| Term | Definition |
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| Japanese Maple | Zone 7. Likes shade and mositure, killed by late frost. Samara paired fruit, red flowers and fall leaves. Interesting branching pattern. |
| American Hornbeam | Zone 3. Widely distribued over US, near streams. Tolerates shade and periodic floding. Gray bark, "musclewood". Slow growth. Unusual fruit bracts, Orange-Red to Yellow fall color. |
| Eastern Redbud | Zone 4. Eastern to Central Plains. Drought and low fert. tolerant. Seed provenance. Spreading Habit, sensational color. |
| White Fringetree | SE US. Zone 4. Streams & swamps. Fruit attracts birds. White flowers. dioecious plant. |
| Flowering Dogwood | Zone 5. Not pollution or drought tolerant. Prefers acid soil. Anthracnose and dogwood borer problem. 2" wide white flower bracts. Horizontal branching& alligator skin. Red-purplish leaves, red fruit. |
| Kousa Dogwood | Zone 5. Resistant to anthranose. Drought sensitive. Horizontal branching. Showy white bracts. Scarlet-red color. Red raspberry-like fruit. Bi-colored mottled bark. |
| Common Smoketree | Zone 4. Widely adaptable, prefers well drained soil. Fruit appears like smoke. LIttle flower attraction. Orange to Red to Purple in the fall. |
| Saucer Magnolia | Zone 4-9. Insect scale, black mildew, and leaf spot. Best moved in containers. Avoid south face. |
| Star Magnolia | Zone 4. Suffers breakage, trouble free. Slow growth, large & fuzzy buds. Smooth gray bark, light breen foliage. Large white fragrant flowers. |
| Sargent Crabapple | Zone 3. Eastern US. Likes dry area, does not like salt or periodic flooding. Difficult to transplant. Slow growing, bladder like fruits. Bark sheds in narrow rectangular pieces. |
| Weeping Higan Cherry | Zone 5. Most stress tolerant. Pale to deep pink single or double flowers. |
| Japanese Snowbell | Zone 5. Bud damage after -20. Small lawn or patio tree. Round to spreading habit. Interesting fruit capsules. |
| Japanese Tree Lilac | Zones 3-7. Widely adaptable. Get borer and scale. double terminal buds. Large clusters of white flowers. 10"-12". |
| Norway Maple | Zone 4 Europe. Very adaptable, competes with turf. Minor verticillium wilt, antracnose, and leaf scortch. Yellow flowers and yellow fall color. |
| Sycamore Maple | Zone 4. Salt and pH tolerant. Limited uses. Anthracnose & Cankers. Golden Yellow Orange in fall, salmon pink to cream then green leaves. |
| Common Horsechestnut | Zone 3-7. Widely adapted. Leaf blotch!!!!!!!!! Poisnous fruit that is prickly and would hurt underfoot. Intolerant of dry soil. Largest Aesculus. Showy white flowers and coarse leaves that look tattered at end of summer. |
| Red Horsechestnut | Hybrid of common horsechesnut and another tree. Worse in dry soils than C. Horse. Resistant to leaf blotch. Large Rose color flowers. |
| American Beech | Zone 4. Widely adaptable. Fall color, low branching, smooth bark. |
| European Beech | Zone 4 Europe. Cultivar for every landscape. Less adaptable than American. Likes acidic soil. Ruffeled dark green leaves that turn bronze in the fall. Smooth bark. |
| White Ash | Zone 4. Emerald Ash borer problem. Less adaptable, street tree. Deeply furrowed bark has a diamond pattern. Litter/weed problem. |
| Green Ash | Zone 3. More adaptable. Emerald Ash borer problem. Yellow fall color or maroon color. |
| Common Honeylocust | Zone 4 central US. Mimosa Webworm!!!!!!! Tolerates alkaline soils. Salt tolerant. Vase shaped- replacement for American Elms. Red-brown mature fruit pod. Inconsistant yellow fall color. Light filters through well. |
| Goldenraintree | Zone 5. Tolerates heat, drought, wind, alkaline soils and air pollution. Killed at -30, damaged at -25. Weak wooded. 14" leaves pinnate or bipinnate, flowers are bright yellow w/ red centers. papery 3-valved fruit capsule. |
| Amur Corktree | Zone 3. Shade tree for large lots. Black round fruits. Smells like turpentine. Dioecious, no showy flowers. Massive branching. |
| American Planetree | Zone 4 Eastern Riparian US. Lacebugs!!!! Tolerant of dry sites, and most urban conditions. Can get Anthracnose, twig blight and lacebugs. Large leaves and mottled green tan and white bark. Poor fall color. Messy! |
| English Oak | Zone 4 Europe. Powdery Mildew, For very large areas. Slow growth. Blue-green leaves, pale green on bottom. Small low lobes. Reddish-brown buds. |
| Japanese Pagodatree | Zone 4. Drought and pollution tolerant. Urban settings. Creamy white fragrant flowers. Fragrant panicles. Poisonous fruit. Interesting leaves. |
| Littleleaf Linden | Zone 3 Europe. Pollution and alkaline soils tolerant. Japanese Beetles. 5-6 Nutlets per bract. Fruit litter. |
| Lacebark Elm | Zone 5. Dutch elm disease& elm leaf beetle. Very site adaptable. Beautiful mottled bark. Smallest buds of any elm. Elegant vase shape. |
| Japanese Zelkova | Zone 5. Very adaptable and versatile. Fast growing. No showy flowers. Glossy distinct foliage. Deep maroon fall color. Horizontail lenticles on young trees. Fine textured branches. Exfolliating bark green gray, orange, cinnamon. |
| Bottlebrush Buckeye | Zone 4 SE US. Tolerates some shade. Slightly susectible to leaf diseases. Smallest Aesculus. Smooth rare poisonous fruit. Spreads by suckers. 8' x 12' |
| Common Sweetshrub | Zone 4. Moist woodlands, SE US. Adapts to wet and dry and wide range of pH. Fragrant flowers, trees and leaves. Reddish brown flowers, yellow leaves. Urn shaped fruit 2-3" long. Persist through winter. |
| American Yellowwood | Zone 4. Eastern US. Tolerant of soil type. Prone to wind damage. Shade tree & winter interest. 30-50' upright round headed. Fragrant white pendulous flowers. 'Rosea' has pink. Smooth silver gray bark. Leaves has persistant rachis. Golden yellow fall foliage. |
| Summersweet Clethra | Zone 4. NE US. Prefers moisture. Gets mites in dry soil. Likes shade, leaf scortch in sun. White fragrant flowers. Attracts bumble bees. |
| Kentucky Coffeetree | Zone 3. Adaptable to climate and soil conditions. Shade tree for large scale sites. Long narrow panicles with green flowers. Dark plated bark. Large pods. Yellow-brown golden fall color. |
| Virginia Sweetspire | Zone 5. New Jersey- SE US. Acid soil and moisture. Performs well in sun or shade. Drought and pH tolerant. Needs to be pruned. Fragrant white drooping 4-6" flowers. Reddish-purple fall foliage. |
| Tuliptree | Zone 4. Eastern US. APHIDS!!!!! Intolerant of hot dry sites. State tree. Weak wooded. Quick shade. Tulip shaped leaves that turn yellow in the fall. Fragrant stems with bitter taste. Showy flowers in june. Mature fruits and lower scales persist. |
| Northern Bayberry | Zone 3. Tolerates many soils and salt. Fixes N2. Attractive aromatic foliage. Semi evergreen. Very glacous berries late into winter. Wax used to make candles. |
| Bush Cinquefoil | Zone 2-7. Trouble free. Shrub border. Gray-green foliage. Flowers yellow flowers all summer. |
| White Oak | Zone 3 Eastern US. Sensitive to root compaction and hard to transfer. Many insect pest/diseases. Round lobed leaves, ashy gray bark. Small tree. Purple to wine red fall foliage. |
| Red Oak | Zone 3. Eastern US. Urban pollution, transplants well, avaliable. Fast growth 2' a year. Bristle tip leaves, almost black bark. Russet red fall foliage. |
| Bur Oak | Zone 3-8. Dry-moist soils. More tolerant of urban conditions than most oaks. Large settings. Difficult to transplant. Variable leaf shade, large acorn w/ woody cap. Large tree. |
| Fragrant Sumac | Zone 3. Eastern US. Adventitious shoots/roots. Prefers acid/well drained soil. Smells like tropical punch (lysol) Bank stabilizer. Catkins has nice yellow to red color. Red orange fall color. |
| Common Sassafras | Zone 4. Eastern US. Quite tolerant. High pH leads to iron chlorosis. Has suckers. Mitten shaped foliage, excellent yellow to scarlet fall color. |
| Arrowwood Viburnum | Zone 2. Eastern US. Widely adaptable. Function is greater than beauty. Glassy green foliage, creamy white 3" diam flowers. Blue-black fruits that are outstanding. |
| American Cranberrybush Viburnum | Zone 2. North American. Drought stress susceptible, can lead to aphids. Small flowering tree/hedge. 4-5" flat topped white flower. Red edible berries that last from September to February. Red-purple fall color. |
| Japanese Barberry | Zone 4. Does well in urban, not wet, conditions. Invasive. Banned from canada. Alternate hort for black sstem rust in wheat. Bright freen glaucous leaves. Reddish brown angled stems. Bright yellow inner wood. Persistant bright red berries. Scarlet fall color. |
| Bluebeard | Zone 4. Member of the mint family. Kills to the ground most winters in zones 4 & 5. Late season color, attracts butterflies. Prefers full sun. Blooms once in August. |
| Flowering Quince | Zone 4. Bad mites and scales problem!!!!!!! Also can get apple scab and fireblight but otherwise very adaptable. Glossy ovate leaves. Large stipules at petiole base. Red-bronze new growth. Apple like sour fruit. Flowers are single and red on 1 year old wood. Easy trained but appeal is not long lasting. |
| Cranberry Cotoneaster | Zone 4. Does not like too wet or too dry (mites). Fire blight problems. "Garbage Can Plant" Pink flowers and small glossy dark green ruffled leaves. small round cranberry fruits. Reddish foliage in the fall. |
| Spreading Cotoneaster | Zone 4. Most tolearnt cotoneaster. Arching branches, rose flowers fruit from july to oct. |
| Rockspray Cotoneaster | Zone 4. Full sun and drainage. Leaf spot, canker, fireblight, scale and COTONEASTER WEBWORM!!! Fishbone branching pattern. Very small leaves and fruit. Arching branches, pink flower, bright red fruit. |
| Burkwood Daphne | Zone 4. Cool site & shady. Neutral pH. Most drainage. Dies w/out warning. Foliage and fruits are strongly poisonous. Pink flower buds, white flowers in may. Blue green leaves. |
| Bigleaf Hydrangea | Zone 6. Prefers shade and moist soil. pH affects color. BLooms on 1 year wood. Textural variety. Lacecaps are more hardy than Hortensias. Large leaves. |
| Border Privet | Zone 4. Very tolerant of site condition. Can be weedy. Informal hedge. Opposide leaves. Nodding white flowered panicles. Bloomy blue-black fruit. |
| Black Jetbead | Zone 4. Tolerates heave shade and dryness. Pruning, sun and moisture needed for good form. Arching rounded shrub. 4-petal white flowers fruits are black beads in 4's. |
| Rugosa Rose | Zone 2. Very tolerant of site conditions. Salt tolerant. White to purple rose flowers. Thick dark green leaves (rugose). Fruit that looks like tomatoes (rosehips). |
| Bumald Spirea | Zone 3. Tolerant of soils and exposures but best in full sun. Does not like very wet soil or very high pH soil. Suckers. Deadhead adds more flowers. Crimson flowers from June to Aug on new growth. |
| Meyer Lilac | Zone 3. Powdery mildew resistant, borer resistant, tolerates heat and drought. Early flowering and floriferous. Contrasts w/ evergreen background. Flowers violet-purple. Mildly fragrant to 4" long. Small leaves. |
| Koreanspice Viburnum | Zone 4. Leaf spot!!!!!!!!!!!! Fragrance. Foundation planting. Gray-green rouch velvety leaves. Flowers pink in bud, white blooms. Outstanding frangrace, clove. Leaves reddish in fall. Fruits red to black but rarely showy. |
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