• Red Pine - easy to establish. Does well on sandy, well drained, neutral to slightly acid soils. Plant 8'x7' in full sun. Reforestation, timber.
• White Pine - best established on well drained to somewhat poorly drained soils in partial shade. Plant 8'x7'. Reforestation, timber, wildlife.
• Norway Spruce - plant in full sun to partial shade in moist soils. Plant 6'x10'. Reforestation, windbreak.
• White Spruce - plant in full sun to partial shade in moist soils. Plant 6'x8'. Reforestation, Christmas tree.
• Blue Spruce - plant in full sun on moist soil. Plant 6'x8'. Christmas tree.
• Balsam Fir - highly shade tolerant, slow growing, plant on moist to dry sites. Used for Christmas trees due to long persistent needles.
• Black Walnut - plant in full sun in moist, upland soils. Plant 10'x12'. Do not plant near gardens. Wildlife, timber.
• White Birch - reddish bark on young, turns white as it grows. Plant in clumps 8'x10' on moist soil by streams in full sun. Wildlife.
• White Cedar - plant in low, wet swampy sites. Fragrant wood. Excellent food for deer and other wildlife. Timber. Plant 6'x8'.
• Ninebark - much branched, spreading shrub, exfoliating bark, full sun to part shade, moist to dry soils.
• Basswood - fast growing on loamy soil in full to partial shade. Valued for landscaping purposes with fragrant flowers, and for wood carving.
• Hazelnut - plant in full sun on moist upland soil. Grows to about 10' tall, produces large clusters of edible nuts.
• Hybrid Poplar - plant in full sun on very moist low sites. Plant 6'x10'. Very fast growing. Wildlife, timber.
• Sugar Maple - plant in moist, upland soils, Very shade tolerant. Wildlife, timber, syrup. Plant 10'x10'.
• White Oak - grows best on dry, hilly upland sites. Very long lived tree. Plant 10'x10'. Wildlife, timber.
• Red Barberry - grows 3-6', rounded, very dense shrub with dark red/purple leaves. Plant in acid soil in full sun.
• Hackberry - prefers moist loamy sites in full sun. Large landscaping tree, with Cherry like fruit.
• Nanking Cherry - medium shrub, cold hardy, full sun, moist to dry well drained soil., sand, clay or loam.
• Sand Cherry - plant in full sun in sandy dry soil. Grows to 3-6' with white flowers and dark purple fruit. Great erosion control.
• Service berry - A Juneberry is a small tree for variety of soils, white flowers with bright red fruits. Plant 6'x8'. Wildlife, human consumption.
• Roselow Crabapple - plant on well drained to dry soils in full sun. Grows 8' w/abundant pink buds, white flowers small red apples. Wildlife.
• Silver Buffaloberry - plant as hedge plant in full sun on any soil. Grows 4-6' w/silver leaves, thorns and dark fruit. Drought tolerant. Wildlife.
• Silky Dogwood - plant in moist soils, full sun or partial shade. Small shrub with dark berries. Plant 6'x8'. Wildlife.
• Northern Bayberry - plant in loamy - dry soils in partial shade to full sun. Small shrub with aromatic leaves/small fruit. Cold tolerant. Wildlife.
• Lilac - tall upright shrub, any upland soil, full sun, flowers are fragrant and attractive to hummingbirds, orioles and insects.
• Elderberry - grows on rich moist sites. Shade-tolerant rarely found on dry land sites. Fruits are excellent wildlife food.
• Black Cherry - well-drained sites. Shade tolerant in youth. Fast growing moderately long-lived. Leaves & twigs poisonous to livestock.
• American Bittersweet - high climbing, twisting vine. Grow on upland soils with plenty of sunlight.
• Red Osier Dogwood - moist soils, sun or shade, shrub with showy blooms white with red bark, black berries. Plant 6'x8'. Wildlife.
• Washington Hawthorn - shrub that grows best on dry disturbed sites in full sun. Plant 6'x8'. Wildlife.
• Gray Dogwood - grows on dry to wet open sites, moderately shade tolerant. Easily transplanted.
• Highbush Cranberry - upright tall shrub, clusters of white flowers and glossy scarlet fruit clusters. Plant 6'x8'. Wildlife.
• Pin Oak - shade-intolerant, moderately fast growing, moderately long lived, Grows on seasonally wet then dry sites. Favorite of Wood Ducks.
• Wild Grape - Large vigorous vine, grows in full sun to moderate shade. Will climb trees.
• Burr Oak - largest oak leaves, plant in moist soils in full sun. Similar to White Oak. Large fuzzy edible acorns. Plant 10'x10'. Wildlife, timber.
• Green Ash - provides dense shade grows on poorly drained soils. Hardy and fast growing moderately long lived. Shade intolerant.
• Red Oak - plant in rich, moist loam soils, full sun to partial shade. Pointed leaves, large acorns. Plant 10'x10'. Wildlife, timber.
• Silver Maple - rapid growth on very moist, lowland sites. Plant 10'x10' Wildlife, shade, syrup. Leaves do not turn red or orange in Fall.
• Swamp White Oak - very moist to wet soils, 75-100', low dense branches, acorns for wildlife, partial sun to full sun, fast growing.
• White Ash - large tree, plant on well-drained sites. Moderately fast growing, moderately shade tolerant & moderately long lived.
• American Chestnut - 50-75' tall, short trunk with large limbs, plant in pairs, prefers moist acidic soil in full sun, bears nuts Aug-Nov 10'x10'.
• Butternut - stout trunk with many wide branches, full sun on a moist site, bears nuts late Aug-Oct, plant in pairs 10'x10'.
• Shagbark Hickory - Shade tolerant when young. Slow growing long lived, drought tolerant, plant on dry well drained sites.
• Black Locust - grows well on acid, well drained soils in full sun. Fast growing with white-yellowish flower clusters. Plant 10'x10'. Wildlife.
• English Oak - large spreading tree that is relatively fast-growing. Plant on well drained sandy loam or clay loam soil.
• Green Ash - Provides dense shade grows on poorly drained soils. Hardy and fast growing moderately long lived. Shade intolerant.
• Choke Cherry - large shrub/small tree, twisted shape, wide variety of soils, partial shade - sun, white flowers, red berries , May-Aug.
• Catalpa - plant in full sun on loamy soil. Grows 40-60' with beautiful white flowers with yellow center. Large leaves/long stick-like seed pods.
• Golden Rain Tree - Beautiful showy tree with bright yellow flowers. Grows 25-35' in full sun on loamy to dry site. Light green capsule fruit.
• Forsythia - plant in full sun on loamy soil. Beautiful shrub reaches 6-8' with bright yellow flowers that are first to bloom in spring.
• Butterfly Bush - fiery orange flower clusters on small shrub blooms June-August in full sun on moist to dry soils.
• Weigela - globe shaped shrub, attractive variegated foliage and abundant pink blooms in full sun on well drained soils.
• Trumpet Vine - woody vine with trumpet shaped flowers moist soils. Plant in sheltered location, Humming bird nectar plant.
• Rose of Sharon - beautiful abundantly flowering shrub, grows up to 10', great privacy planting, nice in groups, full sun.
• Hybrid Willow - White willow, grows upright to heights of 40'+ Fast growing on moist sites, river banks in full to partial sun.

This list and species description provided courtesy of the Iosco Conservation District, 190 M-55, Tawas City, MI 48763 (989) 362-2591