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SHRUBS:
Arrowwood blue-black berries, high wildlife value, drought and shade tolerant, red fall color, 8-12 ft.
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Buffaloberry silverish leaves provide color contrast, drought tolerant, full sun, 12-15 ft.
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Caragana round shrub, roughly 10’ wide and 10’ high, yellow flower
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Cherry, Nanking red berries, high wildlife value, drought tolerant, full sun, fast growth rate, edible fruit for jam
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Chokeberry, Black black berries, high wildlife value, part sun, drought tolerant, 3-6 ft, berries can be used for jam & jellies.
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Chokecherry, Common black berries, high wildlife value, part sun, drought tolerant, orange fall color, can be trained as small tree, 10-20 ft.
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Cotoneaster, Acutifolia red berries, fall colors yellow to red, part sun, drought tolerant, 6-8 ft, makes a formal hedge.
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Cranberrybush, American red berries, high wildlife value, drought and shade tolerant, 8-12 ft, retains fruit in winter.
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Dogwood, Gray Medium sized shrub, white berries, 8-10’ tall.
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Dogwood, Red-Osier white berries, full sun, red fall color, tolerates wet conditions, high wildlife value, 6-12 ft.
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Dogwood, Silky blue berries, full sun, red fall color, high wildlife value, 6-12 ft.
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Elderberry purple berries, white flowers, shade and drought tolerant, high wildlife value, 6-12 ft.
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Honeysuckle, Arnold’s Red red berries, dark red flowers, part sun, drought tolerant, 6-10 ft.
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Lilac, Chinese 8-12’ tall, full sun, reddish purple flowers.
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Lilac, Common Purple purple flowers, full sun, 8-12 ft.
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Lilac, Late Villosa lt purple-pink flowers, full sun, 6-12 ft.
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Ninebark grows in sun or shade, wet or dry soils, 10’ wide/tall.
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Rose, Rugosa fragrant, magenta flower, orange fruit, full sun, 4-8 ft.
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SMALL TREES:
Ash, Mountain orange clumps of berries, red fall color, part sun, high wildlife value, 20-30 ft.
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Cherry, Canada Red Good screening plant, white flowers, black fruit, purple color Spring/Summer, full sun, growth fast, 15-25 ft.
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Crabapple, Red Splendor red fruit, purple fall color, full sun, high wildlife value, 20-25 ft, prefers well-drained soils
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Hawthorn, Washington red fruit, white flowers, purple fall color, high wildlife value, 25-30 ft.
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Amur Maple red fall color, part sun, drought tolerant, high wildlife value, tolerates heavy pruning, can be trained as a small tree, 15-20 ft.
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Plum, American red fruit, white flowers, yellow fall color, full sun, drought tolerant, high wildlife value, 25-30 ft, fruit edible.
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Serviceberry high wildlife value, part sun, drought tolerant, 8-15 ft.
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Sumac, Smooth shrub or small tree, 10-15’ tall.
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Willow, Flame yellow fall color, part sun, flood tolerant, orange-red bark, 20 ft.
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TALL TREES:
Ash, Green yellow fall color, part sun, drought tolerant, tolerates wet conditions, 50-75 ft., excellent choice for windbreaks.
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Aspen, Quaking fast growing, yellow fall color, 40-50’ tall.
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Birch, Paper white bark, yellow fall color, part sun, 50-70’.
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Birch, River yellow fall color, part sun, drought tolerant, acid soils, high wildlife value, 30-50’.
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Cherry, Black black fruit, yellow fall color, part sun, drought tolerant, high wildlife value, 70-100’, edible dark fruit.
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Hackberry black fruit, yellow fall color part sun, drought tolerant, high wildlife, 50-75’.
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Linden, American yellow fall color, fragrant flowers, shade tolerant, drought sensitive, provides thick shade, 70-80’.
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Maple, Norway yellow fall color, shade and drought tolerant, high wildlife value, 50-60 ft.
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Maple, Rubrum yellow-red fall color, part sun, acid soils, high wildlife value, 50-70 ft.
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Maple, Silver yellow fall color, part sun, drought tolerant, high wildlife value, 60-80 ft.
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Maple, Sugar yellow-orange fall color, shade tolerant, high wildlife value, 50-75 ft.
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Oak, Bur full sun but shade tolerant, drought tolerant, slow growth, high wildlife value, 60-100 ft, excellent timber tree, beautiful fall color.
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Oak, Northern Red red fall color, part sun, drought sensitive high wildlife value, 60-80 ft.
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Oak, Pin red fall color, popular shade tree, 60-70’ tall.
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Oak, White redish orange fall color, 50-70’ tall.
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Poplar, Lombardy tolerates wet soils, full sun, fast growth, 70-90 ft.
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Poplar, Robusta yellow fall color, full sun, tolerates wet soils, fast growth, seedless, 40-60 ft.
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Walnut, Black yellow fall color, full sun, drought tolerant, high wildlife value, 70-100 ft.
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CONIFERS:
Arborvitae, American conical, part sun, 30-60 ft.
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Cedar, Eastern Red columnar, full sun, drought tolerant, high wildlife value, 40-50 ft.
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Fir, Balsam conical, shade tolerant, high wildlife value, 50-75 ft.
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Fir, Concolor conical, bluish color, part sun, high wildlife value, 30-50 ft.
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Pine, Norway (Red) conical, bluish color, part sun, high wildlife value, 30-50 ft., prefers sandy, well-drained soils, Minnesota State tree.
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Pine, Scotch conical, full sun, drought tolerant, 30-60 ft.
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Pine, White conical, part sun, drought sensitive, high wildlife value, soft needles, 75-100 ft., prefer medium to heavy texture well-drained soil, growth rate moderate to fast.
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Spruce, Black Hills conical, part sun, drought tolerant, high wildlife value, dense, 30-50 ft., less susceptible to deer browse, shade tolerant.
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Spruce, Colorado conical, part sun, drought sensitive, high wildlife value, 40-100 ft.
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Spruce, Norway pyramidal, full sun, drought tolerant, high wildlife value 40-100 ft, excellent windbreak tree, fastest growing spruce.
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Spruce, White conical, shade tolerant, high wildlife value, 50-80 ft., Med. To heavy well-drained soils, superior windbreak tree.
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