Birch
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Birch
Paper Birch
464 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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Birch
Sweet Birch
463 Betula lenta 40-50' x 35-45'. Medium-sized tree with graceful shiny bronze branches. Splendid golden-yellow foliage in fall. Twigs and leaves taste like wintergreen. Z3. read more |
Elm
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Elm
‘Princeton’ American Elm
470 Ulmus americana 60x70'. Large graceful shade tree with high resistance to disease. Immense vase-shaped canopy. Z4. read more |
Hophornbeam
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Hophornbeam
Eastern Hophornbeam
465 Ostrya virginiana 20-40' x 15-20'. Small native upland understory tree is tougher than nails. Shaggy bark. Seeds mature in papery cones resembling hops. Z3. read more |
Linden
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Linden
American Linden
469 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 |
Maple
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Maple
Sugar Maple
461 Acer saccharum 50-100'. Largest of our native maples. Colorful fall foliage. Valued for shade, syrup and lumber. Boil sap to make real maple syrup. Z3. read more |
Oak
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Oak
Scarlet Oak
467 Quercus coccinea 50-70' x 40-50'. Important canopy species of Appalachian mountains. Native to Maine though rare. Scarlet red foliage in fall. Z5. read more |
Sycamore
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Sycamore
American Sycamore
466 Plantanus occidentalis 75-100' x same. Extraordinary native shade tree. Trunks and stems are strikingly mottled. Remarkable against the winter sky. Z4/5. read more |
Willows
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Willow
‘Tristis’ Niobe Weeping Willow
468 Salix alba ‘Tristis’ 50x50'. The classic weeping willow, a very large majestic graceful wide-spreading tree. Z4. read more |