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Nut Trees
Butternut
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Chestnut
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Chestnut
American Chestnut
433 Castanea dentata Up to 100'. Once common in the eastern US. Important food source for people and wildlife. Not immune to blight but likely to thrive 10-30 years. Fast growing and precocious. Z4. read more |
Walnut
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Walnut
Black Walnut
437 Juglans nigra 70-90'. Spectacular shade tree with open rounded crown. Nuts have sweet earthy rich flavor. May begin to bear in 5-10 years. Z4. read more |
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Walnut
Carpathian Walnut
438 Juglans regia 30-50' x 40'. Very large fast-growing tree with edible nuts. Bears in 5–7 years. Almost tropical looking. Z3/4. read more |
Shade Trees
American Elm
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American Elm
‘Prairie Expedition’
456 Ulmus americana 60' x 35-40'. New selection from a lone survivor wild specimen surrounded by other trees that had succumbed to the fatal disease. Further studies at U Minn confirmed its excellent resistance. Z3. read more |
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American Elm
‘Princeton’
457 Ulmus americana 60x70'. Large graceful shade tree with high resistance to disease. Immense vase-shaped canopy. Z4. read more |
Birch
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Birch
Paper Birch
447 Betula papyrifera 30-70' x 30'. Medium-sized tree with magnificent chalk-white peeling bark. Valuable wood. Bark used for traditional crafts. Z3. read more |
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Birch
Sweet Birch
446 Betula lenta 40-80' x 35-45' Also called Black Birch or Cherry Birch. Graceful horizontal branches on a medium-sized tree with a rounded irregular... read more |
Honeylocust
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Honeylocust
448 Gleditsia triacanthos 50’ x 30-35’ Beautiful fast-growing pyramidal leguminous nitrogen-fixing tree. Bright green lacy leaves provide filtered... read more |
Linden
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Linden
American Linden
455 Tilia americana 60-80' x same. Tall stately tree with rounded crown and low-hung spreading branches. Sweetly fragrant yellow June flowers. Z3. read more |
Maple
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Maple
Sugar Maple
445 Acer saccharum 50-100'. Largest of our native maples. Colorful fall foliage. Valued for shade, syrup and lumber. Boil sap to make real maple syrup. Z3. read more |
Oak
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Oak
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Oak
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Oak
Swamp White Oak
451 Quercus bicolor 50-60' x same. Massive rounded shade tree with short deeply ridged trunk and fan of branches. Yellow to reddish-purple fall foliage. Native. Z3. read more |
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Oak
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Willows
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Willow
Niobe Weeping Willow
454 Salix alba ‘Tristis’ 50x50'. The classic weeping willow, a very large majestic graceful wide-spreading tree. Z4. read more |