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Castanea dentata
Up to 100'. Once common in the eastern US. Important food source for people and wildlife. Not immune to blight but likely to thrive 10-30 years. Fast growing and precocious. Z4.
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Castanea pumila 15-30' x 10-20' Also called Allegheny Chinquapin and Dwarf Chestnut.
Smaller in stature than the American or Chinese chestnuts,
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Juglans nigra
70-90'. Spectacular shade tree with open rounded crown. Nuts have sweet earthy rich flavor. May begin to bear in 5-10 years. Z4.
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Ulmus americana
60x70'. Large graceful shade tree with high resistance to disease. Immense vase-shaped canopy. Z4.
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Betula papyrifera
30-70' x 30'. Medium-sized tree with magnificent chalk-white peeling bark. Valuable wood. Bark used for traditional crafts. Z3.
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Betula nigra 60-80' x 40-60'
With its graceful silhouette and attractive bark, river birch is a highly prized ornamental. Grows to be a very large
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Tilia americana
60-80' x same. Tall stately tree with rounded crown and low-hung spreading branches. Sweetly fragrant yellow June flowers. Z3.
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Quercus palustris 50-70' x 40-60'
Fast-growing oak of the red oak family. The acorns are smaller than those of the red oak and the leaves have
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Quercus rubra 60-75' x 45'
The most common oak in northern New England. Typically a single large trunk dividing into several large ascending
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Quercus bicolor
50-60' x same. Massive rounded shade tree with short deeply ridged trunk and fan of branches. Yellow to reddish-purple fall foliage. Native. Z3.
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Salix pendulina f. salamonii 50x50' (S. babylonica Babylon x S. alba Vitellana) Selected by Späth, Berlin, Germany, 1888.
For years we listed this
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