Fast Growing Shade Trees For Your Yard

Full sun to filtered shade. Blooms are inconspicuous. Commonly found on bottomland sites, but tolerates a wide variety of conditions. Grows best on moist, well drained sites. The fruits are a spiny, globe shaped 1 to 1.25" ball which become brown.

* Its wood has been used extensively for butcher's blocks. * A huge tree when mature--early explorers in central New York noted one with a diameter of 12'; open habit, attractive exfoliating bark, sometimes nearly all white and beautiful in winter.

Used for making boxes, clogs, furniture, musical instruments etc. * The leaves can be mistaken for those of the catalpa. Good for posts and beams in construction. * The wood is not attacked by insects.

Used for making boxes, clogs, furniture, musical instruments etc. * The leaves can be mistaken for those of the catalpa. Good for posts and beams in construction. * The wood is not attacked by insects.

Full sun to filtered shade. Blooms are inconspicuous. Commonly found on bottomland sites, but tolerates a wide variety of conditions. Grows best on moist, well drained sites. The fruits are a spiny, globe shaped 1 to 1.25" ball which become brown.

The acorns usually occur in groups of 2-5 on the same stalk. * Quercus pubescens, the downy oak or pubescent oak, is an oak in the white oak section of the genus, Quercus sect. * The Quercus pubescens acorns are light brown to yellow, 8–20 mm long,...

The acorns usually occur in groups of 2-5 on the same stalk. * Quercus pubescens, the downy oak or pubescent oak, is an oak in the white oak section of the genus, Quercus sect. * The Quercus pubescens acorns are light brown to yellow, 8–20 mm long,...

White alder ALRH2 Summary Duration Perennial Growth Habit Tree Native Status L48 (N) Federal T/E Status National Wetland Indicator FACW Morphology/Physiology Active Growth Period Spring and Summer After Harvest Regrowth Rate Bloat None C:N Ratio High...

White alder ALRH2 Summary Duration Perennial Growth Habit Tree Native Status L48 (N) Federal T/E Status National Wetland Indicator FACW Morphology/Physiology Active Growth Period Spring and Summer After Harvest Regrowth Rate Bloat None C:N Ratio High...

The buds are harvested in the spring before they open and are dried for later use. * After logging operations, it sometimes regenerates naturally from rooting of partially buried fragments of branches or from stumps.

The buds are harvested in the spring before they open and are dried for later use. * After logging operations, it sometimes regenerates naturally from rooting of partially buried fragments of branches or from stumps.

* The name "yellow birch" reflects the color of the tree's bark * The bark is waterproof and has been used by native peoples as the outer skin of canoes. * The twigs, when scraped, have a slight scent of oil of wintergreen.

* The name "yellow birch" reflects the color of the tree's bark * The bark is waterproof and has been used by native peoples as the outer skin of canoes. * The twigs, when scraped, have a slight scent of oil of wintergreen.

Amurense; vase shaped; said to grow very quickly; native to Korea, Japan, western China. * More upright branching than P.

Amurense; vase shaped; said to grow very quickly; native to Korea, Japan, western China. * More upright branching than P.

It is used primarily for pulp, but can be used to make particle board and structural panels. * They are pioneer species on disturbed sites, persisting in successional communities until senescence.

* It is often found along waterways and in wetlands, leading to the colloquial name "water maple". * A deciduous Tree growing to 30 m (98ft) by 15 m (49ft) at a fast rate. * The seeds are the largest of any native maple and are also a food source for...

* It is often found along waterways and in wetlands, leading to the colloquial name "water maple". * A deciduous Tree growing to 30 m (98ft) by 15 m (49ft) at a fast rate. * The seeds are the largest of any native maple and are also a food source for...

It grows well in a wide variety of soil types, notably poor ones, but needs a lot of light and does not like a high water table. * Flowers before leafing out, flowers to 4", white spotted inside with purple, leaves to 10"; native to China and sometimes...

* It is being used as a reforestation tree in several countries, including Australia, Germany, China, the USA and Panama. Once the trees are harvested, they regenerate from their existing root systems, earning them the name of the "Phoenix tree." * Paulownia...

It is native to northeastern Asia , from Sakhalin and Japan west to southwestern China . * Kalopanax septemlobus , common name Kalopanax or Prickly Castor-oil Tree , is a deciduous tree in the family Araliaceae , the sole species in the genus Kalopanax...

It is used primarily for pulp, but can be used to make particle board and structural panels. * They are pioneer species on disturbed sites, persisting in successional communities until senescence.

It is native to northeastern Asia , from Sakhalin and Japan west to southwestern China . * Kalopanax septemlobus , common name Kalopanax or Prickly Castor-oil Tree , is a deciduous tree in the family Araliaceae , the sole species in the genus Kalopanax...

It grows well in a wide variety of soil types, notably poor ones, but needs a lot of light and does not like a high water table. * Flowers before leafing out, flowers to 4", white spotted inside with purple, leaves to 10"; native to China and sometimes...

If chemical fertilizers are used on your American Elm Valley Forge, applying a slow-release, balanced fertilizer once a year is probably the simplest solution. Removing the dead and dying limbs will minimize the possibility of diseases such as “dieback”...

* It is being used as a reforestation tree in several countries, including Australia, Germany, China, the USA and Panama. Once the trees are harvested, they regenerate from their existing root systems, earning them the name of the "Phoenix tree." * Paulownia...

Adding compost or topsoil will help the young feeder roots of Chinese Pistache Tree to spread through the loose, nutrient rich soil, much easier than if you used solely the existing soil which more times than not will be hard and compacted.