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Trees
AccoladeŽ Elm The AccoladeŽ Elm, Ulmus 'Morton', has an excellent resistance to Dutch Elm disease. This tree has an upright, spreading shape. It creates an excellent shade tree for larger yards or street plantings. Elms prefer full sun and adapt easily to extremes in pH, moisture, wind and heat. They do prefer well-drained, sandy, loamy or clay soils. The aggressive roots can probably break sidewalks and raise pavement if trees are improperly located. The Accolade Elm has an excellent disease and pest resistance, drought tolerance, and good yellow fall color. It has a rapid growth rate and adaptability to urban conditions.
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 leaf color is bright green above and pale green below and they may turn a yellow brown is some winters. When established it can stand considerable heat and drought. It is one of the most popular of all trees for windbreaks and year around privacy screening. It may be sheared and shaped to fit into most every landscaping need.
Canadian Hemlock They are graceful and make great ornamental plantings. The Canadian Hemlock tree, Tsuga canadensis, is also called Eastern Hemlock or Hemlock spruce. This stately tree is a very hardy specimen and is an easily transplanted conifer which grows well in a variety of soils. They stand shearing and pruning well and are excellent as hedges. It has a graceful pyramidal form with foliage of spray-like appearance.
Concolor Fir It makes a handsome ornamental and decorative Christmas tree. 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. Concolor Fir trees are large, densely-growing, narrow trees with a dome-shaped crown growing to 50 feet or more. 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.
Russian Olive The Russian Olive tree, Elaeagnus Angustifolia, is an excellent windbreak and wildlife tree. Pictured is the Russian Olive in a tree form. 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. Highly aromatic, creamy yellow flowers appear in June and July and are later replaced by clusters of abundant silvery fruits. Prized for its silvery gray foliage.
Southern Red Oak The acorns are usually produced singly, and biennially. The wood of the Southern Red Oak is strong and coarse-grained. The Southern Red Oak tree, Quercus falcata, is characterized by its rough bark. Songbirds, turkey, a variety of small mammals and deer eat the nuts. The Southern red oak is also referred to as Spanish oak.
Eastern White Pine apart for screening purposes. It grows best in full sun or partial shade and in ordinary soil.
Norway Spruce Norway Spruce trees, placed on a good site, should reach 5 ft. in 6 to 7 years starting with a 2-yr. It is one of the best conifers for shelters and windbreaks, as its branches grow densely into one another.
Black Hills Spruce This evergreen conifer tree has a medium growth rate and requires little, if any, pruning. The Black Hills Spruce, Picea Glauca Var.
Eastern Red Cedar The Eastern Red Cedar, Juniperus Virginiana, is a small to medium-sized aromatic evergreen tree. Typically, the trunk is straight and the tree has a pointed, dense, conical crown that may be varied or irregular, depending on ecotype or competing vegetation. Birds devour the fruit.
Austrian Pine It does well in a variety of soils and is very hardy.
Scotch Pine Older trees have orange-colored bark in the crown.
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