{
 "title": "Plant facts: size, zones, sun, soil, bloom, fruit and first crop for every species",
 "page": "https://bluewhaletrees.com/articles/plant-facts/",
 "license": {
  "name": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0",
  "short": "CC BY 4.0",
  "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
 },
 "attribution": "Blue Whale Trees, https://bluewhaletrees.com/articles/plant-facts/",
 "updated": "2026-10-22",
 "row": "one tree or shrub the nursery grows",
 "rows_count": 414,
 "columns": [
  {
   "name": "slug",
   "means": "the plant page's address, https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/<slug>/"
  },
  {
   "name": "name",
   "means": "the common name the page uses"
  },
  {
   "name": "botanical",
   "means": "the botanical name"
  },
  {
   "name": "form",
   "means": "shrub, small-tree, medium-tree or large-tree, the page's size class"
  },
  {
   "name": "group",
   "means": "the shop group the plant is filed under, as its address word"
  },
  {
   "name": "height_min_ft",
   "means": "the low end of the mature height the page gives, in feet"
  },
  {
   "name": "height_max_ft",
   "means": "the high end of the mature height, in feet"
  },
  {
   "name": "spread_ft",
   "means": "the mature crown width of one plant, in feet, as the page's facts row gives it"
  },
  {
   "name": "wall_ft",
   "means": "the distance from a wall the page's growing guide gives, in feet"
  },
  {
   "name": "zone_min",
   "means": "the coldest hardiness zone the page gives"
  },
  {
   "name": "zone_max",
   "means": "the warmest hardiness zone the page gives"
  },
  {
   "name": "sun",
   "means": "full, part or shade, every exposure the page gives, separated by semicolons"
  },
  {
   "name": "moisture",
   "means": "dry, average or wet, every soil moisture the page gives, separated by semicolons"
  },
  {
   "name": "traits",
   "means": "the trait words the page lists, such as wildlife, fall-color, edible or drought, separated by semicolons"
  },
  {
   "name": "growth_class",
   "means": "slow, medium or fast, the page's growth class"
  },
  {
   "name": "bloom_first",
   "means": "the first month in flower, 1 to 12"
  },
  {
   "name": "bloom_last",
   "means": "the last month in flower, 1 to 12"
  },
  {
   "name": "fruit_first",
   "means": "the first month the fruit, nuts or seed ripen, 1 to 12"
  },
  {
   "name": "fruit_last",
   "means": "the last month, 1 to 12"
  },
  {
   "name": "fruit_kind",
   "means": "what ripens: acorns, nuts, berries, seed, cones and so on"
  },
  {
   "name": "first_crop",
   "means": "the years from planting to the first crop, as the page's facts row states them"
  },
  {
   "name": "flowers",
   "means": "how the flowers are borne: monoecious, male and female flowers on one plant; dioecious, on separate plants; or perfect, each flower carrying both parts"
  },
  {
   "name": "offered_as",
   "means": "what the nursery grows the plant as: saplings, and acorns, nuts or seed, separated by semicolons"
  }
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   "slug": "alabama-azalea",
   "name": "Alabama Azalea",
   "botanical": "Rhododendron alabamense",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 4,
   "height_max_ft": 6,
   "spread_ft": 6,
   "wall_ft": 3,
   "zone_min": 6,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "part; shade",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "flowers; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 11,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "about 3",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "alabama-croton",
   "name": "Alabama Croton",
   "botanical": "Croton alabamensis",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 5,
   "height_max_ft": 10,
   "spread_ft": 10,
   "wall_ft": 5,
   "zone_min": 6,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "part; full; shade",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "rare; fall-color; drought; shade",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 2,
   "bloom_last": 4,
   "fruit_first": 5,
   "fruit_last": 6,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "about 4 after planting (first flowers)",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "alabama-snow-wreath",
   "name": "Alabama Snow-wreath",
   "botanical": "Neviusia alabamensis",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 3,
   "height_max_ft": 10,
   "spread_ft": 6,
   "wall_ft": 3,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "part; full; shade",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "rare; flowers; shade; drought; fall-color",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 5,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "dry fruit",
   "first_crop": "about 3 (first flowers)",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings"
  },
  {
   "slug": "alderleaf-buckthorn",
   "name": "Alderleaf Buckthorn",
   "botanical": "Rhamnus alnifolia",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 2,
   "height_max_ft": 5,
   "spread_ft": 3,
   "wall_ft": 3,
   "zone_min": 3,
   "zone_max": 7,
   "sun": "part; shade; full",
   "moisture": "wet; average",
   "traits": "wet-tolerant; wildlife; shade",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 7,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "5 to 10",
   "flowers": "polygamous",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "allegheny-chinquapin",
   "name": "Allegheny Chinquapin",
   "botanical": "Castanea pumila",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "chestnuts",
   "height_min_ft": 10,
   "height_max_ft": 25,
   "spread_ft": 20,
   "wall_ft": null,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "edible; wildlife; drought; rare; early-bearing; erosion-control",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 7,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "nuts",
   "first_crop": "2 to 3 (a crop in the third season)",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; nuts"
  },
  {
   "slug": "allegheny-plum",
   "name": "Allegheny Plum",
   "botanical": "Prunus alleghaniensis",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
   "height_min_ft": 3,
   "height_max_ft": 20,
   "spread_ft": 20,
   "wall_ft": 10,
   "zone_min": 4,
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   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "rare; edible; wildlife; early-bearing",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "plums",
   "first_crop": "4",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "allegheny-serviceberry",
   "name": "Allegheny Serviceberry",
   "botanical": "Amelanchier laevis",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 15,
   "height_max_ft": 25,
   "spread_ft": 25,
   "wall_ft": null,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "flowers; edible; wildlife; fall-color; street-tree",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 4,
   "fruit_first": 6,
   "fruit_last": 6,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "2 to 3 after planting",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "american-basswood",
   "name": "American Basswood (Linden)",
   "botanical": "Tilia americana",
   "form": "large-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 60,
   "height_max_ft": 90,
   "spread_ft": 60,
   "wall_ft": 30,
   "zone_min": 3,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full; part; shade",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "honey; flowers; fall-color; wildlife; winter-interest; street-tree",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 6,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "nutlets",
   "first_crop": "15 or more (trees have borne at 8)",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "american-beautyberry",
   "name": "American Beautyberry",
   "botanical": "Callicarpa americana",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 3,
   "height_max_ft": 6,
   "spread_ft": 6,
   "wall_ft": 4,
   "zone_min": 6,
   "zone_max": 10,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "wildlife; drought; edible; winter-interest",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 6,
   "bloom_last": 7,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 12,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "2 (first flowers)",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "american-beech",
   "name": "American Beech",
   "botanical": "Fagus grandifolia",
   "form": "large-tree",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
   "height_min_ft": 50,
   "height_max_ft": 80,
   "spread_ft": 80,
   "wall_ft": 40,
   "zone_min": 3,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part; shade",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "wildlife; edible; shade; fall-color; winter-interest",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 11,
   "fruit_kind": "nuts",
   "first_crop": "about 40 (large quantities by 60)",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; nuts"
  },
  {
   "slug": "american-chestnut",
   "name": "American Chestnut",
   "botanical": "Castanea dentata",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "chestnuts",
   "height_min_ft": 15,
   "height_max_ft": 30,
   "spread_ft": 20,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "rare; edible; wildlife; drought; early-bearing",
   "growth_class": "fast",
   "bloom_first": 6,
   "bloom_last": 7,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "nuts",
   "first_crop": "4",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; nuts"
  },
  {
   "slug": "american-crabapple",
   "name": "American Crabapple",
   "botanical": "Malus coronaria",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
   "height_min_ft": 15,
   "height_max_ft": 30,
   "spread_ft": 30,
   "wall_ft": null,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "flowers; wildlife; edible",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "crabapples",
   "first_crop": "several",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "american-elm",
   "name": "American Elm",
   "botanical": "Ulmus americana",
   "form": "large-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 60,
   "height_max_ft": 80,
   "spread_ft": 60,
   "wall_ft": 30,
   "zone_min": 2,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; wet; dry",
   "traits": "wildlife; wet-tolerant; drought",
   "growth_class": "fast",
   "bloom_first": 2,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 3,
   "fruit_last": 6,
   "fruit_kind": "winged seeds",
   "first_crop": "15 (seldom abundant before 40)",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "american-fly-honeysuckle",
   "name": "American Fly Honeysuckle",
   "botanical": "Lonicera canadensis",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 3,
   "height_max_ft": 6,
   "spread_ft": 7,
   "wall_ft": 3,
   "zone_min": 3,
   "zone_max": 7,
   "sun": "part; shade; full",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "shade; wildlife; flowers",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 6,
   "fruit_last": 8,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "5 to 10",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "american-hazelnut",
   "name": "American Hazelnut",
   "botanical": "Corylus americana",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
   "height_min_ft": 8,
   "height_max_ft": 12,
   "spread_ft": 13,
   "wall_ft": 10,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "edible; wildlife; fall-color; early-bearing; winter-interest",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 2,
   "bloom_last": 4,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "nuts",
   "first_crop": "2 to 3",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; nuts"
  },
  {
   "slug": "american-holly",
   "name": "American Holly, select line",
   "botanical": "Ilex opaca",
   "form": "medium-tree",
   "group": "specimens",
   "height_min_ft": 20,
   "height_max_ft": 50,
   "spread_ft": 40,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part; shade",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "evergreen; wildlife; screening; shade; winter-interest; street-tree; salt",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 2,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "3 to 9 (first flowers)",
   "flowers": "dioecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "american-hornbeam",
   "name": "American Hornbeam (Musclewood)",
   "botanical": "Carpinus caroliniana",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 20,
   "height_max_ft": 35,
   "spread_ft": 35,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 3,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "part; shade; full",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "fall-color; wildlife; shade; wet-tolerant; winter-interest; street-tree",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 10,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "nutlets",
   "first_crop": "about 15",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "american-mountain-ash",
   "name": "American Mountain Ash",
   "botanical": "Sorbus americana",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 15,
   "height_max_ft": 30,
   "spread_ft": 20,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 2,
   "zone_max": 7,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "flowers; wildlife; fall-color; winter-interest",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 7,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 3,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "about 15 (the European species)",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "american-persimmon",
   "name": "American Persimmon",
   "botanical": "Diospyros virginiana",
   "form": "medium-tree",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
   "height_min_ft": 35,
   "height_max_ft": 60,
   "spread_ft": 35,
   "wall_ft": 20,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "dry; average; wet",
   "traits": "edible; wildlife; honey; fall-color; drought; winter-interest; erosion-control",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 11,
   "fruit_kind": "persimmons",
   "first_crop": "4 to 9 (heaviest crops at 25 to 50)",
   "flowers": "dioecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "american-plum",
   "name": "American Plum",
   "botanical": "Prunus americana",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
   "height_min_ft": 15,
   "height_max_ft": 25,
   "spread_ft": 25,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 3,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; dry; wet",
   "traits": "flowers; edible; wildlife; drought; erosion-control; early-bearing",
   "growth_class": "fast",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 8,
   "fruit_kind": "plums",
   "first_crop": "3 to 5",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "american-smoketree",
   "name": "American Smoketree",
   "botanical": "Cotinus obovatus",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 20,
   "height_max_ft": 30,
   "spread_ft": 30,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "fall-color; flowers; drought; rare",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 6,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "dry fruit",
   "first_crop": "3 to 4",
   "flowers": "polygamous",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "american-snowbell",
   "name": "American Snowbell",
   "botanical": "Styrax americanus",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 6,
   "height_max_ft": 15,
   "spread_ft": 10,
   "wall_ft": 5,
   "zone_min": 6,
   "zone_max": 10,
   "sun": "part; full; shade",
   "moisture": "wet; average",
   "traits": "flowers; wet-tolerant; shade; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "dry fruit",
   "first_crop": "a few",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "arkansas-oak",
   "name": "Arkansas Oak",
   "botanical": "Quercus arkansana",
   "form": "medium-tree",
   "group": "rare-oaks",
   "height_min_ft": 20,
   "height_max_ft": 60,
   "spread_ft": 40,
   "wall_ft": 20,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "rare; wildlife; drought",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 11,
   "fruit_kind": "acorns",
   "first_crop": "17 or more",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; acorns"
  },
  {
   "slug": "arrowwood-viburnum",
   "name": "Arrowwood Viburnum",
   "botanical": "Viburnum dentatum",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 5,
   "height_max_ft": 10,
   "spread_ft": 10,
   "wall_ft": null,
   "zone_min": 2,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full; part; shade",
   "moisture": "dry; average; wet",
   "traits": "wildlife; flowers; fall-color; screening; drought; wet-tolerant; shade; salt; erosion-control; early-bearing",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 7,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "3",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "ashe-magnolia",
   "name": "Ashe's Magnolia",
   "botanical": "Magnolia ashei",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 10,
   "height_max_ft": 30,
   "spread_ft": 10,
   "wall_ft": 10,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "part; full; shade",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "rare; flowers; shade; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "fast",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "cones",
   "first_crop": "3 to 4 (first flowers)",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "atlantic-white-cedar",
   "name": "Atlantic White Cedar",
   "botanical": "Chamaecyparis thyoides",
   "form": "medium-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 40,
   "height_max_ft": 60,
   "spread_ft": 20,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 3,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "wet; average",
   "traits": "evergreen; wet-tolerant; screening",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 4,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "cones",
   "first_crop": "3 to 5 (first cones, in the open)",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "bald-cypress",
   "name": "Bald Cypress",
   "botanical": "Taxodium distichum",
   "form": "large-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 50,
   "height_max_ft": 80,
   "spread_ft": 30,
   "wall_ft": 25,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 10,
   "sun": "full",
   "moisture": "wet; average; dry",
   "traits": "wet-tolerant; fall-color; drought; winter-interest; street-tree; erosion-control; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 4,
   "fruit_first": 10,
   "fruit_last": 12,
   "fruit_kind": "cones",
   "first_crop": "12 to 15",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "balsam-fir",
   "name": "Balsam Fir",
   "botanical": "Abies balsamea",
   "form": "medium-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 40,
   "height_max_ft": 75,
   "spread_ft": 25,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 2,
   "zone_max": 7,
   "sun": "full; part; shade",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "evergreen; wildlife; screening; shade; wet-tolerant; winter-interest",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "cones",
   "first_crop": "about 20 (regular crops after about 30)",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "balsam-poplar",
   "name": "Balsam Poplar",
   "botanical": "Populus balsamifera",
   "form": "large-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 30,
   "height_max_ft": 100,
   "spread_ft": 40,
   "wall_ft": 30,
   "zone_min": 2,
   "zone_max": 5,
   "sun": "full",
   "moisture": "wet; average",
   "traits": "wet-tolerant; erosion-control; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "fast",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 5,
   "fruit_last": 7,
   "fruit_kind": "cottony seed",
   "first_crop": "8 to 10",
   "flowers": "dioecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings"
  },
  {
   "slug": "bartram-serviceberry",
   "name": "Bartram's Serviceberry",
   "botanical": "Amelanchier bartramiana",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
   "height_min_ft": 2,
   "height_max_ft": 8,
   "spread_ft": 5,
   "wall_ft": 3,
   "zone_min": 2,
   "zone_max": 7,
   "sun": "part; full",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "edible; flowers; wildlife; wet-tolerant",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 8,
   "fruit_first": 7,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "2 to 4",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "beach-plum",
   "name": "Beach Plum",
   "botanical": "Prunus maritima",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
   "height_min_ft": 4,
   "height_max_ft": 8,
   "spread_ft": 6,
   "wall_ft": null,
   "zone_min": 3,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full",
   "moisture": "dry",
   "traits": "flowers; edible; wildlife; drought; salt; early-bearing; erosion-control",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "plums",
   "first_crop": "3 to 4",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "beaked-hazelnut",
   "name": "Beaked Hazelnut",
   "botanical": "Corylus cornuta",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
   "height_min_ft": 4,
   "height_max_ft": 10,
   "spread_ft": 8,
   "wall_ft": 4,
   "zone_min": 3,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "edible; wildlife; drought",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 2,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "nuts",
   "first_crop": "2 to 3",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; nuts"
  },
  {
   "slug": "bear-huckleberry",
   "name": "Bear Huckleberry",
   "botanical": "Gaylussacia ursina",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 1,
   "height_max_ft": 5,
   "spread_ft": 5,
   "wall_ft": 3,
   "zone_min": 7,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "part; full",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "rare; wildlife; fall-color; edible",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 7,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "2 from sprouts",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "bear-oak",
   "name": "Bear Oak (Scrub Oak)",
   "botanical": "Quercus ilicifolia",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "rare-oaks",
   "height_min_ft": 6,
   "height_max_ft": 20,
   "spread_ft": 20,
   "wall_ft": 10,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full",
   "moisture": "dry",
   "traits": "rare; wildlife; drought",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "acorns",
   "first_crop": "3 from sprouts (in New Jersey; acorns take two seasons to ripen)",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; acorns"
  },
  {
   "slug": "bebb-willow",
   "name": "Bebb's Willow",
   "botanical": "Salix bebbiana",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 10,
   "height_max_ft": 25,
   "spread_ft": 15,
   "wall_ft": 8,
   "zone_min": 3,
   "zone_max": 7,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "wildlife; wet-tolerant; erosion-control",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 5,
   "fruit_last": 6,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "2 to 10 (first flowers)",
   "flowers": "dioecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings"
  },
  {
   "slug": "bigleaf-magnolia",
   "name": "Bigleaf Magnolia",
   "botanical": "Magnolia macrophylla",
   "form": "medium-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 30,
   "height_max_ft": 40,
   "spread_ft": 40,
   "wall_ft": 20,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "part; full",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "flowers; rare; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "cones",
   "first_crop": "12 or more (first flowers)",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "bigleaf-snowbell",
   "name": "Bigleaf Snowbell",
   "botanical": "Styrax grandifolius",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 8,
   "height_max_ft": 20,
   "spread_ft": 15,
   "wall_ft": 8,
   "zone_min": 6,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "part; shade; full",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "flowers; shade; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "dry fruit",
   "first_crop": "a few",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "bigleaf-witch-hazel",
   "name": "Bigleaf Witch Hazel",
   "botanical": "Hamamelis ovalis",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 8,
   "height_max_ft": 16,
   "spread_ft": 20,
   "wall_ft": 8,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "part",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "rare; flowers",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 12,
   "bloom_last": 2,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 11,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "at least 6",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "bitternut-hickory",
   "name": "Bitternut Hickory",
   "botanical": "Carya cordiformis",
   "form": "large-tree",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
   "height_min_ft": 50,
   "height_max_ft": 80,
   "spread_ft": 50,
   "wall_ft": 30,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "fall-color; wildlife; wet-tolerant; rare",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "nuts",
   "first_crop": "about 30 (in quantity; about 25 by the Missouri Botanical Garden)",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; nuts"
  },
  {
   "slug": "black-cherry",
   "name": "Black Cherry",
   "botanical": "Prunus serotina",
   "form": "large-tree",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
   "height_min_ft": 50,
   "height_max_ft": 80,
   "spread_ft": 60,
   "wall_ft": 30,
   "zone_min": 2,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "wildlife; edible; flowers; fall-color",
   "growth_class": "fast",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 6,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "cherries",
   "first_crop": "5 to 10",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "black-chokeberry",
   "name": "Black Chokeberry",
   "botanical": "Aronia melanocarpa",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 3,
   "height_max_ft": 6,
   "spread_ft": 6,
   "wall_ft": null,
   "zone_min": 3,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "dry; average; wet",
   "traits": "flowers; edible; wildlife; fall-color; drought; wet-tolerant; early-bearing; erosion-control",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 2,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "2 to 3",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "black-elderberry",
   "name": "Black Elderberry",
   "botanical": "Sambucus canadensis",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 6,
   "height_max_ft": 12,
   "spread_ft": 12,
   "wall_ft": 10,
   "zone_min": 3,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "flowers; edible; wildlife; wet-tolerant; early-bearing; erosion-control",
   "growth_class": "fast",
   "bloom_first": 6,
   "bloom_last": 8,
   "fruit_first": 7,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "2 (first flowers, on canes in their second year)",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "black-gum",
   "name": "Black Gum (Tupelo)",
   "botanical": "Nyssa sylvatica",
   "form": "large-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 40,
   "height_max_ft": 70,
   "spread_ft": 35,
   "wall_ft": 20,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "dry; average; wet",
   "traits": "fall-color; honey; wildlife; wet-tolerant; street-tree; erosion-control; salt",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "2 from sprouts",
   "flowers": "polygamous",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "black-hickory",
   "name": "Black Hickory",
   "botanical": "Carya texana",
   "form": "medium-tree",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
   "height_min_ft": 30,
   "height_max_ft": 80,
   "spread_ft": 64,
   "wall_ft": 30,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "rare; edible; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "nuts",
   "first_crop": "about 30",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; nuts"
  },
  {
   "slug": "black-huckleberry",
   "name": "Black Huckleberry",
   "botanical": "Gaylussacia baccata",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 1,
   "height_max_ft": 3,
   "spread_ft": 4,
   "wall_ft": null,
   "zone_min": 3,
   "zone_max": 7,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "edible; wildlife; fall-color; drought; erosion-control",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 7,
   "fruit_last": 8,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "a few after planting",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "black-locust",
   "name": "Black Locust",
   "botanical": "Robinia pseudoacacia",
   "form": "large-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 40,
   "height_max_ft": 70,
   "spread_ft": 35,
   "wall_ft": 35,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "honey; flowers; drought; nitrogen-fixing; wildlife; erosion-control",
   "growth_class": "fast",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "pods",
   "first_crop": "about 6",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "black-maple",
   "name": "Black Maple",
   "botanical": "Acer nigrum",
   "form": "large-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 60,
   "height_max_ft": 75,
   "spread_ft": 60,
   "wall_ft": 30,
   "zone_min": 3,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full; part; shade",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "fall-color; shade; wildlife; street-tree",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "winged seeds",
   "first_crop": "about 30",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "black-oak",
   "name": "Black Oak",
   "botanical": "Quercus velutina",
   "form": "large-tree",
   "group": "rare-oaks",
   "height_min_ft": 50,
   "height_max_ft": 80,
   "spread_ft": 60,
   "wall_ft": 30,
   "zone_min": 3,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "wildlife; drought; rare; street-tree",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "acorns",
   "first_crop": "about 20 (best at 40 to 75; good crops every 2 to 3 years)",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; acorns"
  },
  {
   "slug": "black-walnut",
   "name": "Black Walnut",
   "botanical": "Juglans nigra",
   "form": "large-tree",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
   "height_min_ft": 70,
   "height_max_ft": 100,
   "spread_ft": 50,
   "wall_ft": 50,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "edible; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "fast",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "nuts",
   "first_crop": "about 10 (a few nuts at 4 to 6; large crops from 20 to 30)",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; nuts"
  },
  {
   "slug": "blackhaw",
   "name": "Blackhaw Viburnum",
   "botanical": "Viburnum prunifolium",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 12,
   "height_max_ft": 15,
   "spread_ft": 12,
   "wall_ft": 10,
   "zone_min": 3,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part; shade",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "flowers; wildlife; edible; fall-color; drought; shade",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "8 to 10",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "blackjack-oak",
   "name": "Blackjack Oak",
   "botanical": "Quercus marilandica",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "rare-oaks",
   "height_min_ft": 20,
   "height_max_ft": 40,
   "spread_ft": 40,
   "wall_ft": 20,
   "zone_min": 6,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "rare; drought; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 11,
   "fruit_kind": "acorns",
   "first_crop": "3 to 4 from sprouts (on burned ground; it bears younger than many oaks)",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; acorns"
  },
  {
   "slug": "bladdernut",
   "name": "Bladdernut",
   "botanical": "Staphylea trifolia",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 8,
   "height_max_ft": 15,
   "spread_ft": 15,
   "wall_ft": null,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "part; shade",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "flowers; rare; wildlife; shade; wet-tolerant; winter-interest",
   "growth_class": "fast",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "pods",
   "first_crop": "4 to 5 (in quantity)",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "blue-ash",
   "name": "Blue Ash",
   "botanical": "Fraxinus quadrangulata",
   "form": "large-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 50,
   "height_max_ft": 70,
   "spread_ft": 35,
   "wall_ft": 35,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 7,
   "sun": "full",
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   "flowers": "perfect",
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  {
   "slug": "blue-ridge-st-johns-wort",
   "name": "Blue Ridge St. John's-wort",
   "botanical": "Hypericum buckleyi",
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   "group": "shrubs",
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   "bloom_last": 8,
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   "fruit_last": 10,
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  {
   "slug": "blueberry-hawthorn",
   "name": "Blueberry Hawthorn",
   "botanical": "Crataegus brachyacantha",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
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   "spread_ft": 50,
   "wall_ft": 20,
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   "zone_max": 9,
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   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "wildlife; fall-color; wet-tolerant; flowers",
   "growth_class": "medium",
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   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 8,
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   "fruit_kind": "haws",
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   "flowers": "perfect",
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  },
  {
   "slug": "bluejack-oak",
   "name": "Bluejack Oak",
   "botanical": "Quercus incana",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "rare-oaks",
   "height_min_ft": 20,
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   "spread_ft": 45,
   "wall_ft": 20,
   "zone_min": 6,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "dry",
   "traits": "drought; wildlife; fall-color",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 5,
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   "fruit_last": 10,
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  {
   "slug": "bluff-oak",
   "name": "Bluff Oak",
   "botanical": "Quercus austrina",
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   "group": "rare-oaks",
   "height_min_ft": 40,
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   "spread_ft": 50,
   "wall_ft": 25,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full",
   "moisture": "average; wet; dry",
   "traits": "rare; wildlife; drought; wet-tolerant; fall-color; street-tree",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 10,
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  {
   "slug": "bog-spicebush",
   "name": "Bog Spicebush",
   "botanical": "Lindera subcoriacea",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 6,
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   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "part; full",
   "moisture": "wet",
   "traits": "rare; wet-tolerant; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 2,
   "bloom_last": 4,
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   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
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   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "bottlebrush-buckeye",
   "name": "Bottlebrush Buckeye",
   "botanical": "Aesculus parviflora",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 8,
   "height_max_ft": 12,
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   "wall_ft": 8,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 9,
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   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "flowers; shade; wildlife; fall-color; rare; erosion-control",
   "growth_class": "slow",
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   "bloom_last": 7,
   "fruit_first": 9,
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   "first_crop": "about 3 (first flowers)",
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   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
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  {
   "slug": "box-huckleberry",
   "name": "Box Huckleberry",
   "botanical": "Gaylussacia brachycera",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 1,
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   "wall_ft": 2,
   "zone_min": 5,
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   "sun": "part; shade",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "rare; evergreen; shade; edible",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 8,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "a few after planting",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "boynton-oak",
   "name": "Boynton Oak",
   "botanical": "Quercus boyntonii",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "rare-oaks",
   "height_min_ft": 6,
   "height_max_ft": 20,
   "spread_ft": 20,
   "wall_ft": 10,
   "zone_min": 8,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "rare; drought; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "acorns",
   "first_crop": "3 to 5",
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   "offered_as": "saplings; acorns"
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  {
   "slug": "bracted-arrowwood",
   "name": "Bracted Arrowwood",
   "botanical": "Viburnum bracteatum",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 6,
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   "traits": "rare; flowers; wildlife; drought",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 7,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "3",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "rose-locust",
   "name": "Bristly Locust (Rose Locust)",
   "botanical": "Robinia hispida",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 3,
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   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "flowers; wildlife; drought; nitrogen-fixing; erosion-control; early-bearing",
   "growth_class": "fast",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 7,
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   "first_crop": "about 2",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings"
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  {
   "slug": "broom-crowberry",
   "name": "Broom Crowberry",
   "botanical": "Corema conradii",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
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   "sun": "full",
   "moisture": "dry",
   "traits": "rare; evergreen",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 5,
   "fruit_last": 6,
   "fruit_kind": "dry fruit",
   "first_crop": "about 5",
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   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "buckthorn-bully",
   "name": "Buckthorn Bully",
   "botanical": "Sideroxylon lycioides",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 10,
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   "spread_ft": 20,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 7,
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   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "wildlife; edible; wet-tolerant",
   "growth_class": "fast",
   "bloom_first": 6,
   "bloom_last": 8,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "about 5",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "buckwheat-tree",
   "name": "Buckwheat Tree",
   "botanical": "Cliftonia monophylla",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 12,
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   "spread_ft": 10,
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   "zone_min": 7,
   "zone_max": 10,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "wet; average",
   "traits": "honey; evergreen; flowers; wet-tolerant; screening; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 2,
   "bloom_last": 5,
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   "fruit_last": 8,
   "fruit_kind": "winged fruit",
   "first_crop": "under 5 (first flowers)",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
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  {
   "slug": "bur-oak",
   "name": "Bur Oak",
   "botanical": "Quercus macrocarpa",
   "form": "large-tree",
   "group": "classic-oaks",
   "height_min_ft": 60,
   "height_max_ft": 80,
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   "wall_ft": 40,
   "zone_min": 3,
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   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "drought; wildlife; street-tree; edible",
   "growth_class": "slow",
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   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 11,
   "fruit_kind": "acorns",
   "first_crop": "about 35 (good crops every 2 to 3 years)",
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   "offered_as": "saplings; acorns"
  },
  {
   "slug": "butternut",
   "name": "Butternut",
   "botanical": "Juglans cinerea",
   "form": "medium-tree",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
   "height_min_ft": 40,
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   "wall_ft": 30,
   "zone_min": 3,
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   "sun": "full",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "rare; edible; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "nuts",
   "first_crop": "about 20 (best from 30 to 60)",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; nuts"
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  {
   "slug": "buttonbush",
   "name": "Buttonbush",
   "botanical": "Cephalanthus occidentalis",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 5,
   "height_max_ft": 12,
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   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 10,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "wet; average",
   "traits": "flowers; wildlife; honey; wet-tolerant; erosion-control; winter-interest",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 6,
   "bloom_last": 9,
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   "fruit_kind": "nutlets",
   "first_crop": "2 (first flowers)",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
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  {
   "slug": "canada-buffaloberry",
   "name": "Canada Buffaloberry",
   "botanical": "Shepherdia canadensis",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 3,
   "height_max_ft": 8,
   "spread_ft": 8,
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   "zone_min": 2,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "nitrogen-fixing; drought; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 6,
   "fruit_last": 8,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "4 to 6",
   "flowers": "dioecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "canada-plum",
   "name": "Canada Plum",
   "botanical": "Prunus nigra",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
   "height_min_ft": 10,
   "height_max_ft": 30,
   "spread_ft": 15,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 2,
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   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "flowers; edible; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "plums",
   "first_crop": "4 to 6",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "canada-yew",
   "name": "Canada Yew",
   "botanical": "Taxus canadensis",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 3,
   "height_max_ft": 6,
   "spread_ft": 8,
   "wall_ft": 4,
   "zone_min": 2,
   "zone_max": 7,
   "sun": "part; shade",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "evergreen; shade; wildlife; erosion-control",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 7,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "arils",
   "first_crop": "30 to 35",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "carolina-bog-laurel",
   "name": "Carolina Bog Laurel",
   "botanical": "Kalmia carolina",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 1,
   "height_max_ft": 5,
   "spread_ft": 6,
   "wall_ft": 3,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "wet; average",
   "traits": "rare; flowers; evergreen; wet-tolerant",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "about 3",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "carolina-buckthorn",
   "name": "Carolina Buckthorn",
   "botanical": "Frangula caroliniana",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 10,
   "height_max_ft": 20,
   "spread_ft": 15,
   "wall_ft": 8,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "part; full; shade",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "wildlife; rare; fall-color; shade; drought",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "5 to 7",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "carolina-hemlock",
   "name": "Carolina Hemlock",
   "botanical": "Tsuga caroliniana",
   "form": "medium-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 40,
   "height_max_ft": 60,
   "spread_ft": 25,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 6,
   "zone_max": 7,
   "sun": "part; shade; full",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "evergreen; rare; shade; screening; wildlife; winter-interest",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 4,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "cones",
   "first_crop": "about 20 (good crops at 25 to 30)",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "carolina-laurelcherry",
   "name": "Carolina Laurelcherry",
   "botanical": "Prunus caroliniana",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 15,
   "height_max_ft": 40,
   "spread_ft": 25,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 7,
   "zone_max": 10,
   "sun": "full; part; shade",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "evergreen; screening; wildlife; flowers; drought; street-tree",
   "growth_class": "fast",
   "bloom_first": 2,
   "bloom_last": 4,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 2,
   "fruit_kind": "cherries",
   "first_crop": "2",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "carolina-silverbell",
   "name": "Carolina Silverbell",
   "botanical": "Halesia tetraptera",
   "form": "medium-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 30,
   "height_max_ft": 40,
   "spread_ft": 30,
   "wall_ft": 25,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "part; full",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "flowers; fall-color; rare; winter-interest",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "winged fruit",
   "first_crop": "a few (first flowers; heavy flower crops from 20 to 25)",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "carolina-st-johns-wort",
   "name": "Carolina St. John's-wort",
   "botanical": "Hypericum nitidum",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 1,
   "height_max_ft": 15,
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   "wall_ft": 5,
   "zone_min": 8,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "wet; average",
   "traits": "flowers; wet-tolerant",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 7,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 1,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "3 to 5",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "carolina-willow",
   "name": "Carolina Willow",
   "botanical": "Salix caroliniana",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 15,
   "height_max_ft": 30,
   "spread_ft": 30,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 6,
   "zone_max": 10,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "wet; average",
   "traits": "wet-tolerant; wildlife; honey",
   "growth_class": "fast",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 4,
   "fruit_last": 6,
   "fruit_kind": "cottony seed",
   "first_crop": "5 to 10",
   "flowers": "dioecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings"
  },
  {
   "slug": "catawba-rhododendron",
   "name": "Catawba Rhododendron",
   "botanical": "Rhododendron catawbiense",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 6,
   "height_max_ft": 10,
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   "wall_ft": 6,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "part; shade; full",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "evergreen; flowers; screening; shade; wildlife; winter-interest",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 7,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "about 3",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "catberry",
   "name": "Catberry",
   "botanical": "Ilex mucronata",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 3,
   "height_max_ft": 10,
   "spread_ft": 6,
   "wall_ft": 5,
   "zone_min": 3,
   "zone_max": 7,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "wet; average",
   "traits": "wildlife; wet-tolerant",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 7,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "a few",
   "flowers": "dioecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "cedar-elm",
   "name": "Cedar Elm",
   "botanical": "Ulmus crassifolia",
   "form": "large-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 50,
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   "spread_ft": 60,
   "wall_ft": 30,
   "zone_min": 6,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; dry; wet",
   "traits": "drought; fall-color; wildlife; wet-tolerant",
   "growth_class": "fast",
   "bloom_first": 8,
   "bloom_last": 9,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "winged seeds",
   "first_crop": "about 20",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "chalk-maple",
   "name": "Chalk Maple",
   "botanical": "Acer leucoderme",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 25,
   "height_max_ft": 30,
   "spread_ft": 30,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "part; full; shade",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "fall-color; drought; shade; rare; winter-interest; street-tree; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 4,
   "fruit_first": 5,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "winged seeds",
   "first_crop": "11",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "chapman-oak",
   "name": "Chapman Oak",
   "botanical": "Quercus chapmanii",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "rare-oaks",
   "height_min_ft": 10,
   "height_max_ft": 25,
   "spread_ft": 25,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 7,
   "zone_max": 10,
   "sun": "full",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "drought; wildlife; salt; fall-color; winter-interest",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 11,
   "fruit_kind": "acorns",
   "first_crop": "1 from sprouts (acorns in the first year after a fire)",
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   "offered_as": "saplings; acorns"
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  {
   "slug": "chapman-rhododendron",
   "name": "Chapman's Rhododendron",
   "botanical": "Rhododendron chapmanii",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 3,
   "height_max_ft": 8,
   "spread_ft": 6,
   "wall_ft": 3,
   "zone_min": 7,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "part",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "rare; evergreen; flowers; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 4,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 11,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "about 3",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "chapman-st-johns-wort",
   "name": "Chapman's St. John's-wort",
   "botanical": "Hypericum chapmanii",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 7,
   "height_max_ft": 13,
   "spread_ft": 4,
   "wall_ft": 4,
   "zone_min": 8,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "wet; average",
   "traits": "rare; flowers; wet-tolerant; early-bearing",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 6,
   "bloom_last": 8,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 1,
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   "first_crop": "3 to 5",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "cherrybark-oak",
   "name": "Cherrybark Oak, Wye Island line",
   "botanical": "Quercus pagoda",
   "form": "large-tree",
   "group": "specimens",
   "height_min_ft": 80,
   "height_max_ft": 120,
   "spread_ft": 70,
   "wall_ft": 50,
   "zone_min": 6,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "wildlife; fall-color; wet-tolerant; street-tree",
   "growth_class": "fast",
   "bloom_first": 2,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 11,
   "fruit_kind": "acorns",
   "first_crop": "about 25",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; acorns"
  },
  {
   "slug": "chestnut-oak",
   "name": "Chestnut Oak",
   "botanical": "Quercus montana",
   "form": "medium-tree",
   "group": "classic-oaks",
   "height_min_ft": 50,
   "height_max_ft": 70,
   "spread_ft": 70,
   "wall_ft": 35,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "drought; wildlife; street-tree",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "acorns",
   "first_crop": "about 20 (stump sprouts have borne at 3)",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; acorns"
  },
  {
   "slug": "chickasaw-plum",
   "name": "Chickasaw Plum",
   "botanical": "Prunus angustifolia",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
   "height_min_ft": 4,
   "height_max_ft": 20,
   "spread_ft": 20,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "flowers; edible; wildlife; drought; early-bearing; street-tree; erosion-control",
   "growth_class": "fast",
   "bloom_first": 2,
   "bloom_last": 4,
   "fruit_first": 5,
   "fruit_last": 8,
   "fruit_kind": "plums",
   "first_crop": "2",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "chinese-chestnut",
   "name": "Chinese Chestnut",
   "botanical": "Castanea mollissima",
   "form": "medium-tree",
   "group": "chestnuts",
   "height_min_ft": 40,
   "height_max_ft": 60,
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   "wall_ft": 35,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "edible; wildlife; drought",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 6,
   "bloom_last": 7,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "nuts",
   "first_crop": "4 to 7",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; nuts"
  },
  {
   "slug": "chinquapin-oak",
   "name": "Chinquapin Oak",
   "botanical": "Quercus muehlenbergii",
   "form": "medium-tree",
   "group": "classic-oaks",
   "height_min_ft": 40,
   "height_max_ft": 60,
   "spread_ft": 70,
   "wall_ft": 35,
   "zone_min": 3,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "drought; wildlife; edible; street-tree; winter-interest",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "acorns",
   "first_crop": "under 30",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; acorns"
  },
  {
   "slug": "chokecherry",
   "name": "Chokecherry",
   "botanical": "Prunus virginiana",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
   "height_min_ft": 20,
   "height_max_ft": 30,
   "spread_ft": 20,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 2,
   "zone_max": 10,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "wildlife; edible; flowers; drought; fall-color; erosion-control",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 7,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "cherries",
   "first_crop": "3 to 4 (first good crop)",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "cinnamon-clethra",
   "name": "Cinnamon Clethra",
   "botanical": "Clethra acuminata",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 8,
   "height_max_ft": 20,
   "spread_ft": 6,
   "wall_ft": 5,
   "zone_min": 6,
   "zone_max": 7,
   "sun": "part; full; shade",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "flowers; fall-color; wildlife; shade",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 6,
   "bloom_last": 8,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 11,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "about 2",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "clammy-locust",
   "name": "Clammy Locust",
   "botanical": "Robinia viscosa",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 30,
   "height_max_ft": 40,
   "spread_ft": 25,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 3,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "flowers; rare; honey; nitrogen-fixing; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 11,
   "fruit_kind": "pods",
   "first_crop": "about 6",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "climbing-fetterbush",
   "name": "Climbing Fetterbush",
   "botanical": "Pieris phillyreifolia",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 1,
   "height_max_ft": 3,
   "spread_ft": 6,
   "wall_ft": 2,
   "zone_min": 8,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "part",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "rare; evergreen; flowers",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 12,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 10,
   "fruit_last": 11,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "under 5 (first flowers)",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "climbing-prairie-rose",
   "name": "Climbing Prairie Rose",
   "botanical": "Rosa setigera",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 3,
   "height_max_ft": 15,
   "spread_ft": 10,
   "wall_ft": 5,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "flowers; wildlife; fall-color; drought; erosion-control",
   "growth_class": "fast",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 8,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "hips",
   "first_crop": "2 to 5",
   "flowers": "dioecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "clove-currant",
   "name": "Clove Currant",
   "botanical": "Ribes aureum var. villosum",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 3,
   "height_max_ft": 10,
   "spread_ft": 8,
   "wall_ft": 4,
   "zone_min": 2,
   "zone_max": 7,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "flowers; edible; wildlife; drought; screening; erosion-control",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 6,
   "fruit_last": 8,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "3",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "clusterspike-indigobush",
   "name": "Clusterspike Indigobush",
   "botanical": "Amorpha herbacea",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 2,
   "height_max_ft": 4,
   "spread_ft": 4,
   "wall_ft": 2,
   "zone_min": 7,
   "zone_max": 10,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "flowers; wildlife; drought; nitrogen-fixing",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 7,
   "fruit_first": 7,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "pods",
   "first_crop": "1 from sprouts",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "coastal-azalea",
   "name": "Coastal Azalea",
   "botanical": "Rhododendron atlanticum",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 2,
   "height_max_ft": 6,
   "spread_ft": 5,
   "wall_ft": 3,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "part; full",
   "moisture": "average; wet; dry",
   "traits": "flowers; wildlife; wet-tolerant",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "about 3 (first flowers, in one trial)",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "cockspur-hawthorn",
   "name": "Cockspur Hawthorn",
   "botanical": "Crataegus crus-galli",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
   "height_min_ft": 20,
   "height_max_ft": 30,
   "spread_ft": 35,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 3,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "flowers; wildlife; screening; fall-color; drought; edible; winter-interest; erosion-control; salt",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 1,
   "fruit_kind": "haws",
   "first_crop": "5 to 8",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "common-hackberry",
   "name": "Common Hackberry",
   "botanical": "Celtis occidentalis",
   "form": "large-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 40,
   "height_max_ft": 60,
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   "wall_ft": 25,
   "zone_min": 3,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part; shade",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "wildlife; drought; shade; edible; erosion-control",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "about 15",
   "flowers": "polygamous",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "common-hoptree",
   "name": "Common Hoptree (Wafer Ash)",
   "botanical": "Ptelea trifoliata",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 10,
   "height_max_ft": 20,
   "spread_ft": 20,
   "wall_ft": 8,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "part; full; shade",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "wildlife; shade; drought; rare",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 7,
   "fruit_last": 11,
   "fruit_kind": "winged seeds",
   "first_crop": "3 to 4",
   "flowers": "polygamous",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "common-juniper",
   "name": "Common Juniper",
   "botanical": "Juniperus communis",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 2,
   "height_max_ft": 10,
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   "wall_ft": 6,
   "zone_min": 2,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "evergreen; drought; wildlife; erosion-control; winter-interest; salt",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "berrylike cones",
   "first_crop": "about 10",
   "flowers": "dioecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "common-prickly-ash",
   "name": "Common Prickly Ash (Toothache Tree)",
   "botanical": "Zanthoxylum americanum",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 10,
   "height_max_ft": 20,
   "spread_ft": 15,
   "wall_ft": 8,
   "zone_min": 3,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "wildlife; drought; screening; rare",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 4,
   "fruit_first": 6,
   "fruit_last": 8,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "3 to 5",
   "flowers": "dioecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "conjurers-nut",
   "name": "Conjurer's-nut",
   "botanical": "Nestronia umbellula",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 1,
   "height_max_ft": 4,
   "spread_ft": 3,
   "wall_ft": 3,
   "zone_min": 7,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "part; full",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "rare",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 6,
   "fruit_last": 8,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "3",
   "flowers": "dioecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings"
  },
  {
   "slug": "coral-bean",
   "name": "Coral Bean",
   "botanical": "Erythrina herbacea",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 3,
   "height_max_ft": 12,
   "spread_ft": 6,
   "wall_ft": 3,
   "zone_min": 6,
   "zone_max": 10,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "flowers; wildlife; rare; winter-interest; drought; salt",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 7,
   "fruit_first": 7,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "pods",
   "first_crop": "1 after planting",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "corkwood",
   "name": "Corkwood",
   "botanical": "Leitneria floridana",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 5,
   "height_max_ft": 20,
   "spread_ft": 12,
   "wall_ft": 6,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "wet; average",
   "traits": "wet-tolerant; rare; salt",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 2,
   "bloom_last": 3,
   "fruit_first": 5,
   "fruit_last": 7,
   "fruit_kind": "dry fruit",
   "first_crop": "3 to 4",
   "flowers": "dioecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "creek-plum",
   "name": "Creek Plum",
   "botanical": "Prunus rivularis",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
   "height_min_ft": 3,
   "height_max_ft": 25,
   "spread_ft": 25,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 7,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "flowers; edible; wildlife; early-bearing; erosion-control; rare",
   "growth_class": "fast",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 4,
   "fruit_first": 7,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "plums",
   "first_crop": "3",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "creeping-blueberry",
   "name": "Creeping Blueberry",
   "botanical": "Vaccinium crassifolium",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 1,
   "height_max_ft": 2,
   "spread_ft": 3,
   "wall_ft": 2,
   "zone_min": 6,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "rare; evergreen; edible; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 6,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "3 to 4",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "creeping-juniper",
   "name": "Creeping Juniper",
   "botanical": "Juniperus horizontalis",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 1,
   "height_max_ft": 2,
   "spread_ft": 10,
   "wall_ft": 5,
   "zone_min": 2,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "evergreen; drought; salt; wildlife; winter-interest; erosion-control",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 2,
   "fruit_kind": "berrylike cones",
   "first_crop": "about 10 to 20",
   "flowers": "dioecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "cucumber-magnolia",
   "name": "Cucumber Magnolia",
   "botanical": "Magnolia acuminata",
   "form": "large-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 50,
   "height_max_ft": 80,
   "spread_ft": 60,
   "wall_ft": 40,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "flowers; rare; wildlife; fall-color",
   "growth_class": "fast",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 7,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "cones",
   "first_crop": "about 30 (a seedling may bloom at 12 or more)",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "cumberland-azalea",
   "name": "Cumberland Azalea",
   "botanical": "Rhododendron cumberlandense",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 3,
   "height_max_ft": 7,
   "spread_ft": 6,
   "wall_ft": 3,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "part; full",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "flowers; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 6,
   "bloom_last": 7,
   "fruit_first": 7,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "about 3",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "cumberland-rosemary",
   "name": "Cumberland Rosemary",
   "botanical": "Conradina verticillata",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 1,
   "height_max_ft": 2,
   "spread_ft": 2,
   "wall_ft": 2,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "rare; flowers; evergreen; drought",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 6,
   "fruit_last": 7,
   "fruit_kind": "nutlets",
   "first_crop": "2",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "dahoon",
   "name": "Dahoon",
   "botanical": "Ilex cassine",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 20,
   "height_max_ft": 30,
   "spread_ft": 15,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 7,
   "zone_max": 10,
   "sun": "full; part; shade",
   "moisture": "wet; average",
   "traits": "evergreen; wildlife; wet-tolerant; screening; shade; winter-interest; street-tree",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 10,
   "fruit_last": 3,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "4 to 7",
   "flowers": "dioecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "dangleberry",
   "name": "Dangleberry",
   "botanical": "Gaylussacia frondosa",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
   "height_min_ft": 2,
   "height_max_ft": 6,
   "spread_ft": 5,
   "wall_ft": 3,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; wet; dry",
   "traits": "edible; wildlife; wet-tolerant; drought; fall-color",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 6,
   "fruit_last": 8,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "2 from sprouts (after a fire; most fruit in the third year)",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "darrow-blueberry",
   "name": "Darrow's Blueberry",
   "botanical": "Vaccinium darrowii",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 1,
   "height_max_ft": 5,
   "spread_ft": 2,
   "wall_ft": 2,
   "zone_min": 7,
   "zone_max": 10,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "evergreen; edible; wildlife; flowers",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 2,
   "bloom_last": 4,
   "fruit_first": 5,
   "fruit_last": 6,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "3 to 5 after planting",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "deerberry",
   "name": "Deerberry",
   "botanical": "Vaccinium stamineum",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 5,
   "height_max_ft": 15,
   "spread_ft": 12,
   "wall_ft": null,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "wildlife; flowers; drought; fall-color; rare; early-bearing",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "3 to 5 after planting (first flowers, in full sun)",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "delta-post-oak",
   "name": "Delta Post Oak",
   "botanical": "Quercus similis",
   "form": "large-tree",
   "group": "rare-oaks",
   "height_min_ft": 60,
   "height_max_ft": 80,
   "spread_ft": 80,
   "wall_ft": 40,
   "zone_min": 7,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "rare; wet-tolerant; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 11,
   "fruit_kind": "acorns",
   "first_crop": "about 25",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; acorns"
  },
  {
   "slug": "devils-walking-stick",
   "name": "Devil's Walking Stick",
   "botanical": "Aralia spinosa",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 10,
   "height_max_ft": 20,
   "spread_ft": 10,
   "wall_ft": 10,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "wildlife; flowers; fall-color",
   "growth_class": "fast",
   "bloom_first": 7,
   "bloom_last": 8,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "3 to 4 (first flowers)",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "devilwood",
   "name": "Devilwood",
   "botanical": "Cartrema americana",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 15,
   "height_max_ft": 30,
   "spread_ft": 20,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 10,
   "sun": "part; full; shade",
   "moisture": "average; wet; dry",
   "traits": "evergreen; screening; flowers; wildlife; shade; salt",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 3,
   "fruit_kind": "fleshy fruit",
   "first_crop": "several",
   "flowers": "dioecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "downy-arrowwood",
   "name": "Downy Arrowwood",
   "botanical": "Viburnum rafinesqueanum",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 3,
   "height_max_ft": 10,
   "spread_ft": 6,
   "wall_ft": 3,
   "zone_min": 3,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "part; shade; full",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "wildlife; drought; shade; flowers; fall-color",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 7,
   "fruit_first": 7,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "3",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "downy-hawthorn",
   "name": "Downy Hawthorn",
   "botanical": "Crataegus mollis",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
   "height_min_ft": 20,
   "height_max_ft": 40,
   "spread_ft": 40,
   "wall_ft": 20,
   "zone_min": 3,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; dry; wet",
   "traits": "flowers; edible; wildlife; drought; wet-tolerant",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "haws",
   "first_crop": "5 to 8",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "downy-serviceberry",
   "name": "Downy Serviceberry",
   "botanical": "Amelanchier arborea",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 15,
   "height_max_ft": 25,
   "spread_ft": 15,
   "wall_ft": 12,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "flowers; edible; wildlife; fall-color; winter-interest; street-tree; erosion-control",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 4,
   "fruit_first": 6,
   "fruit_last": 6,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "2 to 3 after planting",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "durand-oak",
   "name": "Durand Oak",
   "botanical": "Quercus sinuata",
   "form": "large-tree",
   "group": "rare-oaks",
   "height_min_ft": 50,
   "height_max_ft": 75,
   "spread_ft": 50,
   "wall_ft": 25,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "rare; wildlife; wet-tolerant",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 10,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "acorns",
   "first_crop": "about 35",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; acorns"
  },
  {
   "slug": "dwarf-chinquapin-oak",
   "name": "Dwarf Chinquapin Oak",
   "botanical": "Quercus prinoides",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "rare-oaks",
   "height_min_ft": 6,
   "height_max_ft": 15,
   "spread_ft": 20,
   "wall_ft": 10,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "rare; wildlife; drought; early-bearing; edible; erosion-control",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "acorns",
   "first_crop": "3 to 5",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; acorns"
  },
  {
   "slug": "dwarf-hackberry",
   "name": "Dwarf Hackberry",
   "botanical": "Celtis tenuifolia",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 15,
   "height_max_ft": 30,
   "spread_ft": 20,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "wildlife; drought; rare; edible",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 12,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "about 15",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "dwarf-live-oak",
   "name": "Dwarf Live Oak",
   "botanical": "Quercus minima",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "rare-oaks",
   "height_min_ft": 1,
   "height_max_ft": 3,
   "spread_ft": 6,
   "wall_ft": 3,
   "zone_min": 7,
   "zone_max": 10,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "evergreen; early-bearing; drought; wildlife; rare",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 11,
   "fruit_kind": "acorns",
   "first_crop": "3",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; acorns"
  },
  {
   "slug": "dwarf-palmetto",
   "name": "Dwarf Palmetto",
   "botanical": "Sabal minor",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 4,
   "height_max_ft": 10,
   "spread_ft": 8,
   "wall_ft": 4,
   "zone_min": 7,
   "zone_max": 10,
   "sun": "part; full; shade",
   "moisture": "average; wet; dry",
   "traits": "evergreen; wet-tolerant; shade; winter-interest; wildlife; salt; drought; flowers",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 7,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 11,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "20 or more",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "dwarf-pawpaw",
   "name": "Dwarf Pawpaw",
   "botanical": "Asimina parviflora",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
   "height_min_ft": 3,
   "height_max_ft": 12,
   "spread_ft": 6,
   "wall_ft": 3,
   "zone_min": 7,
   "zone_max": 10,
   "sun": "part; full",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "edible; wildlife; flowers",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 7,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "pawpaws",
   "first_crop": "4 to 7",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "dwarf-tupelo",
   "name": "Dwarf Tupelo",
   "botanical": "Nyssa ursina",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 3,
   "height_max_ft": 16,
   "spread_ft": 15,
   "wall_ft": 6,
   "zone_min": 6,
   "zone_max": 10,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "wet; average",
   "traits": "rare; wet-tolerant",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 2,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "about 5",
   "flowers": "polygamous",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "dwarf-witch-alder",
   "name": "Dwarf Witch Alder",
   "botanical": "Fothergilla gardenii",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 2,
   "height_max_ft": 3,
   "spread_ft": 4,
   "wall_ft": 2,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "flowers; fall-color; rare; wet-tolerant",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "about 4 after planting (first flowers)",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "eastern-hemlock",
   "name": "Eastern Hemlock",
   "botanical": "Tsuga canadensis",
   "form": "large-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 40,
   "height_max_ft": 100,
   "spread_ft": 35,
   "wall_ft": 20,
   "zone_min": 3,
   "zone_max": 7,
   "sun": "part; shade; full",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "evergreen; shade; screening; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "cones",
   "first_crop": "20 to 30 (later in shade)",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "eastern-leatherwood",
   "name": "Eastern Leatherwood",
   "botanical": "Dirca palustris",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 3,
   "height_max_ft": 6,
   "spread_ft": 6,
   "wall_ft": null,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "shade; part",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "flowers; rare; shade; wet-tolerant",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 4,
   "fruit_first": 6,
   "fruit_last": 7,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "about 4 (first flowers)",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "eastern-red-cedar",
   "name": "Eastern Red Cedar",
   "botanical": "Juniperus virginiana",
   "form": "medium-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 30,
   "height_max_ft": 50,
   "spread_ft": 20,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 2,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "evergreen; drought; wildlife; screening; salt; erosion-control; street-tree",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 2,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 3,
   "fruit_kind": "berrylike cones",
   "first_crop": "about 10",
   "flowers": "dioecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "eastern-redbud",
   "name": "Eastern Redbud",
   "botanical": "Cercis canadensis",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 20,
   "height_max_ft": 30,
   "spread_ft": 35,
   "wall_ft": 20,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "flowers; wildlife; drought; street-tree",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 7,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "pods",
   "first_crop": "under 7 (first flowers; no pods in the first year of bloom)",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "eastern-wahoo",
   "name": "Eastern Wahoo",
   "botanical": "Euonymus atropurpureus",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 6,
   "height_max_ft": 20,
   "spread_ft": 25,
   "wall_ft": 12,
   "zone_min": 3,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "part; full; shade",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "fall-color; wildlife; shade; winter-interest",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "4 to 5",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "elliott-blueberry",
   "name": "Elliott's Blueberry",
   "botanical": "Vaccinium elliottii",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
   "height_min_ft": 4,
   "height_max_ft": 10,
   "spread_ft": 6,
   "wall_ft": 3,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "edible; flowers; fall-color; wildlife; winter-interest",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 2,
   "bloom_last": 4,
   "fruit_first": 5,
   "fruit_last": 6,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "3 to 5 after planting",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "eve-necklace",
   "name": "Eve's Necklace",
   "botanical": "Styphnolobium affine",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 15,
   "height_max_ft": 30,
   "spread_ft": 20,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 7,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part; shade",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "flowers; winter-interest; drought; wildlife; street-tree",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 11,
   "fruit_kind": "pods",
   "first_crop": "under 10",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "evergreen-bayberry",
   "name": "Evergreen Bayberry",
   "botanical": "Morella caroliniensis",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 8,
   "height_max_ft": 12,
   "spread_ft": 15,
   "wall_ft": 7,
   "zone_min": 6,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "wildlife; screening; wet-tolerant; nitrogen-fixing",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 2,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "3 to 4",
   "flowers": "dioecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "farkleberry",
   "name": "Farkleberry",
   "botanical": "Vaccinium arboreum",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 10,
   "height_max_ft": 25,
   "spread_ft": 10,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 6,
   "zone_max": 10,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "wildlife; drought; flowers; fall-color; winter-interest",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 1,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "1 (first flowers, in some pot-grown seedlings)",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "fevertree",
   "name": "Fevertree",
   "botanical": "Pinckneya bracteata",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 10,
   "height_max_ft": 20,
   "spread_ft": 15,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 7,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "flowers; wet-tolerant; rare",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 8,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 11,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "4",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "flag-pawpaw",
   "name": "Flag Pawpaw",
   "botanical": "Asimina obovata",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
   "height_min_ft": 6,
   "height_max_ft": 15,
   "spread_ft": 6,
   "wall_ft": 4,
   "zone_min": 8,
   "zone_max": 10,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "flowers; edible; wildlife; drought; rare",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 2,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 7,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "pawpaws",
   "first_crop": "4 to 7",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "flame-azalea",
   "name": "Flame Azalea",
   "botanical": "Rhododendron calendulaceum",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 4,
   "height_max_ft": 12,
   "spread_ft": 10,
   "wall_ft": 5,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 7,
   "sun": "part; full",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "flowers; wildlife; winter-interest",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 7,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "about 3",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "flatwoods-plum",
   "name": "Flatwoods Plum",
   "botanical": "Prunus umbellata",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
   "height_min_ft": 12,
   "height_max_ft": 20,
   "spread_ft": 20,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 10,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "flowers; edible; wildlife; drought; early-bearing",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 4,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "plums",
   "first_crop": "3",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "florida-anise",
   "name": "Florida Anise",
   "botanical": "Illicium floridanum",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 6,
   "height_max_ft": 10,
   "spread_ft": 10,
   "wall_ft": 5,
   "zone_min": 6,
   "zone_max": 10,
   "sun": "part; shade; full",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "evergreen; flowers; shade; wet-tolerant; screening",
   "growth_class": "fast",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "pods",
   "first_crop": "6 to 10",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "florida-bully",
   "name": "Florida Bully",
   "botanical": "Sideroxylon reclinatum",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 5,
   "height_max_ft": 15,
   "spread_ft": 20,
   "wall_ft": 8,
   "zone_min": 8,
   "zone_max": 10,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "wet; average",
   "traits": "wet-tolerant; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "about 5",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "florida-flame-azalea",
   "name": "Florida Flame Azalea",
   "botanical": "Rhododendron austrinum",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 6,
   "height_max_ft": 10,
   "spread_ft": 10,
   "wall_ft": 5,
   "zone_min": 6,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "part",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "flowers; rare; wildlife; drought",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 4,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "about 3",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "florida-leucothoe",
   "name": "Florida Leucothoe",
   "botanical": "Agarista populifolia",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 8,
   "height_max_ft": 12,
   "spread_ft": 6,
   "wall_ft": 3,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "part; shade",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "evergreen; flowers; wet-tolerant; shade; wildlife; erosion-control",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "3 to 5 after planting",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "florida-maple",
   "name": "Florida Maple",
   "botanical": "Acer floridanum",
   "form": "medium-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 20,
   "height_max_ft": 60,
   "spread_ft": 40,
   "wall_ft": 20,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part; shade",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "fall-color; drought; shade; street-tree; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 4,
   "fruit_first": 6,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "winged seeds",
   "first_crop": "about 30",
   "flowers": "polygamous",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "florida-swamp-privet",
   "name": "Florida Swamp Privet",
   "botanical": "Forestiera segregata",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 5,
   "height_max_ft": 15,
   "spread_ft": 10,
   "wall_ft": 5,
   "zone_min": 8,
   "zone_max": 10,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "wildlife; drought; salt; screening",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 2,
   "bloom_last": 3,
   "fruit_first": 5,
   "fruit_last": 8,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "5 to 8",
   "flowers": "dioecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "florida-torreya",
   "name": "Florida Torreya",
   "botanical": "Torreya taxifolia",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 30,
   "height_max_ft": 50,
   "spread_ft": 40,
   "wall_ft": 20,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "part; shade; full",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "rare; evergreen; shade; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 4,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 11,
   "fruit_kind": "seeds",
   "first_crop": "about 20",
   "flowers": "dioecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "florida-willow",
   "name": "Florida Willow",
   "botanical": "Salix floridana",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 6,
   "height_max_ft": 20,
   "spread_ft": 15,
   "wall_ft": 8,
   "zone_min": 8,
   "zone_max": 10,
   "sun": "part; full",
   "moisture": "wet",
   "traits": "rare; wet-tolerant",
   "growth_class": "fast",
   "bloom_first": 2,
   "bloom_last": 4,
   "fruit_first": 4,
   "fruit_last": 5,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "5 to 10",
   "flowers": "dioecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "florida-yew",
   "name": "Florida Yew",
   "botanical": "Taxus floridana",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 12,
   "height_max_ft": 25,
   "spread_ft": 18,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 6,
   "zone_max": 10,
   "sun": "part; shade; full",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "rare; evergreen; shade; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 1,
   "bloom_last": 3,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "arils",
   "first_crop": "about 20 (in forest shade)",
   "flowers": "dioecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "flowering-dogwood",
   "name": "Flowering Dogwood",
   "botanical": "Cornus florida",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 15,
   "height_max_ft": 30,
   "spread_ft": 30,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "part; full; shade",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "flowers; fall-color; wildlife; shade",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 4,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "6",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "four-petal-pawpaw",
   "name": "Four-petal Pawpaw",
   "botanical": "Asimina tetramera",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
   "height_min_ft": 3,
   "height_max_ft": 15,
   "spread_ft": 6,
   "wall_ft": 3,
   "zone_min": 9,
   "zone_max": 10,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "dry",
   "traits": "rare; flowers; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 7,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "pawpaws",
   "first_crop": "4 to 7",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "fragrant-sumac",
   "name": "Fragrant Sumac",
   "botanical": "Rhus aromatica",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 2,
   "height_max_ft": 6,
   "spread_ft": 10,
   "wall_ft": 5,
   "zone_min": 3,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "fall-color; wildlife; drought; salt; erosion-control",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 6,
   "fruit_last": 3,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "3 to 4",
   "flowers": "polygamous",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "franklin-tree",
   "name": "Franklin Tree",
   "botanical": "Franklinia alatamaha",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 10,
   "height_max_ft": 25,
   "spread_ft": 15,
   "wall_ft": 10,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "rare; flowers; fall-color; winter-interest",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 7,
   "bloom_last": 10,
   "fruit_first": 10,
   "fruit_last": 11,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "4 (first flowers; ripe seed a year later)",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "fraser-fir",
   "name": "Fraser Fir",
   "botanical": "Abies fraseri",
   "form": "medium-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 30,
   "height_max_ft": 55,
   "spread_ft": 25,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 7,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "evergreen; rare; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "cones",
   "first_crop": "about 15",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "fraser-magnolia",
   "name": "Fraser Magnolia",
   "botanical": "Magnolia fraseri",
   "form": "medium-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 30,
   "height_max_ft": 50,
   "spread_ft": 30,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "part; full",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "flowers; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "cones",
   "first_crop": "12 or more",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "georgia-bully",
   "name": "Georgia Bully",
   "botanical": "Sideroxylon thornei",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 3,
   "height_max_ft": 20,
   "spread_ft": 20,
   "wall_ft": 8,
   "zone_min": 8,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "part; shade",
   "moisture": "wet; average",
   "traits": "rare; wet-tolerant; wildlife; shade",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "about 5",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "georgia-indigobush",
   "name": "Georgia Indigobush",
   "botanical": "Amorpha georgiana",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 1,
   "height_max_ft": 3,
   "spread_ft": 3,
   "wall_ft": 3,
   "zone_min": 8,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "rare; flowers; nitrogen-fixing; wet-tolerant; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 7,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "pods",
   "first_crop": "1 from sprouts (after a fire)",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "georgia-oak",
   "name": "Georgia Oak",
   "botanical": "Quercus georgiana",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "rare-oaks",
   "height_min_ft": 25,
   "height_max_ft": 50,
   "spread_ft": 30,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "rare; fall-color; wildlife; drought",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 11,
   "fruit_kind": "acorns",
   "first_crop": "9",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; acorns"
  },
  {
   "slug": "georgia-plume",
   "name": "Georgia Plume",
   "botanical": "Elliottia racemosa",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 10,
   "height_max_ft": 16,
   "spread_ft": 12,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 6,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "rare; flowers; fall-color",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 6,
   "bloom_last": 8,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "4 to 8 (first flowers)",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "godfrey-swamp-privet",
   "name": "Godfrey's Swamp Privet",
   "botanical": "Forestiera godfreyi",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 8,
   "height_max_ft": 16,
   "spread_ft": 10,
   "wall_ft": 8,
   "zone_min": 8,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "part; full",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "rare; flowers",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 1,
   "bloom_last": 2,
   "fruit_first": 4,
   "fruit_last": 5,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "5 to 8",
   "flowers": "dioecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "golden-heather",
   "name": "Golden Heather",
   "botanical": "Hudsonia ericoides",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 1,
   "height_max_ft": 2,
   "spread_ft": 3,
   "wall_ft": 2,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full",
   "moisture": "dry",
   "traits": "rare; evergreen; flowers; drought",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 7,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "3 (first flowers)",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "golden-st-johns-wort",
   "name": "Golden St. John's-wort",
   "botanical": "Hypericum frondosum",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 2,
   "height_max_ft": 10,
   "spread_ft": 4,
   "wall_ft": 2,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "flowers; drought; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 6,
   "bloom_last": 7,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 1,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "3 to 5",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "granite-gooseberry",
   "name": "Granite Gooseberry",
   "botanical": "Ribes curvatum",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
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  {
   "slug": "grape-honeysuckle",
   "name": "Grape Honeysuckle",
   "botanical": "Lonicera reticulata",
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  {
   "slug": "gray-birch",
   "name": "Gray Birch",
   "botanical": "Betula populifolia",
   "form": "small-tree",
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   "growth_class": "fast",
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   "bloom_last": 5,
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   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
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  {
   "slug": "gray-dogwood",
   "name": "Gray Dogwood",
   "botanical": "Cornus racemosa",
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   "group": "shrubs",
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   "zone_max": 8,
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   "growth_class": "slow",
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   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 10,
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   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
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  {
   "slug": "green-alder",
   "name": "Green Alder",
   "botanical": "Alnus viridis",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 3,
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   "traits": "nitrogen-fixing; wildlife; erosion-control; wet-tolerant",
   "growth_class": "medium",
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  },
  {
   "slug": "green-hawthorn",
   "name": "Green Hawthorn",
   "botanical": "Crataegus viridis",
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   "group": "nuts-fruit",
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   "wall_ft": 15,
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   "moisture": "average; wet; dry",
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   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 1,
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   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "groundsel-bush",
   "name": "Groundsel Bush",
   "botanical": "Baccharis halimifolia",
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   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 5,
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   "wall_ft": 5,
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   "moisture": "wet; average; dry",
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   "growth_class": "fast",
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   "bloom_last": 10,
   "fruit_first": 10,
   "fruit_last": 12,
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   "first_crop": "2 to 3",
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   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "gum-bumelia",
   "name": "Gum Bumelia",
   "botanical": "Sideroxylon lanuginosum",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 15,
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   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 5,
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   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "drought; wildlife; flowers; street-tree",
   "growth_class": "medium",
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   "bloom_last": 7,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 12,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "about 5",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "hairy-blueberry",
   "name": "Hairy Blueberry",
   "botanical": "Vaccinium hirsutum",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
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   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "rare; edible",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 6,
   "bloom_last": 8,
   "fruit_first": 6,
   "fruit_last": 8,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
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   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "hairy-honeysuckle",
   "name": "Hairy Honeysuckle",
   "botanical": "Lonicera hirsuta",
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   "group": "shrubs",
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   "wall_ft": 3,
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   "traits": "flowers; wildlife; screening; drought",
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   "bloom_first": 6,
   "bloom_last": 7,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "3 to 5",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "hairy-laurel",
   "name": "Hairy Laurel",
   "botanical": "Kalmia hirsuta",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
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   "traits": "rare; evergreen; flowers",
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   "bloom_last": 7,
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   "fruit_last": 10,
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  },
  {
   "slug": "harbison-hawthorn",
   "name": "Harbison's Hawthorn",
   "botanical": "Crataegus harbisonii",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
   "height_min_ft": 10,
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   "spread_ft": 20,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 5,
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   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "rare; flowers; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 11,
   "fruit_kind": "haws",
   "first_crop": "5 to 8",
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   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "heartleaf-paper-birch",
   "name": "Heartleaf Paper Birch",
   "botanical": "Betula cordifolia",
   "form": "medium-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 50,
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   "wall_ft": 20,
   "zone_min": 2,
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   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "fall-color",
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   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "cones",
   "first_crop": "10 to 15",
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   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "hercules-club",
   "name": "Hercules' Club",
   "botanical": "Zanthoxylum clava-herculis",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 15,
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   "spread_ft": 25,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 6,
   "zone_max": 10,
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   "traits": "wildlife; drought; screening",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 7,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "pods",
   "first_crop": "3 to 5",
   "flowers": "dioecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "hillside-blueberry",
   "name": "Hillside Blueberry",
   "botanical": "Vaccinium pallidum",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
   "height_min_ft": 1,
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   "zone_min": 5,
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   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
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   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 6,
   "fruit_last": 8,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "3",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "hobblebush",
   "name": "Hobblebush",
   "botanical": "Viburnum lantanoides",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 3,
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   "zone_min": 3,
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   "sun": "part; shade",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "flowers; fall-color; wildlife; shade",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "3",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "honeycup",
   "name": "Honeycup",
   "botanical": "Zenobia pulverulenta",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 3,
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   "sun": "part; full",
   "moisture": "wet; average",
   "traits": "rare; flowers; wet-tolerant; fall-color",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "about 3 (first flowers)",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "hop-hornbeam",
   "name": "Hop Hornbeam",
   "botanical": "Ostrya virginiana",
   "form": "medium-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 25,
   "height_max_ft": 40,
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   "wall_ft": 20,
   "zone_min": 3,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part; shade",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "wildlife; drought; shade; winter-interest; street-tree",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "nutlets",
   "first_crop": "about 25",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "hortulan-plum",
   "name": "Hortulan Plum",
   "botanical": "Prunus hortulana",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
   "height_min_ft": 20,
   "height_max_ft": 30,
   "spread_ft": 25,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 5,
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   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "edible; flowers; wildlife; early-bearing",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "plums",
   "first_crop": "3",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "indigobush",
   "name": "Indigobush (False Indigo)",
   "botanical": "Amorpha fruticosa",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 6,
   "height_max_ft": 12,
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   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "dry; average; wet",
   "traits": "flowers; wildlife; nitrogen-fixing; drought; wet-tolerant; erosion-control",
   "growth_class": "fast",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 8,
   "fruit_kind": "pods",
   "first_crop": "1 after planting (transplants in seed production plots)",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "inkberry",
   "name": "Inkberry",
   "botanical": "Ilex glabra",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 5,
   "height_max_ft": 10,
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   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 10,
   "sun": "full; part; shade",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "evergreen; screening; wet-tolerant; wildlife; honey; shade; salt; winter-interest; erosion-control",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 3,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "a few",
   "flowers": "dioecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "jack-pine",
   "name": "Jack Pine",
   "botanical": "Pinus banksiana",
   "form": "medium-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 35,
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   "spread_ft": 30,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 2,
   "zone_max": 7,
   "sun": "full",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "evergreen; drought; wildlife; salt",
   "growth_class": "fast",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "cones",
   "first_crop": "5 to 10 (open-grown trees; later in closed stands)",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "kalm-st-johns-wort",
   "name": "Kalm's St. John's-wort",
   "botanical": "Hypericum kalmianum",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 2,
   "height_max_ft": 4,
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   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 7,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; dry; wet",
   "traits": "flowers; drought; wet-tolerant; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 7,
   "bloom_last": 8,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 11,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "3 to 5",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "kentucky-coffeetree",
   "name": "Kentucky Coffeetree",
   "botanical": "Gymnocladus dioicus",
   "form": "large-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 60,
   "height_max_ft": 80,
   "spread_ft": 55,
   "wall_ft": 35,
   "zone_min": 3,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "drought; rare; wildlife; winter-interest; street-tree; erosion-control; salt",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "pods",
   "first_crop": "20 to 30",
   "flowers": "dioecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "labrador-tea",
   "name": "Labrador Tea",
   "botanical": "Rhododendron groenlandicum",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 1,
   "height_max_ft": 5,
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   "wall_ft": 2,
   "zone_min": 2,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "wet; average",
   "traits": "evergreen; flowers; wet-tolerant; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 7,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "about 3",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "lanceleaf-buckthorn",
   "name": "Lanceleaf Buckthorn",
   "botanical": "Rhamnus lanceolata",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 3,
   "height_max_ft": 15,
   "spread_ft": 5,
   "wall_ft": 8,
   "zone_min": 5,
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   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "wildlife; rare",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": null,
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   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "4 to 6",
   "flowers": "polygamous",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "large-cranberry",
   "name": "Large Cranberry",
   "botanical": "Vaccinium macrocarpon",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 1,
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   "zone_min": 2,
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   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "edible; evergreen; wet-tolerant; fall-color",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 7,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "1 to 2 after planting",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "laurel-oak",
   "name": "Laurel Oak",
   "botanical": "Quercus hemisphaerica",
   "form": "medium-tree",
   "group": "rare-oaks",
   "height_min_ft": 40,
   "height_max_ft": 60,
   "spread_ft": 40,
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   "zone_min": 6,
   "zone_max": 10,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "evergreen; wildlife; drought; street-tree",
   "growth_class": "fast",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 3,
   "fruit_first": 10,
   "fruit_last": 11,
   "fruit_kind": "acorns",
   "first_crop": "15 to 20 (large crops regularly; Silvics, laurel oak in the broad sense)",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; acorns"
  },
  {
   "slug": "leadplant",
   "name": "Leadplant",
   "botanical": "Amorpha canescens",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 1,
   "height_max_ft": 3,
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   "zone_min": 2,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full",
   "moisture": "dry",
   "traits": "flowers; wildlife; drought; nitrogen-fixing; rare; erosion-control; early-bearing",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 6,
   "bloom_last": 7,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "pods",
   "first_crop": "about 4",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
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  {
   "slug": "limber-honeysuckle",
   "name": "Limber Honeysuckle",
   "botanical": "Lonicera dioica",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 3,
   "height_max_ft": 10,
   "spread_ft": 6,
   "wall_ft": 3,
   "zone_min": 3,
   "zone_max": 7,
   "sun": "full; part; shade",
   "moisture": "average; dry; wet",
   "traits": "flowers; wildlife; shade",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 7,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "3 to 5",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "lingonberry",
   "name": "Lingonberry",
   "botanical": "Vaccinium vitis-idaea",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 1,
   "height_max_ft": 2,
   "spread_ft": 2,
   "wall_ft": 2,
   "zone_min": 2,
   "zone_max": 6,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "edible; evergreen; wildlife; rare",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 7,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "3 to 4",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "little-walnut",
   "name": "Little Walnut",
   "botanical": "Juglans microcarpa",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
   "height_min_ft": 20,
   "height_max_ft": 30,
   "spread_ft": 30,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "drought; wildlife; edible; fall-color",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "nuts",
   "first_crop": "15 to 20",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; nuts"
  },
  {
   "slug": "littlehip-hawthorn",
   "name": "Littlehip Hawthorn",
   "botanical": "Crataegus spathulata",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
   "height_min_ft": 10,
   "height_max_ft": 26,
   "spread_ft": 20,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "part; full; shade",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "flowers; wildlife; shade; drought; rare; winter-interest",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "haws",
   "first_crop": "5 to 8",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "littleleaf-buckbrush",
   "name": "Littleleaf Buckbrush",
   "botanical": "Ceanothus microphyllus",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 1,
   "height_max_ft": 2,
   "spread_ft": 3,
   "wall_ft": 2,
   "zone_min": 8,
   "zone_max": 10,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "dry",
   "traits": "drought; nitrogen-fixing",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "5 to 10",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "live-oak",
   "name": "Live Oak",
   "botanical": "Quercus virginiana",
   "form": "large-tree",
   "group": "classic-oaks",
   "height_min_ft": 40,
   "height_max_ft": 80,
   "spread_ft": 100,
   "wall_ft": 50,
   "zone_min": 7,
   "zone_max": 10,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "evergreen; salt; drought; wildlife; street-tree",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 11,
   "fruit_kind": "acorns",
   "first_crop": "about 35",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; acorns"
  },
  {
   "slug": "lloyd-st-johns-wort",
   "name": "Lloyd's St. John's-wort",
   "botanical": "Hypericum lloydii",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 1,
   "height_max_ft": 2,
   "spread_ft": 3,
   "wall_ft": 2,
   "zone_min": 6,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "flowers; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 6,
   "bloom_last": 9,
   "fruit_first": 6,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "3 to 5",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "loblolly-bay",
   "name": "Loblolly Bay",
   "botanical": "Gordonia lasianthus",
   "form": "medium-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 35,
   "height_max_ft": 60,
   "spread_ft": 15,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 7,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "wet; average",
   "traits": "flowers; evergreen; wet-tolerant; street-tree",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 6,
   "bloom_last": 9,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 12,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "about 7",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "long-stalked-holly",
   "name": "Long-stalked Holly",
   "botanical": "Ilex collina",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 10,
   "height_max_ft": 13,
   "spread_ft": 12,
   "wall_ft": 6,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 7,
   "sun": "part; full",
   "moisture": "wet; average",
   "traits": "rare; wildlife; wet-tolerant",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 2,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "a few",
   "flowers": "dioecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "longleaf-pine",
   "name": "Longleaf Pine",
   "botanical": "Pinus palustris",
   "form": "large-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 60,
   "height_max_ft": 120,
   "spread_ft": 40,
   "wall_ft": 20,
   "zone_min": 7,
   "zone_max": 10,
   "sun": "full",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "evergreen; wildlife; drought; salt; winter-interest; erosion-control",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 2,
   "bloom_last": 4,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 11,
   "fruit_kind": "cones",
   "first_crop": "20 to 30 after the grass stage (as few as 9 to 10 on fertile old fields)",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "maleberry",
   "name": "Maleberry",
   "botanical": "Lyonia ligustrina",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 6,
   "height_max_ft": 12,
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   "wall_ft": null,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "wet; average; dry",
   "traits": "wildlife; flowers; wet-tolerant; fall-color; rare",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 6,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "3 to 5 after planting",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "maple-leaf-oak",
   "name": "Maple-leaf Oak",
   "botanical": "Quercus acerifolia",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "rare-oaks",
   "height_min_ft": 20,
   "height_max_ft": 50,
   "spread_ft": 30,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "rare; fall-color; drought",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 11,
   "fruit_kind": "acorns",
   "first_crop": "9 (a tree in France from 2011 seed first bore in 2020)",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; acorns"
  },
  {
   "slug": "mapleleaf-viburnum",
   "name": "Mapleleaf Viburnum",
   "botanical": "Viburnum acerifolium",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 3,
   "height_max_ft": 6,
   "spread_ft": 6,
   "wall_ft": 3,
   "zone_min": 3,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "part; shade; full",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "shade; fall-color; wildlife; drought; flowers; early-bearing",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 12,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "2 to 3",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "may-white-azalea",
   "name": "May White Azalea",
   "botanical": "Rhododendron eastmanii",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 15,
   "height_max_ft": 16,
   "spread_ft": 10,
   "wall_ft": null,
   "zone_min": 8,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "part; shade",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "rare; flowers; wildlife; shade",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 11,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "about 3 (first flowers)",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "mayhaw",
   "name": "Mayhaw",
   "botanical": "Crataegus aestivalis",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
   "height_min_ft": 10,
   "height_max_ft": 40,
   "spread_ft": 30,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 10,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "edible; wet-tolerant; flowers; wildlife; street-tree; erosion-control",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 2,
   "bloom_last": 3,
   "fruit_first": 5,
   "fruit_last": 6,
   "fruit_kind": "haws",
   "first_crop": "5 to 8",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "mexican-plum",
   "name": "Mexican Plum",
   "botanical": "Prunus mexicana",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
   "height_min_ft": 10,
   "height_max_ft": 35,
   "spread_ft": 25,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "flowers; edible; wildlife; drought; fall-color",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 4,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "plums",
   "first_crop": "4 to 6",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "miccosukee-gooseberry",
   "name": "Miccosukee Gooseberry",
   "botanical": "Ribes echinellum",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
   "height_min_ft": 2,
   "height_max_ft": 5,
   "spread_ft": 6,
   "wall_ft": 3,
   "zone_min": 7,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "part; shade",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "rare; shade; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 2,
   "bloom_last": 4,
   "fruit_first": 4,
   "fruit_last": 5,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "3",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "michaux-sumac",
   "name": "Michaux's Sumac",
   "botanical": "Rhus michauxii",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 1,
   "height_max_ft": 3,
   "spread_ft": 10,
   "wall_ft": 2,
   "zone_min": 7,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "rare",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 8,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "3 to 4",
   "flowers": "dioecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "minnie-bush",
   "name": "Minnie-bush",
   "botanical": "Rhododendron pilosum",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 3,
   "height_max_ft": 6,
   "spread_ft": 6,
   "wall_ft": 3,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 7,
   "sun": "part; full",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "rare; flowers",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 7,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "about 3",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "missouri-river-willow",
   "name": "Missouri River Willow",
   "botanical": "Salix eriocephala",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 6,
   "height_max_ft": 20,
   "spread_ft": 15,
   "wall_ft": 8,
   "zone_min": 3,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full",
   "moisture": "wet; average",
   "traits": "wet-tolerant; honey; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "fast",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 5,
   "fruit_last": 7,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "2 to 10 (first flowers)",
   "flowers": "dioecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings"
  },
  {
   "slug": "mockernut-hickory",
   "name": "Mockernut Hickory",
   "botanical": "Carya tomentosa",
   "form": "large-tree",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
   "height_min_ft": 60,
   "height_max_ft": 80,
   "spread_ft": 60,
   "wall_ft": 30,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "edible; wildlife; fall-color; drought",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "nuts",
   "first_crop": "about 25",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; nuts"
  },
  {
   "slug": "mountain-bush-honeysuckle",
   "name": "Mountain Bush-honeysuckle",
   "botanical": "Diervilla rivularis",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 3,
   "height_max_ft": 6,
   "spread_ft": 8,
   "wall_ft": 4,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "part; full; shade",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "rare; flowers; fall-color; wildlife; shade",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 6,
   "bloom_last": 8,
   "fruit_first": 7,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "3 to 5",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "mountain-camellia",
   "name": "Mountain Camellia (Mountain Stewartia)",
   "botanical": "Stewartia ovata",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 10,
   "height_max_ft": 20,
   "spread_ft": 15,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "part; shade",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "flowers; rare; fall-color; shade; winter-interest",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 7,
   "bloom_last": 7,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "7 to 17 (first flowers, north of its range)",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "mountain-doghobble",
   "name": "Mountain Doghobble",
   "botanical": "Leucothoe fontanesiana",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 3,
   "height_max_ft": 6,
   "spread_ft": 8,
   "wall_ft": 4,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "part; shade",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "evergreen; flowers; shade; winter-interest; erosion-control",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 10,
   "fruit_last": 11,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "3",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "mountain-fetterbush",
   "name": "Mountain Fetterbush",
   "botanical": "Pieris floribunda",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 3,
   "height_max_ft": 6,
   "spread_ft": 6,
   "wall_ft": 3,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 6,
   "sun": "part; full",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "evergreen; flowers; rare; wildlife; winter-interest",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 10,
   "fruit_last": 11,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "under 5 (first flowers)",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "mountain-fly-honeysuckle",
   "name": "Mountain Fly Honeysuckle",
   "botanical": "Lonicera villosa",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 1,
   "height_max_ft": 5,
   "spread_ft": 5,
   "wall_ft": 3,
   "zone_min": 3,
   "zone_max": 6,
   "sun": "part; full; shade",
   "moisture": "wet; average",
   "traits": "edible; wildlife; wet-tolerant; shade",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 6,
   "fruit_last": 8,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "3 to 5",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "mountain-indigobush",
   "name": "Mountain Indigobush",
   "botanical": "Amorpha glabra",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 3,
   "height_max_ft": 6,
   "spread_ft": 6,
   "wall_ft": 3,
   "zone_min": 7,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "part; full",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "flowers; nitrogen-fixing",
   "growth_class": "fast",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 7,
   "fruit_first": 7,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "pods",
   "first_crop": "1 from sprouts",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "mountain-laurel",
   "name": "Mountain Laurel",
   "botanical": "Kalmia latifolia",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 5,
   "height_max_ft": 12,
   "spread_ft": 8,
   "wall_ft": 4,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "part; shade; full",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "evergreen; flowers; shade; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "4 to 8 (first flowers)",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "mountain-maple",
   "name": "Mountain Maple",
   "botanical": "Acer spicatum",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 10,
   "height_max_ft": 25,
   "spread_ft": 20,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 2,
   "zone_max": 7,
   "sun": "part; shade; full",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "shade; fall-color; wildlife; erosion-control",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "winged seeds",
   "first_crop": "11",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "mountain-sweetbells",
   "name": "Mountain Sweetbells",
   "botanical": "Eubotrys recurva",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 3,
   "height_max_ft": 12,
   "spread_ft": 6,
   "wall_ft": 4,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "part; shade",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "rare; flowers; fall-color; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "3 to 5 after planting (first flowers, in full sun)",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "mountain-winterberry",
   "name": "Mountain Winterberry",
   "botanical": "Ilex montana",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 20,
   "height_max_ft": 40,
   "spread_ft": 15,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 10,
   "sun": "part; full; shade",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "wildlife; shade",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "4 to 7",
   "flowers": "dioecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "mountain-witch-alder",
   "name": "Mountain Witch Alder",
   "botanical": "Fothergilla major",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 6,
   "height_max_ft": 10,
   "spread_ft": 10,
   "wall_ft": 5,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "flowers; fall-color; rare",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "about 4 after planting (first flowers)",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "myrtle-dahoon",
   "name": "Myrtle Dahoon",
   "botanical": "Ilex myrtifolia",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 15,
   "height_max_ft": 25,
   "spread_ft": 15,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 7,
   "zone_max": 10,
   "sun": "full; part; shade",
   "moisture": "wet; average",
   "traits": "evergreen; wildlife; wet-tolerant; screening; shade; winter-interest",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 11,
   "fruit_last": 3,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "4 to 7",
   "flowers": "dioecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "myrtle-oak",
   "name": "Myrtle Oak",
   "botanical": "Quercus myrtifolia",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "rare-oaks",
   "height_min_ft": 15,
   "height_max_ft": 40,
   "spread_ft": 10,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 7,
   "zone_max": 10,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "dry",
   "traits": "evergreen; rare; drought; salt; wildlife; winter-interest; erosion-control",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "acorns",
   "first_crop": "about 9",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; acorns"
  },
  {
   "slug": "nannyberry",
   "name": "Nannyberry",
   "botanical": "Viburnum lentago",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 12,
   "height_max_ft": 18,
   "spread_ft": 10,
   "wall_ft": 8,
   "zone_min": 2,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full; part; shade",
   "moisture": "dry; average; wet",
   "traits": "flowers; wildlife; edible; fall-color; shade; drought; wet-tolerant; winter-interest",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "8",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "nantucket-serviceberry",
   "name": "Nantucket Serviceberry",
   "botanical": "Amelanchier nantucketensis",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 2,
   "height_max_ft": 6,
   "spread_ft": 5,
   "wall_ft": 3,
   "zone_min": 3,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "rare; flowers; edible; wildlife; drought; fall-color",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 6,
   "fruit_last": 7,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "2 to 4",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings"
  },
  {
   "slug": "needle-palm",
   "name": "Needle Palm",
   "botanical": "Rhapidophyllum hystrix",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 3,
   "height_max_ft": 6,
   "spread_ft": 8,
   "wall_ft": 4,
   "zone_min": 6,
   "zone_max": 10,
   "sun": "part; shade; full",
   "moisture": "average; wet; dry",
   "traits": "evergreen; shade; wet-tolerant; winter-interest; wildlife; drought",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 7,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 11,
   "fruit_kind": "fleshy fruit",
   "first_crop": "20 or more",
   "flowers": "polygamous",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "netted-pawpaw",
   "name": "Netted Pawpaw",
   "botanical": "Asimina reticulata",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
   "height_min_ft": 1,
   "height_max_ft": 5,
   "spread_ft": 3,
   "wall_ft": 2,
   "zone_min": 8,
   "zone_max": 10,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "flowers; edible; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 12,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 4,
   "fruit_last": 8,
   "fruit_kind": "pawpaws",
   "first_crop": "4 to 7",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "new-jersey-tea",
   "name": "New Jersey Tea",
   "botanical": "Ceanothus americanus",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 2,
   "height_max_ft": 3,
   "spread_ft": 5,
   "wall_ft": null,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "wildlife; flowers; drought; nitrogen-fixing; winter-interest; erosion-control",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 7,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "5 to 10",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "ninebark",
   "name": "Ninebark",
   "botanical": "Physocarpus opulifolius",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 5,
   "height_max_ft": 10,
   "spread_ft": 10,
   "wall_ft": null,
   "zone_min": 2,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "dry; average; wet",
   "traits": "flowers; wildlife; drought; wet-tolerant; winter-interest; erosion-control; early-bearing; salt",
   "growth_class": "fast",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 7,
   "fruit_last": 12,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "about 3 (first flowers)",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "northern-bayberry",
   "name": "Northern Bayberry",
   "botanical": "Morella pensylvanica",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 5,
   "height_max_ft": 10,
   "spread_ft": 10,
   "wall_ft": 5,
   "zone_min": 3,
   "zone_max": 7,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "dry; average; wet",
   "traits": "wildlife; nitrogen-fixing; salt; drought; wet-tolerant; screening; early-bearing; winter-interest; erosion-control",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 7,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 4,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "3 to 4",
   "flowers": "dioecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "northern-catalpa",
   "name": "Northern Catalpa",
   "botanical": "Catalpa speciosa",
   "form": "large-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 40,
   "height_max_ft": 70,
   "spread_ft": 50,
   "wall_ft": 30,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "dry; average; wet",
   "traits": "flowers; wildlife; drought; wet-tolerant; winter-interest; street-tree",
   "growth_class": "fast",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 10,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "pods",
   "first_crop": "about 20",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "pecan",
   "name": "Northern Pecan",
   "botanical": "Carya illinoinensis",
   "form": "large-tree",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
   "height_min_ft": 70,
   "height_max_ft": 100,
   "spread_ft": 75,
   "wall_ft": 40,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "edible; wildlife; street-tree",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "nuts",
   "first_crop": "about 10 (10 to 20 in natural stands)",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; nuts"
  },
  {
   "slug": "northern-pin-oak",
   "name": "Northern Pin Oak",
   "botanical": "Quercus ellipsoidalis",
   "form": "medium-tree",
   "group": "rare-oaks",
   "height_min_ft": 50,
   "height_max_ft": 70,
   "spread_ft": 60,
   "wall_ft": 30,
   "zone_min": 3,
   "zone_max": 7,
   "sun": "full",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "fall-color; drought; wildlife; rare; street-tree",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 12,
   "fruit_kind": "acorns",
   "first_crop": "about 20 (good crops not every year; 2 to 4 years between large crops)",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; acorns"
  },
  {
   "slug": "northern-red-oak",
   "name": "Northern Red Oak",
   "botanical": "Quercus rubra",
   "form": "large-tree",
   "group": "classic-oaks",
   "height_min_ft": 50,
   "height_max_ft": 75,
   "spread_ft": 75,
   "wall_ft": 40,
   "zone_min": 3,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "fall-color; wildlife; street-tree; drought; salt",
   "growth_class": "fast",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "acorns",
   "first_crop": "20 to 25 (heavy from 40 to 50; good crops every 2 to 5 years)",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; acorns"
  },
  {
   "slug": "northern-snowberry",
   "name": "Northern Snowberry",
   "botanical": "Symphoricarpos occidentalis",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 1,
   "height_max_ft": 5,
   "spread_ft": 8,
   "wall_ft": 3,
   "zone_min": 3,
   "zone_max": 7,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "wildlife; drought; erosion-control",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 6,
   "bloom_last": 8,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 12,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "2 after planting",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "northern-white-cedar",
   "name": "Northern White Cedar",
   "botanical": "Thuja occidentalis",
   "form": "medium-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 40,
   "height_max_ft": 60,
   "spread_ft": 15,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 2,
   "zone_max": 7,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "evergreen; screening; wet-tolerant; wildlife; winter-interest",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "cones",
   "first_crop": "about 6 (large crops after 20 to 30)",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "nutmeg-hickory",
   "name": "Nutmeg Hickory",
   "botanical": "Carya myristiciformis",
   "form": "large-tree",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
   "height_min_ft": 80,
   "height_max_ft": 100,
   "spread_ft": 75,
   "wall_ft": 30,
   "zone_min": 7,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "rare; edible; wildlife; fall-color",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "nuts",
   "first_crop": "about 30 (good crops every 2 to 3 years)",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; nuts"
  },
  {
   "slug": "nuttall-oak",
   "name": "Nuttall Oak",
   "botanical": "Quercus texana",
   "form": "large-tree",
   "group": "rare-oaks",
   "height_min_ft": 50,
   "height_max_ft": 80,
   "spread_ft": 65,
   "wall_ft": 35,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full",
   "moisture": "average; wet; dry",
   "traits": "wet-tolerant; wildlife; fall-color; early-bearing; rare; winter-interest; street-tree; drought",
   "growth_class": "fast",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 4,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "acorns",
   "first_crop": "about 5 (good crops from about 20, every 3 to 4 years)",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; acorns"
  },
  {
   "slug": "oconee-azalea",
   "name": "Oconee Azalea",
   "botanical": "Rhododendron flammeum",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 6,
   "height_max_ft": 8,
   "spread_ft": 8,
   "wall_ft": 4,
   "zone_min": 6,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "part; shade",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "flowers; rare; wildlife; shade",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 11,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "about 3",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "odorless-bayberry",
   "name": "Odorless Bayberry",
   "botanical": "Morella inodora",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 10,
   "height_max_ft": 20,
   "spread_ft": 10,
   "wall_ft": 6,
   "zone_min": 7,
   "zone_max": 10,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "wet; average",
   "traits": "evergreen; wildlife; wet-tolerant; nitrogen-fixing; screening",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 1,
   "bloom_last": 4,
   "fruit_first": 7,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "3 to 4",
   "flowers": "dioecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "ogeechee-tupelo",
   "name": "Ogeechee Tupelo",
   "botanical": "Nyssa ogeche",
   "form": "medium-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 25,
   "height_max_ft": 45,
   "spread_ft": 35,
   "wall_ft": 20,
   "zone_min": 6,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "wet; average",
   "traits": "honey; wet-tolerant; edible; wildlife; fall-color",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 7,
   "fruit_last": 12,
   "fruit_kind": "fleshy fruit",
   "first_crop": "about 5 (seedlings on a Florida lake shore bore a good crop at 3)",
   "flowers": "polygamous",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "oglethorpe-oak",
   "name": "Oglethorpe Oak",
   "botanical": "Quercus oglethorpensis",
   "form": "large-tree",
   "group": "rare-oaks",
   "height_min_ft": 50,
   "height_max_ft": 80,
   "spread_ft": 45,
   "wall_ft": 30,
   "zone_min": 6,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "rare; wildlife; wet-tolerant",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 4,
   "fruit_first": 10,
   "fruit_last": 11,
   "fruit_kind": "acorns",
   "first_crop": "about 35",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; acorns"
  },
  {
   "slug": "ohio-buckeye",
   "name": "Ohio Buckeye",
   "botanical": "Aesculus glabra",
   "form": "medium-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 20,
   "height_max_ft": 40,
   "spread_ft": 40,
   "wall_ft": 25,
   "zone_min": 3,
   "zone_max": 7,
   "sun": "part; full; shade",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "flowers; wildlife; fall-color",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "buckeyes",
   "first_crop": "8",
   "flowers": "polygamous",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "ouachita-indigobush",
   "name": "Ouachita Indigobush",
   "botanical": "Amorpha ouachitensis",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 3,
   "height_max_ft": 6,
   "spread_ft": 6,
   "wall_ft": 3,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "rare; flowers; drought; nitrogen-fixing; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "fast",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 7,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "pods",
   "first_crop": "1 from sprouts",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "overcup-oak",
   "name": "Overcup Oak",
   "botanical": "Quercus lyrata",
   "form": "large-tree",
   "group": "rare-oaks",
   "height_min_ft": 40,
   "height_max_ft": 60,
   "spread_ft": 40,
   "wall_ft": 25,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full",
   "moisture": "average; wet; dry",
   "traits": "wet-tolerant; wildlife; drought",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "acorns",
   "first_crop": "about 25",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; acorns"
  },
  {
   "slug": "ozark-chinquapin",
   "name": "Ozark Chinquapin",
   "botanical": "Castanea ozarkensis",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "chestnuts",
   "height_min_ft": 15,
   "height_max_ft": 30,
   "spread_ft": 20,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "rare; edible; wildlife; drought; early-bearing",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 11,
   "fruit_kind": "nuts",
   "first_crop": "3 to 5",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; nuts"
  },
  {
   "slug": "ozark-witch-hazel",
   "name": "Ozark Witch Hazel",
   "botanical": "Hamamelis vernalis",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 6,
   "height_max_ft": 10,
   "spread_ft": 15,
   "wall_ft": 8,
   "zone_min": 3,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "flowers; wet-tolerant; fall-color; wildlife; winter-interest",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 1,
   "bloom_last": 3,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "about 4 after planting (first flowers)",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "pagoda-dogwood",
   "name": "Pagoda Dogwood",
   "botanical": "Cornus alternifolia",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 15,
   "height_max_ft": 25,
   "spread_ft": 30,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 3,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "part; full; shade",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "flowers; wildlife; fall-color; shade; winter-interest",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 7,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "2 to 6",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "painted-buckeye",
   "name": "Painted Buckeye",
   "botanical": "Aesculus sylvatica",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 10,
   "height_max_ft": 20,
   "spread_ft": 15,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 6,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "part; full; shade",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "flowers; wildlife; shade",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 7,
   "fruit_last": 8,
   "fruit_kind": "buckeyes",
   "first_crop": "8",
   "flowers": "polygamous",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "parsley-hawthorn",
   "name": "Parsley Hawthorn",
   "botanical": "Crataegus marshallii",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
   "height_min_ft": 7,
   "height_max_ft": 25,
   "spread_ft": 15,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "flowers; fall-color; wildlife; wet-tolerant; edible; winter-interest",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 4,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 11,
   "fruit_kind": "haws",
   "first_crop": "5 to 8",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "pawpaw",
   "name": "Pawpaw",
   "botanical": "Asimina triloba",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
   "height_min_ft": 15,
   "height_max_ft": 30,
   "spread_ft": 30,
   "wall_ft": null,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "part; shade; full",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "edible; wildlife; flowers; shade; erosion-control",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "pawpaws",
   "first_crop": "5 to 8",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "peachleaf-willow",
   "name": "Peachleaf Willow",
   "botanical": "Salix amygdaloides",
   "form": "medium-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 35,
   "height_max_ft": 60,
   "spread_ft": 35,
   "wall_ft": 30,
   "zone_min": 2,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "wet; average",
   "traits": "wet-tolerant; erosion-control; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "fast",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 5,
   "fruit_last": 6,
   "fruit_kind": "cottony seed",
   "first_crop": "5 to 10",
   "flowers": "dioecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings"
  },
  {
   "slug": "pear-hawthorn",
   "name": "Pear Hawthorn",
   "botanical": "Crataegus calpodendron",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
   "height_min_ft": 7,
   "height_max_ft": 23,
   "spread_ft": 20,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "part; full; shade",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "shade; flowers; wildlife; erosion-control",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "haws",
   "first_crop": "4 (Iowa State's figure for its common hawthorns as a group)",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "piedmont-azalea",
   "name": "Piedmont Azalea",
   "botanical": "Rhododendron canescens",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 6,
   "height_max_ft": 15,
   "spread_ft": 10,
   "wall_ft": 5,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 10,
   "sun": "part; full",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "flowers; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "about 3 (first flowers)",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "piedmont-rhododendron",
   "name": "Piedmont Rhododendron",
   "botanical": "Rhododendron minus",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 3,
   "height_max_ft": 10,
   "spread_ft": 6,
   "wall_ft": 3,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "part; shade; full",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "flowers; evergreen; shade; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "about 3",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "pignut-hickory",
   "name": "Pignut Hickory",
   "botanical": "Carya glabra",
   "form": "large-tree",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
   "height_min_ft": 50,
   "height_max_ft": 80,
   "spread_ft": 40,
   "wall_ft": 25,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "wildlife; drought; fall-color",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "nuts",
   "first_crop": "about 30 (in quantity)",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; nuts"
  },
  {
   "slug": "pin-cherry",
   "name": "Pin Cherry",
   "botanical": "Prunus pensylvanica",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
   "height_min_ft": 15,
   "height_max_ft": 40,
   "spread_ft": 25,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 2,
   "zone_max": 7,
   "sun": "full",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "wildlife; flowers; fall-color; edible; early-bearing; erosion-control",
   "growth_class": "fast",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 7,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "cherries",
   "first_crop": "2",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "pin-oak",
   "name": "Pin Oak",
   "botanical": "Quercus palustris",
   "form": "large-tree",
   "group": "classic-oaks",
   "height_min_ft": 50,
   "height_max_ft": 70,
   "spread_ft": 60,
   "wall_ft": 30,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "wet-tolerant; fall-color; wildlife; street-tree; winter-interest",
   "growth_class": "fast",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 11,
   "fruit_kind": "acorns",
   "first_crop": "15 to 20 (open-grown trees first)",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; acorns"
  },
  {
   "slug": "pinkshell-azalea",
   "name": "Pinkshell Azalea",
   "botanical": "Rhododendron vaseyi",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 5,
   "height_max_ft": 15,
   "spread_ft": 10,
   "wall_ft": 5,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 7,
   "sun": "part; full",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "rare; flowers; fall-color; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "about 3 (first flowers)",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "pinxterbloom-azalea",
   "name": "Pinxterbloom Azalea",
   "botanical": "Rhododendron periclymenoides",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 3,
   "height_max_ft": 6,
   "spread_ft": 7,
   "wall_ft": 4,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "part; full; shade",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "flowers; wildlife; shade",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "about 3",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "piratebush",
   "name": "Piratebush",
   "botanical": "Buckleya distichophylla",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 6,
   "height_max_ft": 12,
   "spread_ft": 12,
   "wall_ft": 6,
   "zone_min": 6,
   "zone_max": 7,
   "sun": "part; full",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "rare",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "fleshy fruit",
   "first_crop": "more than 14 (first flowers, in cultivation)",
   "flowers": "dioecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "plateau-live-oak",
   "name": "Plateau Live Oak",
   "botanical": "Quercus fusiformis",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "rare-oaks",
   "height_min_ft": 20,
   "height_max_ft": 40,
   "spread_ft": 40,
   "wall_ft": 20,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 10,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "evergreen; drought; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "acorns",
   "first_crop": "20 to 30",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; acorns"
  },
  {
   "slug": "plumleaf-azalea",
   "name": "Plumleaf Azalea",
   "botanical": "Rhododendron prunifolium",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 8,
   "height_max_ft": 12,
   "spread_ft": 8,
   "wall_ft": 4,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "part; shade",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "rare; flowers; wildlife; shade",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 7,
   "bloom_last": 8,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 11,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "about 3",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "pond-cypress",
   "name": "Pond Cypress",
   "botanical": "Taxodium ascendens",
   "form": "medium-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 30,
   "height_max_ft": 70,
   "spread_ft": 20,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 10,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "wet; average; dry",
   "traits": "wet-tolerant; fall-color; drought; winter-interest; street-tree; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 4,
   "fruit_first": 10,
   "fruit_last": 12,
   "fruit_kind": "cones",
   "first_crop": "12 to 15",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "pond-pine",
   "name": "Pond Pine",
   "botanical": "Pinus serotina",
   "form": "medium-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 40,
   "height_max_ft": 70,
   "spread_ft": 46,
   "wall_ft": 25,
   "zone_min": 7,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "wet; average",
   "traits": "evergreen; wet-tolerant; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 4,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "cones",
   "first_crop": "4 to 10 (cone production usually from about 10)",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "pondberry",
   "name": "Pondberry",
   "botanical": "Lindera melissifolia",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 2,
   "height_max_ft": 6,
   "spread_ft": 12,
   "wall_ft": 4,
   "zone_min": 7,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "part; shade; full",
   "moisture": "wet; average",
   "traits": "rare; wet-tolerant; shade; wildlife; flowers; fall-color",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 2,
   "bloom_last": 4,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "2 to 4 (first flowers)",
   "flowers": "dioecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "pondspice",
   "name": "Pondspice",
   "botanical": "Litsea aestivalis",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 10,
   "height_max_ft": 15,
   "spread_ft": 12,
   "wall_ft": 6,
   "zone_min": 7,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "part; shade",
   "moisture": "wet; average",
   "traits": "rare; wet-tolerant; shade; wildlife; fall-color",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 4,
   "fruit_first": 5,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "4 to 5",
   "flowers": "dioecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "possumhaw",
   "name": "Possumhaw",
   "botanical": "Ilex decidua",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 7,
   "height_max_ft": 15,
   "spread_ft": 12,
   "wall_ft": 6,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; wet; dry",
   "traits": "wildlife; wet-tolerant; drought; winter-interest",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 3,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "2 to 4 (first flowers)",
   "flowers": "dioecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "possumhaw-viburnum",
   "name": "Possumhaw Viburnum",
   "botanical": "Viburnum nudum",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 5,
   "height_max_ft": 12,
   "spread_ft": 12,
   "wall_ft": 6,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part; shade",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "wet-tolerant; wildlife; fall-color; flowers; edible; shade",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "3",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "post-oak",
   "name": "Post Oak",
   "botanical": "Quercus stellata",
   "form": "medium-tree",
   "group": "rare-oaks",
   "height_min_ft": 35,
   "height_max_ft": 50,
   "spread_ft": 50,
   "wall_ft": 25,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "rare; drought; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 11,
   "fruit_kind": "acorns",
   "first_crop": "about 25 (good crops every 2 to 3 years)",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; acorns"
  },
  {
   "slug": "prairie-crabapple",
   "name": "Prairie Crabapple",
   "botanical": "Malus ioensis",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
   "height_min_ft": 20,
   "height_max_ft": 30,
   "spread_ft": 30,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 2,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "flowers; wildlife; edible; drought",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "crabapples",
   "first_crop": "several",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "prairie-redroot",
   "name": "Prairie Redroot",
   "botanical": "Ceanothus herbaceus",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 2,
   "height_max_ft": 3,
   "spread_ft": 2,
   "wall_ft": 2,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "flowers; wildlife; drought; nitrogen-fixing",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "5 to 10",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "prairie-rose",
   "name": "Prairie Rose",
   "botanical": "Rosa arkansana",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 1,
   "height_max_ft": 5,
   "spread_ft": 10,
   "wall_ft": 3,
   "zone_min": 3,
   "zone_max": 7,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "flowers; drought; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "fast",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 8,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "hips",
   "first_crop": "2 to 5",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "prickly-rose",
   "name": "Prickly Rose",
   "botanical": "Rosa acicularis",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 3,
   "height_max_ft": 8,
   "spread_ft": 10,
   "wall_ft": 5,
   "zone_min": 2,
   "zone_max": 6,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "flowers; wildlife; edible; honey; rare",
   "growth_class": "fast",
   "bloom_first": 6,
   "bloom_last": 7,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "hips",
   "first_crop": "2 to 5",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "pygmy-fringetree",
   "name": "Pygmy Fringetree",
   "botanical": "Chionanthus pygmaeus",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 3,
   "height_max_ft": 12,
   "spread_ft": 10,
   "wall_ft": 5,
   "zone_min": 7,
   "zone_max": 10,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "rare; flowers; drought; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 4,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 1,
   "fruit_kind": "fleshy fruit",
   "first_crop": "several",
   "flowers": "polygamous",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "pyramid-magnolia",
   "name": "Pyramid Magnolia",
   "botanical": "Magnolia pyramidata",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 10,
   "height_max_ft": 30,
   "spread_ft": 25,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 6,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "part; shade",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "rare; flowers; shade; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 8,
   "fruit_kind": "cones",
   "first_crop": "3 to 4",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "rabbiteye-blueberry",
   "name": "Rabbiteye Blueberry",
   "botanical": "Vaccinium virgatum",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
   "height_min_ft": 6,
   "height_max_ft": 15,
   "spread_ft": 10,
   "wall_ft": 20,
   "zone_min": 7,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "edible; wildlife; flowers",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 6,
   "fruit_last": 8,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "3 to 4 after planting",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "red-buckeye",
   "name": "Red Buckeye",
   "botanical": "Aesculus pavia",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 10,
   "height_max_ft": 25,
   "spread_ft": 20,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "part; full; shade",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "flowers; wildlife; shade; winter-interest; street-tree",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "buckeyes",
   "first_crop": "2 to 3 (first flowers)",
   "flowers": "polygamous",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "red-chokeberry",
   "name": "Red Chokeberry",
   "botanical": "Aronia arbutifolia",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
   "height_min_ft": 6,
   "height_max_ft": 12,
   "spread_ft": 6,
   "wall_ft": 3,
   "zone_min": 3,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "edible; fall-color; wet-tolerant; wildlife; flowers; early-bearing; winter-interest; erosion-control",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 1,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "2",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "red-elderberry",
   "name": "Red Elderberry",
   "botanical": "Sambucus racemosa",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 8,
   "height_max_ft": 12,
   "spread_ft": 15,
   "wall_ft": 6,
   "zone_min": 3,
   "zone_max": 7,
   "sun": "part; full; shade",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "flowers; wildlife; shade; early-bearing; erosion-control",
   "growth_class": "fast",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 6,
   "fruit_last": 8,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "2 from sprouts (first flowers)",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "red-hickory",
   "name": "Red Hickory",
   "botanical": "Carya ovalis",
   "form": "large-tree",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
   "height_min_ft": 60,
   "height_max_ft": 100,
   "spread_ft": 80,
   "wall_ft": 30,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; dry; wet",
   "traits": "edible; wildlife; fall-color; street-tree",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "nuts",
   "first_crop": "about 30 (in quantity)",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; nuts"
  },
  {
   "slug": "red-hills-azalea",
   "name": "Red Hills Azalea",
   "botanical": "Rhododendron colemanii",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 8,
   "height_max_ft": 20,
   "spread_ft": 12,
   "wall_ft": 4,
   "zone_min": 6,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "part; shade",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "rare; flowers",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 11,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "about 3 (first flowers)",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "red-mulberry",
   "name": "Red Mulberry",
   "botanical": "Morus rubra",
   "form": "medium-tree",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
   "height_min_ft": 35,
   "height_max_ft": 50,
   "spread_ft": 40,
   "wall_ft": 25,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part; shade",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "edible; wildlife; rare; shade",
   "growth_class": "fast",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 6,
   "fruit_last": 8,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "about 10 (planted trees in an open field have fruited at 4)",
   "flowers": "dioecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "red-osier-dogwood",
   "name": "Red Osier Dogwood",
   "botanical": "Cornus sericea",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 6,
   "height_max_ft": 12,
   "spread_ft": 10,
   "wall_ft": 5,
   "zone_min": 2,
   "zone_max": 7,
   "sun": "full; part; shade",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "winter-interest; wildlife; wet-tolerant; erosion-control; screening; fall-color; early-bearing",
   "growth_class": "fast",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 7,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "3 to 4",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "red-pine",
   "name": "Red Pine",
   "botanical": "Pinus resinosa",
   "form": "large-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 50,
   "height_max_ft": 80,
   "spread_ft": 25,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 2,
   "zone_max": 5,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "evergreen; drought; wildlife; erosion-control",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "cones",
   "first_crop": "15 to 25 (open-grown trees; 50 to 60 in closed stands)",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "red-spruce",
   "name": "Red Spruce",
   "botanical": "Picea rubens",
   "form": "large-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 60,
   "height_max_ft": 75,
   "spread_ft": 18,
   "wall_ft": 20,
   "zone_min": 2,
   "zone_max": 6,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "evergreen; screening; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "cones",
   "first_crop": "15 to 20 (once the crown reaches full light; good crops after about 30)",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "redbay",
   "name": "Redbay",
   "botanical": "Persea borbonia",
   "form": "medium-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 30,
   "height_max_ft": 60,
   "spread_ft": 50,
   "wall_ft": 25,
   "zone_min": 7,
   "zone_max": 10,
   "sun": "full; part; shade",
   "moisture": "average; wet; dry",
   "traits": "evergreen; wildlife; salt; wet-tolerant; shade",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 12,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "4 to 5",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "rhodora",
   "name": "Rhodora",
   "botanical": "Rhododendron canadense",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 1,
   "height_max_ft": 3,
   "spread_ft": 6,
   "wall_ft": 2,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 6,
   "sun": "part; full",
   "moisture": "wet; average",
   "traits": "flowers; wet-tolerant; wildlife; rare",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "about 3",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "river-birch",
   "name": "River Birch",
   "botanical": "Betula nigra",
   "form": "medium-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 40,
   "height_max_ft": 70,
   "spread_ft": 60,
   "wall_ft": 30,
   "zone_min": 3,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "winter-interest; wet-tolerant; wildlife; erosion-control",
   "growth_class": "fast",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 5,
   "fruit_last": 6,
   "fruit_kind": "cones",
   "first_crop": "10 to 15 (first flowers)",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "rock-elm",
   "name": "Rock Elm",
   "botanical": "Ulmus thomasii",
   "form": "large-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 70,
   "height_max_ft": 90,
   "spread_ft": 60,
   "wall_ft": 30,
   "zone_min": 2,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "rare; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 5,
   "fruit_last": 6,
   "fruit_kind": "winged seeds",
   "first_crop": "about 20",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "rosebay-rhododendron",
   "name": "Rosebay Rhododendron",
   "botanical": "Rhododendron maximum",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 10,
   "height_max_ft": 15,
   "spread_ft": 12,
   "wall_ft": 6,
   "zone_min": 3,
   "zone_max": 7,
   "sun": "shade; part",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "evergreen; flowers; shade; wildlife; winter-interest",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 6,
   "bloom_last": 8,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "3 to 6 (first flowers)",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "roseshell-azalea",
   "name": "Roseshell Azalea",
   "botanical": "Rhododendron prinophyllum",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 3,
   "height_max_ft": 10,
   "spread_ft": 8,
   "wall_ft": 4,
   "zone_min": 3,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "part; full; shade",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "flowers; wildlife; shade",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "about 3",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "roughleaf-dogwood",
   "name": "Roughleaf Dogwood",
   "botanical": "Cornus drummondii",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 6,
   "height_max_ft": 15,
   "spread_ft": 15,
   "wall_ft": 8,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full; part; shade",
   "moisture": "average; dry; wet",
   "traits": "wildlife; drought; wet-tolerant; screening; fall-color; shade; erosion-control",
   "growth_class": "fast",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "2 to 6",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "roundleaf-dogwood",
   "name": "Roundleaf Dogwood",
   "botanical": "Cornus rugosa",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 3,
   "height_max_ft": 10,
   "spread_ft": 10,
   "wall_ft": 5,
   "zone_min": 2,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "part; shade",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "shade; wildlife; drought",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 7,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "2 to 6",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "roundleaf-serviceberry",
   "name": "Roundleaf Serviceberry",
   "botanical": "Amelanchier sanguinea",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
   "height_min_ft": 3,
   "height_max_ft": 23,
   "spread_ft": 6,
   "wall_ft": 4,
   "zone_min": 2,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "edible; flowers; wildlife; drought; rare; winter-interest",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 5,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "2 to 4",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "runner-oak",
   "name": "Runner Oak",
   "botanical": "Quercus pumila",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "rare-oaks",
   "height_min_ft": 3,
   "height_max_ft": 6,
   "spread_ft": 6,
   "wall_ft": 4,
   "zone_min": 8,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "dry",
   "traits": "drought; wildlife; rare",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 4,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 11,
   "fruit_kind": "acorns",
   "first_crop": "about 3 after planting",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; acorns"
  },
  {
   "slug": "running-serviceberry",
   "name": "Running Serviceberry",
   "botanical": "Amelanchier spicata",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 1,
   "height_max_ft": 6,
   "spread_ft": 5,
   "wall_ft": 3,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "flowers; edible; wildlife; drought; fall-color; rare",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 7,
   "fruit_last": 8,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "2 to 4",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "rusty-blackhaw",
   "name": "Rusty Blackhaw",
   "botanical": "Viburnum rufidulum",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 10,
   "height_max_ft": 20,
   "spread_ft": 20,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "flowers; fall-color; edible; wildlife; drought; early-bearing",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "5",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "sand-cherry",
   "name": "Sand Cherry",
   "botanical": "Prunus pumila",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
   "height_min_ft": 1,
   "height_max_ft": 8,
   "spread_ft": 4,
   "wall_ft": 2,
   "zone_min": 3,
   "zone_max": 6,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "edible; wildlife; drought; early-bearing; salt; flowers; rare; erosion-control",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 7,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "cherries",
   "first_crop": "2 to 3",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "sand-hickory",
   "name": "Sand Hickory",
   "botanical": "Carya pallida",
   "form": "large-tree",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
   "height_min_ft": 40,
   "height_max_ft": 100,
   "spread_ft": 75,
   "wall_ft": 30,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "rare; edible; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 4,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "nuts",
   "first_crop": "about 30",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; nuts"
  },
  {
   "slug": "sand-live-oak",
   "name": "Sand Live Oak",
   "botanical": "Quercus geminata",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "rare-oaks",
   "height_min_ft": 20,
   "height_max_ft": 50,
   "spread_ft": 50,
   "wall_ft": 25,
   "zone_min": 7,
   "zone_max": 10,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "evergreen; drought; wildlife; salt; erosion-control",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "acorns",
   "first_crop": "20 to 30",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; acorns"
  },
  {
   "slug": "sand-myrtle",
   "name": "Sand Myrtle",
   "botanical": "Kalmia buxifolia",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 1,
   "height_max_ft": 3,
   "spread_ft": 5,
   "wall_ft": 3,
   "zone_min": 6,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "part; full",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "evergreen; flowers; rare; winter-interest",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "about 3",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "sand-pine",
   "name": "Sand Pine",
   "botanical": "Pinus clausa",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 25,
   "height_max_ft": 40,
   "spread_ft": 25,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 7,
   "zone_max": 10,
   "sun": "full",
   "moisture": "dry",
   "traits": "evergreen; drought; salt; wildlife; early-bearing",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 11,
   "bloom_last": 3,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 11,
   "fruit_kind": "cones",
   "first_crop": "5",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "sand-post-oak",
   "name": "Sand Post Oak",
   "botanical": "Quercus margaretta",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "rare-oaks",
   "height_min_ft": 15,
   "height_max_ft": 40,
   "spread_ft": 40,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 6,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full",
   "moisture": "dry",
   "traits": "rare; drought; wildlife; erosion-control",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 11,
   "fruit_kind": "acorns",
   "first_crop": "20 to 30",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; acorns"
  },
  {
   "slug": "sandhill-oak",
   "name": "Sandhill Oak",
   "botanical": "Quercus inopina",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "rare-oaks",
   "height_min_ft": 5,
   "height_max_ft": 16,
   "spread_ft": 20,
   "wall_ft": 10,
   "zone_min": 7,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "dry",
   "traits": "evergreen; rare; drought; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 11,
   "fruit_kind": "acorns",
   "first_crop": "3 from sprouts",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; acorns"
  },
  {
   "slug": "sarvis-holly",
   "name": "Sarvis Holly",
   "botanical": "Ilex amelanchier",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 10,
   "height_max_ft": 30,
   "spread_ft": 15,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 7,
   "zone_max": 10,
   "sun": "part",
   "moisture": "wet; average",
   "traits": "rare; wildlife; wet-tolerant; winter-interest",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 4,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "4 to 7",
   "flowers": "dioecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "saskatoon",
   "name": "Saskatoon",
   "botanical": "Amelanchier alnifolia",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
   "height_min_ft": 3,
   "height_max_ft": 26,
   "spread_ft": 10,
   "wall_ft": 5,
   "zone_min": 2,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "edible; flowers; wildlife; fall-color; screening; winter-interest; erosion-control",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 6,
   "fruit_last": 8,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "2 to 5",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "sassafras",
   "name": "Sassafras",
   "botanical": "Sassafras albidum",
   "form": "medium-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 30,
   "height_max_ft": 60,
   "spread_ft": 40,
   "wall_ft": 20,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "wildlife; fall-color; drought; street-tree",
   "growth_class": "fast",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 4,
   "fruit_first": 6,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "4 to 10 (first flowers, usually nearer 10)",
   "flowers": "dioecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "saw-palmetto",
   "name": "Saw Palmetto",
   "botanical": "Serenoa repens",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 3,
   "height_max_ft": 8,
   "spread_ft": 10,
   "wall_ft": 5,
   "zone_min": 8,
   "zone_max": 10,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "dry; average; wet",
   "traits": "evergreen; wildlife; honey; drought; salt; flowers; wet-tolerant; erosion-control",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 7,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "20 or more",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "scentless-mock-orange",
   "name": "Scentless Mock Orange",
   "botanical": "Philadelphus inodorus",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 6,
   "height_max_ft": 12,
   "spread_ft": 8,
   "wall_ft": 4,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 10,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "flowers; drought; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "fast",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 6,
   "fruit_last": 8,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "2 to 3 (first flowers)",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "schwerin-indigobush",
   "name": "Schwerin's Indigobush",
   "botanical": "Amorpha schwerinii",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 3,
   "height_max_ft": 10,
   "spread_ft": 15,
   "wall_ft": 5,
   "zone_min": 7,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "rare; flowers; wildlife; nitrogen-fixing",
   "growth_class": "fast",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 6,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "pods",
   "first_crop": "1 after planting",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "scrub-hickory",
   "name": "Scrub Hickory",
   "botanical": "Carya floridana",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
   "height_min_ft": 10,
   "height_max_ft": 30,
   "spread_ft": 35,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 8,
   "zone_max": 10,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "drought; wildlife; edible; fall-color",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 4,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 11,
   "fruit_kind": "nuts",
   "first_crop": "1 from sprouts (a few nuts in the first year after a fire)",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; nuts"
  },
  {
   "slug": "scrub-plum",
   "name": "Scrub Plum",
   "botanical": "Prunus geniculata",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
   "height_min_ft": 2,
   "height_max_ft": 6,
   "spread_ft": 6,
   "wall_ft": 3,
   "zone_min": 9,
   "zone_max": 10,
   "sun": "full",
   "moisture": "dry",
   "traits": "rare; drought; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 1,
   "bloom_last": 3,
   "fruit_first": 3,
   "fruit_last": 5,
   "fruit_kind": "plums",
   "first_crop": "3 to 4",
   "flowers": "polygamous",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "seaside-alder",
   "name": "Seaside Alder",
   "botanical": "Alnus maritima",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 12,
   "height_max_ft": 30,
   "spread_ft": 30,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 3,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "wet; average",
   "traits": "rare; flowers; wet-tolerant; nitrogen-fixing; screening; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 8,
   "bloom_last": 9,
   "fruit_first": 12,
   "fruit_last": 3,
   "fruit_kind": "cones",
   "first_crop": "about 2 (first flowers)",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "september-elm",
   "name": "September Elm",
   "botanical": "Ulmus serotina",
   "form": "large-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 60,
   "height_max_ft": 70,
   "spread_ft": 60,
   "wall_ft": 30,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "rare; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "fast",
   "bloom_first": 9,
   "bloom_last": 9,
   "fruit_first": 10,
   "fruit_last": 11,
   "fruit_kind": "winged seeds",
   "first_crop": "about 20",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "shadblow-serviceberry",
   "name": "Shadblow Serviceberry",
   "botanical": "Amelanchier canadensis",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
   "height_min_ft": 6,
   "height_max_ft": 25,
   "spread_ft": 20,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 3,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "edible; flowers; wildlife; wet-tolerant; fall-color",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 5,
   "fruit_last": 7,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "2 to 3 after planting",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "shagbark-hickory",
   "name": "Shagbark Hickory",
   "botanical": "Carya ovata",
   "form": "large-tree",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
   "height_min_ft": 60,
   "height_max_ft": 90,
   "spread_ft": 70,
   "wall_ft": 30,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "edible; wildlife; fall-color; winter-interest; street-tree",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "nuts",
   "first_crop": "more than 10 (in quantity at about 40)",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; nuts"
  },
  {
   "slug": "sheep-laurel",
   "name": "Sheep Laurel",
   "botanical": "Kalmia angustifolia",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 1,
   "height_max_ft": 5,
   "spread_ft": 6,
   "wall_ft": 3,
   "zone_min": 2,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; wet; dry",
   "traits": "evergreen; flowers; wildlife; wet-tolerant",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 6,
   "bloom_last": 7,
   "fruit_first": 7,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "about 3",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "shellbark-hickory",
   "name": "Shellbark Hickory (Kingnut)",
   "botanical": "Carya laciniosa",
   "form": "large-tree",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
   "height_min_ft": 60,
   "height_max_ft": 80,
   "spread_ft": 60,
   "wall_ft": 30,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "edible; wildlife; wet-tolerant; fall-color; rare; winter-interest; street-tree",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 11,
   "fruit_kind": "nuts",
   "first_crop": "about 40",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; nuts"
  },
  {
   "slug": "shingle-oak",
   "name": "Shingle Oak",
   "botanical": "Quercus imbricaria",
   "form": "medium-tree",
   "group": "rare-oaks",
   "height_min_ft": 40,
   "height_max_ft": 60,
   "spread_ft": 60,
   "wall_ft": 30,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; dry; wet",
   "traits": "screening; rare; fall-color; wildlife; drought; street-tree; salt",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "acorns",
   "first_crop": "about 25 (good crops every 2 to 4 years)",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; acorns"
  },
  {
   "slug": "shining-indigobush",
   "name": "Shining Indigobush",
   "botanical": "Amorpha nitens",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 3,
   "height_max_ft": 10,
   "spread_ft": 15,
   "wall_ft": 5,
   "zone_min": 7,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "part; full",
   "moisture": "average; wet; dry",
   "traits": "rare; flowers; wet-tolerant; nitrogen-fixing",
   "growth_class": "fast",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 6,
   "fruit_last": 8,
   "fruit_kind": "pods",
   "first_crop": "1 after planting",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "showy-mountain-ash",
   "name": "Showy Mountain Ash",
   "botanical": "Sorbus decora",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 20,
   "height_max_ft": 40,
   "spread_ft": 20,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 2,
   "zone_max": 6,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "wildlife; flowers; fall-color",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 7,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 3,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "about 15",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "shumard-oak",
   "name": "Shumard Oak",
   "botanical": "Quercus shumardii",
   "form": "large-tree",
   "group": "rare-oaks",
   "height_min_ft": 50,
   "height_max_ft": 80,
   "spread_ft": 50,
   "wall_ft": 25,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "fall-color; wildlife; drought; street-tree",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 4,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "acorns",
   "first_crop": "about 25 (best at about 50; good crops every 2 to 3 years)",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; acorns"
  },
  {
   "slug": "silky-camellia",
   "name": "Silky Camellia",
   "botanical": "Stewartia malacodendron",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 10,
   "height_max_ft": 15,
   "spread_ft": 25,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 6,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "part; shade",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "flowers; rare; shade; winter-interest",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "27 (first flowers, north of its range)",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "silky-dogwood",
   "name": "Silky Dogwood",
   "botanical": "Cornus amomum",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 6,
   "height_max_ft": 12,
   "spread_ft": 12,
   "wall_ft": 5,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "flowers; wildlife; wet-tolerant; winter-interest; erosion-control; early-bearing",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "4 to 5",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "silverleaf-hydrangea",
   "name": "Silverleaf Hydrangea",
   "botanical": "Hydrangea radiata",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 3,
   "height_max_ft": 6,
   "spread_ft": 6,
   "wall_ft": 3,
   "zone_min": 3,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "part; shade",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "flowers; shade; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "fast",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 7,
   "fruit_first": 10,
   "fruit_last": 11,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "1",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "slimleaf-pawpaw",
   "name": "Slimleaf Pawpaw",
   "botanical": "Asimina longifolia",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
   "height_min_ft": 3,
   "height_max_ft": 6,
   "spread_ft": 5,
   "wall_ft": 2,
   "zone_min": 8,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "flowers; edible; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 7,
   "fruit_first": 6,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "pawpaws",
   "first_crop": "4 to 7",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "slippery-elm",
   "name": "Slippery Elm",
   "botanical": "Ulmus rubra",
   "form": "medium-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 40,
   "height_max_ft": 70,
   "spread_ft": 50,
   "wall_ft": 25,
   "zone_min": 3,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part; shade",
   "moisture": "average; dry; wet",
   "traits": "wildlife; drought; wet-tolerant",
   "growth_class": "fast",
   "bloom_first": 2,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 4,
   "fruit_last": 6,
   "fruit_kind": "winged seeds",
   "first_crop": "15 (large crops every 2 to 4 years)",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "smooth-alder",
   "name": "Smooth Alder (Swamp Alder)",
   "botanical": "Alnus serrulata",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 10,
   "height_max_ft": 20,
   "spread_ft": 15,
   "wall_ft": 10,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "wet",
   "traits": "wet-tolerant; wildlife; nitrogen-fixing; winter-interest; erosion-control",
   "growth_class": "fast",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 4,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 2,
   "fruit_kind": "cones",
   "first_crop": "about 2",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "smooth-winterberry",
   "name": "Smooth Winterberry",
   "botanical": "Ilex laevigata",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 6,
   "height_max_ft": 10,
   "spread_ft": 10,
   "wall_ft": 5,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "wet; average",
   "traits": "wildlife; wet-tolerant; fall-color; winter-interest",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 2,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "a few",
   "flowers": "dioecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "smooth-bark-st-johns-wort",
   "name": "Smooth-bark St. John's-wort",
   "botanical": "Hypericum lissophloeus",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 6,
   "height_max_ft": 10,
   "spread_ft": 5,
   "wall_ft": 3,
   "zone_min": 7,
   "zone_max": 10,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "wet; average",
   "traits": "rare; evergreen; flowers; wet-tolerant; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 10,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 1,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "3 to 5",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "softleaf-arrowwood",
   "name": "Softleaf Arrowwood",
   "botanical": "Viburnum molle",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 6,
   "height_max_ft": 12,
   "spread_ft": 12,
   "wall_ft": 6,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 7,
   "sun": "part; shade",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "rare; flowers; shade",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 7,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "3",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "sourwood",
   "name": "Sourwood",
   "botanical": "Oxydendrum arboreum",
   "form": "medium-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 25,
   "height_max_ft": 50,
   "spread_ft": 25,
   "wall_ft": 12,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "flowers; honey; fall-color; winter-interest",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 6,
   "bloom_last": 8,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "4 to 5 (first flowers)",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "southern-bush-honeysuckle",
   "name": "Southern Bush-honeysuckle",
   "botanical": "Diervilla sessilifolia",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 3,
   "height_max_ft": 5,
   "spread_ft": 5,
   "wall_ft": 3,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "drought; flowers; wildlife; erosion-control",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 6,
   "bloom_last": 8,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "3 to 5",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "southern-catalpa",
   "name": "Southern Catalpa",
   "botanical": "Catalpa bignonioides",
   "form": "medium-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 30,
   "height_max_ft": 60,
   "spread_ft": 40,
   "wall_ft": 20,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; wet; dry",
   "traits": "flowers; wildlife; wet-tolerant; drought; erosion-control",
   "growth_class": "fast",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 10,
   "fruit_last": 12,
   "fruit_kind": "pods",
   "first_crop": "about 20",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "southern-crabapple",
   "name": "Southern Crabapple",
   "botanical": "Malus angustifolia",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
   "height_min_ft": 20,
   "height_max_ft": 30,
   "spread_ft": 25,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "flowers; wildlife; edible; early-bearing",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "crabapples",
   "first_crop": "3 to 4",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "southern-magnolia",
   "name": "Southern Magnolia",
   "botanical": "Magnolia grandiflora",
   "form": "large-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 60,
   "height_max_ft": 80,
   "spread_ft": 50,
   "wall_ft": 25,
   "zone_min": 6,
   "zone_max": 10,
   "sun": "part; full",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "evergreen; flowers; wildlife; salt; street-tree",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 11,
   "fruit_kind": "cones",
   "first_crop": "about 10 (best crops from about 25)",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "southern-pawpaw",
   "name": "Southern Pawpaw",
   "botanical": "Asimina pygmea",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
   "height_min_ft": 1,
   "height_max_ft": 2,
   "spread_ft": 1.5,
   "wall_ft": 2,
   "zone_min": 8,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "flowers; edible; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 7,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "pawpaws",
   "first_crop": "4 to 7",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "southern-red-oak",
   "name": "Southern Red Oak",
   "botanical": "Quercus falcata",
   "form": "large-tree",
   "group": "rare-oaks",
   "height_min_ft": 60,
   "height_max_ft": 80,
   "spread_ft": 70,
   "wall_ft": 35,
   "zone_min": 6,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "drought; wildlife; rare; street-tree",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "acorns",
   "first_crop": "about 25 (heaviest at 50 to 75; good crops every 1 to 2 years)",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; acorns"
  },
  {
   "slug": "southern-shagbark-hickory",
   "name": "Southern Shagbark Hickory",
   "botanical": "Carya carolinae-septentrionalis",
   "form": "large-tree",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
   "height_min_ft": 70,
   "height_max_ft": 125,
   "spread_ft": 70,
   "wall_ft": 30,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "edible; wildlife; fall-color",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "nuts",
   "first_crop": "about 10 (most from 40 to 200)",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; nuts"
  },
  {
   "slug": "spanish-dagger",
   "name": "Spanish Dagger",
   "botanical": "Yucca gloriosa",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 3,
   "height_max_ft": 16,
   "spread_ft": 8,
   "wall_ft": 4,
   "zone_min": 6,
   "zone_max": 10,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "evergreen; flowers; salt; drought; rare; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 11,
   "fruit_first": 11,
   "fruit_last": 12,
   "fruit_kind": "fleshy fruit",
   "first_crop": "5 to 6 (first flowers)",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "spicebush",
   "name": "Spicebush",
   "botanical": "Lindera benzoin",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 6,
   "height_max_ft": 12,
   "spread_ft": 12,
   "wall_ft": 6,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "part; shade; full",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "wildlife; flowers; fall-color; shade; wet-tolerant; erosion-control; early-bearing",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 4,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "4 to 5",
   "flowers": "dioecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "spruce-pine",
   "name": "Spruce Pine",
   "botanical": "Pinus glabra",
   "form": "large-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 40,
   "height_max_ft": 80,
   "spread_ft": 40,
   "wall_ft": 20,
   "zone_min": 7,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part; shade",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "evergreen; shade; wet-tolerant; screening; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "fast",
   "bloom_first": 2,
   "bloom_last": 3,
   "fruit_first": 10,
   "fruit_last": 11,
   "fruit_kind": "cones",
   "first_crop": "about 10 (most cones at 20 to 40)",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "squashberry",
   "name": "Squashberry",
   "botanical": "Viburnum edule",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 2,
   "height_max_ft": 7,
   "spread_ft": 6,
   "wall_ft": 4,
   "zone_min": 2,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full; part; shade",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "edible; wildlife; fall-color; wet-tolerant; early-bearing",
   "growth_class": "fast",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 7,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "about 5",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "staggerbush",
   "name": "Staggerbush",
   "botanical": "Lyonia mariana",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 2,
   "height_max_ft": 6,
   "spread_ft": 12,
   "wall_ft": 3,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "part; full",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "flowers; fall-color; wildlife; rare",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "about 3",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "staghorn-sumac",
   "name": "Staghorn Sumac",
   "botanical": "Rhus typhina",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 15,
   "height_max_ft": 25,
   "spread_ft": 25,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 3,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "fall-color; wildlife; drought; winter-interest; erosion-control; early-bearing",
   "growth_class": "fast",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 7,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 3,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "3 to 4",
   "flowers": "dioecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "strawberry-bush",
   "name": "Strawberry Bush",
   "botanical": "Euonymus americanus",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 4,
   "height_max_ft": 6,
   "spread_ft": 6,
   "wall_ft": 3,
   "zone_min": 6,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "part; shade",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "wildlife; fall-color; shade; wet-tolerant; winter-interest",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "4 to 5",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "streambank-mock-orange",
   "name": "Streambank Mock Orange",
   "botanical": "Philadelphus hirsutus",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 3,
   "height_max_ft": 10,
   "spread_ft": 5,
   "wall_ft": 3,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 10,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "flowers; drought",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 6,
   "fruit_last": 8,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "2 to 3 (first flowers)",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "striped-maple",
   "name": "Striped Maple",
   "botanical": "Acer pensylvanicum",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 15,
   "height_max_ft": 35,
   "spread_ft": 20,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 3,
   "zone_max": 7,
   "sun": "part; shade",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "shade; fall-color; wildlife; winter-interest",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 11,
   "fruit_kind": "winged seeds",
   "first_crop": "11 (first flowers)",
   "flowers": "dioecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "sugarberry",
   "name": "Sugarberry",
   "botanical": "Celtis laevigata",
   "form": "large-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 50,
   "height_max_ft": 80,
   "spread_ft": 80,
   "wall_ft": 30,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 10,
   "sun": "full; part; shade",
   "moisture": "average; wet; dry",
   "traits": "wildlife; drought; wet-tolerant; edible; shade; winter-interest; street-tree",
   "growth_class": "fast",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 1,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "about 15",
   "flowers": "polygamous",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "swamp-azalea",
   "name": "Swamp Azalea",
   "botanical": "Rhododendron viscosum",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 3,
   "height_max_ft": 8,
   "spread_ft": 8,
   "wall_ft": 4,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "part; full",
   "moisture": "wet; average",
   "traits": "flowers; wet-tolerant; wildlife; fall-color",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 7,
   "fruit_first": 7,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "about 3",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "swamp-chestnut-oak",
   "name": "Swamp Chestnut Oak, select line",
   "botanical": "Quercus michauxii",
   "form": "large-tree",
   "group": "specimens",
   "height_min_ft": 60,
   "height_max_ft": 90,
   "spread_ft": 60,
   "wall_ft": 40,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "wildlife; edible; wet-tolerant; fall-color",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "acorns",
   "first_crop": "20 to 25 (10 to 15 on an exceptional site)",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; acorns"
  },
  {
   "slug": "swamp-cottonwood",
   "name": "Swamp Cottonwood",
   "botanical": "Populus heterophylla",
   "form": "large-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 70,
   "height_max_ft": 90,
   "spread_ft": 50,
   "wall_ft": 30,
   "zone_min": 6,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full",
   "moisture": "wet; average",
   "traits": "wet-tolerant; rare",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 4,
   "fruit_last": 7,
   "fruit_kind": "cottony seed",
   "first_crop": "about 10",
   "flowers": "dioecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "swamp-doghobble",
   "name": "Swamp Doghobble",
   "botanical": "Eubotrys racemosa",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 4,
   "height_max_ft": 10,
   "spread_ft": 6,
   "wall_ft": null,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "part; shade; full",
   "moisture": "wet; average",
   "traits": "flowers; wet-tolerant; shade; wildlife; erosion-control",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "3 to 5 after planting (first flowers, in full sun)",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "swamp-laurel-oak",
   "name": "Swamp Laurel Oak",
   "botanical": "Quercus laurifolia",
   "form": "large-tree",
   "group": "rare-oaks",
   "height_min_ft": 40,
   "height_max_ft": 80,
   "spread_ft": 45,
   "wall_ft": 25,
   "zone_min": 6,
   "zone_max": 10,
   "sun": "full; part; shade",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "wet-tolerant; wildlife; street-tree; shade",
   "growth_class": "fast",
   "bloom_first": 2,
   "bloom_last": 3,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "acorns",
   "first_crop": "15 to 20",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; acorns"
  },
  {
   "slug": "swamp-privet",
   "name": "Swamp Privet",
   "botanical": "Forestiera acuminata",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 8,
   "height_max_ft": 30,
   "spread_ft": 20,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 6,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "part; full",
   "moisture": "wet; average",
   "traits": "wet-tolerant; wildlife; flowers; erosion-control",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 4,
   "fruit_first": 6,
   "fruit_last": 6,
   "fruit_kind": "fleshy fruit",
   "first_crop": "5 to 8",
   "flowers": "dioecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "swamp-tupelo",
   "name": "Swamp Tupelo",
   "botanical": "Nyssa biflora",
   "form": "large-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 60,
   "height_max_ft": 80,
   "spread_ft": 40,
   "wall_ft": 20,
   "zone_min": 6,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "wet; average",
   "traits": "wet-tolerant; honey; fall-color; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 12,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "2 from sprouts (from a cut stump)",
   "flowers": "polygamous",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "swamp-white-oak",
   "name": "Swamp White Oak",
   "botanical": "Quercus bicolor",
   "form": "medium-tree",
   "group": "classic-oaks",
   "height_min_ft": 50,
   "height_max_ft": 60,
   "spread_ft": 60,
   "wall_ft": 30,
   "zone_min": 3,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "wet-tolerant; wildlife; edible",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "acorns",
   "first_crop": "about 20 (good crops every 3 to 5 years)",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; acorns"
  },
  {
   "slug": "sweet-azalea",
   "name": "Sweet Azalea",
   "botanical": "Rhododendron arborescens",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 8,
   "height_max_ft": 20,
   "spread_ft": 12,
   "wall_ft": 6,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "part; full",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "flowers; wildlife; fall-color",
   "growth_class": "fast",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 7,
   "fruit_first": 7,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "about 3 (first flowers)",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "sweet-birch",
   "name": "Sweet Birch (Black Birch)",
   "botanical": "Betula lenta",
   "form": "medium-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 40,
   "height_max_ft": 70,
   "spread_ft": 40,
   "wall_ft": 25,
   "zone_min": 3,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "wildlife; fall-color; winter-interest",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "cones",
   "first_crop": "10 to 15 (first flowers, the catkins)",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "sweet-gale",
   "name": "Sweet Gale",
   "botanical": "Myrica gale",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 2,
   "height_max_ft": 6,
   "spread_ft": 5,
   "wall_ft": 3,
   "zone_min": 2,
   "zone_max": 6,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "wet; average",
   "traits": "wet-tolerant; nitrogen-fixing; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 10,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "nutlets",
   "first_crop": "3 to 4",
   "flowers": "dioecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "sweet-pepperbush",
   "name": "Sweet Pepperbush (Summersweet)",
   "botanical": "Clethra alnifolia",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 4,
   "height_max_ft": 8,
   "spread_ft": 6,
   "wall_ft": 4,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part; shade",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "flowers; honey; wet-tolerant; shade; fall-color; winter-interest; erosion-control; salt",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 7,
   "bloom_last": 8,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 2,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "about 2",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "sweetbay-magnolia",
   "name": "Sweetbay Magnolia",
   "botanical": "Magnolia virginiana",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 15,
   "height_max_ft": 35,
   "spread_ft": 35,
   "wall_ft": 10,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 10,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "flowers; wet-tolerant; wildlife; street-tree",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 7,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "cones",
   "first_crop": "6 to 10",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "sweetleaf",
   "name": "Sweetleaf",
   "botanical": "Symplocos tinctoria",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 15,
   "height_max_ft": 30,
   "spread_ft": 20,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 7,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "part; shade; full",
   "moisture": "average; wet; dry",
   "traits": "flowers; wildlife; shade; wet-tolerant; rare",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "dry fruit",
   "first_crop": "4",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "sweetshrub",
   "name": "Sweetshrub",
   "botanical": "Calycanthus floridus",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 6,
   "height_max_ft": 12,
   "spread_ft": 12,
   "wall_ft": 6,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "part; full; shade",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "flowers; shade; screening",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 7,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "pods",
   "first_crop": "4 (first flowers)",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "table-mountain-pine",
   "name": "Table Mountain Pine",
   "botanical": "Pinus pungens",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 20,
   "height_max_ft": 40,
   "spread_ft": 25,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 7,
   "sun": "full",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "evergreen; rare; drought; wildlife; erosion-control",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 4,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "cones",
   "first_crop": "5 to 7",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "tamarack",
   "name": "Tamarack",
   "botanical": "Larix laricina",
   "form": "large-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 50,
   "height_max_ft": 75,
   "spread_ft": 30,
   "wall_ft": 20,
   "zone_min": 2,
   "zone_max": 6,
   "sun": "full",
   "moisture": "wet; average",
   "traits": "fall-color; wet-tolerant; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "fast",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "cones",
   "first_crop": "12 to 15 (large crops from about 40)",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "texas-red-oak",
   "name": "Texas Red Oak",
   "botanical": "Quercus buckleyi",
   "form": "medium-tree",
   "group": "rare-oaks",
   "height_min_ft": 20,
   "height_max_ft": 50,
   "spread_ft": 60,
   "wall_ft": 20,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 10,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "fall-color; drought; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 11,
   "fruit_kind": "acorns",
   "first_crop": "17 or more",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; acorns"
  },
  {
   "slug": "three-flower-hawthorn",
   "name": "Three-flower Hawthorn",
   "botanical": "Crataegus triflora",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
   "height_min_ft": 3,
   "height_max_ft": 20,
   "spread_ft": 20,
   "wall_ft": 10,
   "zone_min": 7,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "part; full",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "rare; flowers; wildlife; early-bearing",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 11,
   "fruit_kind": "haws",
   "first_crop": "4",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "titi",
   "name": "Titi",
   "botanical": "Cyrilla racemiflora",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 8,
   "height_max_ft": 30,
   "spread_ft": 15,
   "wall_ft": 8,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 10,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "wet; average",
   "traits": "flowers; honey; wet-tolerant; fall-color; wildlife; winter-interest",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 7,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 12,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "4",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "tough-bully",
   "name": "Tough Bully",
   "botanical": "Sideroxylon tenax",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 12,
   "height_max_ft": 30,
   "spread_ft": 20,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 8,
   "zone_max": 10,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "drought; salt; wildlife; flowers; rare",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "about 5",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "toughleaf-dogwood",
   "name": "Toughleaf Dogwood",
   "botanical": "Cornus asperifolia",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 6,
   "height_max_ft": 13,
   "spread_ft": 15,
   "wall_ft": 6,
   "zone_min": 7,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "part",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "wildlife; screening; flowers; wet-tolerant",
   "growth_class": "fast",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "3 to 4",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "trailing-arbutus",
   "name": "Trailing Arbutus",
   "botanical": "Epigaea repens",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 1,
   "height_max_ft": 1,
   "spread_ft": 2,
   "wall_ft": 2,
   "zone_min": 2,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "part; shade",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "flowers; evergreen; shade; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 2,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 6,
   "fruit_last": 7,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "3 (first flowers)",
   "flowers": "dioecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "trumpet-honeysuckle",
   "name": "Trumpet Honeysuckle",
   "botanical": "Lonicera sempervirens",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 10,
   "height_max_ft": 20,
   "spread_ft": 6,
   "wall_ft": 3,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 10,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "flowers; wildlife; salt",
   "growth_class": "fast",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 7,
   "fruit_first": 7,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "3 to 5",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "turkey-oak",
   "name": "Turkey Oak",
   "botanical": "Quercus laevis",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "rare-oaks",
   "height_min_ft": 20,
   "height_max_ft": 50,
   "spread_ft": 20,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 7,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full",
   "moisture": "dry",
   "traits": "drought; fall-color; wildlife; winter-interest; street-tree",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "acorns",
   "first_crop": "4 from sprouts (after a fire)",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; acorns"
  },
  {
   "slug": "two-wing-silverbell",
   "name": "Two-wing Silverbell",
   "botanical": "Halesia diptera",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 15,
   "height_max_ft": 30,
   "spread_ft": 30,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "part; full; shade",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "flowers; rare; wet-tolerant; shade; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "winged fruit",
   "first_crop": "a few",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "umbrella-magnolia",
   "name": "Umbrella Magnolia",
   "botanical": "Magnolia tripetala",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 15,
   "height_max_ft": 30,
   "spread_ft": 30,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "part; shade; full",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "flowers; shade; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "cones",
   "first_crop": "3 to 4",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "upland-swamp-privet",
   "name": "Upland Swamp Privet",
   "botanical": "Forestiera ligustrina",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 6,
   "height_max_ft": 10,
   "spread_ft": 9,
   "wall_ft": 5,
   "zone_min": 6,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "drought; rare",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 6,
   "bloom_last": 8,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "5 to 8",
   "flowers": "dioecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "velvetleaf-blueberry",
   "name": "Velvetleaf Blueberry",
   "botanical": "Vaccinium myrtilloides",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 1,
   "height_max_ft": 4,
   "spread_ft": 3,
   "wall_ft": 2,
   "zone_min": 2,
   "zone_max": 6,
   "sun": "full; part; shade",
   "moisture": "average; dry; wet",
   "traits": "edible; wildlife; fall-color; shade; rare",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 7,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "3",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "virginia-spiraea",
   "name": "Virginia Spiraea",
   "botanical": "Spiraea virginiana",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 3,
   "height_max_ft": 13,
   "spread_ft": 10,
   "wall_ft": 5,
   "zone_min": 6,
   "zone_max": 7,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "rare; flowers; wet-tolerant; erosion-control",
   "growth_class": "fast",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 7,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "pods",
   "first_crop": "1 (first flowers, in the nursery)",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "virginia-sweetspire",
   "name": "Virginia Sweetspire",
   "botanical": "Itea virginica",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 3,
   "height_max_ft": 6,
   "spread_ft": 6,
   "wall_ft": 3,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "part; full; shade",
   "moisture": "wet; average",
   "traits": "wet-tolerant; flowers; fall-color; shade; wildlife; erosion-control",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 2,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "about 2",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "walter-viburnum",
   "name": "Walter's Viburnum",
   "botanical": "Viburnum obovatum",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 10,
   "height_max_ft": 20,
   "spread_ft": 15,
   "wall_ft": 8,
   "zone_min": 7,
   "zone_max": 10,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; wet; dry",
   "traits": "flowers; screening; evergreen; wildlife; drought; wet-tolerant",
   "growth_class": "fast",
   "bloom_first": 2,
   "bloom_last": 4,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "8",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "washington-hawthorn",
   "name": "Washington Hawthorn",
   "botanical": "Crataegus phaenopyrum",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 20,
   "height_max_ft": 30,
   "spread_ft": 25,
   "wall_ft": 12,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "flowers; wildlife; fall-color; drought; winter-interest; street-tree",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 6,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 2,
   "fruit_kind": "haws",
   "first_crop": "5 to 8",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "water-elm",
   "name": "Water Elm",
   "botanical": "Planera aquatica",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 30,
   "height_max_ft": 40,
   "spread_ft": 35,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 6,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "wet; average",
   "traits": "wet-tolerant; wildlife; rare",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 4,
   "fruit_last": 5,
   "fruit_kind": "nuts",
   "first_crop": "15",
   "flowers": "polygamous",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "water-hickory",
   "name": "Water Hickory",
   "botanical": "Carya aquatica",
   "form": "large-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 80,
   "height_max_ft": 100,
   "spread_ft": 50,
   "wall_ft": 30,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 10,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "wet; average",
   "traits": "wet-tolerant; rare; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 11,
   "fruit_kind": "nuts",
   "first_crop": "about 20 (heavy crops most years)",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; nuts"
  },
  {
   "slug": "water-locust",
   "name": "Water Locust",
   "botanical": "Gleditsia aquatica",
   "form": "medium-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 40,
   "height_max_ft": 60,
   "spread_ft": 35,
   "wall_ft": 20,
   "zone_min": 6,
   "zone_max": 10,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "wet; average",
   "traits": "wet-tolerant; rare; erosion-control",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 12,
   "fruit_kind": "pods",
   "first_crop": "about 10",
   "flowers": "polygamous",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "water-tupelo",
   "name": "Water Tupelo",
   "botanical": "Nyssa aquatica",
   "form": "large-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 60,
   "height_max_ft": 100,
   "spread_ft": 50,
   "wall_ft": 25,
   "zone_min": 6,
   "zone_max": 10,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "wet; average",
   "traits": "wet-tolerant; honey; wildlife; fall-color",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 4,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 12,
   "fruit_kind": "fleshy fruit",
   "first_crop": "about 30 (stump sprouts have borne at 2)",
   "flowers": "polygamous",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
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   "slug": "weeping-hawthorn",
   "name": "Weeping Hawthorn",
   "botanical": "Crataegus lacrimata",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
   "height_min_ft": 10,
   "height_max_ft": 26,
   "spread_ft": 20,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 8,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "rare; drought; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 4,
   "fruit_first": 7,
   "fruit_last": 8,
   "fruit_kind": "haws",
   "first_crop": "5 to 8",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "western-mayhaw",
   "name": "Western Mayhaw",
   "botanical": "Crataegus opaca",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
   "height_min_ft": 20,
   "height_max_ft": 30,
   "spread_ft": 30,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 6,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "edible; wet-tolerant; flowers; wildlife",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 2,
   "bloom_last": 3,
   "fruit_first": 5,
   "fruit_last": 6,
   "fruit_kind": "haws",
   "first_crop": "5 to 8",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "western-soapberry",
   "name": "Western Soapberry",
   "botanical": "Sapindus saponaria var. drummondii",
   "form": "medium-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 20,
   "height_max_ft": 50,
   "spread_ft": 30,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "drought; winter-interest; fall-color; wildlife; flowers; street-tree",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 2,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "8",
   "flowers": "polygamous",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "white-fringetree",
   "name": "White Fringetree",
   "botanical": "Chionanthus virginicus",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 12,
   "height_max_ft": 20,
   "spread_ft": 20,
   "wall_ft": 8,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "flowers; wildlife; wet-tolerant; winter-interest; street-tree",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 7,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "several (first flowers)",
   "flowers": "dioecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "white-oak",
   "name": "White Oak",
   "botanical": "Quercus alba",
   "form": "large-tree",
   "group": "classic-oaks",
   "height_min_ft": 50,
   "height_max_ft": 80,
   "spread_ft": 80,
   "wall_ft": 40,
   "zone_min": 3,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "wildlife; fall-color; edible; drought",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "acorns",
   "first_crop": "about 20 (open-grown trees; forest trees from about 50)",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; acorns"
  },
  {
   "slug": "white-wicky",
   "name": "White Wicky",
   "botanical": "Kalmia cuneata",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 2,
   "height_max_ft": 5,
   "spread_ft": 6,
   "wall_ft": 2,
   "zone_min": 8,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "wet; average",
   "traits": "rare; flowers; fall-color; wet-tolerant",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "about 3",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "wild-black-currant",
   "name": "Wild Black Currant",
   "botanical": "Ribes americanum",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
   "height_min_ft": 3,
   "height_max_ft": 6,
   "spread_ft": 6,
   "wall_ft": 3,
   "zone_min": 3,
   "zone_max": 7,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "edible; wildlife; wet-tolerant; fall-color; early-bearing",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 7,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "3",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "wild-hydrangea",
   "name": "Wild Hydrangea",
   "botanical": "Hydrangea arborescens",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 3,
   "height_max_ft": 6,
   "spread_ft": 6,
   "wall_ft": 3,
   "zone_min": 3,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "part; full; shade",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "flowers; shade; wildlife; winter-interest",
   "growth_class": "fast",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 7,
   "fruit_first": 7,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "1 (first flowers)",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "willow-oak",
   "name": "Willow Oak",
   "botanical": "Quercus phellos",
   "form": "large-tree",
   "group": "classic-oaks",
   "height_min_ft": 40,
   "height_max_ft": 75,
   "spread_ft": 50,
   "wall_ft": 25,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "wet-tolerant; wildlife; street-tree; salt; erosion-control",
   "growth_class": "fast",
   "bloom_first": 2,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "acorns",
   "first_crop": "15 to 20 (good crops nearly every year)",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; acorns"
  },
  {
   "slug": "winged-elm",
   "name": "Winged Elm",
   "botanical": "Ulmus alata",
   "form": "medium-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 40,
   "height_max_ft": 60,
   "spread_ft": 40,
   "wall_ft": 20,
   "zone_min": 6,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "wildlife; drought; winter-interest; street-tree",
   "growth_class": "fast",
   "bloom_first": 2,
   "bloom_last": 4,
   "fruit_first": 4,
   "fruit_last": 5,
   "fruit_kind": "winged seeds",
   "first_crop": "about 20",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "winterberry",
   "name": "Winterberry Holly",
   "botanical": "Ilex verticillata",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 6,
   "height_max_ft": 12,
   "spread_ft": 12,
   "wall_ft": null,
   "zone_min": 3,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "wildlife; wet-tolerant; winter-interest",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 6,
   "bloom_last": 7,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 3,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "a few (first flowers)",
   "flowers": "dioecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "witch-hazel",
   "name": "Witch Hazel",
   "botanical": "Hamamelis virginiana",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 12,
   "height_max_ft": 20,
   "spread_ft": 20,
   "wall_ft": 10,
   "zone_min": 3,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "part; shade; full",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "flowers; fall-color; wildlife; shade; winter-interest",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 10,
   "bloom_last": 12,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "at least 6 (first flowers)",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "woolly-beach-heather",
   "name": "Woolly Beach Heather",
   "botanical": "Hudsonia tomentosa",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 1,
   "height_max_ft": 2,
   "spread_ft": 2,
   "wall_ft": 2,
   "zone_min": 2,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full",
   "moisture": "dry",
   "traits": "rare; evergreen; flowers; drought; erosion-control",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 7,
   "fruit_first": 7,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "capsules",
   "first_crop": "3 (first flowers)",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "woolly-huckleberry",
   "name": "Woolly Huckleberry",
   "botanical": "Gaylussacia mosieri",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 1,
   "height_max_ft": 3,
   "spread_ft": 4,
   "wall_ft": 2,
   "zone_min": 8,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "wet; average",
   "traits": "wildlife; edible; fall-color; wet-tolerant",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 7,
   "fruit_last": 8,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "a few after planting",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "woolly-pawpaw",
   "name": "Woolly Pawpaw",
   "botanical": "Asimina incana",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "nuts-fruit",
   "height_min_ft": 4,
   "height_max_ft": 6,
   "spread_ft": 5,
   "wall_ft": 3,
   "zone_min": 8,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "dry; average",
   "traits": "flowers; edible; wildlife; drought",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 3,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 6,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "pawpaws",
   "first_crop": "4 to 7",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "yaupon",
   "name": "Yaupon",
   "botanical": "Ilex vomitoria",
   "form": "small-tree",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 10,
   "height_max_ft": 25,
   "spread_ft": 12,
   "wall_ft": 15,
   "zone_min": 7,
   "zone_max": 9,
   "sun": "full; part; shade",
   "moisture": "average; dry; wet",
   "traits": "evergreen; screening; salt; wildlife; drought; shade; winter-interest; street-tree",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 2,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "4 to 7",
   "flowers": "dioecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "yellow-anise",
   "name": "Yellow Anise",
   "botanical": "Illicium parviflorum",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 10,
   "height_max_ft": 20,
   "spread_ft": 15,
   "wall_ft": 7,
   "zone_min": 6,
   "zone_max": 10,
   "sun": "part; shade; full",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "rare; evergreen; shade; screening; wet-tolerant; winter-interest",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "pods",
   "first_crop": "6 to 10",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "yellow-birch",
   "name": "Yellow Birch",
   "botanical": "Betula alleghaniensis",
   "form": "large-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 60,
   "height_max_ft": 75,
   "spread_ft": 75,
   "wall_ft": 40,
   "zone_min": 3,
   "zone_max": 7,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "fall-color; wildlife; wet-tolerant; winter-interest",
   "growth_class": "slow",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 10,
   "fruit_kind": "cones",
   "first_crop": "7 to 40 (open-grown to forest)",
   "flowers": "monoecious",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "yellow-buckeye",
   "name": "Yellow Buckeye",
   "botanical": "Aesculus flava",
   "form": "large-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 50,
   "height_max_ft": 75,
   "spread_ft": 50,
   "wall_ft": 30,
   "zone_min": 3,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; wet",
   "traits": "flowers; wildlife; fall-color",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 6,
   "fruit_first": 9,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "buckeyes",
   "first_crop": "8",
   "flowers": "polygamous",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "yellow-honeysuckle",
   "name": "Yellow Honeysuckle",
   "botanical": "Lonicera flava",
   "form": "shrub",
   "group": "shrubs",
   "height_min_ft": 10,
   "height_max_ft": 20,
   "spread_ft": 6,
   "wall_ft": 3,
   "zone_min": 5,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average; dry",
   "traits": "flowers; wildlife; screening",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 4,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "berries",
   "first_crop": "3 to 5",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  },
  {
   "slug": "yellowwood",
   "name": "Yellowwood",
   "botanical": "Cladrastis kentukea",
   "form": "medium-tree",
   "group": "yard-trees",
   "height_min_ft": 30,
   "height_max_ft": 50,
   "spread_ft": 55,
   "wall_ft": 25,
   "zone_min": 4,
   "zone_max": 8,
   "sun": "full; part",
   "moisture": "average",
   "traits": "flowers; fall-color; rare; winter-interest; street-tree; salt",
   "growth_class": "medium",
   "bloom_first": 5,
   "bloom_last": 5,
   "fruit_first": 8,
   "fruit_last": 9,
   "fruit_kind": "pods",
   "first_crop": "8 to 10 (first flowers)",
   "flowers": "perfect",
   "offered_as": "saplings; seed"
  }
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