16 Shade Tree Selections
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Deciduous Trees
Species Photo Common Name Scientific Name Height Width Sun Water Use Moisture Bloom Period Flower Color Fruit Period Fruit Color Fruit Type Edible Parts Fall Color Wildlife Zone Recommended
Red Maple Acer rubrum 60' 40'-50' full part Wet to Mesic April-May Pink Magenta Red Yellow May-June Red samara Red Orange 3-6 Deer Resistant Shade Tree
Sugar Maple Acer saccharum 60' 40'-50' full part Medium Wet-Mesic April-June Yellow August-October samara sap Red Orange Yellow 3-5 Deer Resistant Buckthorn Replacement Shade Tree
Black Sugar Maple Acer saccharum nigrum 60'-75' 40'-60' full part Medium Wet-Mesic to Dry April-May Yellow September-October samara sap Red Orange Yellow 4-8 Deer Resistant Buckthorn Replacement Shade Tree
Yellow Birch Betula alleghaniensis 60'-70' 30' full part Medium May-June August-September samara Yellow 2-4 Shade Tree
Paper Birch Betula papyrifera 50'-60' 35'-40' full part Medium to Low April-June August-September samara Yellow 2-4 Shade Tree
Bitternut Hickory Carya cordiformis 50'-75' 50'-75' full part Medium Wet-Mesic to Mesic-Dry May-June August-September nut Yellow 2-7 Shade Tree
Hackberry Celtis occidentalis 50'-75' 50'-75' full part Medium to Low Mesic to Dry April-May Yellow Green August-September Red Purple Brown drupe Yellow Bird 3-5 Shade Tree
Kentucky Coffeetree Gymnocladus dioicus 60'-75' 40'-50' full High to Medium Wet to Mesic Yellow Green Black pod Yellow 4-6 Shade Tree
Wild Black Cherry Prunus serotina 50'-60' 23'-30' full part High to Low Wet-Mesic to Dry White August-September Black drupe fruit Orange Yellow Bird 3-7 Deer Resistant Buckthorn Replacement Shade Tree Fragrant Garden
White Oak Quercus alba 60'-80' 60'-80' full Medium to Low Mesic to Dry nut Red Maroon 4-7 Deer Resistant Shade Tree
Swamp White Oak Quercus bicolor 50'-60' 50'-60' full High to Medium Wet to Wet-Mesic nut Orange Yellow 4-5 Deer Resistant Shade Tree
Northern Pin Oak Quercus ellipsoidalis 50'-75' 35'-55' full Medium nut Red 3-4 Shade Tree
Bur Oak Quercus macrocarpa 60'-80' 60'-80' full Medium to Low Green nut Yellow 3-8 Deer Resistant Shade Tree
Chinquapin (Chinkapin) Oak Quercus muehlenbergii 40'-60' 50'-70' full Medium to Low Wet-Mesic to Mesic-Dry April Yellow Green nut fruit Red Yellow Brown Shade Tree
Red Oak Quercus rubra 60'-80' 40'-50' full part Medium Mesic nut Red 4-7 Deer Resistant Buckthorn Replacement Shade Tree
American Basswood Tilia americana 50'-60' 30'-40' full part High to Medium Wet-Mesic to Mesic June-August Yellow Cream Yellow Bee 3-6 Buckthorn Replacement Shade Tree Fragrant Garden