TREES AND SHRUBS FOR SEASHORE PLANTING 







CHARACTER 









FOLIAGE 









COMMON NAME 



FEET 



FORM 



D — Deciduous 

 E — Evergreen 



FLOWERS 



FRUIT 



SCIENTIFIC OR TRADE NAME 



'Groundsel tree 



3-12 



Angular 



D 



Large, white panicles. Sept. 



Filmy, white tassels 



Baccharis halmijolia 



Japan quince 



3-6 



Dense, branching 



D 



Bright red. Early spring 



Large, hard, green 



Cydonia Japonica 



Japanese euony- 



To 8 



Upright 



E 



Greenish white. June 



Pink 



Euonymus Japonictft 



Rose of Sharon 



6-12 



Upright, branching 



D 



Various forms and colors 





Hibiscus Syriacus 



*Sea buckthorn 



2-20 



S&aggly 



D 



Yellowish clusters. May 



Yellow, acid berries 



Hippophae rhamnoides 



Hydrangea 



To 30 



Dense, globose 



D 



Large, showy, white. Aug. 





Hydrangea sp. 



Inkberry 



2-8 



Branched, upright 



E 



Small. June 



Black 



Ilex glabra 



'American holly 



Tree 



Spreading 



E 





Scarlet 



Ilex opaca 



•Red cedar 



Tree 



Slender, conical 



E 





Small cones 



Juniperus Virginiana 



Privet 



To 8 



Dense 



D 



White, fragrant. June 





Ligustrum sp. 



Buttonwood 



Tree 



Broad, low 



D 



White, fragrant. June 



Odd, round, rough 



Plalanus orientalis 



Poplar 



Tree 



Slender, upright 



D 



Catkins 





Populus sp. 



Pine 



Tree 



Various 



E 





Cones 



Pinus A ustrica, Mughus and syheslris 



Sand cherry 



5-8 



Straggly 



D 



Small, white. Early 



Purple, black 



Prunus pumila 



•Beach plum 



4-12 



Straggly, dense 



D 



Small, inconspicuous 



Purple, edible 



Prunus marilima 



Oak 



Tree 



Broad, sturdy 



D 







Quercus sp. 



Rugosa rose 



To 6 



Bushy, dense 



D 



Pink and white. Handsome 

 all summer 



Large red hips 



Rosa rugosa 



Tamarisk 



To 15 



Spreading, slender. 

 Can be removed. 



D 



Loose, pink panicles. May 





Tamarix sp. 



: Best for nearest the ocean 



TREES AND SHRUBS FOR MOIST SOILS AND DAMP SITUATIONS 







CHARACTER 





COMMON NAME 





FOLIAGE 







SCIENTIFIC OR TRADE NAME 







FORM 



D — Deciduous 



FLOWERS 



FRUIT 











E — Evergreen 









Balsam fir 



Tree 



Tree, conical 



E 





Purple cones 



Abies balsamea 



Silver fir 



Tree 



Conical 



E 





Green to purple 



Abies Pirea 



Fed maple 



Tree 



Spreading 



D 



Scarlet, small 



Red winged 



Acer rubrum 



•Alder 



3-50 



Trees and shrub 



D 





Small cones 



Alnus sp. 



Spice bush 



6-15 



Upright 



D after flowers 



Yellow. March 



Crimson 



Benzoin odoriferum 



Red bircb 



Tree 



Slender, graceful 



D 





Cones 



Belula nigra 



Button bush 



3-12 • 



Tall growing 



D 



Globular, yellowish. July 





Cephalanthus occidenlalis 



Leather leaf 



1-3 



Spreading 



E 



Small, bell-shaped, white 





Chanuzdaphne calyculala 



•Pepper bush 



3-10 



Bushy 



D 



White, showy. July 





Clethra alnifolia 



•Bush dogwoods 



3-10 



Erect 



D dark colored 



White to pink. May 



Colored berries 



Cornus sp. 



Witch hazel 



6-20 



Bushy 



D 



Small, yellow. Oct. 



Explosive pods 



Hamamelis Virginiana 



Eurooean larch 



Tree 



Pyramidal 



D 





Small cones 



Larix decidua 



tSweet gum 



Tree 



Rounded, symmetn- 



D 







Liquidambar slyracifolia 



Austrian pine 



Tree 



Broadly ovate 



E Rigid 





Cones 



Pinus Laricio, var. Austriaca 



•Willow 



Tree 



Dense, brushy 



D 



Yellow catkins. March 





Salix sp. 



Elder 



5-12 



Shrubby 



D 



Flat clusters, white. June 



Purple, edible 



Sambucus sp. 



Red chokeberry 



6-12 



Upright 



D 



White, red tinged. April 



Red clusters 



Sorbus arbulifolia 



Spirea 



4 



Upright 



D 



Loose, pink clusters. June 





Spiroza Japonica 



Hardback 



2-4 



Upright 



D 



Pink to purple. Narrow 

 panicles 





Spiroza lomenlosa 



Bald cypress 



Tree 



Narrow pyramidal 



D 







Taxodium distichum 



American 



Tree 



Compact 



E Fragrant 







Thuya occidenlalis 



arborvitae 















Hemlock 



Tree 



Pyramidal 



E 





Small cones 



Tsuga Canadensis 



•Best for swamps 

 tNot hardy in North 



TREES AND SHRUBS FOR DRY SHALLOW SOILS 







CHARACTER 





COMMON NAME 











SCIENTIFIC OR TRADE NAME 





FEET 



FORM 



D — Deciduous 

 E — Evergreen 



FLOWERS 



FRUIT 





Box elder 



Tree 



Spreading 



D 





Winged seeds 



Acer Negundo 



Acanthopanax 



5-10 



Arching 



D 



Inconspicuous 



Black 



Acanthopanax pentaphyllum 



Hardy buddleia 



3-6 



Branching 



D 



Purple. June 





Buddleia Lmdleyana 



•Catalpa 



Tree 



Erect, slender 



D 



Large, white panicles. June 



Long, slender pods 



Catalpa sp. 



New Jersey tea 



Low 



Trailing 



Half E 



Short white clusters. June 





Ceanothus Fendleri 



Kentucky coffee 



Tree 



Graceful, narrow 



D 



White racemes. July 



Large, brown pods 



Gymnocladus Canadensis 



tree 





pvramidal 











Hydrangea 



To 30 



Dense, globose 



D 



Large, showy white. Aug. 





Hydrangea paniculata, var. grandi- 



fiora 

 Juniperus Virginiana 



Red cedar 



Tree 



Conical, narrow 



E 





Violet berries 



Privet 



4-8 



Dense, bushy 



D 



White panicles, fragrant. 

 July 





Ligustrum sp. 



Honeysuckle 



3-6 



Spreading 



Half E 



\\ hite to pink, fragrant. 

 Anril 



Scarlet berries 



Lonicera Slandishi 



Mulberry 



Tree 



Round head or 



D 



Edible, .sweet purple 



Morus sp. 







weeping 







berry 





Mock orange 



4-10 



Upright 



D 



Dense, white, fragrant 

 racemes. June 





Philadelphus coronarius 



Spruce 



Tree 



Pyramidal 



E Short 

 needles 





Cones 



Picea sp. 



Scotch pine 



Tree 



Pyramidal to round 



E Stiff 







Pinus syheslris 



Bull pine 



Tree 



Tall, spreading 



E 







Pinus ponderosa 



Fragrant sumac 



3-8 



Spreading 



D 



Yellow before leaves 



Red clusters 



Rhus Canadensis 



Black locust 



Tree 



Tall, straggly 



D 



Long, white, fragrant ra- 

 cemes. May 



Twisted black pods 



Robinia Pseudacacia 



Spirea 



2-12 



Various 



D 



White to pink 





Spiraea sp. 



Lilac 



4—10 



Branching 



D 



Fragrant white to purple. 



June 

 Purple. July 





Syringa sp. 



Chaste tree 



3-10 



Tree form 



D 





Vi'.ex Agnus-caslus 



•Not hardy in North 



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