 Colorado Spruce - Dense evergreen, bluish green to bright silvery blue in color. Growing rate is moderate to slow. Height, 75 to 100'. Best on silt and clay loams, prefers full sun. Stiff short needles.
 Forsythia - 6 to 10' high, equal spread. Does well in most soil. Brilliantly bright yellow flowers from top to bottom early in April. Full sun to maximize flowering.
 Lilac - Fast growing to mature height of 15'. Drought resistant, moist well drained silty clayey or loamy soils, intolerant of wet soils, and needs full sun. Effective screen in 3 to 4 years when planted 6 to 8' apart.
 Nanking Cherry - Prunus tomentosa: A dense shrub with a spread of about 15’, mature height 6 to 8’. Does well in most soils, but drought tolerant. This shrub will flower about mid April; edible fruits ripen in summer. Grown single, as hedge, or a windbreak.
 Ninebark - Physocarpus opulifolius: 5 to 9' high with 6 to 10' spread. Upright spreading with stiffly recurved branches. Prefers well drained to moist sites: sun to partial shade. Flowers white or pinklish. Provides good cover for wildlife and informal hedging. Medium to fast growth.
 Ponderosa Pine - 60 -100' in height with 25 to 30 foot spread. Medium growth rate prefers a deep, moist, well drained loam; sunny, open exposure; intolerant of shade; hurt b late frost; resistant to drought; tolerates alkaline soils.
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 Red Barberry - Prefers full sun. Mature height 6 to 7 with a width of 2 to 3'. Medium to fast growing adapting to most soils. Fragrant bright yellow flowers giving way to bright red, tiny berries in the fall. Seeds provide food for wild turkeys.
 Redbud - Cercis canadensis: A small tree 20 to 25’ in height with an equal spread. Trunk divided close to the ground with heart- shaped leaves. Rosy pink flowers in April. Medium growth rate. Will do well in most soils. Full sun.
 Silver Maple - Upright with strong spreading branches forming an oval to rounded crown. Fast growing 50 to 70'. Tolerant of a wide variety of soils, preferring moist soil along stream banks and deep moist soiled woods, slightly acid soil. Their root system will cause drain tiles to clog. One of the best trees for poor soil. Full sun.
 White Birch - Betula papyrifera: Normally a small to medium-sized tree 40 to 60 feet in height and 12 to 18 inches in diameter, it may grow considerably larger on certain sites. It is fast growing but relatively short-lived, requiring only 60 to 80 years to reach maturity. When young, the crowns are pyramidal in shape and composted of many slender, ascending branches. Old trees have open crowns with relatively few large branches and many fine branchlets. The root system is shallow. Grows best in rich, moist soil of swamps and river borders but is commonly found growing on fairly dry sandy sites with aspen, red maple, jack pine, and oak. It is intolerant of shade and frequently seeds heavily or sprouts following fires where it may form small, nearly pure stands. The bark on the young branches is dull red to dark brown, becoming cream-colored to chalky white on the larger branches and trucks, and is marked by thin, horizontal lenticels or breathing pores. The base of the trunk of old trees is often nearly black. The thin, smooth bark is often unbroken on young trees, but on older trees may peel in fine shreds or in curled, papery strips or sheets. Deep cutting or the removal of bark may even kill the tree.
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