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Articles tagged Native Trees

• Cockspur Hawthorn

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Butterflies, Native Trees
  Botanic Name: Crataegus crus-galliCommon Name: Cockspur hawthorn Updated 3/2012 Click an image to enlarge form flowers bark leaves   Height: 20-30'  Spread: 20-35'  Habit/Form: Broadly...

• Cucumber Magnolia

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Magnolia, Black walnut toxicity tolerant, Native Trees
  Botanic Name: Magnolia acuminata Common Name: Cucumber Magnolia Click on an image to enlarge form fruits fall color Height: 50-70' Spread: 50-60' Habit/Form: Pyramidal to rounded Growth rate: M/F Zones: 4-8Cultural...

• Yellowwood

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Native Trees, Intermediate Sized Trees
   Botanic Name:  Cladrastis kentukeaCommon Name:  Yellowwood Updated 3/2012   Click on an image to enlarge form fall color Height: 30-50' Spread: 40-55' Habit/Form: Round Growth Rate: Medium Zone:...

• Redbud

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: small ornamental trees, native, Native Trees, not favored by deer, ornamental, Plants for Shady Sites, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites
  Botanical Name: Cercis canadensis Common Name: Redbud Reviewed 2/2012 Click on an image to enlarge flowers fall color fruits bark   Height: 15-20'  Spread: 20-25'  Habit/Form: Rounded to...

• American Hornbeam (Musclewood)

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites, Plants for Shady Sites, Native Trees, Intermediate Sized Trees, Four Season Landscape
   Botanic name: Carpinus carolinianaCommon name: American Hornbeam (Musclewood) Updated 2/2012 Click on an image to enlarge leaves and fruit fall color flowers bark Height: 25-35' (often smaller)...

• Native Trees of the Midwest

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Native Trees
  Native Trees of the Midwest for the Home Landscape A native plant is considered to be a species that existed in an area prior to the arrival of European settlers, as opposed to a naturalized plant, which has been introduced into a new habitat by...

• Ironwood or Hop-Hornbeam

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, Plants for Shady Sites, not favored by deer, Native Trees, Intermediate Sized Trees, Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds
  Botanical Name: Ostrya virginiana*Common Name: Ironwood, Hop-Hornbeam   Form Fall Leaves Fruit     Catkins Bark Click on an image to enlarge Height: 25-30' ...

• Shagbark HIckory

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Native Trees, Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs
  Botanic name: Carya ovataCommon name: Shagbark hickory Updated 2/2012 Click on an image to enlarge form leaf bark nut Height: 60-80'  Spread: 40-50'  Habit/Form: Irregular oval  Growth Rate:...

• Wafer-Ash

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Native Trees, Plants for Shady Sites
  Botanical Name: Ptelea trifoliata*Common Name: Wafer-Ash Click on image to enlarge Form Fruit Leaf Height: 15-20'Spread: 10-15'Form: RoundedRate: Slow to Medium (12 to 18 inches a year)Zone:...

• River Birch

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Four Season Landscape, birds, Black walnut toxicity tolerant, Butterflies, Large Deciduous Trees, Native Trees, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites, Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs
  Botanical Name: Betula nigraCommon Name: River Birch* Reviewed 2/2012 Click on an image to enlarge. Form Winter form     Leaf Bark Height: 40-70' Spread: 40-60' Habit/Form: Pyramidal to...

• Common Bald Cypress

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites, not favored by deer, Native Trees, large evergreen, Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds
  Botanical Name: Taxodium distichum Common Name: Common Bald Cypress* Click on an image to enlarge. Form Fall form Leaf   Fall leaf Fruit Bark Height: 50-70' Spread: 20-30' Habit/Form: Pyramidal...

• Hackberry

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds, Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites, Native Trees, Butterflies, birds
  Botanical Name: Celtis occidentalis Common Name: Hackberry Updated 2/2012 Click on an image to enlarge Winter form Leaf bark form Height: 40-60' Spread: 40-60' Habit/Form: Pyramidal in youth changing...

• Thornless Honey Locust

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites, not favored by deer, Native Trees, thornless
  Botanical Name: Gleditsia triacanthos f. inermis Common Name: Thornless Honey Locust* Updated 4/2012 Click on an image to enlarge Form Fall form Leaf   Fall leaf Fruit Bark Height: 40-70'...

• Kentucky Coffeetree

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Native Trees, Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs
  Botanical Name: Gymnocladus dioicus Common Name: Kentucky Coffeetree* Click on an image to enlarge. Form Leaf Fall leaf   Fruit Bark Height: 50-60 Spread: 40-50' Habit/Form: Broad to wide...

• American Linden

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Native Trees, Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds
  Botanical Name: Tilia americana Common Name: American Linden* Click on an image to enlarge. Form Leaf   Flower Bark Height: 60-80'Spread: 30-40'Form: Oval to roundedRate: Medium (13 to 22 inches a...

• White Oak

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, Oak, Black walnut toxicity tolerant, Native Trees, Quercus
  Botanical Name: Quercus alba Common Name: White Oak* Click on an image to enlarge Form Leaf Fall leaf Fruit Bark Height: 50-80' Spread: 50-80' Habit/Form: Pyramidal in youth changing to...

• Swamp White Oak

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, Native Trees, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites
  Botanical Name: Quercus bicolor Common Name: Swamp White Oak Click on an image to enlarge Form Winter form Fall leaf Fruit Bark Height: 50-60' Spread: 50-60' Habit/Form: Broadly-rounded Growth...

• Bur Oak

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, Quercus, Oak, Native Trees
  Botanical Name: Quercus macrocarpa Common Name: Bur Oak* Click on an image to enlarge Form Winter form Leaf Fruit Bark Height: 70-80' Spread: 80-90' Habit/Form: Broadly Oval Growth Rate: S Zones:...

• Chinkapin Oak

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Oak, Native Trees, chinkapin, Quercus
  Botanical Name: Quercus muhlenbergii Common Name: Chinkapin Oak* Click on an image to enlarge Form Winter form Leaf Fall leaf Fruit Bark Height: 40-50' Spread: 50-70' Habit/Form: Rounded Growth...

• Northern Red Oak

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: tree selection, Native Trees, native, red oak, Quercus, Oak
  Botanical Name: Quercus rubra Common Name: Northern Red Oak* Click on an image to enlarge Form Leaf Flowers   Fruit Bark Height: 60-80' Spread: 60-75' Habit/Form: Rounded Growth rate: M...

• Allegheny Serviceberry

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Native Trees, Butterflies, Plants for Shady Sites
  Botanical Name: Amelanchier laevis Common Name:Allegheny Serviceberry* Reviewed 2/2012 Click on an image to enlarge Fall form Flower Fall leaf Height: 20-25  Spread: 15-18'  Habit/Form: Upright  Growth...

• Ohio Buckeye

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites, Black walnut toxicity tolerant, Intermediate Sized Trees, Native Trees, Plants for Shady Sites
  Botanical Name: Aesculus glabraCommon Name: Ohio Buckeye Updated 1/2012   Form Leaf Flower Fruit Bark Click on an image to enlarge. Height: 20-40'   Spread:...

• Tulip-tree

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Black walnut toxicity tolerant, Butterflies, Native Trees, not favored by deer, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites
  Botanic name: Liriodendron tulipiferaCommon Name: Tulip-tree Click on an image to enlarge form flowers fall color Height: 70-90' Spread: 25-30' Habit/Form: Rounded to oval Growth rate: F Zones: 4-9Cultural...

• Eastern White Pine

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Native Trees, large evergreen, Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds
   Botanical Name: Pinus strobus Common Name: Eastern White Pine   Click on an image to enlarge Form Needles Bark Height: 50-80' Spread: 20-40' Habit/Form: Spreading Growth Rate: Fast Zone: 3-7Cultural...

• Eastern Arborvitae

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds, large evergreen, Native Trees, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites, Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs
  Botanical Name: Thuja occidentalisCommon Name: Eastern Arborvitae Click on an image to enlarge Form Needles Bark Height: 40-60' Spread: 15-25' Habit/Form: Narrow, conical becoming pyramidal with age Growth Rate:...

• Pagoda Dogwood

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds, Plants for Shady Sites, Native Trees, Large Deciduous Shrubs, Butterflies, Four Season Landscape
  Botanical Name: Cornus alternifoliaCommon Name: Pagoda Dogwood Upated 3/2012   Click on an image to enlarge form flowers fall color Height: 15-25' Spread: 20-25' Habit/Form: Oval, most commonly found as...

• Black Maple

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, Native Trees
  Botanic Name: Acer nigrumCommon Name: Black Maple Reviewed 1/2012 Click on an image to enlarge: form leaves fall color Height: 60-70'  Spread: 50-75'  Form: Upright oval  Rate: Slow   Zone:...

• Sugar Maple

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Native Trees, Black walnut toxicity tolerant, Large Deciduous Trees
  Botanical Name: Acer saccharumCommon Name: Sugar Maple  Updated 1/2012 Click on an image to enlarge fall color form fruits fall color Height: 60-70' Spread: 40-50' Habit/Form: Upright oval to...

• Bitternut Hickory

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Native Trees, Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs
   Botanic Name: Carya cordiformisCommon Name: Bitternut Hickory Updated 2/2012 Click on an image to enlarge form leaflets   Height: 50-75'  Spread: 30-40'  Habit/Form: Broadly Columnar  Growth Rate:...

• Tupelo

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Native Trees, Intermediate Sized Trees, Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs
  Botanic Name:  Nyssa sylvaticaCommon Name:  Tupelo Click on an image to enlarge form in fall color leaves Height: 30-50' Spread 25-30' Habit/Form: Pyramidal Growth Rate: S/M Zone: 4-9Cultural Requirements: Found...

• Red Buckeye

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Native Trees, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites, Plants for Shady Sites
   Botanic Name:  Aesculus paviaCommon Name: Red Buckeye Updated 2/2012 Click on an image leaf spring form   winter form flower Height:  10-20'  Spread: ...

• Sweet Gum

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites, not favored by deer, Native Trees, Black walnut toxicity tolerant, Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs
  Botanic Name: Liquidambar styracifluaCommon Name: Sweet Gum Click on an image to enlarge leaves fall color fruits   Height: 60-70'Spread: 30-45'Form: Pyramidal to roundedRate: Medium to Fast (18 to 25 inches a...

• Black Walnut

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, Native Trees, Butterflies
  Botanic Name: Juglans nigraCommon Name: Black Walnut Click on an image to enlarge form form fruit leaves bark   Height: 50-70'Spread: 30-50'Form: Broadly rounded to ovalRate: Medium (13 to 22...

• Sycamore

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, Black walnut toxicity tolerant, Native Trees, not favored by deer, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites
  Botanic Name: Platanus occidentalisCommon Name: Sycamore Click on an image to enlarge form leaf in winter Height: 75-100'Spread: 50-75'Form: Irregular spreadingRate: Medium to Fast (18 to 25 inches a year)Zone:...

• Sassafras

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Trees & Shrubs with Fabulous Fall Color, Native Trees, not favored by deer, Plants for Shady Sites, Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs
  Botanic Name: Sassafras albidumCommon Name: Sassafras Click on an image to enlarge Fall form Leaves Fall color Winter form Bark Click on an image to enlarge. Height:...

• Persimmon

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, Native Trees
  Botanic Name: Diospyros virginianaCommon Name: Persimmon Updated 3/2012 Click on an image to enlarge bark form fruit fall color   Height: 30-50'  Spread: 40-50'  Habit/Form: Broadly...

• Pawpaw

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Plants for Shady Sites, Native Trees, Interesting Fruits of Trees & Shrubs, Black walnut toxicity tolerant, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites
  Botanic Name: Asimina trilobaCommon Name: Pawpaw Updated 2/2012 Click on an image to enlarge form leaves leaves in fall flowers fruits bark Height:  15-20'  Spread: ...