Acorns are important wildlife food source • Fall color is dark red-orange • Tolerant of pollution and compacted soils Sassafras Sassafras albidum Height: 30-60’ Spread: 25-40’ Sun: full sun to part shade Site conditions: moist to well-drained Notes: • Tolerates dry, sandy soils • Spreads by root suckers • Need male and female trees to produce fruit • Dark blue berries produced in fall • Three different shaped leaves on the same tree • Excellent fall color ranging from yellow, red, burgundy • Aromatic • Alleopathic to some plants • Does well in disturbed sites with infertile soils • Birds eat fruit Bald Cypress Taxodium distichum Height: 50-70’ Spread: 20-45’ Sun: full sun Site conditions: dry to wet (including shallow water) Notes: • Conifer that drops it’s needles in the fall • Can produce knobby root growths (“knees”) in shallow water • Turns orange-brown color in the fall • Round purple-green cones 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, 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
