2014 Native Tree Sale

Tree Photos & Descriptions

Red Sunset MapleAcer rubrum ‘Red Sunset’

Height: 40-60’Spread: 30-40’Sun: Full sun to part shadeSite 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 BuckeyeAesculus glabra

Height: 20-60’Spread: 20-50’Sun: Full sun to part shadeSite 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 BirchBetula nigra

Height: 40-70’Spread: 40-60’Sun: Full sun to part shadeSite 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 PecanCarya illinoensis

Height: 70-100’Spread: 40-75’Sun: Sun to part shadeSite 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 HickoryCarya ovata

Height: 70-90’Spread: 50-70’Sun: full sun to part shade, shade-tolerantSite 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

PersimmonDiospyros virginiana

Height: 35-60’Spread: 25-35’Sun: Full sun to part shadeSite 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 PoplarLiriodendron tulipifera

Height: 60-90’Spread: 30-50’Sun: Full sun, sun part shade, shadeSite 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 GumNyssa sylvatica

Height: 30-50’Spread: 20-30’Sun: full sun to part shadeSite 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 CherryPrunus serotina

Height: 50-80’Spread: 30-60’Sun: full sun to part shadeSite 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 OakQuercus bicolor

Height: 50-60’Spread: 50-60’Sun: full sunSite 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 OakQuercus macrocarpa

Height: 60-80’Spread: 60-80’ Sun: full sunSite 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 OakQuercus palustris

Height: 50-70’Spread: 40-60’Sun: full sunSite 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 OakQuercus rubra

Height: 50-75’Spread: 50-75’Sun: full sunSite 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

SassafrasSassafras albidum

Height: 30-60’Spread: 25-40’Sun: full sun to part shadeSite 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 CypressTaxodium distichum

Height: 50-70’Spread: 20-45’Sun: full sunSite 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