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CATSKILL
NATIVE
NURSERY
Sumacs have brilliant fall foliage and the berries on female plants are important food sources for overwintering birds. They tend to form colonies through suckering and are best used in wild parts of the landscape.
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Updated February 2009
Species
Common Name
Catskill Native?
Distribution
Available?
Quercus alba
White Oak
Yes
Yes
Quercus bicolor
Swamp White Oak
No
Yes
Quercus coccinea
Scarlet Oak
Yes
Yes
Quercus macrocarpa
Bur Oak
No
Yes
Quercus palustris
Pin Oak
Lowlands
Yes
Quercus prinus
Chestnut Oak
Yes
Yes
Quercus rubra
Northern Red Oak
Yes
Yes
Quercus x schuetti 'Kimberley'
Schuette Oak
Hybrid
-
Yes
Quercus velutina
Black Oak
Yes
Yes
Rhus copallinum
Flameleaf or Winged Sumac
Rare
Yes
Rhus glabra
Smooth Sumac
Lowlands
No
Rhus typhina
Staghorn Sumac
Yes
Yes
Rhus typhina 'Laciniata'
Cutleaf Staghorn Sumac
Cultivar
-
Yes
Robinia pseudoacacia
Black Locust
No
No
Salix discolor
Pussy Willow
Yes
Yes
Salix nigra
Black Willow
Yes
No
Salix nigra 'Basin'
Black Willow
Cultivar
-
No
Sassafras albidum
Sassafras
Yes
No
Sorbus americana
American Mountain-ash
Yes
Limited
Sorbus decora
Showy Mountain-ash
Yes
No
Taxodium distichum
Baldcypress
No
Yes
Thuja occidentalis
Eastern Arborvitae
Yes
Yes
Tilia americana
Basswood
Yes
No
Tsuga canadensis
Eastern Hemlock
Yes
Yes
Tsuga canadensis 'Pendula'
Weeping Hemlock
Cultivar
-
No
Ulmus americana
American Elm
Yes
No
Ulmus rubra
Slippery Elm
Yes
No
Viburnum lentago
Nannyberry
Yes
Limited
Viburnum prunifolium
Blackhaw Viburnum
Yes
Yes
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