Native Trees
| Acer negundo / box elder Acer rubrum / red maple Acer saccharinum / silver maple Acer saccharum / sugar maple Betula lenta / black or sweet birch Betula nigra / river birch Carpinus caroliniana / hornbeam Celtis occidentalis / hackberry Cercis canadensis / eastern redbud Cornus florida / flowering dogwood Fagus grandifolia / American beech Fraxinus americana / white ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica / green ash Juniperus virginiana / eastern red cedar Liquidambar styraciflua / sweet gum Liriodendron tulipifera / tulip poplar |
Magnolia virginiana / sweetbay magnolia Nyssa sylvatica / black gum Plantanus occidentalis / American sycamore Prunus americana / wild plum Prunus serotina / black cherry Quercus alba / white oak Quercus bicolor / swamp white oak Quercus coccinea / scarlet oak Quercus palustris / pin oak Quercus prinus / chestnut oak Quercus rubra / red oak Quercus velutina / black oak Salix nigra / black willow Sassafras albidum / sassafras Tilia americana / basswood |
Native Shrubs
| Alnus rugosa / speckled alder Alnus serrulata / smooth alder Amelanchier canadensis / shadbush serviceberry Amelanchier laevis / Allegheny serviceberry Aronia arbutifolia / red chokeberry Aronia melanocarpa / black chokeberry Baccharis halimifolia / groundseltree-sea myrtle Cephalanthus occidentalis / buttonbush Clethra alnifolia / sweet pepperbush Cornus amomum / silky dogwood Cornus racemosa / gray dogwood Cornus sericea / red-osier dogwood Hamamelis virginiana / witchhazel Ilex verticillata / winterberry Itea virginica / Virginia sweetspire |
Iva frutescens / marsh elder Lindera benzoin / spicebush Myrica pensylvanica / northern bayberry Physocarpus opulifolius / common ninebark Prunus maritima / beach plum Rhus aromatica / fragrant sumac Rhus copalina / dwarf winged sumac Rhus typhina / staghorn sumac Salix sericea / silky willow Sambucus canadensis / elderberry Viburnum dentatum / arrowwood Viburnum lentago / nannyberry Viburnum prunifolium / black haw Viburnum trilobum / cranberry bush |
Streambank Stabilization Plants
The following plants are available as live steaksand facines for stream bioengineering projects. Plants are harvested when completely dormant (December – March).
* Non-native cultivar
| Cornus amomum / silky dogwood Cornus racemosa / gray dogwood Cornus sericea / red-osier dogwood Salix cotteti / “Banker’s” dwarf willow* |
Salix exigua / sandbar willow Salix nigra / black willow Salix purpurea / “Streamco” willow* Salix sericea / silky willow |
