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Tree Species Information
Species listed below are not necessarily available at all times during the sale season of the nurseries. This list is for informational purposes only.
| Species | Years to Maturity | Mature Height (feet) | Soil Drainage | Seed Bearing Age (Years) | Light Needs | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American plum: Large wildlife shrub that produces abundant white flowers in spring and small edible plums in summer. | ||||||
| American Plum | 10 | 15-30' | dry, moist, wet, well-drained | 4 | full sun | wildlife habitat & food & cover |
| Bald Cypress: Will grow in swamp, also grows well on better soil. | ||||||
| Bald Cypress | 50 | 50-100' | dry/well drained | 15 | full sun | timber, wildlife cover,windbreak |
| Basswood: Flowers, honeybees. | ||||||
| Basswood | 50 | 50-110' | well drained | 10-20 | partial sun- full sun | timber, wildlife food & cover |
| Black Cherry: Valuable timber. | ||||||
| Black Cherry | 50 | 50-100' | well drained | 15 | full sun | timber, wildlife food & cover |
| Black Chokeberry: Attractive shrub. | ||||||
| Black Chokeberry | 2-3 | 5-13' | acidic, moist to dry soil | 3-5 | full sun | wildlife food and cover |
| Black Gum: Relatively low value for timber, blue berries in fall important food for wildlife. | ||||||
| Black Gum | 50 | 50-80' | wet, dry, and well drained | 15 | full sun | timber, wildlife food & cover |
| Black Locust: Early fast growth & abundant root sprouts. Improves soil by fixing nitrogen-is a legume. | ||||||
| Black Locust | 30 | 50-80' | dry/well drained | 10 | full sun | firewood, posts, timber, fixes nitrogen |
| Black Oak: Valuable oak timber, adapted to dry soil, consistently produces acorns. | ||||||
| Black Oak | 50 | 50-100' | well drained/dry | 15 | full sun | timber, wildlife food & cover |
| Black Walnut: Valuable timber, adapted to fertile, well drained soil. | ||||||
| Black Walnut | 50 | 50-100' | well drained | 10 | full sun | timber, wildlife food & cover |
| Bur Oak: Valuable timber on moist to wet sites. | ||||||
| Bur Oak | 50 | 50-100' | wet, dry, and well drained | 10 | full sun | timber, wildlife food & cover |
| Buttonbush: Wildlife cover-food on wet soils, will grow at edge of water. | ||||||
| Buttonbush | 3 | 5-15' | well drained | 3 | full sun | wildlife food & cover |
| Cherrybark Oak:Valuable timber on moist fertile soil, natural range is S. Indiana, grows well on bottomland soil. | ||||||
| Cherrybark Oak | 50 | 50-100' | well-drained | 15 | full sun | timber, wildlife food & cover |
| Chestnut oak: A member of the white oak family adapted to dry, rocky soils. The acorns are an important food source for wildlife. | ||||||
| Chestnut Oak | 15 | 50-100' | dry, well-drained | 7 | full sun | wildlife habitat & food & cover, timber |
| Chinkapin Oak: Valuable timber, adapted to high pH soil. | ||||||
| Chinkapin Oak | 50 | 50-100' | dry/well drained | 15 | full sun | timber, wildlife food & cover |
| Common Chokecherry: Resembles Black Cherry | ||||||
| Common Chokecherry | 5 | 20' | moist | 15-20 | full sun to partial shade | wildlife food and cover |
| Eastern Red Cedar: Excellent food and cover, windbreak for dry or high pH soil, cedar apple rust can be a problem when planted near Washington Hawthorn or related species. | ||||||
| Eastern Red Cedar | 30 | 30-60' | wet, dry, and well drained | 10 | full sun | wildlife food & cover, windbreak, timber, post. |
| Elderberry: Medium size wildlife shrub producing large clusters of small white flowers in spring and small blue fruit in summer. | ||||||
| Elderberry | 5 | 5-10' | moist, wet, well-drained | 2 | full sun, partial shade | wildlife habitat & food & cover |
| Flowering Crabapple: Large crop of small fruit that persists into winter providing food for wildlife. | ||||||
| Flowering Crabapple | 5 | 15-40' | well drained | 4 | full sun | wildlife food & cover |
| Small tree well-known for its white flowers in spring. The red fruit is an important food for many species of wildlife. | ||||||
| Flowering Dogwood | 50 | 15-30' | well-drained | 4 | full sun, partial shade | wildlife habitat & food & cover |
| Gray dogwood: Medium size wildlife shrub with clusters of white flowers in spring and white fruit in fall. Important food and cover for wildlife. | ||||||
| Gray Dogwood | 15 | 5-10' | moist, well-drained | 5 | full sun, partial shade | wildlife habitat & food & cover |
| Green Ash: Valuable timber on all but dry soil, adapted to wet soil. | ||||||
| Green Ash | 50 | 50-100' | well drained/wet | 10 | full sun | timber, wildlife food & cover |
| Hazelnut: Native hazelnut adapted to all but very wet very dry soils. | ||||||
| Hazelnut | 3 | 5-10' | well-drained | 3 | full sun | wildlife food & cover |
| Highbush Cranberry: Red fruit persists until late winter providing wildlife food in severe winters. | ||||||
| Highbush Cranberry | 5 | 5-15' | well drained/wet | 3 | partial shade | wildlife food & cover |
| Kentucky Coffeetree: Suited for moist streambank sites. | ||||||
| Kentucky Coffeetree | 50 | 50-100' | well drained | 20-30 | full sun | timber, post, firewood |
| Ninebark: Fast growing shrub for moist to wet soil, attractive flower. | ||||||
| Ninebark | 10 | 6-9' | well drained/wet | 3 | partial shade-full-sun | wildlife food & cover |
| Northern White Cedar: Excellent windbreak, severe damage from bagworms in S. Indiana. | ||||||
| Northern White Cedar | 30 | 30-60' | well drained | 10 | full sun | windbreak, wildlife food & cover |
| Northern Bayberry: Wildlife cover and food, improves soil by fixing nitrogen, adapted to all but very wet and very dry soil. | ||||||
| Northern Bayberry | 5 | 5-20' | wet, dry, and well drained | 4 | full sun | wildlife food & cover |
| Norway Spruce: Windbreak for moist fertile soil. | ||||||
| Norway Spruce | 30 | 50-70' | well drained/wet | 15 | full sun | timber, wildlife food & cover |
| Overcup Oak: Valuable timber, adapted to very wet soil, natural range S. Indiana. | ||||||
| Overcup Oak | 50 | 50-80' | well drained/wet | 15 | full sun | timber, wildlife food & cover |
| Pawpaw: Pawpaw fruit is a valuable wildlife food. Native shrub growing in shade of trees but much more productive in full sun. | ||||||
| Pawpaw | 5 | 10-30' | well drained/wet | 5 | partial shade-full sun | wildlife food & cover |
| Pecan: Valuable timber on moist fertile soil, hardy to N. Indiana, grows well on moist bottomland soil. | ||||||
| Pecan | 50 | 50-100' | well drained | 15 | full sun | timber, wildlife food & cover |
| Persimmon: Excellent wildlife food and valuable timber. | ||||||
| Persimmon | 30 | 30-70' | well drained/wet | 10 | full sun | timber, wildlife food & cover |
| Pignut Hickory: Valuable timber. | ||||||
| Pignut Hickory | 50 | 50-100' | well drained/wet | 20-30 | partial shade-full sun | timber, wildlife food & cover, firewood |
| Pin Oak: Adapted to very wet soil, will not tolerate high pH soil. | ||||||
| Pin Oak | 50 | 50-100' | well drained/wet | 15 | full sun | timber, wildlife food & cover |
| Pitch Loblolly Pine: Replacement for red pine in southern Indiana. | ||||||
| Pitch Loblolly Pine | 40 | 50-100' | well drained/wet | 10-20 | full sun | erosion control, timber, wildlife food & cover |
| Red Bud: Flowers-attractive to pollinators. | ||||||
| Red Bud | 10 | 30' | well drained/wet | 5 | full sun-partial shade | wildlife food & cover |
| Red Oak: Valuable timber on moist fertile soil, not suited for very wet or dry soil. | ||||||
| Red Oak | 50 | 50-100' | well drained | 15 | full sun | timber, wildlife food & cover |
| Red Pine: Windbreak for dry soil, best for central and N. Indiana. | ||||||
| Red Pine | 30 | 40-80' | dry/well drained | 10 | full sun | Windbreak, wildlife cover, timber |
| River Birch: Rapid growth and adapted to very wet soil. | ||||||
| River Birch | 40 | 40-80' | well drained/wet | 10 | full sun | timber, wildlife food & cover |
| Scarlet Oak: Adapted to dry acid soil, abundant acorn crops. | ||||||
| Scarlet Oak | 50 | 50-100' | dry/well drained | 15 | full sun | timber, wildlife food & cover |
| Shagbark Hickory: Valuable timber. | ||||||
| Shagbark Hickory | 50 | 50-100' | well drained/wet | 20-30 | partial shade-full sun | timber, wildlife food & cover, firewood |
| Long lived, large seeded hickory adapted to moist or wet soil. Bark provides shelter for bats and nuts consumed by humans and wildlife. | ||||||
| Shellbark Hickory | 100 | 50-100' | moist, wet, well-drained | 20 | full sun | wildlife habitat & food & cover, timber |
| Shingle Oak: Adapted from dry to wet soil, abundant acorn crops. | ||||||
| Shingle Oak | 50 | 50-100' | wet, dry, and well drained | 15 | full sun | timber, wildlife food & cover |
| Shumard Oak: Valuable timber on good soils, adapted to soils with high pH and wet, but not swampy soil, grows well on moist bottomland soil. Has good form and rapid growth. | ||||||
| Shumard Oak | 50 | 50-100' | well drained | 15 | full sun | timber, wildlife food & cover |
| Silky Dogwood: Wildlife cover and summer food, will grow at waters edge. | ||||||
| Silky Dogwood | 3 | 5-10' | well drained/wet | 3 | partial shade | wildlife food & cover |
| Silver Maple: Adapted to stream bank soil, fast growth. | ||||||
| Silver Maple | 30 | 50-100' | well drained/wet | 15 | full sun | timber, wildlife food & cover |
| Spicebush: Medium size wildlife shrub that will grow in full or partial shade on moist soils. Red fruit is food source for migrating song birds. | ||||||
| Spicebush | 10 | 5-10' | moist, wet, well-drained | 3 | full sun, partial shade | wildlife habitat & food & cover |
| Sugar Maple: Valuable timber. | ||||||
| Sugar Maple | 50 | 50-100' | well drained | 20-30 | partial shade-full sun | timber, wildlife food & cover |
| Swamp White Oak: Valuable timber adapted to wet soils. | ||||||
| Swamp White Oak | 50 | 50-100' | well drained/wet | 15 | full sun | timber, wildlife food & cover |
| Swamp Chestnut Oak: Valuable timber on moist but not extremely moist soils, grows well on moist bottomland soil. | ||||||
| Swamp Chestnut Oak | 50 | 50-100' | well drained | 15 | full sun | timber, wildlife food & cover |
| Sweetgum: Adapted to very wet soil. Natural range is central and southern Indiana. | ||||||
| Sweetgum | 50 | 50-100' | well drained/wet | 15 | full sun | timber, wildlife food & cover |
| Sycamore: Adapted to wet soil, fast growth. | ||||||
| Sycamore | 50 | 50-120' | well drained/wet | 15 | full sun | timber, wildlife cover |
| Tuliptree: Valuable timber and fast growth on moist soil. | ||||||
| Tuliptree | 50 | 50-120' | well drained | 15 | full sun | timber, wildlife food & cover |
| Virginia Pine: Will stabilize severely eroded soil, windbreak on poor soil. | ||||||
| Virginia Pine | 30 | 30-80' | dry/well drained | 15 | full sun | timber, wildlife food & cover |
| Washington Hawthorn: Excellent cover and winter food for wildlife/thorns protect nests, may be damaged by cedar apple rust if planted near eastern red cedar. | ||||||
| Washington Hawthorn | 5 | 15-30' | well drained | 4 | full sun | wildlife food & cover |
| White Ash: Valuable timber on all but dry sites, adapted to wet soil. | ||||||
| White Ash | 50 | 50-100' | well drained/wet | 15 | full sun | timber, wildlife food & cover |
| White Oak: Valuable timber on a wide range of soils from moist to dry. | ||||||
| White Oak | 50 | 50-100' | well drained/wet | 15 | full sun | timber, wildlife food & cover |
| White Pine: Fast growing windbreaks on all but wet or very dry soil. | ||||||
| White Pine | 40 | 50-100' | well drained/wet | 15 | full sun | windbreak, wildlife food & cover, timber |
Please note: tree seedling species offered vary each year