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Trees
Sweet Gum It has an upright pyramidal growth habit in its youth and then becomes spreading, irregular and open as it ages. The Sweetgum tree usually does not flower or fruit for the first 15 to 20 years. It prefers full sun and can grow to 60 feet high and 40 feet wide. The Sweetgum tree has landscape value as a shade, specimen or focal point tree. Sweetgum trees are an excellent lawn, park, or street tree. Birds like the seeds it produces. It has spectacular colors, is fast growing, and has great shade.
Arborvitae American 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. This evergreen tree prefers a deep well drained site. 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.
Canadian Hemlock 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 This evergreen conifer tree is native to the mountainous regions of the western United States. 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 It is extremely tolerant of environmental factors. The best windbreak tree for high wind areas. The Russian Olive has low water requirements and displays a high tolerance for salt and alkali. Highly aromatic, creamy yellow flowers appear in June and July and are later replaced by clusters of abundant silvery fruits. Prefers a sunny location and is tolerant of most soil types.
Southern Red Oak The Southern red oak is also referred to as Spanish oak. The bark is dark gray in color, furrowed, and is marked by rough ridges and plates. The acorns are usually produced singly, and biennially. 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 The Eastern White Pine, Pinus Strobus, is a beautiful landscape pine widely used throughout much of North America. It grows best in full sun or partial shade and in ordinary soil. It is easily controlled, and is good for small properties as well as field plantings.
Norway Spruce The Norway Spruce tree, Picea Abies, is a fast growing tree that can grow to 150 ft. It is one of the best conifers for shelters and windbreaks, as its branches grow densely into one another. For planting a windbreak, or for noise abatement, these trees should be planted 6 ft.
Black Hills Spruce It prefers rich moist soil in full sun, and also thrives in dry, well-drained sites. This evergreen conifer tree has a medium growth rate and requires little, if any, pruning.
Eastern Red Cedar 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. It is the primary species in most windbreaks.
Loblolly Pine The Loblolly Pine is a stately tree and is often chosen to use for convenient landscape screening.
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 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 hardy tree that grows rapidly for a pine tree.
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