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American Chestnut
Nut Tree

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. read more

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American Chinquapin
Chestnut - Nut Tree

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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Black Walnut
Nut Tree

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. read more

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Butternut
Walnut - Nut Tree

Juglans cinerea 40-60' x same. Very large impressive shade tree with broad open crown. Produces oblong edible nuts. Nice cabinet wood. Native. Z3. read more

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‘Princeton’
American Elm - Shade Tree

Ulmus americana 60x70'. Large graceful shade tree with high resistance to disease. Immense vase-shaped canopy. Z4. read more

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Paper Birch
Shade Tree

Betula papyrifera 30-70' x 30'. Medium-sized tree with magnificent chalk-white peeling bark. Valuable wood. Bark used for traditional crafts. Z3. read more

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River Birch
Shade Tree

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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American Linden
Shade Tree

Tilia americana 60-80' x same. Tall stately tree with rounded crown and low-hung spreading branches. Sweetly fragrant yellow June flowers. Z3. read more

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Bur Oak
Shade Tree

Quercus macrocarpa 70-80' x same. Hardiest of the white oaks with a deeply grooved massive trunk and a wide-spreading crown. Dark green foliage. Large fringed acorns. Z3. read more

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Northern Pin Oak
Shade Tree

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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Northern Red Oak
Shade Tree

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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Swamp White Oak
Shade Tree

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. read more

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White Oak
Shade Tree

Quercus alba 50-80' x same. Spectacular broad irregularly rounded oak. Wood valued for lumber and firewood. Slow growing and long-lived. Z3. read more

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Sweetgum
Shade Tree

Liquidambar sytraciflua 60-80' x 40-60'

Most admired for its 5-pointed star-shaped deep glossy green leaves and its gumballs—the 1" hard round

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Tuliptree
Shade Tree

Liriodendron tulipifera 60-90' x 30-50'. Also called Tulip Poplar. Highly ornamental shade tree. Large tulip-like flowers attract hummingbirds. Native to eastern U.S. Z4/5. read more

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‘Chrysocoma’ Golden Weeping Willow
Shade Tree

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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