ABCDE
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 Common name Scientific name Height Soil preferenceShade tolerance
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Balsam firAbies balsamea40–60 ftMedium-textured, well-drainedFull sun
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Box elderAcer negundo50 ftAdaptablePart shade
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Red mapleAcer rubrum55 ftAdaptablePart to full sun
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Silver mapleAcer saccharinum80 ftAdaptableFull sun
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Sugar mapleAcer saccharum80 ftMedium-textured, well-drainedAdaptable
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Yellow birchBetula alleghaniensis45 ftMedium to coarse, well-drainedAdaptable
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Paper birchBetula papyrifera60 ftMedium to coarse, moistPart to full sun
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Bitternut hickoryCarya cordiformis100 ftMedium-textured, well-drainedFull sun, part sun
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TamarackLarix laricina60 ftFine-textured, peat, poorly drainedPart to full sun
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IronwoodOstrya virginana65 ftMedium-textured, well-drainedAdaptable
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White sprucePicea glauca40–60 ftMedium to coarse, well-drainedAdaptable
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Black sprucePicea mariana30–50 ftFine-textured, peat, poorly drainedFull sun
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Jack pinePinus banksiana60 ftCoarse-textured, well-drainedFull sun
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Eastern white pinePinus strobus80–100 ftMedium to coarse, well-drainedFull sun
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Bigtooth aspenPopulus grandidentata50–80 ftAdaptableAdaptable
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Quaking aspenPopulus tremuloides60 ftAdaptablePart to full sun
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White oakQuercus alba100 ftAdaptableFull sun
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Northern pin oakQuercus ellipsoidalis60 ftCoarse-textured, dryPart to full sun
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Bur oakQuercus macrocarpa80 ftMedium-textured, well-drainedFull sun
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Northern red oakQuercus rubra80 ftMedium to coarse, well-drainedFull sun
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Northern white cedarThuja occidentalis120 ftFine to medium, well to poorPart to full sun
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American basswoodTilia americana90 ftMedium to coarse, well-drainedPart to full sun
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American elmUlmus americana80 ftFine to medium, well-drainedPart shade
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