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Taxodium distichum Bald Cypress


Native To: Regional Wetland Indicator: OBL Soil: pH 6.1-6.5


Form/Color Conical; 75'-100'; 20'-35' wide spread; Stormwater Tolerant of stormwater.
blue green in summer, maroon purple to Tolerance:
chocolate brown in fall; drooping deep


purple to brown cones. Urban Intolerant of soil compaction,
Tolerance: performs well in the right of way.


Habitat: Swamp, along rivers, oxbows, flat alluvial


bottoms.
Ecosystem Very low wildlife value.
Services:


Hydrology: Very flood tolerant; very poor to moderately
well drainage.


Ornamental Feather-like needles turn copper.
Value: Compatibility:


Salt Moderately tolerant of salt.
Tolerance: Other: Long lifespan.


Shade Moderately tolerant of shade.


Tolerance:


Thuja occidentalis Eastern Arborvitae


Native To: Regional Wetland Indicator: FACW Soil: pH 6.0-8.0


Form/Color Conical; 50'-75'; 35'-50' wide spread; Stormwater Insufficient information to determine
small red brown cone early through late Tolerance: tolerance.


May; tan brown to silvery gray egg-shaped
cone early August- February. Urban Intolerant of soil compaction.
Tolerance:


Habitat: Swampy areas, bogs, margins of lakes,


mesic coves, open rocky hillsides, open
rocky pastureland. Ecosystem Low wildlife value for songbirds,


Services: waterfowl, and small mammals;
browsed by small mammals and
Hydrology: Tolerant of flooding; poor to well drainage; white-tailed deer.


wet to dry moisture levels.


Ornamental Dark green foliage turns yellow-green to
Value: brown in winter. Compatibility:


Salt Moderately tolerant of salt.
Tolerance: Other: Long lifespan, fast to medium grower.


Shade Moderately tolerant of shade.


Tolerance:

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