Suggested Planting List for: Upland Landscape Gardens/Wildlife Habitat Common Name
Scientific Name
Height
Width
Acer saccharum Carya ovata Celtis occidentalis Gymnocladus dioicus Ostrya virginiana Pinus strobus Platanus x acerifolia Populus grandidentata Populus tremuloides Prunus serotina Quercus alba Quercus bicolor Quercus macrocarpa Quercus muehlenbergii Tilia americana
60‐85' 60‐80' 40‐60' 60‐70' 30‐50' 50‐80' 70‐90' 50‐70' 40‐50' 60‐90' 60‐80' 50‐60' 70‐80' 40‐50' 50‐80'
45‐50' 35‐50' 40‐60' 40‐50' 25‐30' 30‐50' 65‐80' 20‐40' 20‐30 35‐50' 60‐80' 50‐60' 70‐80' 50‐60' 35‐50'
Alnus incana Carpinus caroliniana Cornus alternifolia Crataegus sp. Malus ioensis Prunus americana Prunus virginiana Salix discolor
15‐20' 20‐30' 15‐25' 15‐30' 15‐30' 12‐25' 20‐30' 6‐20'
3‐9' 20‐30'+ 15‐30' 8‐15' 15‐25' 20' 15‐20 4‐12'
Alnus viridis Amelanchier alnifolia Clethra sp. Cornus amomum Cornus asperifolia var.drummondii Cornus racemosa Cornus sericea Corylus americana Hamamelis Virginiana Juniperus horizontalis/ communis Lindera benzoin Ribes aureum Sambucus canasensis Spiraea alba Symphoricarpos orbiculatus Syringa prestoniae
9‐15' 4‐6' 3‐8' 6‐10' 6‐15' 10‐15' 6‐10' 8‐15' 10‐15' .75‐2' 8‐12' 6‐12' 5‐12' 3‐4' 3‐6' 6‐10'
3‐9' 4‐6' 4‐6' 6‐10' 6‐15' 10‐15' 6‐10' 8‐15' 10‐15' 2‐6' 8‐12' 6‐8' 5‐12' 3‐4' 4‐8' 3‐10'
Woody: Trees Sugar Maple Shagbark Hickory Hackberry Kentucky coffee tree Ironwood, Hop‐hornbeam Eastern White Pine London Planetree (hybrid sycamore) Largetoothed Aspen Quaking Aspen Black Cherry White Oak Swamp white oak Bur Oak Chinkapin Oak American Linden
Woody: Small Trees Speckled Alder Musclewood Pagoda Dogwood Hawthorns Prairie Crabapple Wild plum Chokecherry Pussy Willow
Woody: Shrubs American Green Alder Saskatoon Serviceberry Summer Sweet Silky Dogwood Rough‐leaf Dogwood Grey Dogwood Red‐Osier Dogwood American Hazel Nut Witch Hazel Common/ Creeping Juniper Spice Bush Golden Currant Elderberry Narrow Leaved Meadowsweet Coralberry Preston Lilac
Canada Yew BlackHaw Viburnum American Cranberry Viburnum
Taxus canadensis Viburnum prunifolium Viburnum trilobum
3‐6' 12‐15' 8‐10'
Andropogon gerardii 'Pawnee' Bouteloua curtipendula 'Trailway' Elymus virginicus Schizachyrium scoparius 'Blaze' Sorghastrum nutans Sporobolus heterolepis
3-8' 1-3' 2-4'
6‐8' 8‐12' 8‐10'
Herbaceous: Grasses Big Bluestem Side‐Oats Grama Virginia wild rye Little Bluestem Indian Grass Prairie Dropseed
Herbaceous: Forbes HollyHock Prairie Onion Anemone Intermediate dogbane Columbine Wild Ginger Swamp Milkweed Showy Milkweed Butterfly Milkweed Asters indigo Turtlehead Coreopsis Sweet william Purple cone flower Joe‐Pye Weed Prairie smoke False sunflower Blue Flag Iris Sweet pea Blazing Star, Gayfeather michigan lily Cardinal flower Lobelia Penstimon Yellow Cone Flower Black‐Eyed‐Susan Wild Petunia Goldenrod Ohio Spiderwort Violet
Alcea rosea Allium stellatum Anemone sp. Apocynum medium Aquiglea canadensis Asarum canadense Asclepias incarnata Asclepias speciosa Asclepias tuberosa Aster sp. Baptesia Chelone glabra Coreopsis Dianthus barbatus Echinacea sp. Eupatorium sp. Geum triflorum Helianthus Iris versicolor Lathyrus odoratus Liatris sp. Lilium michiganense Lobelia cardinalis Lobeliasp. penstemon Ratibidasp. Rudbeckia Ruellia humilis Solidago sp. Tradescantia ohioensis Viola sp.
1‐3' 3-6' 2-4'
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