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Black Locust
This fast growing Locust tree is suitable for fuel wood and pulp and provides cover for wildlife, browse for deer, and cavities for birds. The individual leaves are small and egg-shaped. Black locust is not a commercial timber species but is useful for many other purposes. The Black Locust tree, Robinia pseudoacacia, is sometimes called the yellow locust. Black Locust trees grow naturally on a wide range of sites but does best on rich moist limestone soils. The flowers are white, fragrant, and hang in clusters. It is widely planted as an ornamental, for shelterbelts, and for land reclamation. It is a very thorny tree which can attain a height of 70-80 feet and can have a diameter of 2-3 feet. This deciduous tree is a nitrogen fixer and has rapid juvenile growth. It has escaped cultivation and become naturalized throughout eastern North America and parts of the West. ... details
Cascade Falls Bald Cypress Cascade Falls is tolerant of a wide range of soil and moisture conditions. All members of the bald cypress family are deciduous conifers. With the cinnamon color, exfoliating bark, and unusual weeping form, it has great winter interest. If you don’t stake it up, this plant would be like a ground cover. In a landscape application you could let it flow over a rock wall like a green waterfall. Use this plant as a specimen or in a near water location. |
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