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TREES
Species name	Ht.	Color	Bloom	Flower/ Fruit	Price per 3gal	Price per 5gal

Acer nigrum - Black Maple	60-75'	yellow-orange	April/ September-October	dry	----	----
very similar to Sugar Maple with darker green leaves

Acer saccharinum - Silver Maple	50-75'	yellow-green	March/ late spring	wet/ mesic	----	----
large shade tree native to wetlands and floodplains

Acer saccharum - Sugar Maple	60-70'	yellow-red	mid-spring/ fall	mesic/ dry	----	----
Outstanding native shade tree, historically known as the source for maple syrup

Amelanchier canadensis - Shadblow Serviceberry	8-20'	yellow & gold	April/ June	wet/ mesic	----	----
oval-rounded in shape with erect flower pedicels

Carpinus caroliniana - American Hornbeam	20-30'	yellow to purple	?/ fall	wet - dry	----	----
small, slow growing understory tree that has smooth, gray bark

Carya ovata - Shagbark Hickory	60-80'	golden-brown	late April/ Fall	mesic/ dry	----	----
known for it's "shaggy" bark

Celtis occidentalis - Common Hackberry	50-80'	yellow-green	April/ September-October	wet - dry	----	----
known for it's ability to survive under difficult conditions

Cercis canadensis - Red Bud	20-35'	yellow-green	April/ fall	mesic/ dry	----	----
has delicate magenta/ pink flowers in April

Fraxinus americana - White Ash	50-80'	orange to purple	April/ fall	wet/ mesic	----	----
known to be adaptable to many conditions along with having a uniform shape

Fraxinus pennsylvanica - Green Ash	50-60'	bronzy yellow	April/ fall	wet/ mesic	----	----
fast growing and highly adaptable shade tree

Gymnocladus dioicus - Kentucky Coffee Tree	60-75'	yellow-green	May/ October	dry	----	----
seeds were once used as a substitute for coffee

Juglans cinerea - Butternut	40-60'	yellow-green	spring/ fall	mesic/ dry	----	----
possess high quality wood often used in furniture manufacturing

Juglans nigra - Black Walnut	75-100'	yellow-green	spring/ fall	mesic/ dry	----	----
one of the last trees to leaf out and one of the first to loose its leaves

Ostrya virginiana - American Ironwood	25-40'	yellow-green	mid spring/ August	mesic/ dry	----	----
has hard and dense wood

Platanus occidentalis - Sycamore	75-100'	tannish-brown	April/ October	wet/ mesic	----	----
best recognized by it's creamy-white exfoliating bark

Prunus americana - American Plum	15-25'	yellow-green	March/ June	dry	----	----
tends to thrive with neglect

Quercus alba (Fall) - White Oak	50-80'	red-brown	spring/ fall	MP	----	----

Quercus bicolor - Swamp White Oak	50-60'	yellow-brown	spring/ fall	wet/ mesic	----	----
adaptable to moist wet conditions

Quercus macrocarpa - Burr Oak	70-80'	yellow-green	April/ fall	wet - dry	----	----
thick, deeply ridged bark allows it to be relatively fire resistent

Quercus muehlenbergii - Chinkapin Oak	40-50'	orange-brown	spring/ fall	dry	----	----
lumber was widely used for railroad ties in the early days of the US railways

Quercus palustris - Pin Oak	60-70'	bronzy red	spring/ fall	wet/ mesic	----	----
requires acidic soil and has descending lower branches

Quercus rubra - Red Oak	60-75'	russet-red	April/ fall	mesic/ dry	----	----
transplants readily and is one of the fastest growing oaks because of the lack of a tap root

Quercus velutina - Black Oak	60-90'	orange-red	spring/ fall	MP/DP	----	----

Rhus typhina - Staghorn Sumac	15-25'	orange-purple	June/August	MP/DP	----	----

Ulmus americana - American Elm	65-90'	yellow-green	early-spring/ May	wet/ mesic	----	----
shows good soil salt tolerance along with being a beautiful landscape tree