Selecting plant materials

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Selecting plant materials

• Hardiness zones
• 3 or 4?
• Lowest minimum temperature
• Other factors to consider

Graphic source USDA
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Favorite deciduous trees

• Acer platanoides Norway Maple
• Aesculus spp.
• A. glabra Ohio Buckeye
• A. sylvatica
• Autumn Splendor Autumn Splendor Buckeye
• Betula nigra River Birch
• Catalpa speciosa Northern Catalpa
• Celtis occidentalis Common Hackberry
• Ginkgo biloba Ginkgo
• Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis Thornless
  Honey-locust
• Gymnocladus dioicus Kentucky Coffee-tree
• Larix spp.
• L. decidua European Larch
• L. laricina American Larch (Tamarack)

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Favorite deciduous trees

• Malus spp.
• Red Splendor Red Splendor Crabapple
• Spring Snow Spring Snow Crabapple
• Phellodendron amurense Amur Corktree
• Prunus maackii Amur Chokecherry
• Pyrus ussuriensis Mordak Prairie Gem Pear
• Quercus macrocarpa Bur Oak
• Sorbus spp.
• S. aucuparia European Mountain-ash
• S. decora Showy Mountain-ash
• Tilia spp.
• T. americana American Linden
• Redmond
• T. cordata Littleleaf Linden

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Favorite coniferous trees

• Larix spp.
• L. decidua European Larch
• L. laricina American Larch (Tamarack)
• Pinus spp.
• P. nigra Austrian Pine
• P. ponderosa Ponderosa Pine
• P. sylvestris Scotch Pine
• Picea spp.
• P. glauca densata Black Hills Spruce
• P. pungens Colorado Spruce

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Favorite deciduous shrubs

• Buxus microphylla var. koreana Korean Littlefeaf
  Boxwood
• Cornus spp.
• C. alternifolia Pagoda Dogwood
• C. racemosa Gray Dogwood
• C. sericea Red Twig Dogwood
• Euonymus alatus Winged Euonymus
• Fosythia x Meadowlark Meadowlark Forsythia
• Philadelphus spp Mockorange
• Potentilla fruitcosa Potentilla
• Rhus spp.
• R. glabra Smooth Sumac
• R. typhina Staghorn Sumac
• Spirea spp. Spirea
• Viburnum spp.
• V. opulus European Cranberrybush
• V. trilobum American Cranberrybush