Trees: List

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Scientific Name	Common Name	Soil Moisture 1=Dry 2=Med 3=Wet	Partial shade tolerance	Drought Tolerance 1=Low 2=Med 3=High	Salt Tolerance 1=Low 2=Med 3=High	Pollution tolerance	Compaction tolerance	STEP Star	Illustration
Acer rubrum	Red Maple	2-3	Y	2	1	Y	Y
Acer saccharinum	Silver Maple	2-3		2	1-2		Y
Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum	Sugar Maple	2-3	Y	2	1
Acer x freemanii	Hybrid Maple / Freeman Maple	2-3	Y	2	1-2		Y	☆
Alnus incana	Speckled Alder / White Alder	2-3	N	2	1-2	Y	Y	☆
Betula papyrifera	Paper Birch	1-2		2	2-3
Carpinus caroliniana	American hornbeam / Blue Beech	2-3	Y	2	1
Carya cordiformis	Bitter-nut Hickory	1-2	Y	2	1
Carya ovata	Shag-bark Hickory	1-2	Y	3	1
Celtis occidentalis	Common Hackberry	2		2	2		Y	☆
Fraxinus americana	White Ash	2	Y	1-2	2-3
Fraxinus nigra	Black Ash	2-3	Y	1-2	2-3		Y
Fraxinus pennsylvanica	Green Ash	2-3		2	1-2		Y
Ginkgo biloba	Ginkgo	2	Y	2	2-3	Y	Y
Gleditsia tricanthos var. inermis	Thornless Honey Locust	1-2	Y	3	3	Y	Y	☆
Gymnocladus dioicus	Kentucky Coffeetree	1-2	Y	3	3	Y	Y	☆
Juglans nigra	Black Walnut	1-2	Y	3	1-2
Juniperus virginiana	Eastern Red Cedar	1-2	Y	3	2	Y
Larix laricina	Tamarack / American Larch	1-3	Y	3	3
Liriodendron tulipifera	Tulip Tree	2	Y	1	1
Picea glauca	White Spruce	2		2	1	Y
Picea pungens	Colorado Spruce	2		2	3
Pinus mugo	Mugo Pine	1-2	Y	2	3
Pinus strobus	Eastern White Pine	1-2		2	1
Platanus occidentalis	Sycamore	2-3		2	1		Y
Populus balsamifera ssp. balsamifera	Balsam Poplar	2		2	3
Populus deltoides	Eastern Cottonwood	2		3	2-3	Y	Y
Populus grandidentata	Large-tooth Aspen	2		3	2-3
Populus tremuloides	Trembling Aspen	2		2	2-3
Prunus serotina	Wild Black Cherry	2		2	2-3
Quercus alba	White Oak	1-2	Y	3	3
Quercus bicolor	Swamp White Oak	2-3		3	2-3		Y	☆
Quercus macrocarpa	Bur Oak	1-3		3	2-3		Y	☆
Quercus muehlenbergii	Chinquapin oak / Yellow oak	3		3	2
Quercus palustris	Pin Oak	2-3		3	1
Quercus rubra	Red Oak	1-2		2	3	Y		☆
Salix amygdaloides	Peachleaf Willow	3		1-2	3		Y
Salix lucida	Shining Willow	3		1-2	3		Y
Salix nigra	Black Willow	3		1	2-3		Y
Thuja occidentalis	Eastern White Cedar	2-3		3	1-2
Tilia americana	American Basswood	2	Y	2	1-2
Ulmus americana	American Elm	2-3	Y	2	2	Y	Y	☆

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