Helpful Guide to Proper Tree Selection 
Look down the left hand column and select your conditions to be filled. 
Circle the crosses on that line , and order the variety that has the most 
circles in its column. 
White Spruce (Picea glauca) 
White Pine (Pinus strobus) 
Scotch Pine (Pinus sylvestris) 
Red Spruce (Picea rubra ) 
Red Pine (Pinus resinosa ) 
Norway Spruce ( Picea excelsa ) 
Mugho Pine ( Pinus montana) 
Jack Pine ( Pinus banksiana) 
Juniper ( Juniperus communis) 
Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) 
Engelman Spruce (Picea englemanni) 
Douglas Fir (Pseudolsuga iaxifolia) 
Concolor Fir (Abies concolor ) 
Colorado Rlue Spruce (Picea pungens) 
Balsam Fir (Abies balsamea ) 
Austrian Pine (Pinus nigra) 
Arborvitae (White Cedar) (Thujaoccidentalis) 
Purpose 
Forest Planting. 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
Christmas Trees. 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
Watershed. 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
Ornamental. 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
Hedges. 
X 
X 
X 
X 
Wind Breaks and Snow Fences. 
X 
X 
X 
X 
Soils 
Dry, Sandy. 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
Moist or Sandy Loam. 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
Moist Loam or Clay Loam. 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
Shallow Soil. 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
Well Drained Clay Loam—Gravel Subsoil 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
Shade 
Dense. 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
Partial. 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
Full Light. 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
Temperature 
X 
Hot, Dry. 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
Severe Cold. 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
Seashore (Wind and Salt Air) 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
Low Growing 
X 
X 
Attractive to Birds 
X 
X 
X 
Bluish Color 
X 
X 
X 
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