Nannyberry
Viburnum lentago | moist to well- drained sandy soils | wetlands, forest edges, thickets, streambanks | erect, suckering shrub, height up to 6m | food for wildlife, erosion control, naturalization |
Alternate- leaved dogwood
Cornus alternifolia | well-drained soils | hillsides, ravine slopes, open forests, thickets | multi-stemmed shrub, height up to 6m | food for wildlife, erosion control |
Grey dogwood
Cornus racemosa | moist to well- drained sandy soils | roadsides, fencerows, streambanks, | multi-stemmed shrub, height up to 3m | food for wildlife, erosion control, naturalization |
Red osier dogwood
Cornus sericea | fertile, acidic soils, moist to wet sites | variable, most moist to wet sites | multi-stemmed shrub, height up to 3m | food for wildlife, erosion control, naturalization |
Highbush cranberrry Viburnum trilobum | fertile, moist soils | streambanks, open woods, thickets, around wetlands | multi-stemmed suckering shrub, height up to 4m | food for wildlife, erosion control, naturalization |
Common elderberry
Sambucus canadensis | sandy to loamy acidic soils | forest edges, roadsides, wetlands, thickets | multi-stemmed shrub, height up to 4m | food and cover for wildlife, naturalization |
Serviceberry
Amelanchier spp. | moist to dry sandy, acidic soils | wide variety of sites | multi-stemmed shrub, height up to 3m | food for wildlife, aesthetics |
Chokecherry
Prunus virginiana | grows in well- drained to moist soils | wide variety of sites | multi-stemmed tree that form thickets, height up to 3m | food for wildlife, erosion control, aesthetics |
Pussy willow
Salix discolor | moist sandy, silty, or gravelly soils | along streambanks, wet thickets | multi-stemmed tree, height up to 6m | erosion control, naturalization |
Staghorn sumac
Rhus typhina | can grow in very dry, poor conditions | open fields, ridges, streambanks, forest edges | erect, suckering tree, height up to 3m | for wildlife, erosion control, naturalization, food |
Snowberry
Symphoricarpos albus | dry sandy, gravelly soils | thickets, well drained slopes and ridges | low, multi-stemmed suckering shrub, height up to 1m | winter food for wildlife, erosion control |