Plant ID #10

1. Thuja occidentals, Eastern white cedar

- Old growing trees
- Found on mountains
- Cedars known to be 200 years old
- Fertile well-drained soil tolerant to acidic swampy water
- Ever green
- Has scales not needles
- Known to have high lumber prices the wood is highly priced
- Needles are conifer
- Attractive when stained
- Make useful hedges
- Hold a winter interest
- Known to attract mosquitoes
- Eastern carline forest
- Dwarf for diseased specimens

2. Tilia cordata, little leaf linden

- Pyramidal canopy
- Planted in north American substitute for American linden
(more pest)
- Dense canopy
- Tolerant to urban pollution and road salt
- Hardy attractive tree
- Ugly bark
- Flowers dont smell
- Fertile well-drained soil also soil adaptable
- Heart shaped margin leaves
- Alternately arranged
- Seen all over southern Ontario

3. Suka Canadensis, Eastern hemlock

- Decorative specimens
- Early life very shade tolerant
- Grows were other trees have fallen
- Hemlocks shoot up when there is a break in a deciduous tree
- In full sun they will branch out
- You can make a fatal poison from the roots
- Needles are flat and are round soft
- Pines are smaller
- Fertile well-drained soil and part shade tolerate shade
- Hardy tree

4. Viburnum lentago, nannyberry Viburum

- Medium to large deciduous tree
- Very tender
- Useful in wild life garden because of plentiful edible fruit
- Opposite arranged leaves and branches,
- Simple oval leafs
- Fragrant flowers
- Dry flowers
- Prefer part shade and fertile well-drained soil
- Irregular growth habit

5. Weigela Floridaelvera, mid night wine weigela

- Opposite arranged elongated leaves
- Ugly shrub in the mid growing season
- Attractive flowers in spring look like a trumpet
- Flowers are semi fragrant
- Prefer full sun and fertile well-drained soil
- Form of the