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Sugar Maple
The Sugar Maple is very drought tolerant, long-lived, and grows best in deep, fertile, well-drained soils. It is one of our best trees for fall color when leaves turn brilliant red or yellow-orange. It is excellent for large shade or lawn locations. It has majestic, brilliant fall color and dense shade. It is very shade tolerant and can grow easily under canopy created by older trees. The Sugar Maple tree, Acer Saccharum, is one of our most majestic deciduous trees. The Sugar Maple has a dense crown with glossy dark green, heavily waxed leaves. The sap of the Sugar Maple is often collected in the spring to make many flavorful confections. Does not do well in restricted root zone. ... more
Swamp Chestnut Oak The high quality wood is used in all kinds of construction and for implements. The acorns are sweet and serve as food to wildlife. Swamp Chestnut Oak strongly prefers soils that are moist, permanently moist, or permanently wet, and tolerates standing water (as in periodically inundated floodplains) for several weeks at a time. Good seed crops occur at intervals of 3-5 years with poor to fair production in between. A good shade tree. |
