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Experimental and Unproven
Trees
Culture
Key:
d - Plants that can withstand periodic drought.
w - Plants that can tolerate wet soils. A + indicates plants
that require consistently moist soils.
p - Plants that need a protected planting site - avoid exposed
or windswept sites.
Experimental
and Unproven Trees (those for the daring)
- Filbert,
Turkish - Corylus colurna (p; also called tree hazel; needs further
testing in W. Nebraska)
- Fir,
Balsam - Abies balsamea (p; nice fragrance)
- Fringetree,
White - Chionanthus virginicus (pw; large shrub or small tree;
very unusual, fragrant flowers)
- Hornbeam,
American - Carpinus caroliniana (p; also called musclewood; wonderful,
sinewy bark)
- Maackia,
Amur - Maackia amurensis (p; seldom seen legume; worth a closer
look)
- Maple,
Bigtooth - Acer grandidentatum – bigtooth maple (pw;native to
Rocky Mtns; similar to sugar maple)
- Maple,
Hedge - Acer campestre (p; native to Eurasia; nice yellow fall
color; seldom used)
- Maple,
Manchustriped - Acer tegmentosum (p; interesting snake-like bark;
newer introduction from Asia)
- Maple,
Pacific Sunset – Acer truncatum x platanoides (p; good fall color;
worth a look)
- Maple,
Purplebloom - Acer pseudosieboldianum (p; similar to but hardier
than Japanese maple)
- Maple,
Shantung - Acer truncatum (p; great ornamental from Asia; one
doing well in Kimball)
- Maple,
Three-flower - Acer triflorum (p; newer selection from Asia,
great papery bark; needs testing)
- Mountainash,
Korean - S. alnifolia (p; similar to above but needs more testing
in w. Nebraska)
- Oak,
Black - Quercus velutina (P; native; glossy leaf; great fall
color)
- Oak,
Blackjack - Quercus marilandica (p; native to southeast Nebraska;
very gnarly growth habit)
- Oak,
Sawtooth - Quercus acutissima (P; nice ones in Lincoln)
- Oak,
Shingle - Quercus imbricaria (P; nice narrow leaves held through
winter)
- Oak,
White - Quercus alba (dwp; possibly native; great majestic tree;
good fall color)
- Pagodatree,
Japanese - Sophora japonica (p; one of the latest trees to flower;
nice cream color flowers)
- Pecan
- Carya illinoensis (p; can be a nice yard tree)
- Pine,
Bosnian - Pinus heldreichii var. leucodermis (similar to Austrian
pine; worth a try)
- Pine,
Himalayan White - Pinus wallichiana (five needle pine; little
known in N. America)
- Pine,
Japanese Red - Pinus densiflora (p; uncommon but worth a try)
- Pine,
Korean - Pinus koraiensis (p; needs more study in Nebraska; looks
like a winner)
- Pine,
Swiss Stone - Pinus cembra (p; seldom seen here; supposedly edible
nut; worth a try)
- Redbud
- Cercis canadensis (p; great spring flower; select from native
or northern seed sources only)
- Smoketree
- Cotinus spp. (p; nice fall color; some types have purple foliage)
- Spruce,
Serbian - Picea omorika (p; graceful form with weeping branchlets
and purple cones)
- Sycamore
- Platanus occidentalis (pw; majestic Midwest native; great white
mottled bark; good on wet, protected sites; London Planetree - Platanus
x acerifolia very similar)
- Yellowwood
- Cladrastis kentukea (pw; medium size tree with panicled flowers
and seed; great tree)
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