Height:  30-60 feet    

Exposure:  Full/Partial Sun  

Blooms:  Spring

Fruit:  Brown Samaras          

Flower:  Green Yellow  

Soil:  Moist to Wet; Adaptable

This maple is drought tolerant and quick growing.  Its seeds are a food source for birds and squirrels. It is a dioecious tree.

Height: 15-30 feet 

Exposure:  Partial Sun/Shade

Blooms:  Spring

Flower:  Yellow

Soil:  Moist; Acidic; Cool

This tree has a striking yellow fall color. Its striped bark is very showy.

Height:  40-60 feet

Exposure:  Sun/Partial Shade

Blooms:  Early Spring

Flower:  Small; Red 

Soil:  Moist

This is one of the first trees to show its fall colors! Naturally occurs in low, wet sites.  Easy to transplant.

Height:  50-70 feet

Exposure:  Sun/Partial Shade

Blooms:  Early Spring

Flower:  Greenish Yellow/Red  

Soil:  Moist; Well-drained

The delicate, graceful foliage of this tree make it an attractive ornamental.  It can tolerate poor soils.

Height:  10 - 20 feet

Exposure:  Partial Sun/Shade 

Blooms:  Spring

Fall Color:  Orange/Yellow 

Flower:  Yellow "spikes"

Soil: Moist; Well-drained; Rich

Small understory tree. Gorgeous Fall color!

Height:  10-20 feet

Exposure:  Sun/Partial Shade 

Blooms:  Spring

Fruit:  Egg-shaped cone nutlets

Flowers:  Reddish Catkins

Soil:  Moist to Wet

This fast-growing shrub provides seeds for songbirds such as the American Goldfinch. A great option for wetland restoration sites since Alders fix nitrogen in the soil.

Height:  10-15 feet

Exposure:  Partial Shade/ Full Sun 

Blooms:  Spring

Soil:  Moist, Wet Soil

Flowers:  Catkins in spring

Fruit:  Small cones on female plants in fall

Alders are nitrogen fixers; they restore nutrients into soils. This makes this shrub a great choice for restoration plantings.

Height:  15-30 feet

Exposure:  Sun/Partial Shade 

Blooms:  Spring

Berries:  Purple

Flowers:  White

Soil:  Well-drained

This large shrub is the first to flower in the Spring. Its berries are edible and attract all types of birds; they are a favorite snack of the Cedar waxwing.

Height:  15-25 feet 

Exposure:  Partial Shade/ Full Sun 

Blooms:  Spring

Flower:  White

Soil:  Well-drained; Adaptable

Host Plant for Red-Spotted Purple and Viceroy. Important early season nectar source for pollinators.

Height:  2-6 feet 

Exposure:  Sun/Partial Shade

Blooms:  Spring

Berries:  Bluish-Black

Flower:  White/Pink

Soil:  Moist; Well-drained

This shrub has pretty flowers in the Spring, edible berries in the Summer and beautiful red foliage in the Fall.

Height:  15-20 feet

Exposure:  Full Sun to Full Shade 

Blooms:  Spring

Soil:  Moist, Rich Soils

Flowers:  Small Deep Purple/Red

Fruit has a custard/banana consistency and flavor. Has beautiful yellow foliage in the fall.

Height:  6-12 feet

Exposure:  Full Sun to Part Shade 

Blooms:  Spring

Soil:  Dry, Sandy

Flowers:  White Flowers

Salt-tolerant, can be used in coastal plantings. This plant is dioecious and will have male/female flowers on separate plants. Only the female plants will produce berries.

Height:  20-30 feet

Exposure:  Sun/Partial Shade

Blooms:  Spring

Fruit:  Red          

Flower:  White  

Soil:  Moist; Well Drained

This small tree is covered with white blooms in the spring. Later in the season birds will eat its shiny, red fruit.

Height:  60-75 feet   

Exposure:  Full Sun  

Blooms:  Spring

Flower:  Greenish Catkins  

Soil:  Cool; Moist

This tree's bark is a showy peeling amber color! Beautiful yellow fall color!  

Height:  50-70 feet

Exposure:  Sun/Partial Shade

Blooms:  Spring            

Fall Color:  Yellow 

Flower:  Green Catkins  

Soil:  Moist, Well-Drained 

This cold tolerant birch has ornamental bark and nice golden fall color. This tree has white bark that peels off into papery sheets. Birches are a larval host for the Luna Moth.

Height:  20-40 feet      

Exposure:  Part Sun/Shade  

Blooms:  Spring

Fruit:  Small Nutlets          

Flower:  Inconspicuous Catkins  

Soil:  Poor; Sandy; Adaptable

Great choice for difficult sites or naturalization areas.  Pretty yellow fall color!  Grows rapidly. 

Height:  20-35 feet

Exposure:  Full/Partial Shade

Blooms:  Early Spring

Flower:  White (F)/Green (M)  

Soil:  Moist, Well-drained 

The small tree is beautiful in all seasons. It has attractive flowers that appear in spring in separate male and female catkins, with the female catkins giving way to distinctive clusters of winged nutlets.

Height:  40-60 feet 

Exposure:  Full Sun/Part Sun

Blooms:  Spring

Fruit:  Purple Berries      

Flower:  Green

Soil:  Moist; Well-drained

This tree is very hardy and can tolerate a range of sites. It also produces tons of edible berries that many birds enjoy!

Height:  5-12 feet 

Exposure:  Sun/Partial Sun

Blooms:  Summer

Flower:  White

Soil:  Moist to Wet

This shrub has unique round pom-pom flowers! It flourishes along ponds and stream banks. Great for butterflies!

Height:  15-30 feet

Exposure:  Sun/Partial Shade

Blooms:  Early Spring

Fruit:  Green/Black Seed Pods          

Flower:  Pink/Purple  

Soil:  Well-drained; Moist; Rich 

Flowers bloom early spring before the heart-shaped leaves emerge. 12 species of Lepidotera use this as a larval host plant.

Height:  40-60 feet

Width:  10-20 feet   

Exposure:  Full Sun  

Blooms:  Spring

Fruit:  Small Brown Cones in fall          

Flower:  Inconspicuous Red/Green 

Soil:  Moist; Sandy

This evergreen occurs naturally in swamps and bogs. It is the larval host plant for the Hessel's Hairstreak.

Height:  1-5 feet  

Exposure:  Sun/Partial Shade  

Blooms:  Spring

Berries:  Reddish/Late Summer          

Flower:  White 

Soil:  Wet, Acidic

A true bog species, this evergreen produces bell-shaped white flowers in the Spring.

Height:  15-20 feet-tall, 3-6 feet-wide vine

Exposure:  Part Sun/Shade 

Blooms:  Summer

Flower:  White

Soil:  Moist to Average

Foliage can provide cover and nesting for songbirds.

Height:  5-8 feet

Exposure:  Full/Part Sun

Blooms:  Summer

Berries:  Brown Fruit Capsules

Flower:  White

Soil:  Moist to Wet; Acidic

This shrub has beautiful fragrant white flowers in the Summer! When in bloom, it is a bee and butterfly magnet.

Height:  35-60 feet

Exposure:  Full Sun to Part Shade 

Blooms:  Late Spring

Fruit:  Orange

Flower:  Greenish Yellow Flowers 

Soil:  Average, Well-drained

Fruits are commonly used in syrups, jellies, ice cream or pies.

Height:  1-4 feet

Exposure:  Full Sun/ Part Shade 

Blooms:  Spring

Fruit:  Edible Purple/Black Berries in Fall

Soil:  Dry, Well-drained

Berries on this shrub are enjoyable by all sorts of wildlife. Beautiful red color in the Fall.

Height:  10-30 feet 

Exposure:  Sun/Partial Shade 

Blooms:  Late Fall

Fruit:  Brown Seed Capsule 

Flower:  Yellow

Soil:  Moist; Acidic; Cool

The spider-like flowers have crinkled petals and a spicy fragrance! Fall blooms provide a late season nectar source.

Height:  4-6 feet 

Exposure:  Part Sun

Blooms:  Summer

Flower:  White Flowers

Soil:  Well-drained, Average/ Adaptable

This quick-growing shrub would be great in a mixed shrub border. Host plant to the Hydrangea sphinx.

Height:  8-10 feet

Exposure:  Full Sun/ Part Shade 

Blooms:  Spring

Soil:  Moist, Wet, Acidic Soil

Flower:  Small White Flowers

Fruit:  Red Berries on Females plants in Fall

A favorite winter snack for birds! Great shrub for all seasons.

Height:  6-15 feet

Exposure:  Sun/Partial Shade 

Blooms:  Early Summer

Fruit:  Red Berries/Dioecious

Flowers:  White

Soil:  Well-drained to Wet

The berry-laden stems of this shrub can be cut to make a dramatic and long-lasting decorative indoor winter arrangement. This shrub is dioecious; male and female plant needed for berry production (look for pink/blue tags to determine the sex).

Height:  25-30 feet

Exposure:  Full Sun

Berries:  Dark Blue/ Dioecious 

Soil:  Dry; Well-drained  

This tree can handle poor soils and is evergreen. Cedar Waxwings love its fruit and Chickadees use the tree for winter cover.

Height:  1-3 feet

Exposure:  Sun/Partial Shade

Blooms:  Late Spring

Berries:  Brown

Flower:  Pink

Soil:  Moist to Wet; Acidic  

This shrub has narrow, leathery foliage and brilliant blooms with a distinctive cup shape.

Height:  8-10 feet

Exposure:  Open Shade

Blooms:  Late Spring

Flower:  White to Pink

Soil:  Acidic, humusy, woodland soils

Connecticut's state flower! This shrub flowers best in sunnier locations.

Height:  50-80 feet

Exposure:  Full/Partial Sun

Blooms:  Spring

Fruit:  Red/Brown Egg-shaped Cones

Flower:  Tiny Yellow (male) Red/Brown (female)

Soil:  Moist, Acidic

This deciduous conifer turns golden yellow before losing its needles in the Fall.

Height:  6-12 feet

Exposure:  Partial Sun/Full Shade 

Blooms:  Early Spring

Fruit:  Red berry drupes (female)

Flower:  Greenish-Yellow

Soil:  Well-drained; Moist; Adaptable

Early flowers are nectaring source, berries consumed by many birds, host plant to Spicebush Swallowtail.

Height:  15-20 feet

Exposure:  Full Sun/Part Sun 

Blooms:  Spring

Flower:  White Flowers

Soil:  Moist, Rich

Fruit:  Bright Red in Fall

This tree can tolerate very wet soil conditions, which is why it's also called swamp magnolia. Larval host for Sweetbay silkmoth.

Height:  2-4 feet

Exposure:  Sun/Partial Shade 

Blooms:  Early Summer

Fruit:  Brown Nut

Flower:  Yellow/Green Catkin

Soil:  Moist to Wet

The long, dark green/grey leaves of this plant have a sweet scent.

Height:  30-50 feet

Exposure:  Sun/Partial Shade

Fall Color:  Red 

Soil:  Moist to Wet 

A tree with an attractive shape! One of the first trees to change color in the Fall, turning a brilliant red. Perfect as a statement piece in a wet location.

Height:  30-50 feet

Exposure:  Sun/Partial Shade 

Blooms:  Spring

Berries:  Green to Brown Pod Clusters with Nutlets

Flower:  Red to Green Catkins

Soil:  Moist to Dry; Slightly Acidic

This understory hardwood tree develops nutlets great for wildlife. Mature trunk takes on a unique "muscle-like" form.

Height:  6-12 feet 

Exposure:  Part Shade 

Blooms:  Late Spring 

Flower:  White

Soil:  Rich, Well-drained

Drought-tolerant shrub that is full with bunches of white flowers in the summer.

Height:  40-60 feet

Exposure:  Full Sun/Part Sun

Berries:  Brown Pinecones

Soil:  Moist, Well-Drained 

This evergreen tree tolerates cold, wind, and drought well.

Height:  30-40 feet

Exposure:  Full Sun/Part Sun

Pinecones:  Purple/Brown

Soil:  Moist; Well-drained  

This evergreen can tolerate swamps, bogs, and ponds.  It loves the cold!  It has a tight, pyramidal shape if planted in full sun.

Height:  40-60 feet    

Exposure:  Full Sun  

Blooms:  Spring

Fruit:  Brown Pinecones          

Flower:  Red/Yellow; Monoecious  

Soil:  Adaptable 

This pine has a high resin count in its wood.  It tolerates poor soil and is also salt tolerant.

Height:  75-100 feet

Exposure:  Full Sun/Partial Shade

Blooms:  Spring

Flower:  Yellow

Soil:  Moist; Acidic; Adaptable; Well-drained

This fast-growing evergreen provides winter cover for wildlife. Cones provide pinenuts rich in fats for

wintering wildlife.

Height:  75-90 feet

Exposure:  Full Sun

Blooms:  Spring

Fruit:  Fuzzy, Round, Brown Capsules          

Flower:  Red; Non-showy  

Soil:  Well-drained; Moist; Rich 

This tree has beautiful exfoliating bark. It is a rapidly growing tree and is one of the largest trees native to New England.

Height:  40-60 feet

Exposure:  Full Sun

Blooms:  Spring

Berries:  Dark Red Cherries          

Flower:  White 

Soil:  Moist; Fertile

This tree grows fast and lives long!  It has beautiful, fragrant flowers in the spring.  The birds love the cherries! 

Height:  6-25 feet

Exposure:  Sun/Partial Shade

Blooms:  Late Spring            

Berries:  Dark Red

Flower:  White  

Soil:  Moist 

The fruit from this tree is used to make wine, syrup, and jam.

Height:  60-80 feet

Exposure:  Full/Partial Sun

Blooms:  Spring

Fruit:  Acorn          

Flower:  Green Catkin (Male)  

Soil:  Acidic

This oak has purple-red fall color.  It has light gray, flaky ornamental bark. It is a long-living tree.

Height:  50-60 feet

Exposure:  Sun/Partial Shade

Blooms:  Spring

Berries:  Acorns in Fall          

Flower:  Yellow/Green/Red Catkins  

Soil:  Moist to Wet; Acidic

This tree has coppery red foliage in the Fall!  Attracts birds.

Height:  10-20 Feet    

Exposure:  Full Sun  

Blooms:  Spring

Fruit:  Brown Acorns          

Flower:  Monoecious Catkins  

Soil:  Poor; Sandy; Dry

This drought resistant oak produces acorns that are so bitter only bears eat them!  Great Fall color! This small oak only grows a few inches a year.

Height:  60-75 feet

Exposure:  Full/Partial Sun

Blooms:  Spring

Fruit:  Acorn          

Flower:  Yellow-Green Catkins  

Soil:  Dry to Moist 

An excellent ornamental tree due to its symmetrical shape and brilliant fall color.  Acorns provide food for wildlife.

Height:  50-60 Feet

Exposure:  Full Sun

Blooms:  Spring

Fruit:  Acorns in Fall        

Flower:  Female [Red/Green]; Male [Yellow/Green]

Soil:  Rich; Well-drained; Acidic 

Bark starts out smooth and gray but becomes black and rough as the tree matures.  Acorns feed tons of wildlife!

Height:  5-15 feet

Exposure:  Partial Sun/ Shade 

Blooms:  Late Spring

Flower:  Pink/White

Soil:  Acidic, rich, moist, humusy

This evergreen shrub has an open branch structure with large, tropical- looking leaves. Flowers visited by bumblebees.

Height:  4-8 feet

Exposure:  Partial Sun/Shade

Blooms:  Spring

Flower:  Pink

Soil:  Well-Drained, Acidic, Woodland

This shrub has fragrant pink flowers that bloom in spring. Typically found in dry woods and along streams banks.

Height:  2-8 feet

Exposure:  Sun/Partial Shade

Blooms:  Spring

Flower:  White/Pink

Soil:  Moist to Wet

This evergreen shrub likes to grow in swamps or by ponds. Its blooms have a spicy fragrance.

Height:  3-6 feet

Exposure:  Full/Partial Sun/Shade 

Blooms:  May

Berries:  Round; Bluish-black 

Flower:  Green/Yellow

Soil:  Average, Adaptable

Fruit from this shrub can be enjoyed by humans or animals. The berries make a delicious jam!

Height:  2-6 feet

Exposure:  Full Sun 

Blooms:  Summer 

Flower:  Pink

Soil:  Dry

Unlike other native roses, this one is considered to be nearly thornless. Rose hips from this plant are very high in vitamin C!

Height:  3-4 feet

Exposure:  Full Sun/Part Sun 

Blooms:  Summer

Flower:  Deep Pink

Soil:  Moist to Wet

Glossy leaves give this shrub the name 'shining rose.' Special value to bumblebees. Wildlife loves the rosehips off this shrub. [Species of special concern]

Height: 6-12 feet

Exposure:  Sun/Partial Sun

Blooms:  Spring

Flower:  Fuzzy, Gray Catkin 

Soil:  Moist to Wet

Cuddly catkins are this shrub's finest feature. It makes a nice group planting and is easily trimmed.

Height: 15-20 feet

Exposure:  Sun/Partial Shade

Blooms:  Early Spring

Flower:  Green 

Soil:  Moist to Wet

The tough, flexible stems of this fast-growing willow are often used to make baskets. 

Height: 15-20 feet

Exposure:  Sun/Partial Shade

Blooms:  Early Spring

Flower:  Yellow/Green

Soil:  Moist to Wet

This is considered one of the most attractive of the willows!  It has smooth, reddish-brown bark.

Height:  30-60 feet

Exposure:  Sun/Partial Shade

Blooms:  Late Spring/Summer           

Flower:  Yellow Green Catkins 

Soil:  Moist to Wet

This tree has a deep black colored bark.  The catkins develop fuzzy, white, cottony seeds.

Height:  15-30 feet

Exposure:  Sun/Partial Shade

Blooms:  Early Spring

Flower:  Green Catkins  

Soil:  Moist to Wet

This willow has silky, white hairs on the undersides of its leaves.

Height: 5-12 feet

Exposure:  Full/Partial Sun

Blooms:  Early Summer

Fruit:  Purple Droops     

Flower:  White 

Soil:  Moist; Loamy

The berries of this bush are edible and can be made into wine or jams. A quick growing shrub perfect for moist sites.

Height:  5-12 feet

Exposure:  Full Sun/Partial Shade

Blooms:  Late Spring

Fruit:  Red Berries

Flower:  White

Soil:  Well-drained; Average

The berries feed a wide variety of birds! Dyes can be made from its bark, berries, and stems.

Height:  10-30 feet

Exposure:  Sun/Partial Shade

Blooms:  Spring            

Berries:  Small, Red Pomes 

Flower:  White Clusters  

Soil:  Moist

This tree has toothed compound leaves.  Its berries can be made into wine!

Height:  2-5 feet

Exposure:  Full/Partial Sun

Blooms:  Summer

Flower:  Pink/Rose/Purple 

Soil:  Moist; Acidic 

Long plumes of rosy, purple flowers attract numerous butterflies in the summer.

Height:  10-20 feet 

Exposure:  Partial Sun/Shade 

Blooms:  Spring

Flower:  Green/White

Soil:  Moist, Peaty, Rich

In the Spring, greenish white nodding flowers adorn this tree. When Fall comes, it produces unusual, inflated, papery seed capsules.

Height:  15-25 feet

Exposure:  Partial Sun 

Blooms:  Spring

Fruit:  Bluish-Purple Berries 

Flower:  White

Soil:  Moist; Acidic; Adaptable

Nice understory tree with unique horizontal branching pattern. Flowers are good nectar source, berries loved by birds.

Height: 6-10 feet

Exposure:  Sun/Partial Shade

Blooms:  Spring

Fruit:  Blue Drupe     

Flower:  Creamy White 

Soil:  Moist; Fertile

This fast-growing dogwood is good for difficult sites. It naturalizes well and provides great value for wildlife.

Height: 10-15 feet

Exposure:  Sun/Partial Shade

Blooms:  Late Spring

Fruit:  White     

Flower:  Creamy White 

Soil:  Well-drained; Average

This very adaptable shrub provides wildlife food and shelter.  It has beautiful reddish-purple Fall color!

Height:   6-10 feet

Exposure:  Sun/Partial Shade

Blooms:  Spring

Berries:  White to Pale Blue

Flower:  White 

Soil:  Moist; Adaptable

This shrub has bright red stems that persist through the winter. A great option for winter interest in wet sites!

Height:  1-4 feet

Exposure:  Partial Sun/Full Shade 

Blooms:  Spring

Berries:  Red

Flower:  inconspicuous

Soil:  Moist, Rich, Well-drained

This low evergreen shrub provides berries for birds, winter cover and browse year round.

Height:  4-6 feet

Exposure:  Part Sun to Shade

Blooms:  Late Spring Flower: White

Berries:  Round; Purple/black 

Soil:  Well-drained, Acidic

This open-branched shrub produces beautiful purple-pink foliage in the Fall. Berries late season food source for wildlife.

Height:  6-10 feet

Exposure:  Sun/Partial Shade

Blooms:  Spring

Fruit:  Deep Blue     

Flower:  White 

Soil:  Moist; Well-drained

White flat-topped flowers give way to deep, dark blue berries that the birds like to eat! The leaves on this shrub turn a deep red color in the Fall.

Height:  4-10 feet

Exposure:  Open Shade

Blooms:  Spring

Fruit:  Red/Black Berries 

Flower:  White

Soil:  Moist to well-drained humus, acidic

The berries start out red then change to a deep purple. Provides for many wildlife species.

Height:  15-20 feet

Exposure:  Part Shade/Sun

Blooms:  Spring

Flower:  White

Soil:  Moist to Average

This plant is a host for several different moth species including the Hummingbird clearwing.

Height:  20-30 feet

Exposure:  Partial Shade/ Full Sun 

Blooms:  Spring

Fruit:  Purple/ Black Berries

Soil:  Moist, Well-drained

Great source of nutrients for birds and wildlife. Berries are very sour but can be enjoyed once made into wine or jam.