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Canadian Hemlock
They stand shearing and pruning well and are excellent as hedges. It may take 250 to 300 years to reach maturity and may live for 800 years or more. Shelter small plants from drying winds. This stately tree is a very hardy specimen and is an easily transplanted conifer which grows well in a variety of soils. It has a graceful pyramidal form with foliage of spray-like appearance. They are graceful and make great ornamental plantings. This evergreen conifer is a fast-growing long-lived tree which unlike many trees grows well in shade. The Canadian Hemlock tree, Tsuga canadensis, is also called Eastern Hemlock or Hemlock spruce. ... more info
Box Elder Maple Box Elder trees are fast growing and tolerate poor conditions. It can also tolerate flooding for extended periods (up to a month). The trunk is relatively short and tapering, and the crown is spreading and bushy. The seeds are a source of food for birds and mammals, and are important because they stay on the tree through winter, when other food resources are scarce. It has a thick trunk and upright branching habit, but is more often seen as a smaller tree with cane-like, bright green branches. Although it grows best on moist soils, box-elder is drought and cold resistant. The Box Elder Maple tree, Acer negundo, is also commonly known as ashleaf maple, Manitoba maple, box-elder maple, and western box-elder. This deciduous maple tree is a small-to-medium-sized tree, reaching heights of 50 to 75 feet, with a trunk diameter up to 4 feet. Boxelder bugs eat seeds on female trees. These shade trees have brittle wood. |
