Local Native Trees, Shrubs & Vines
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| Common Name Black Spruce Botanical Name Picea mariana An evergreen that can grow 30-40 feet high. It has short, tight, green needles with purple cones. Tight pyramidal shape. Can tolerate wet areas along ponds, swamps and bogs. Prefers cooler, northern climates. Does best in full sun. Black Spruce Details |
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| Common Name Red Pine Botanical Name Pinus resinosa This pine is endangered in Connecticut. Grows 50-80 feet tall in full sun. Prefers sandy, acidic, well-drained soil. Produces monoecious flowers in the spring followed by brown pine cones. Provides excellent cover and is an important food source for animals and birds. Red Pine Details |
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| Common Name Pitch Pine Botanical Name Pinus rigida This native pine has a high resin content in its wood. It produces red/yellow, monoecious flowers in the spring and brown pine cones. This evergreen tree will grow to be 40-60 feet tall and 30-50 feet wide. It prefers a full sun location. it tolerates poor soil but prefers sandy, well-drained, acidic soils. it is also salt tolerant. Pitch Pine Details |
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| Common Name Eastern White Pine Botanical Name Pinus strobus This evergreen has very fine textured, long needles. It can grow up to 100 feet high and 20-40 feet wide. Prefers full sun and likes fertile, moist, well-drained soils. Great screen plant or specimen. Grows fast! Eastern White Pine Details |
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| Common Name Sycamore Botanical Name Platanus occidentalis This tree has white, mottled bark. It grows 70-100 feet tall. Prefers sun to partial shade in moist soil. Sycamore Details |
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| Common Name Beach Plum Botanical Name Prunus maritima This shrub grows 4-10 feet high with rounded, white flowers in May. Fruits are purple to yellow and sometimes crimson. They ripen in August. Great for jams and jellies. Great salt tolerance! Prefers sandy, rocky soil and full sun. Beach Plum Details |
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| Common Name Wild Black Cherry Botanical Name Prunus serotina Grows 40-60 feet tall. The shiny, dark green leaves smell like cherry soda when crushed! Fragrant, tiny, white flowers bloom on drooping clusters in the spring. Dark red cherries ripen later in the summer. Wild Black Cherry Details |
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| Common Name Chokecherry Botanical Name Prunus virginiana This fast growing shrub can get to 20 feet tall. Produces white flowers in the spring that form dark edible berries at the end of summer. Berries are tart tasting! Prefers moist soil and plenty of sun. Chokecherry Details |
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| Common Name White Oak Botanical Name Quercus alba An oak of true grandeur! This beauty can reach more than 80 feet tall and 40 feet wide. It can grow in bottomlands on slopes and upland forests. Its acorns are a great food source. The wood is strong and somewhat rot resistant. It looks good by itself in a field or in the forest. You can't go wrong with this tree! White Oak Details |
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| Common Name Swamp White Oak Botanical Name Quercus bicolor This oak can grow in swamps and floodplains. It can reach 80 feet tall and 40 feet wide but grows very slowly due to the wet soils. This tree looks like the white oak with its gray bark but the leaves are long and skinny. Swamp White Oak Details |
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