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Choice of Bareroot Trees- for Food, Nuts, Butterflies, Birds & Bees

Choice of Bareroot Trees- for Food, Nuts, Butterflies, Birds & Bees

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Fruit, Butterflies, Birds & Bees
  • American Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana)
    • Wildlife Attraction: Attracts over 40 species of songbirds, armadillos, foxes, opossums, butterflies, and native moths.
    • Human Food or Wildlife Uses: Humans use berries for jellies, wines, and teas. Wildlife consume the fruit for late-winter moisture. Shrubby branches provide bird nesting sites.
    • Size & Space Needed: Grows 3–6 feet tall and 3–6 feet wide. Requires 5–7 feet of spacing.
    • USDA Growing Zone: Zones 6 – 10.
  • Aronia Berry / Black Chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa)
    • Wildlife Attraction: Attracts late-winter songbirds, small native bees, pollinators, wild turkeys, and foraging mammals.
    • Human Food or Wildlife Uses: Used in pies, jams, and juices. Serves as a standby winter food source for wildlife. Forms tight habitat hedges.
    • Size & Space Needed: Grows 3–6 feet tall and 3–6 feet wide. Requires 4–6 feet of spacing.
    • USDA Growing Zone: Zones 3 – 8.
  • Bitternut Hickory (Carya cordiformis)
    • Wildlife Attraction: Larval host for the Hickory Horned Devil moth. Attracts wood ducks, wild turkeys, squirrels, cavity-nesting birds, and bats.
    • Human Food or Wildlife Uses: Wood is utilized for meat-smoking; nuts can be processed into flour. Wildlife eat the high-fat nuts. Canopy provides nesting space.
    • Size & Space Needed: Grows 50–70 feet tall and 40–50 feet wide. Requires 30–40 feet of spacing.
    • USDA Growing Zone: Zones 4 – 9.
  • Northern Catalpa (Catalpa speciosa)
    • Wildlife Attraction: Larval host for the Catalpa Sphinx moth. Attracts honeybees, hummingbirds, bumblebees, woodpeckers, and cavity-dwelling animals.
    • Human Food or Wildlife Uses: Timber is used for fence posts. Catalpa worms are used as fish bait. Large leaves provide summer shade cover.
    • Size & Space Needed: Grows 40–70 feet tall and 20–40 feet wide. Requires 25–35 feet of spacing.
    • USDA Growing Zone: Zones 4 – 8.
  • Chinese Chestnut (Castanea mollissima)
    • Wildlife Attraction: Attracts white-tailed deer, wild turkeys, squirrels, blue jays, and early summer pollinators.
    • Human Food or Wildlife Uses: Produces edible nuts for roasting. Provides carbohydrates for wildlife. Branches offer low canopy shelter.
    • Size & Space Needed: Grows 40–60 feet tall and 40–60 feet wide. Requires 30–40 feet of spacing.
    • USDA Growing Zone: Zones 4 – 8.
  • Chickasaw Plum (Prunus angustifolia)
    • Wildlife Attraction: Attracts native bees, early pollinators, bobwhite quail, wild turkeys, deer, foxes, and raccoons.
    • Human Food or Wildlife Uses: Used for fresh eating, tarts, and jellies. Provides summer soft mast for wildlife. Thorny thickets offer escape cover.
    • Size & Space Needed: Grows 6–12 feet tall (up to 25 feet) and 6–12 feet wide. Requires 10–15 feet of spacing.
    • USDA Growing Zone: Zones 5 – 9.
  • White Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida)
    • Wildlife Attraction: Attracts over 35 species of birds (including cardinals and robins), squirrels, chipmunks, and deer. Serves as a host plant for the Spring Azure butterfly.
    • Human Food or Wildlife Uses: Berries are toxic to humans but serve as a high-fat autumn energy food for migrating birds. Dappled lower canopy provides shelter.
    • Size & Space Needed: Grows 15–30 feet tall and 15–30 feet wide. Requires 15–20 feet of spacing.
    • USDA Growing Zone: Zones 5 – 9.
  • Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis)
    • Wildlife Attraction: Larval host for the Hackberry Emperor butterfly. Attracts robins, cedar waxwings, flickers, and small foraging mammals.
    • Human Food or Wildlife Uses: Berries are edible for humans. Serves as a primary winter berry source for birds. Branches provide nesting cover for songbirds.
    • Size & Space Needed: Grows 40–60 feet tall and 25–45 feet wide. Requires 20–30 feet of spacing.
    • USDA Growing Zone: Zones 2 – 9.
  • Indigo Bush / False Indigo (Amorpha fruticosa)
    • Wildlife Attraction: Larval host for the silver-spotted skipper, southern dogface butterfly, and gray hairstreak. Flowers attract native bees and butterflies. Seeds are eaten by quail.
    • Human Food or Wildlife Uses: Historically used to produce a low-grade blue dye. Wildlife use the dense shrubbery for nesting (e.g., red-winged blackbirds) and stream-bank cover. Legume root system stabilizes soil and fixes nitrogen.
    • Size & Space Needed: Grows 6–12 feet tall and 5–10 feet wide. Requires 5–8 feet of spacing.
    • USDA Growing Zone: Zones 3 – 9.
  • Kentucky Coffee Tree (Gymnocladus dioicus)
    • Wildlife Attraction: Canopy is used by nesting birds. Attracts large native moths and butterflies. Minimal mammal browsing occurs due to raw seed toxicity.
    • Human Food or Wildlife Uses: Roasted seeds are used as a coffee substitute. High branches offer bird nesting. Leaves provide dappled summer shade.
    • Size & Space Needed: Grows 60–80 feet tall and 40–50 feet wide. Requires 30–40 feet of spacing.
    • USDA Growing Zone: Zones 3 – 8.
  • Red Mulberry (Morus rubra)
    • Wildlife Attraction: Attracts over 50 bird species, opossums, raccoons, squirrels, and foxes. Hosts Mourning Cloak butterflies.
    • Human Food or Wildlife Uses: Berries are used for fresh fruit, pies, and jams. Provides summer soft mast for wildlife. Dense canopy offers nesting cover.
    • Size & Space Needed: Grows 35–50 feet tall and 35–40 feet wide. Requires 25–30 feet of spacing.
    • USDA Growing Zone: Zones 4 – 9.
  • Pin Oak (Quercus palustris)
    • Wildlife Attraction: Small acorns feed wood ducks, mallards, wild turkeys, deer, and rodents. Supports over 500 species of caterpillars.
    • Human Food or Wildlife Uses: Used for shade and construction timber. Acorns are more easily swallowed by smaller birds and mammals than other oak species. Lower branches provide low-level screening cover.
    • Size & Space Needed: Grows 60–70 feet tall and 25–40 feet wide. Requires 30–40 feet of spacing.
    • USDA Growing Zone: Zones 4 – 8.
  • Spicebush (Lindera benzoin)
    • Wildlife Attraction: Primary larval host for the Spicebush Swallowtail butterfly and Promethea silkmoth. Berries are eaten by wood thrushes, catbirds, and migrating songbirds.
    • Human Food or Wildlife Uses: Leaves, twigs, and berries are used for herbal teas and allspice seasonings. Female plants provide high-fat berries for autumn bird migration energy.
  • Yellow tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera), also called the tulip poplar or yellow poplar, is the tallest hardwood in eastern North America. It is a fast-growing, long-lived shade tree known for its distinctive, four-lobed leaves, cup-shaped blossoms, and brilliant golden-yellow fall foliage. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
    Size
    • Mature Height: Typically reaches 60 to 90 feet in cultivation, but can exceed 100 feet in the wild. Exceptional specimens can reach 150 to nearly 200 feet.
    • Mature Spread: 30 to 50 feet wide.
    • Growth Rate: Fast-growing, often adding 2 feet or more in height per year under optimal conditions.
    • Trunk Diameter: Mature trunks usually reach 4 to 6 feet, occasionally growing up to 8 to 10 feet wide.[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
    Key Characteristics
    • Flowers: In late spring, it produces large, cup-shaped, greenish-yellow flowers with a prominent orange band at the base, which resemble tulips. They generally appear high in the canopy after the leaves have emerged. [1, 2, 3]
    • Leaves: Bright green, waxy leaves with four lobes and a distinct flat or truncate tip. They turn a stunning golden-yellow in the fall. [1, 2, 3]
    • Structure: Features a very straight, column-like trunk with high, pyramidal to broad-conical branching on mature trees. The winter buds are distinctively shaped like a duck's bill. [1, 2, 3, 4]
    • Fruit: Produces cone-like, scaly brown clusters of winged seeds (samaras) that mature in the fall and disperse over winter
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