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Trees
Chickasaw Plum Native Americans regularly consumed the fruit fresh or dried it for winter. This flowering tree is a true ornamental. The Chickasaw Plum tree, Prunus angustifolia, is a deciduous multi-stemmed shrub or small tree which occurs in thickets, pastures, fields, fencerows, stream banks and disturbed areas. Although the plums may be eaten raw, they are somewhat tart and acidic, and are perhaps best used in preserves and jellies. Beautiful 5-petaled white flowers appear along the stems in March before the foliage emerges. Chickasaw Plum trees are sometimes seen as a small short-trunked tree growing to 25' tall. The sweet fruit is eaten by deer, bear, fox and racoon.
Arborvitae American The leaf color is bright green above and pale green below and they may turn a yellow brown is some winters. American Arborvitae trees have a broad pyramidal shape with erect branches that are dense and crowded together. This evergreen tree prefers a deep well drained site. The American Arborvitae, Thuja occidentalis, is a conifer evergreen tree that is widely used as an accent tree or as a privacy hedge tree. 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. They stand shearing and pruning well and are excellent as hedges. They are graceful and make great ornamental plantings.
Concolor Fir It is a rapid grower after it becomes established. This evergreen conifer tree is native to the mountainous regions of the western United States. 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. It makes a handsome ornamental and decorative Christmas tree. Although it can exist on poor, dry sites, the white fir grows most vigorously in moist, well-drained, acid soils in protected locations.
Russian Olive Russian Olive trees can be made into a hedge by planting 10’ apart in the row. It is extremely tolerant of environmental factors. Pictured is the Russian Olive in a tree form. Highly aromatic, creamy yellow flowers appear in June and July and are later replaced by clusters of abundant silvery fruits. The best windbreak tree for high wind areas.
Southern Red Oak The Southern red oak is also referred to as Spanish oak. It is a tree of the Old South, ranging from Maryland to Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas. The acorns are usually produced singly, and biennially. 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 Southern Oak tree is deciduous and is a good shade tree adapted to drier sites.
Eastern White Pine Eastern White Pine trees are widely used as a screen or windbreak. It is easily controlled, and is good for small properties as well as field plantings. Also widely used for Christmas trees and timber.
Norway Spruce Norway Spruce trees, placed on a good site, should reach 5 ft. seedling. 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. It prefers rich moist soil in full sun, and also thrives in dry, well-drained sites.
Eastern Red Cedar The Eastern Red Cedar, Juniperus Virginiana, is a small to medium-sized aromatic evergreen tree. Eastern Red Cedar trees can grow on a variety of soils.
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 Mugho pine trees do not need special soil.
Austrian Pine The spreading branches of a young tree form a pyramidal outline, but at maturity, it sometimes achieves a picturesque flat topped head.
Scotch Pine It is a very winter hardy tree and is well suited throughout the Great Plains and Southern Canada.
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