GENERAL LANDSCAPE PLANTING 



6. PLANTS ADAPTED TO VARIOUS TYPES OF SOIL 

 CONDITIONS 



A. (Boggy and peaty soils). This list contains many 

 of the broad-leaved evergreens, none of which should ever 

 be planted in a limestone soil or watered with water from 

 a source where limestone is present. 



BOGGY SITUATIONS 



Ulmus Americana Quercus bicolor 



American Elm Swamp White Oak 



Acer rubrum Salix (in variety) 



Red Maple Willow 



Betula nigra Alnus incana 



Red Birch Speckled Alder 



Nyssa sylvatica Cephalanthus occidentalis 



Sour Gum Button Bush 



Chamaecyparis thyoides I tea Virginica 



White Cedar Virginian Willow 



Alnus rugosa Salix tristis 



Smooth Alder Dwarf Gray Willow 



Ilex verticillata Thuya occidentalis 



Winter berry Arborvitae 



Aronia arbutifolia Larix Americana 



Red Chokeberry American Larch 

 Taxodium distichumt 

 Bald Cypress 



PEATY SITUATIONS 

 Rhododendrons 



Kalmia latifolia Xanthorrhiza apiifoliaf 



Mountain Laurel Yellow-root 



Kalmia angusti folia Andromeda floribunda 



Lambkill Fetterbush 



Rhodora Canadensis Ledum latifolium 



Canadian Rhodora Labrador Tea 



B. (Light sandy soils). This list consists of the very 

 hardy types of trees and shrubs which flourish under poor 

 soil conditions. Plants for seashore plantings may be 

 obtained from this list. 



TREES 



Juniperus Virginiana Quercus rubra 



Red Cedar Red Oak 



Robinia pseudacacia 

 Black Locust 



All plants marked (f), unless protected during the severe winter months, will 

 occasionally be subject to winter killing. 



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