Top Forest Garden Plants - Forested, Bowie, MD

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1	TOP FOREST GARDEN PLANTS · Forested · Bowie, Maryland
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3	Common Name	Scientific Name	Forest Layer	Sunlight	Moisture	Native	Height	Uses	Notes

4	Pecan	Carya illinoinensis	Canopy Tree	Full	Medium	Y	75-120'	Edible nuts, Dynamic Accumulator, Insectary	Only northern varieties of pecan fruit well in this part of the country. Need at least 2, check cross-pollination charts. Good varieties include 'Kanza', 'Normal', 'Pawnee', 'Peruque', 'Major'
5	Shellbark Hickory	Carya laciniosa	Canopy Tree	Full to Part	Medium to Wet	Y	70-85'	Edible nuts, Dynamic Accumulator, Insectary	Excellent nuts. Tolerates a lot of shade. Prefers moist to wet soil, unlike shagbark hickory. Grows a bit faster than shagbark, but it's still a hickory so not fast.
6	Chinese Chestnut	Castanea mollissima	Canopy Tree	Full	Medium	N	40-60'	Edible Nuts, Insectary	Excellent nuts when roasted. From UKY: "Weevil infestations can be reduced by picking up chestnuts daily... heat them to 140° F for 30 minutes to kill the larvae in the nuts...always collect and destroy fallen nuts before the larvae have a chance to escape and enter the soil."
7	American Persimmon	Diospyros virginiana	Canopy Tree	Full	Dry to Medium	Y	50-75'	Edible fruit, Medicinal, Insectary	There are several excellent varieties including Prok, Yates, Dollywood and John Rick. Persimmons should be picked when quite soft. They make great dried fruit
8	Butternut	Juglans cinerea	Canopy Tree	Full	Medium	Y	50-75'	Edible nuts, Dynamic Accumulator, Insectary	Excellent nuts, more mild flavor and easier to crack than black walnuts. Some get bad witch's broom
9	Mulberry (selected)	Morus alba x rubra	Canopy Tree	Full	Dry to Medium	N	40'	Edible Fruit, Medicinal	One of the most kid-friendly and easy-to-grow berries. This variety's fruit is much superior to wild mulberries. Mulberries can distract birds from other fruit crops
10	Swamp White Oak	Quercus bicolor	Canopy Tree	Full to Part	Medium to Wet	Y	75-100'	Edible nuts, Insectary	Large, relatively low-tannin acorns make good flour
11	Red Oak	Quercus rubra	Canopy Tree	Full	Medium	Y	80-110'	Edible nuts, Insectary	Red oak acorns are especially easy to dry and store, for years if desired. They make good acorn flour when shelled, ground and leached. Acorns were a native American staple.
12	Shumard Oak	Quercus shumardii	Canopy Tree	Full to Part	Dry to Wet	Y	60'	Edible nuts	A species of red oak with relatively large acorns which are easy to dry and store.
13	False Indigo Bush	Amorpha fruticosa	Large Shrub	Full	Medium to Wet	Y	12'-15'	Nitrogen Fixer, Insectary
14	Hazelnut hybrid	Corylus hybrid	Large Shrub	Full	Medium	N	12-20'	Edible nuts, Insectary	These need several varieties for maximum nut set. 'Jefferson', 'Theta', 'Eta' and 'York' are good varieties
15	Fig	Ficus carica	Large Shrub	Full	Dry to Wet	N	20-30'	Edible Fruit	Fig fruits vary wonderfully. Choose cold-hardy varieties like 'Chicago Hardy', 'Brown Turkey', 'Celeste' and 'Marseilles'. Wrap it up and pile mulch or leaves around it in winter to reduce dieback
16	Yaupon Holly	Ilex vomitoria	Large Shrub	Full to Part	Dry to Medium	Y	15-30'	Tea	Contains caffeine
17	Southern Bayberry	Myrica cerifera	Large Shrub	Full to Part	Medium to Wet	Y	10-30'	Nitrogen Fixer, Insectary	Nitrogen-fixing plant. Use the leaves as bay leaf seasoning. Harvest aromatic wax from the berries. Evergreen
18	Ninebark	Physocarpus opulifolius	Large Shrub	Full to Part	Dry to Medium	Y	10'-12'	Insectary
19	Jostaberry	Ribes grossularia x nigrum	Large Shrub	Full to Part	Medium	N	6'-8'	Berries	Spicy berries related to currants and gooseberry, no thorns
20	Elderberry	Sambucus canadensis	Large Shrub	Full to Part	Dry to Wet	Y	6-12'	Edible Fruit, Tea, Medicinal, Insectary	Flowers are magic for plating any special dish or sprinkling in fancy drinks. Medicinal berries. Selections with larger flower/berry clusters are available, e.g. 'Adams', 'Nova', 'American'.
21	American Linden	Tilia americana	Large Shrub	Full to Part	Medium	Y	75-100'	Edible Greens, Tea, Medicinal, Dynamic Accumulator, Insectary	Can coppice
22	Yarrow	Achillea millefolium	Perennial Herb	Full to Part	Dry to Medium	Y	2-3'	Medicinal, Dynamic Accumulator	Excellent mineral accumulator, predatory wasp food. Medicinal tea, poultice etc.
23	Anise Hyssop	Agastache foeniculum	Perennial Herb	Full to Part	Medium	Y	2-4'	Tea, Medicinal, Insectary	Long blooming native insectary, ornamental, easy care, makes great iced tea
24	Egyptian Walking Onion	Allium cepa var. proliferum	Perennial Herb	Full	Medium	N	2'	Edible Green and Roots, Insectary
25	Ramps	Allium tricoccum	Perennial Herb	Part to Shade	Medium	Y	6-10"	Edible Green and Roots, Insectary	Popular gourment wild onion. Spring ephemeral. Needs shade
26	Wild Ginger	Asarum canadense	Perennial Herb	Part to Shade	Medium to Wet	Y	6-12"	Edible roots, Groundcover
27	Asparagus	Asparagus officinalis	Perennial Herb	Full	Medium	N	3-5'	Edible greens, Insectary
28	Partridge Pea	Chamaecrista fasciculata	Perennial Herb	Full to Part	Medium	Y	1-3'	Insectary, Nitrogen Fixer	Small, self-seeding native nitrogen fixer, excellent native bee fodder.
29	Green and Gold	Chrysogonum virginianum	Perennial Herb	Full to Shade	Medium	Y	3-6"	Insectary, Ground cover	Native semi-evergreen groundcover. Choose a spreading variety such as ‘Eco-Lacquered Spider’ if you have a lot of ground to cover. Choose a non-spreading variety like 'Pierre' if you want it to stay contained.
30	Sea Kale	Crambe maritima	Perennial Herb	Full to Part	Dry to Medium	N	2-3'	Edible Greens, Insectary
31	Purple Coneflower	Echinacea purpurea	Perennial Herb	Full to Part	Medium	Y	3-4'	Tea, Medicinal, Insectary
32	Strawberry	Fragaria ananas	Perennial Herb	Full to Part	Medium	N	1'	Edible Fruit, Dynamic Accumulator
33	Jerusalem artichoke	Helianthus tuberosa	Perennial Herb	Full to Part	Medium	Y	6-12"	Edible Roots, Insectary	Spreads aggressively. Very tall. Choose a variety bred for larger, smoother tubers, shorter stature. Pleasant flavored tubers can be dug all winter. Sweetest in late winter
34	Wood Nettle	Laportia canadensis	Perennial Herb	Part to Shade	Medium to Wet	Y	1-5'	Edible Greens, Dynamic Accumulator	Native nettle. Highly nutritious and delicious cooked herb. Painful sting, so harvest with gloves. Sting is removed when boiled or sauteed briefly
35	Ostrich Fern	Matteuchia struthiopteris	Perennial Herb	Part to Shade	Medium to Wet	Y	2-6'	Edible Greens	Edible young shoots ("fiddleheads") - sautee or pickle. Can grow in a variety of conditions, will make its best growth with plenty of moisture
36	Sochan	Rudbeckia laciniata	Perennial Herb	Full to Part	Medium	Y	5'	Edible raw or cooked, insectary	Favored vegetable of Cherokee and others
37	Sorrell	Rumex acetosa	Perennial Herb	Full to Part	Medium	N	1-3'	Edible Greens, Dynamic Accumulator	Lemony tasting leaves are a kid favorite. Mineral accumulator
38	Goldenrod	Solidago spp.	Perennial Herb	Full to Shade	Dry to Medium	Y	1-3'	Tea, Insectary
39	Aster	Symphyotrichum spp.	Perennial Herb	Full to Part	Medium	Y	3-6'	Medicinal, Insectary
40	Russian Comfrey	Symphytum x uplandicum	Perennial Herb	Full to Part	Medium	N	1-4'	Medicinal, Dynamic Accumulator, Insectary	Comfrey is a potent mineral accumulator and insectary. Also a poultice. To avoid aggressive spreading, use variety 'Bocking 14'
41	Black Chokeberry	Aronia melanocarpa	Small Shrub	Full to Part	Dry to Wet	Y	1.5-6'	Edible Fruit, Insectary
42	Tea	Camellia sinensis	Small Shrub	Part to Shade	Medium	N	6'	Black tea leaves, good scented flowers	Evergreen, prefers protection from aftenoon sun
43	Nanking Bush Cherry	Prunus tomentosa	Small Shrub	Full	Dry to Medium	N	6-10'	Edible Fruit, Insectary	This is a bush cherry that fruits heavily - kids love it.
44	Carmine Jewel Bush Cherry	Prunus fruticosa x cerasus	Small Shrub	Full	Medium	N	8'	Edible Fruit
45	Fragrant Sumac	Rhus aromatica	Large Shrub	Full	Medium	Y	2-8'	Tea, Insectary, Spice	Forms clumping thickets, Make "sumac-ade" by soaking the seed heads in cold water over night and straining. Sumac is esteemed in middle eastern cooking in the spice mix za'atar. Or search "sumac spice uses"
46	Blackberry	Rubus hybrid	Small Shrub	Full	Medium	N	4-6'	Edible Fruit, Tea, Insectary	Forms running thickets, Thornless blackberries are a major kid favorite. Varieties include 'Natchez' and 'Arapahoe'
47	Black Raspberry	Rubus occidentalis	Small Shrub	Full	Dry to Medium	Y	3-6'	Edible Fruit and Greens, Tea, Insectary	Forms running thickets
48	Southern Rabbiteye Blueberry	Vaccinium ashei	Small Shrub	Full	Medium	Y	4-18'	Edible Fruit	I've had better luck with these than the northern highbush. Both are worth trying. Acidify soil as needed
49	Northern Highbush Blueberry	Vaccinium corymbosum	Small Shrub	Full	Medium	Y			Acidify soil as needed
50	Smooth Alder	Alnus serrulata	Understory Tree	Full to Part	Wet	Y	12-20'	Medicinal, Nitrogen Fixer, Insectary
51	Serviceberry	Amelanchier alnifolia	Understory Tree	Full	Medium	Y	5-15'	Edible Fruit, Insectary	Excellent berries, make excellent 'raisins'
52	Pawpaw	Asimina triloba	Understory Tree	Full to Shade	Medium	Y	20-35'	Edible Fruit	Stream banks and marshy areas. Plant improved varieties, or unimproved trees can be field-grafted once they're established. Trees whose grafts die can be regrafted. Use a hand-crank food strainer to separate the seeds from the pulp for freezing
53	Hybrid Persimmon	Diospyros virginiana x kaki	Understory Tree	Full	Medium	N	15-25'	Edible fruit, Medicinal, Insectary	Excellent persimmon - cross between American and Asian persimmons. Varieties include 'Rosseyanka' and 'Nikita's Gift'
54	Apple	Malus domestica	Understory Tree	Full	Medium	N	25-35'	Edible Fruit, Dynamic Accumulator, Insectary
55	Chickasaw Plum	Prunus angustifolia	Understory Tree	Full	Medium	Y	8-10'	Edible Fruit, Medicinal, Insectary
56	Asian Pear	Pyrus pyrifolia	Understory Tree	Full	Medium	N	25-30'	Edible Fruit, Insectary
57	Black Locust	Robinia pseudoacacia	Understory Tree	Full	Dry to Medium	Y	50-75'	Nitrogen Fixer, Dynamic Accumulator, Insectary	Rot resistant wood
58	Fragrant Spring Tree	Toona sinensis	Understory Tree	Full	Medium	N	20'	Edible Greens	Coppice for easier harvest
59	Jujube	Zizyphus jujuba	Understory Tree	Full	Dry to Medium	N	15'	Fruit	Need two for cross pollination
60	Hardy Kiwi	Actinidia arguta	Vine	Full	Medium	N	20-100'	Edible Fruit	Amazing smooth skinned kiwi berries. Make sure the arbor or trellis is plenty strong as these vines can become heavy. Need a male and a female for good fruit set. 'Issai' is a good variety - less aggressive, earlies to bear, somewhat self-fertile (more fruit with a male thought).
61	Ground Nut	Apios americana	Vine	Full to Part	Medium to Wet	Y	4-8'	Edible roots, Nitrogen Fixer, Insectary	High-protein tasty native american staple tuber. Get an LSU variety. Dale Hendricks of Green Light Plants is one source.
62	Coral Honeysuckle	Lonicera sempervirens	Vine	Full to Part	Medium	Y	8'-15'	Hummingbird food	Perhaps the longest blooming plant at Forested - 8 months of the year or more, evergreen
63	Purple Passionflower	Passiflora incarnata	Vine	Full	Dry to Medium	Y	10-30'	Edible Fruit and Greens, Tea, Medicinal	Dies to the ground each year - great for growing on the deer fence. Beautiful flowers and delicious fruit. Young greens are good cooked or in salad. Spreads aggressively via underground runners - do not plant near small / sensitive plants or veggie gardens.
64	Muscadine Grape	Vitis rotundifolia	Vine	Full	Medium	Y	12-20'	Edible Fruit, Insectary	www.isons.com is the best muscadine grape source.
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