Table 1. Trees and shrubs recommended for planting in ravines. 



Scientific and 

 common name 



Ease of trans- 

 planting* 



Preferred loca- 

 tion in ravine 



DECIDUOUS PLANTS 



Size of ma- 

 ture plants 



Acer nigrum 

 (black maple) 



Acer rubrum 

 (red maple) 



Acer saccharum 

 (sugar maple) 



Amelanchier arborea 

 (canadensis ) 

 (shadbush) 



Betula papyrifera 

 (paper birch) 



1-2 



2-3 



1-2 



slopes or bottom 



upper slopes 



slopes or bottom 



slopes 



slopes, especially 

 toward Lake 



canopy tree 



canopy tree 



canopy tree 



understory 

 tree 



canopy or 

 understory 

 tree 



Carpinus caroliniana 

 (ironwood, blue 

 beech) 



Comus altemifolia 

 (alternate-leaved or 

 pagoda dogwood) 



Comus stolonifera 

 (red osier dogwood) 



Fagus grandifolia 

 (American beech) 



Fraxinus americana 

 (white ash) 



Hamamelis virginiana 

 (common witch hazel) 



1-2 



slopes 



slopes 



slopes, especially 

 toward bottom 



slopes 



slopes 

 slopes 



understory 

 tree 



understory 

 tree or 

 shrub 



shrub 



canopy tree 



canopy tree 



understory 

 tree or 

 shrub 



Juglans nigra 

 (black walnut) 



Ostrya virginiana 

 (hop-hornbeam) 



slopes, especially 

 toward bottom 



slopes 



canopy tree 



understory 

 tree 



Populus deltoides 

 (cottonwood) 



bottom, especially 

 toward Lake 



canopy tree 



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