Wildlife Gardening/Evaluation tables/Trees/Northeastern United States

Trees to consider Native trees to consider Native trees of West Virginia Taxon Amphibians and fishes Birds Mammals Reptiles Invertebrates Plants and fungi Notes frameless|center|upright Taxon Cercis canadensis, the eastern redbud. Spring blossoming pictured. Exhibits a flourish of beautiful pink flowers in spring. Attracts long-tongued bees.https://xerces.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/2017-049_Mid-AtlanticPlantList_Dec2017_web-3page.pdf Pollinator Plants: Mid-Atlantic Region Nancy Lee Adamson Brianna Borders Jessa Kay Cruz Sarah Foltz Jordan Kelly Gill Jennifer Hopwood Eric Lee-Mäder Ashley Minnerath Mace Vaughan 2017 Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation 3 English 09-02-2019 frameless|center|upright Taxon Crataegus crus-galli, the cockspur hawthorn. Spring blossoming pictured. Especially attractive to bees, including multiple Taxon Andrena species ("mining bees"), bumble bees, and honey bees. Birds are also attracted to this tree. May be moderately allelopathic.Coder Kim D. April, 1999 Potential Allelopathy in Different Tree Species http://www.walterreeves.com/uploads/pdf/potentialallelopathyindifferenttreespecies.pdf 12-03-2019 Daniel B. Warnell School of Forest Resources Extension publications English University of Georgia 99 3 1-5 frameless|center|upright Taxon Salix discolor, the American pussy willow. Spring blossoming of catkintype flowers pictured. Flowers in spring. Attracts bees and serves as a host plant for Taxon Nymphalis antiopa, the mourning cloak butterfly. frameless|center|upright=0.5 Taxon Tilia americana, the American basswood or American linden. Its flowers are "extremely" attractive to bees. Slightly allelopathic. Native trees of West Virginia Taxon Amphibians and fishes Birds Mammals Reptiles Invertebrates Plants and fungi Notes frameless|center|upright=0.5 Taxon Juniperus virginiana, the eastern redcedar or Virginia juniper. cover for wildlife. bird nesting site. bird food. winter bird food. winter food for cedar waxwings. food for breeding birds. caterpillar host plant. many specialists like juniper hairstreak. evergreen screen. shade tree. "berry-like cones used for flavoring gin". frameless|center|upright Taxon Pinus strobus, the eastern white pine. wildlife cover. bird nest. winter bird food. breeding bird food. spring bird food. mammal food. caterpillar host plant. evergreen screen. shade tree. many mammals many birds more than 210 species of caterpillar. carbon sequestration. Slightly allelopathic. frameless|center|upright=0.5 Taxon Pinus virginiana, the Virginia pine or Jersey pine. wildlife cover. bird nest. winter bird food. breeding bird food. spring bird food. mammal food. caterpillar host plant. evergreen screen. shade tree. many mammals many birds more than 210 species of caterpillar. frameless|center|upright=0.5 Taxon Tsuga canadensis, the eastern hemlock. Moderately allelopathic. Introduced trees to consider Trees to avoid Native trees to avoid Introduced trees to avoid Coder, K.D., 1999. Potential Allelopathy in Different Tree Species.University of Georgia, Daniel B. Warnell School of Forest Resources. pp. 1–5 (Extension publication FOR99-003). Coder Kim D. April, 1999 Potential Allelopathy in Different Tree Species http://www.walterreeves.com/uploads/pdf/potentialallelopathyindifferenttreespecies.pdf 12-03-2019 Daniel B. Warnell School of Forest Resources Extension publications English University of Georgia 99 3 1-5