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The Buffer Handbook Plant List
THE BUFFER HANDBOOK PLANT LIST Originally Developed by: Cynthia Kuhns, Lake & Watershed Resource Management Associates With funding provided by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Maine Department of Environmental Protection,1998. Revised 2001 and 2009. Publication #DEPLW0094-B2009 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Acknowledgements 1 Introductory Information Selection of Plants for This List 1 Plant List Organization & Information 3 Terms & Abbreviations 4 Plant Hardiness Zone Map 5 General Tree & Shrub Planting Guidelines 5 Tips for Planting Perennials 7 Invasive Plants to Avoid 7 Plant Lists TREES 8 (30 to 100 ft.) SHRUBS 14 Small Trees/Large Shrubs 15 (12 to 30 ft.) Medium Shrubs 19 (6 to 12 ft.) Small Shrubs 24 (Less than 6 ft.) GROUNDLAYERS 29 Perennial Herbs & Flowers 30 Ferns 45 Grasses 45 Vines 45 References 49 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Original Publication: This plant list was published with the help of Clean Water Act, Section 319 funds, under a grant awarded to the Androscoggin Valley Soil and Water Conservation District and with help from the Maine Department of Environmental Protection and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Graphics and ‘clip-art’ used in this document came from the University of Wisconsin-Extension and from Microsoft Office 97(Small Business Edition) and ClickArt 97 (Broderbund Software, Inc). This publication was originally developed by Cynthia Kuhns of Lake & Watershed Resource Management Associates. Substantial assistance was received from Phoebe Hardesty of the Androscoggin Valley Soil and Water Conservation District. Valuable review and advice was given by Karen Hahnel and Kathy Hoppe of the Maine Department of Environmental Protection. Elizabeth T. Muir provided free and cheerful editing and botanical advice. -
Drought Tolerant Trees
Drought Tolerant Trees By Jessamyn Tuttle January 4, 2019 Tree choices for wet winters and dry summers Western Washington has long had a weather pattern of wet winters and dry summers, but if it seemed like the past couple of summers were warmer and dryer than usual, you're right. Many gardeners in the Pacific Northwest have noticed trees, both in their gardens and in the wilderness, wilting, getting leaf burn or insect infestations, even dying. Months without water can be fatal to many plants. When a plant dries out, the stomata on the leaves close up. Stomata allow transpiration, the loss of water through leaves, which helps the plant cool itself. Also, lack of water can increase nutrient deficiency. Eventually symptoms will manifest like leaf scorch on edges, wilted leaves, leaf drop and eventually twig dieback. A tree may survive drought stress after one season but die after several drought exposures. Younger, less established trees are more likely to die. And a drought stressed tree is more likely to succumb to insect damage or disease. The two-spotted spider mite, for example, loves hot and dry conditions. Even fungal diseases, often associated with damp conditions, may set into wood which was damaged years previously from drought. Despite this, the occasional dry spell isn't much of an issue, but the kind of drought we're starting to see may be getting worse. According to some climate projections, annual average global temperatures could rise between 1.5 and 7 degrees Celsius (2.7 to 12.6 degrees Fahrenheit), and it's expected that winters will be wetter, and summers will be dryer. -
Plants Unlimited Three Flowered Maple
[email protected] 207.594.7754 P.O. Box 374 629 Commercial St. Rockport, Maine 04856 Three Flowered Maple Acer triflorum Height: 30 feet Spread: 30 feet Sunlight: Hardiness Zone: 4a Description: A great small landscaping tree noted for its interesting bark and fall colors, which tend to see multiple colors featured together on a single tree; not common, but worthy of greater use Ornamental Features Three Flowered Maple has dark green foliage throughout the season. Three Flowered Maple Photo courtesy of NetPS Plant Finder The compound leaves turn outstanding shades of yellow, orange and red in the fall. Neither the flowers nor the fruit are ornamentally significant. The peeling khaki (brownish-green) bark is extremely showy and adds significant winter interest. Landscape Attributes Three Flowered Maple is a deciduous tree with an upright spreading habit of growth. Its average texture blends into the landscape, but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition. This is a relatively low maintenance tree, and should only be pruned in summer after the leaves have fully developed, as it may 'bleed' sap if pruned in late winter or early spring. It has no significant negative characteristics. Three Flowered Maple is recommended for the following landscape applications; - Accent Three Flowered Maple in fall Photo courtesy of NetPS Plant Finder Visit plants-unlimited.com [email protected] 207.594.7754 P.O. Box 374 629 Commercial St. Rockport, Maine 04856 Planting & Growing Three Flowered Maple will grow to be about 30 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 30 feet. -
Tree Planting and Management
COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES COMMISSION Tree Planting and Management Breadth of Opportunity The spread of the Commission's responsibilities over some 148 countries in temperate, mediterranean, tropical and desert climates provides wonderful opportunities to experiment with nature's wealth of tree species. We are particularly fortunate in being able to grow many interesting and beautiful trees and we will explain how we manage them and what splendid specimens they can make. Why Plant Trees? Trees are planted for a variety of reasons: their amenity value, leaf shape and size, flowers, fruit, habit, form, bark, landscape value, shelter or screening, backcloth planting, shade, noise and pollution reduction, soil stabilisation and to encourage wild life. Often we plant trees solely for their amenity value. That is, the beauty of the tree itself. This can be from the leaves such as those in Robinia pseudoacacia 'Frisia', the flowers in the tropical tree Tabebuia or Albizia, the crimson stems of the sealing wax palm (Cyrtostachys renda), or the fruit as in Magnolia grandiflora. above: Sealing wax palms at Taiping War Cemetery, Malaysia with insert of the fruit of Magnolia grandiflora Selection Generally speaking the form of the left: The tropical tree Tabebuia tree is very often a major contributing factor and this, together with a sound knowledge of below: Flowers of the tropical the situation in which the tree is to tree Albizia julibrissin be grown, guides the decision to the best choice of species. Exposure is a major limitation to the free choice of species in northern Europe especially and trees such as Sorbus, Betula, Tilia, Fraxinus, Crataegus and fastigiate yews play an important role in any landscape design where the elements are seriously against a wider selection. -
Latitudinal Gradient in Leaf Defense Traits of Woody Plants Along Japanese Archipelago
Latitudinal gradient in leaf defense traits of woody plants along Japanese archipelago 日本産樹木種における、葉防御形質の緯度傾度 Saihanna 1 General Introduction It is estimated that over the twenty million species of organisms are living on our planet, and all of these organisms adapted to their own living environment, namely niche (Hatchinson 1957). Not only the abiotic factors but biotic interaction plays a key role in the maintenance of biodiversity. Animal-plant interactions are one of the most important topic in community ecology (e.g. Morin 1999). Plants and herbivore insects have accounted for about half of the entire diversity on the earth (Strong et al., 1984). Plant-herbivore interactions are extremely complex, which should lead the tremendous diversity of both plants and herbivores (e.g. Gutierrez et al., 1984; Hay et al., 1989). Although the interaction between these two components, namely co-speciation, should account for this diversification, most of the studies so far, tend to explain this interaction only from one side of them. Plants have interacted with insect herbivores for several hundred million years, which should lead to complex defense systems against various herbivores (Fürstenberg-Hägg et al., 2013). This interaction between plants and herbivores has long proposed the opportunity for studying the mechanism of the creation and maintenance of biological diversity because of its universality and generality (Strong et al. 1984; Ali and Agrawal 2012). It is believed that the evolution of plant defense traits followed by counter-adaptations in herbivores could lead to bursts of adaptive radiation of both components (Ehrlich and Raven 1969). Understanding the coevolution of plant and insect species and macroevolution of adaptive traits has inspired biologists for some decades, yet has been challenging to study even present days (Schluter, 2000). -
Number 3, Spring 1998 Director’S Letter
Planning and planting for a better world Friends of the JC Raulston Arboretum Newsletter Number 3, Spring 1998 Director’s Letter Spring greetings from the JC Raulston Arboretum! This garden- ing season is in full swing, and the Arboretum is the place to be. Emergence is the word! Flowers and foliage are emerging every- where. We had a magnificent late winter and early spring. The Cornus mas ‘Spring Glow’ located in the paradise garden was exquisite this year. The bright yellow flowers are bright and persistent, and the Students from a Wake Tech Community College Photography Class find exfoliating bark and attractive habit plenty to photograph on a February day in the Arboretum. make it a winner. It’s no wonder that JC was so excited about this done soon. Make sure you check of themselves than is expected to seedling selection from the field out many of the special gardens in keep things moving forward. I, for nursery. We are looking to propa- the Arboretum. Our volunteer one, am thankful for each and every gate numerous plants this spring in curators are busy planting and one of them. hopes of getting it into the trade. preparing those gardens for The magnolias were looking another season. Many thanks to all Lastly, when you visit the garden I fantastic until we had three days in our volunteers who work so very would challenge you to find the a row of temperatures in the low hard in the garden. It shows! Euscaphis japonicus. We had a twenties. There was plenty of Another reminder — from April to beautiful seven-foot specimen tree damage to open flowers, but the October, on Sunday’s at 2:00 p.m. -
Taxonomic Studies on the Lithocolletinae of Japan (Lepidoptera : Gracillariidae) Part 2
Title Taxonomic studies on the Lithocolletinae of Japan (Lepidoptera : Gracillariidae) Part 2 Author(s) Kumata, Tosio Citation Insecta matsumurana, 26(1), 1-48 Issue Date 1963-08 Doc URL http://hdl.handle.net/2115/9698 Type bulletin (article) File Information 26(1)_p1-48.pdf Instructions for use Hokkaido University Collection of Scholarly and Academic Papers : HUSCAP TAXONOMIC STUDIES ON THE LITHOCOLLETINAE OF JAPAN (LEPIDOPTERA : GRACILLARIIDAE) Part Ill) By TOSIO KUMATA Entomological Institute, Faculty of Agriculture Hokkaido University, Sapporo In this part there are given twenty-nine species attacking Ulmaceae, Rosaceae, Legumi nosae, Aceraceae, Ericaceae and Caprifoliaceae, and two host-unknown species of the Lithocolletinae_ Moreover, two new genera are erected for the reception of four new species attacking Leguminosae_ 7_ Species attacking Ulmaceae 32. Lithocolletis tritorrhecta Meyrick (Fig. 1; 3, I-K) Lithocolletis tritorrhecta Meyrick, 1935, Exot. Microlep. 4 : 596; Issiki, 1950, Icon. Ins. Jap.: 454, f. 1224. Phyllonorycter tritorrhecta: Inoue, 1954, Check list Lep. Jap. 1 : 28. This species is represented by the aestival and autumnal forms, which are different III colour. Aestival form: 0 ((. Face silvery-white; palpus whitish, with a blackish streak on pos terior surface; tuft of head golden-ochreous, mixed with many whitish scales in centre; antenna white, each segment ringed with dark brown apically. Thorax golden-ochreous, with two white, wide lines running along inner margins of tegulae, and with a white, small spot at posterior angle. Legs whitish; fore tibia clouded inside; mid tibia with three oblique black streaks outside; all tarsi with black blotches or spots at base, basal 1/3, 3/5 and 4/5. -
18. SORBUS Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 477. 1753.1 花楸属 Hua Qiu Shu Lu Lingdi (陆玲娣 Lu Ling-Ti); Stephen A
Flora of China 9: 144–170. 2003. 18. SORBUS Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 477. 1753.1 花楸属 hua qiu shu Lu Lingdi (陆玲娣 Lu Ling-ti); Stephen A. Spongberg Aria (Persoon) Host; Micromeles Decaisne; Pleiosorbus Lihua Zhou & C. Y. Wu; Sorbus subgen. Aria Persoon. Trees or shrubs, usually deciduous. Winter buds usually rather large, ovoid, conical, or spindle-shaped, sometimes viscid; scales imbricate, several, glabrous or pubescent. Leaves alternate, membranous or herbaceous; stipules caducous, simple or pinnately com- pound, plicate or rarely convolute in bud; leaf blade usually serrate, sometimes nearly entire, venation craspedodromous or campto- dromous, glabrous or pubescent. Inflorescences compound, rarely simple corymbs or panicles. Hypanthium campanulate, rarely ob- conical or urceolate. Sepals 5, ovate or triangular, glabrous, pubescent, or tomentose, sometimes glandular along margin. Petals 5, glabrous or pubescent, base clawed or not. Stamens 15–25(–44) in 2 or 3 whorls, unequal in length; anthers ovoid or subglobose. Carpels 2–5, partly or wholly adnate to hypanthium; ovary semi-inferior to inferior, 2–5(–7)-loculed, with 2 or 3(or 4) ovules per locule, one usually abortive; styles 2–5, free or partially connate, glabrous or pubescent. Fruit a pome, white, yellow, pink, or brown to orange or red, ovoid or globose to ellipsoid or oblong, usually small, glabrous or pubescent, laevigate or with small lenticels, apically with sepals persistent or caducous leaving an annular scar, with 2–5(–7) locules, each with 1 or 2 exendospermous seeds; seeds several, with thin perisperm and endosperm enclosing embryo with compressed cotyledons. About 100 species: widely distributed throughout temperate regions of Asia, Europe, and North America; 67 species (43 endemic) in China. -
Magnolia Obovata
ISSUE 80 INAGNOLN INagnolla obovata Eric Hsu, Putnam Fellow, Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University Photographs by Philippe de 8 poelberch I first encountered Magnolia obovata in Bower at Sir Harold Hillier Gardens and Arboretum, Hampshire, England, where the tightly pursed, waxy, globular buds teased, but rewarded my patience. As each bud unfurled successively, it emitted an intoxicating ambrosial bouquet of melons, bananas, and grapes. Although the leaves were nowhere as luxuriously lustrous as M. grandrflora, they formed an el- egant wreath for the creamy white flower. I gingerly plucked one flower for doser observation, and placed one in my room. When I re- tumed from work later in the afternoon, the mom was overpowering- ly redolent of the magnolia's scent. The same olfactory pleasure was later experienced vicariously through the large Magnolia x wiesneri in the private garden of Nicholas Nickou in southern Connecticut. Several years earlier, I had traveled to Hokkaido Japan, after my high school graduation. Although Hokkaido experiences more severe win- ters than those in the southern parts of Japan, the forests there yield a remarkable diversity of fora, some of which are popular ornamen- tals. When one drives through the region, the silvery to blue-green leaf undersides of Magnolia obovata, shimmering in the breeze, seem to flag the eyes. In "Forest Flora of Japan" (sggII), Charles Sargent commended this species, which he encountered growing tluough the mountainous forests of Hokkaido. He called it "one of the largest and most beautiful of the deciduous-leaved species in size and [the seed conesj are sometimes eight inches long, and brilliant scarlet in color, stand out on branches, it is the most striking feature of the forests. -
TREES for WESTERN NEBRASKA Justin Evertson & Bob Henrickson
THE NEBRASKA STATEWIDE ARBORETUM PRESENTS TREES FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA Justin Evertson & Bob Henrickson. For more plant information, visit plantnebraska.org or retreenbraska.unl.edu The following species are recommended for areas in the western half of Nebraska and/or typically receive less than 20” of moisture per year. Size Range: The size range indicated for each plant is the expected average mature height x spread for Nebraska. Large Deciduous Trees (typically over 40 feet tall at maturity) 1. Ash, Black ‐ Fraxinus nigra (good on wet sites; very cold tolerant; Fallgold a common form; 45’x 35’) 2. Ash, Green ‐ Fraxinus pennsylvanica (native; very adaptable; good on wet or dry sites; over‐planted; 40‐60’x 25‐40’; 3. Ash, White ‐ Fraxinus americana (native eastern G.P.; good purple/yellow fall color; 40‐50’x 40‐50’) NOTE ON ASH SPECIES: Native American ash trees including those above are being decimated by Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) and the insect is now in Nebraska. NSA recommends that native ash species no longer be planted in Nebraska. 4. Ash, Manchurian ‐ Fraxinus mandshurica (from Asia; upright growth; drought tolerant; may be resistant to EAB; 40’x 30’) 5. Catalpa, Northern ‐ Catalpa speciosa (native; tough tree; large, heart‐shaped leaves, showy flowers and long seed pods; 50’x 35’) 6. Coffeetree, Kentucky ‐ Gymnocladus dioicus (native; amazingly adaptable; beautiful winter form; 50’x 40’) 7. Cottonwood, Eastern ‐ Populus deltoides (majestic native; not for extremely dry sites; avoid most cultivars; 80’x 60’) 8. Cottonwood, Lanceleaf ‐ Populus acuminata (native; naturally occurring hybrid; narrow leaves; for west. G.P.; 50’x 35’) 9. -
Download PCN-Acer-2017-Holdings.Pdf
PLANT COLLECTIONS NETWORK MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL ACER LIST 02/13/18 Institutional NameAccession no.Provenance* Quan Collection Id Loc.** Vouchered Plant Source Acer acuminatum Wall. ex D. Don MORRIS Acer acuminatum 1994-009 W 2 H&M 1822 1 No Quarryhill BG, Glen Ellen, CA QUARRYHILL Acer acuminatum 1993.039 W 4 H&M1822 1 Yes Acer acuminatum 1993.039 W 1 H&M1822 1 Yes Acer acuminatum 1993.039 W 1 H&M1822 1 Yes Acer acuminatum 1993.039 W 1 H&M1822 1 Yes Acer acuminatum 1993.076 W 2 H&M1858 1 No Acer acuminatum 1993.076 W 1 H&M1858 1 No Acer acuminatum 1993.139 W 1 H&M1921 1 No Acer acuminatum 1993.139 W 1 H&M1921 1 No UBCBG Acer acuminatum 1994-0490 W 1 HM.1858 0 Unk Sichuan Exp., Kew BG, Howick Arb., Quarry Hill ... Acer acuminatum 1994-0490 W 1 HM.1858 0 Unk Sichuan Exp., Kew BG, Howick Arb., Quarry Hill ... Acer acuminatum 1994-0490 W 1 HM.1858 0 Unk Sichuan Exp., Kew BG, Howick Arb., Quarry Hill ... UWBG Acer acuminatum 180-59 G 1 1 Yes National BG, Glasnevin Total of taxon 18 Acer albopurpurascens Hayata IUCN Red List Status: DD ATLANTA Acer albopurpurascens 20164176 G 1 2 No Crug Farm Nursery QUARRYHILL Acer albopurpurascens 2003.088 U 1 1 No Total of taxon 2 Acer amplum (Gee selection) DAWES Acer amplum (Gee selection) D2014-0117 G 1 1 No Gee Farms, Stockbridge, MI 49285 Total of taxon 1 Acer amplum 'Gold Coin' DAWES Acer amplum 'Gold Coin' D2015-0013 G 1 2 No Gee Farms, Stockbridge, MI 49285, USA Acer amplum 'Gold Coin' D2017-0075 G 2 2 No Shinn, Edward T., Wall Township, NJ 07719-9128 Total of taxon 3 Acer argutum Maxim. -
Acer Triflorum
Three-Flower Maple Acer triflorum ←Fall Color Three-Flower Maple Acer triflorum Family: Sapindaceae Stem & Leaf Type: woody, deciduous Culture & Landscape Value: This small, understory tree is an Size: 25’ to 30’ tall and wide, often multi-stem excellent addition to the home landscape. Its small scale fits per- USDA Hardiness Zones: 4 to 7 fectly in most gardens. Grown primarily for its small habit, orna- Leaves : trifoliate (3-parted), 3” long mental, exfoliating bark which peels in vertical strips and its ex- Leaf Color: medium to dark green ceptional fall color. Grow in medium, well-drained moist soil. Fall Color: wonderful reds and oranges - one of its Plants tolerate some shade, but have a dense, rounded attractive best attributes. crown when grown in full sun. Everything about this tree is in Flower Time: April threes—clusters of three flowers then fruit and leaves divided into Flower Color: greenish-yellow, small three parts. Often sold as multi-stemmed specimens to showcase insignificant in clusters of three the ornamental bark, look for three-stemmed plants to keep up the Fruit: small, winged samaras 1” theme! Exceptionally easy to grow and more winter hardy than long other small maples, like Japanese (A. palmatum), fullmoon (A. ja- Light: full to part sun ponicum) and paperbark maples (A. griseum). Moisture: well-drained, moist Insect/Disease Issues: Notes: Noted plant explorer E.H. Wilson collected seed from this None notable species on the Korean peninsula in 1917. These seeds were grown Nativity: Northern China, at the Arnold Arboretum near Boston and it is there that the oldest Manchuria, Korea specimen in America lives.