Tree grid: intermediate quality sites
Using the tree grids
- Refer to the tree selection guide to determine your site's characteristics.
- Choose the Good, Intermediate or Poor grid based on your site's soil quality.
- Select the column with your soil moisture, and the row with your sun exposure. The trees in the intersecting box are a good fit for your site.
- Trees with an (A) need acid soil and with a (B) need basic soil.
- Special considerations: only plant disease-resistant elms (R). Don’t plant a white group oak within 50’ of each other (white, bur, swamp white, chestnut, chinquapin) to prevent the spread of oak wilt. Don’t plant red group oaks within 50’ of each other (scarlet, pin, red, shingle).
- Refer to our tree planting guide to give your tree a shot at a long, healthy life.
Native trees for intermediate quality sites
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Wet |
Medium |
Dry |
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Full sun |
Large River birch (A) Swamp white oak (A) Shingle oak Bitternut hickory Shellbark hickory (B) Blackgum (A) American sycamore
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Large River birch (A) Swamp white oak (A) Shingle oak Bur oak (B) Bitternut hickory Shellbark hickory (B) Shagbark hickory Sassafras (A) Blackgum (A) American sycamore Basswood Black cherry Yellow birch
Medium Sweet birch Hop hornbeam
Small Devil's walking stick Silky dogwood Redbud Allegheny serviceberry (A) Downy serviceberry (A) |
Large Shingle oak Bur oak (B) Bitternut hickory Shagbark hickory
Medium Hop hornbeam
Small Devil's walking stick Silky dogwood Allegheny serviceberry (A) Downy serviceberry (A) |
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Part shade |
Large River birch (A) Bitternut hickory
Small Roughleaf dogwood
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Large River birch (A) Bitternut hickory Sassafras (A) Yellow birch
Medium Hop hornbeam Sweet birch
Small Devil's walking stick Silky dogwood Roughleaf dogwood Redbud Downy serviceberry (A) Allegheny serviceberry (A) |
Medium Hop hornbeam
Small Silky dogwood Roughleaf dogwood Downy serviceberry (A) |
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Shade |
Small Roughleaf dogwood |
Medium Hop hornbeam
Small Silky dogwood Roughleaf dogwood Downy serviceberry (A) |
Medium Hop hornbeam
Small Silky dogwood Roughleaf dogwood Downy serviceberry (A) |