Tree grid: poor 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 poor quality sites
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Wet |
Medium |
Dry |
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Full sun |
Large Catalpa Hackberry American elm (R)
Small White alder |
Large Catalpa Black locust Pignut hickory (A) Hackberry American elm (R)
Small Downy serviceberry (A) Allegheny serviceberry (A) White alder American hazelnut Cockspur hawthorne Downy hawthorne Dotted hawthorne |
Large Black locust Pignut hickory (A) Hackberry
Small Downy serviceberry (A) Allegheny serviceberry (A) American hazelnut Cockspur hawthorne Downy hawthorne Dotted hawthorne |
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Part shade |
Large Catalpa
Small White alder |
Large Catalpa
Small Downy serviceberry (A) Allegheny serviceberry (A) White alder American hazelnut Cockspur hawthorne Downy hawthorne Dotted hawthorne |
Small Downy serviceberry (A) Allegheny serviceberry (A) American hazelnut Cockspur hawthorne Downy hawthorne Dotted hawthorne |
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Shade |
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Small Downy serviceberry (A) Cockspur hawthorne Downy hawthorne Dotted hawthorne |
Small Downy serviceberry (A) Cockspur hawthorne Downy hawthorne Dotted hawthorne |