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Trees
Prairie Cascade Willow The Prairie Cascade Willow, 'Salix pentaphyllum "Prairie Cascade", is a fast growing, trademarked hybrid willow from Morden Research Station in Manitoba. The Prairie Cascade is a hardy tree with glossy green foliage and a weeping habit. It grows as a multi-stemmed plant. Its smaller size makes it a good choice for smaller yards. per year. They hold their leaves late into the fall and require very little maintenance. Well suited for moist areas, and will grow in almost any type of soil. This tree is a hybrid combining the form of the Weeping Willow with the glossy foliage of the Laurel Willow.
Arborvitae American The American Arborvitae, Thuja occidentalis, is a conifer evergreen tree that is widely used as an accent tree or as a privacy hedge tree. American Arborvitae trees have a broad pyramidal shape with erect branches that are dense and crowded together. The scale-like leaves are abruply pointed. The leaf color is bright green above and pale green below and they may turn a yellow brown is some winters. It is one of the most popular of all trees for windbreaks and year around privacy screening.
Canadian Hemlock The Canadian Hemlock tree, Tsuga canadensis, is also called Eastern Hemlock or Hemlock spruce. This evergreen conifer is a fast-growing long-lived tree which unlike many trees grows well in shade. It has a graceful pyramidal form with foliage of spray-like appearance. This stately tree is a very hardy specimen and is an easily transplanted conifer which grows well in a variety of soils. Shelter small plants from drying winds. They stand shearing and pruning well and are excellent as hedges.
Concolor Fir The Concolor Fir tree, Abies concolor, is also known as white fir, concolor fir, silver fir, Rocky Mountain white fir, Colorado Fir, Lows Fir, Pacific white fir. This rapid growing fir tree is the most drought-resistant of all native firs. Although it can exist on poor, dry sites, the white fir grows most vigorously in moist, well-drained, acid soils in protected locations. It is a rapid grower after it becomes established. It makes a handsome ornamental and decorative Christmas tree.
Russian Olive The Russian Olive tree, Elaeagnus Angustifolia, is an excellent windbreak and wildlife tree. The Russian Olive has low water requirements and displays a high tolerance for salt and alkali. Its stems, buds, and leaves have a dense covering of silvery to rusty scales. At three years of age, plants begin to flower and fruit. Highly aromatic, creamy yellow flowers appear in June and July and are later replaced by clusters of abundant silvery fruits. Wildlife loves the fruit.
Southern Red Oak Southern Red Oak trees are a medium-sized tree with a short trunk and large branches supporting a rounded crown. It is a tree of the Old South, ranging from Maryland to Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas. They are 1/2 to 3/4 inch long, roughly spherical and orange-brown. Songbirds, turkey, a variety of small mammals and deer eat the nuts. The wood of the Southern Red Oak is strong and coarse-grained.
Eastern White Pine The Eastern White Pine, Pinus Strobus, is a beautiful landscape pine widely used throughout much of North America. Eastern White Pine trees are widely used as a screen or windbreak. apart for screening purposes.
Norway Spruce Norway Spruce trees, placed on a good site, should reach 5 ft. The branches of Norway Spruce trees droop gracefully as tree matures, making this a very attractive ornamental.
Black Hills Spruce densata, is noted for its dark green foliage and conical form. It is a truly cold adapted tree and is very resistant to winter injury.
Eastern Red Cedar Birds devour the fruit. Its deep roots and small leaf surface make it very drought resistant. It is the primary species in most windbreaks.
Loblolly Pine It is also called yellow pine, North Carolina pine, and oldfield pine and is the most commercially important forest species in the southern United States.
Mugho Pine Roots grow near the surface, so using a cover soil with a 2-inch-thick mulch to protect them is recommended.
Austrian Pine It will tolerate both limestone or acidic soils, dry rocky locations and windy conditions.
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