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Soil: Moist

Growth rate: Medium

Description: 8-12' multi-stemmed shrub. In May this plant has white flowers. September through February it has bright red fruit. The fruit of American Cranberry is used in jelly and is great for attracting birds.This is a very handsome shrub for sun or light shade in good, well-drained, but moist soil.

PLANT USE KEY

C = Christmas Tree

E = Enivornmental Forestry

F = Human Food

H = Habitat/Food Wildlife

N = Native S = Shelterbelt

T = Timber

W = Watershed

Butterfly Bush : (Buddleia David)

Conservation practices: H   

Soil: Well drained

Growth rate: Medium

Description: 5-12' multi-stemmed shrub. This bush will have fragrant flowers July through the fall. Butterfly bush attracts butterflies. It should be heavily pruned in the spring and it tolerates most soils. They thrive in fairly dry conditions once established. Roots may perish in wet soil.  Avoid the use of insecticides around buddleias. Pinch off spent flower clusters to prolong blooming.

PLANT USE KEY

C = Christmas Tree

E = Environmental Forestry

F = Human Food

H = Habitat/Food Wildlife

N = Native S = Shelterbelt

T = Timber W = Watershed

Buttonbush: (Cephalanthus occidentalis)

Conservation practices: W, E, H, N

Soil: Moist

Growth rate:

Description: 3-6' rounded gangling shrub. This native plant is great for wet areas. Has an interesting white flower in late summer. Buttonbush or Honeyball, is an attractive large woody shrub with showy, fragrant ball-shaped flower heads. Plant Button Bush shrubs in sunny, moist soil near a pond or stream or along a lake shore for protection from erosion. The seeds of our native common buttonbush seeds are eaten by ducks and numerous other water birds and the fragrant flowers are a favorite nectar source for butterflies. Cephalanthus occidentalis Button Bush shrub provides excellent nesting area for songbirds. 

PLANT USE KEY

C = Christmas Tree
E = Enivornmental Forestry
F = Human Food
H = Habitat/Food Wildlife
N = Native
S = Shelterbelt
T = Timber
W = Watershed

Elderberry: (Sambucus canadensis)

Conservation practices: H, S, E, N

Soil: Wide tolerance

Growth rate: Fast

Description: 5-12' multi-stemmed shrub. In mid-June it has white flowers and in mid-August it has purple fruit. Elderberry tolerates soils and roadside conditions.

PLANT USE KEY

C = Christmas Tree
E = Enivornmental Forestry
F = Human Food
H = Habitat/Food Wildlife
N = Native
S = Shelterbelt
T = Timber
W = Watershed

 Forsythia: (Forsythia x intermedia)

Conservation practices: H

Soil: Moist fertile

Growth rate: Fast

Description: 8-10' upright and wide shrub. It has yellow flowers in April for 2-3 weeks. Full sunlight is needed for maximum flower. full sun to partial shade prefers moist, well-drained soils in full sun, but is very adaptable to poor soils, rocky soils, dry soils, compacted soils, various soil pHs, drought, heavy pruning, and pollution (and is therefore very urban tolerant). Any pruning after mid-July will cause the loss of some floral buds for the following year, including Forsythia grown as a formal hedge. Reduced flowering also occurs in shady situations, and vegetative growth becomes more leggy and stretching. When installed or pruned as a specimen plant that has been limbed up into a single- or multi-trunked small tree form, this type of Forsythia must continuously have its basal suckers removed to maintain this growth habit.

 PLANT USE KEY

C = Christmas Tree
E = Enivornmental Forestry
F = Human Food
H = Habitat/Food Wildlife
N = Native
S = Shelterbelt
T = Timber
W = Watershed

Description: Jersey Blueberry is a vigorous erect bush with medium size, firm, sweet berry. Blue Crop Bluberry is an upright hardy and drought resistant bush. It has a large firm aromatic berry. They need acidic soils with a pH of 4.0 to 4.5. They like clay and other poor or rocky soils. You may need to increase the acidity in your soil to grow healthy bushes

PLANT USE KEY

C = Christmas Tree
E = Enivornmental Forestry
F = Human Food
H = Habitat/Food Wildlife
N = Native
S = Shelterbelt
T = Timber
W = Watershed

Decription: 3-5' Dark Green Foliage on an upright bush, producing bright berries.  Bloom time late spring, fruit begins to ripen in mid summer. Full sun required. The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) and are pollinated by Bees and flies. The plant is self-fertile. Good for jam and jellies.

PLANT USE KEY

C = Christmas Tree
E = Enivornmental Forestry
F = Human Food
H = Habitat/Food Wildlife
N = Native
S = Shelterbelt
T = Timber
W = Watershed

Redosier Dogwood: (Cornus stolinifera)

 

Conservation practices: H, E, N

Soil: Wide tolerance

Growth rate: Fast

Description: 7-9' slender, upright shrub. It has a red stem and white drupe fruit in mid-August. Redoiser Dogwood is best in wet or swampy conditions. It is also a great structure for holding soil on slopped areas. The glossy-red fruits provide food for songbirds

Witch Hazel: (Hamamelis virginiana)

Conservation practices: H, E, N

Soil: Moist cool soils

Growth rate: Medium

Description: 20-30 ft wide spreading shrub. It has yellow fragrant flowers that last in
to late October. This native plant will grow in wet shady areas as well
as in the open sun.

C = Christmas Tree
E = Enivornmental Forestry
F = Human Food
H = Habitat/Food Wildlife
N = Native
S = Shelterbelt
T = Timber
W = Watershed

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