Populus tremuloides

Name: Populus tremuloides
Common Name :quaking aspen				Family:  Salicaceae
x    Deciduous             Evergreen             Shrub            Ground Cover             Annual         Coniferous         x    Tree             Climber             Herbaceous             Perennial
Habit: vigorous, spreading	Hard. Zone:  usda 1		Mature Size 10m spread by 15m tall					x
Leaf:  flat stalk, ovate, finely toothed, glossy green, bronze when young					Fall/Winter Color: brilliant yellow in fall
Leaf Arr.        Opposite     x    Alternate         Whorled         Spiraled         Clustered         Basal
Flowers						Infl.
Jan.     Feb.      March.      April.      May.      June.      July.      August.      Sept.      Oct.      Nov.      Dec.
Water Use High     Low		Soil Rich     Lean     Well-drained					Exposure Sun     Semi-shade     Shade
Landscape uses:		Limitations:					Other Features:

Fagus sylvatica

Name: Fagus sylvatica
Common Name: European beech				Family: Fagaceae
x    Deciduous             Evergreen             Shrub            Ground Cover             Annual         Coniferous         x    Tree             Climber             Herbaceous             Perennial
Habit: spreading	Hard. Zone  usda 4		Mature Size 15m spread by 25m tall					x
Leaf: silky haired light green turning dark green, ovate elliptical, wavy margin					Fall/Winter Color : yellow, orange brown in fall
Leaf Arr.        Opposite     x    Alternate         Whorled         Spiraled         Clustered         Basal
Flowers: males spherical heads female 4 lobed bracts						Infl.
Jan.     Feb.      March.      April.      May.      June.      July.      August.     ( Sept.      Oct.      Nov.)      Dec.  ( fall leaf color)
Water Use High     Low		Soil Rich     Lean     Well-drained x					Exposure Sun   x  Semi-shade  x   Shade
Landscape uses: woodland garden, specimen		Limitations: limb canker, powdery mildew, bracket fungus					Other Features:

Quercus robur

Name: Quercus robur
Common Name:  English oak				Family:  Fagaceae
x    Deciduous             Evergreen             Shrub            Ground Cover             Annual         Coniferous         x    Tree             Climber             Herbaceous             Perennial
Habit: spreading	Hard. Zone: usda 5		Mature Size 25m spread by35m tall					x
Leaf: dark green, short stalk, obvate oblong, rounded lobes					Fall/Winter Color:
Leaf Arr.        Opposite     x    Alternate         Whorled         Spiraled         Clustered         Basal
Flowers:pendent catkin male						Infl. catkin
Jan.     Feb.      March.      April.      May.      June.      July.      August.      Sept.      Oct.      Nov.      Dec.
Water Use High  x   Low		Soil Rich  x   Lean     Well-drained x					Exposure Sun  x   Semi-shade  x   Shade
Landscape uses: specimen		Limitations:  borers, caterpillar, canker, powdery mildew					Other Features: acorns

Taxodium distichum

Name: Taxodium distichum
Common Name:  bald cypress				Family:  Cupressaceae
x    Deciduous            Evergreen             Shrub            Ground Cover             Annual     x    Coniferous         x    Tree             Climber             Herbaceous             Perennial
Habit: conical, columnar	Hard. Zone:  usda 5		Mature Size 9m spread by 40m tall					x
Leaf: compound,  needlelike, green in spring					Fall/Winter Color rusted color in fall before leafdrop
Leaf Arr.        Opposite      x   Alternate         Whorled     x    Spiraled         Clustered         Basal
Flowers: spherical green femaile cones, pendent red male cones						Infl.
Jan.     Feb.      March.      April.      May.      June.      July.      August.      Sept.      Oct.      Nov.      Dec.
Water Use High     Low		Soil Rich     Lean     Well-drained					Exposure Sun     Semi-shade  x   Shade
Landscape uses: specimen tree, grows in wet soil, nice color		Limitations: flared stem, knees, must be well sighted					Other Features: oily wood is natural fungicide

Acer rubrum

Name: Acer rubrum
Common Name: red maple				Family: Sapindaceae
x    Deciduous             Evergreen             Shrub            Ground Cover             Annual         Coniferous         x    Tree             Climber             Herbaceous             Perennial
Habit: round headed	Hard. Zone:  usda 3		Mature Size 10m spread by 20m tall					x
Leaf: palmate,  5 lobed, weakly toothed					Fall/Winter Color: yellow red orange depending on cultivar
Leaf Arr.    x    Opposite         Alternate         Whorled         Spiraled         Clustered         Basal
Flowers:tiny red flowers						Infl.:  clusters
Jan.     Feb.      March.      April.      May.    (  June.      July.      August. )     Sept.      Oct.      Nov.      Dec. (flowering period)
Water Use High x    Low		Soil Rich     Lean     Well-drained x					Exposure Sun  x   Semi-shade     Shade
Landscape uses: fast growing, specimen, shade		Limitations:  weak branch attachment, powdery mildew					Other Features: mixed sex trees, monaceous, diaceous, hermaphroditic