# Native trees, shrubs, acorns and seed

> Every plant Blue Whale Trees grows, all from seed: native trees and shrubs sold as saplings, and acorns, nuts and seed to sow.

76 of 414 plants matching Erosion control. Each plant links to its own Markdown page with the full facts, description and growing guide. Web version: https://bluewhaletrees.com/shop/?want=erosion-control

Columns: Zones are the USDA hardiness zones the plant takes, from the coldest to the warmest it is rated for (zone 2 is the coldest, 10 the warmest); Height is mature height in feet; Sun and Soil list every condition the plant takes; Grown from is what the nursery offers it as (saplings, or acorns, nuts or seed to sow); Price is the lowest price for sale, a plant size's first and a packet's apart, or Sold out for a priced plant with nothing for sale, or "ask" when the plant is not yet priced online (email captain@bluewhaletrees.com or join the waitlist on the web page).

This table accepts the shop's filters as query parameters on this address: size (shrub, small-tree, medium-tree, large-tree), sun (full, part, shade), moisture (dry, average, wet), zone (2 to 10), native (a state's two-letter code in capitals, such as PA: the plants native to that state by the USDA PLANTS records), want (a trait: flowers, fall-color, wildlife, honey, edible, evergreen, rare, drought, wet-tolerant, shade, early-bearing, screening, nitrogen-fixing, salt, winter-interest, street-tree, erosion-control; rare means uncommon in the wild or in nurseries, honey a nectar source for bees), as (acorns, seed, nuts, saplings) and q (a search word). Several values may be joined with commas.

| Plant | Botanical name | Group | Type | Height (ft) | Zones | Sun | Soil | Grown from | Price |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Dwarf Chinquapin Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/dwarf-chinquapin-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus prinoides* | Rare & Uncommon Oaks | Shrub | 6–15 | 4–8 | Full, Part | Dry, Average | Saplings, Acorns | ask |
| [Sand Post Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/sand-post-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus margaretta* | Rare & Uncommon Oaks | Small tree | 15–40 | 6–9 | Full | Dry | Saplings, Acorns | ask |
| [Black Gum (Tupelo)](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/black-gum/index.html.md) | *Nyssa sylvatica* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Large tree | 40–70 | 4–9 | Full, Part | Dry, Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Black Locust](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/black-locust/index.html.md) | *Robinia pseudoacacia* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Large tree | 40–70 | 4–8 | Full | Dry, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Downy Serviceberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/downy-serviceberry/index.html.md) | *Amelanchier arborea* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Small tree | 15–25 | 4–9 | Full, Part | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Kentucky Coffeetree](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/kentucky-coffeetree/index.html.md) | *Gymnocladus dioicus* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Large tree | 60–80 | 3–8 | Full | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Bald Cypress](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/bald-cypress/index.html.md) | *Taxodium distichum* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Large tree | 50–80 | 4–10 | Full | Wet, Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [American Persimmon](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/american-persimmon/index.html.md) | *Diospyros virginiana* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Medium tree | 35–60 | 4–9 | Full, Part | Dry, Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Pawpaw](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/pawpaw/index.html.md) | *Asimina triloba* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Small tree | 15–30 | 5–9 | Part, Shade, Full | Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [American Plum](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/american-plum/index.html.md) | *Prunus americana* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Small tree | 15–25 | 3–8 | Full, Part | Average, Dry, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Beach Plum](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/beach-plum/index.html.md) | *Prunus maritima* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Shrub | 4–8 | 3–8 | Full | Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Allegheny Chinquapin](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/allegheny-chinquapin/index.html.md) | *Castanea pumila* | Chestnuts & Chinquapins | Small tree | 10–25 | 5–9 | Full, Part | Dry, Average | Saplings, Nuts | ask |
| [Spicebush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/spicebush/index.html.md) | *Lindera benzoin* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 6–12 | 4–9 | Part, Shade, Full | Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Sweet Pepperbush (Summersweet)](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/sweet-pepperbush/index.html.md) | *Clethra alnifolia* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 4–8 | 4–9 | Full, Part, Shade | Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Black Huckleberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/black-huckleberry/index.html.md) | *Gaylussacia baccata* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–3 | 3–7 | Full, Part | Dry, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Black Elderberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/black-elderberry/index.html.md) | *Sambucus canadensis* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 6–12 | 3–9 | Full, Part | Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Red Elderberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/red-elderberry/index.html.md) | *Sambucus racemosa* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 8–12 | 3–7 | Part, Full, Shade | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Smooth Alder (Swamp Alder)](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/smooth-alder/index.html.md) | *Alnus serrulata* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 10–20 | 4–9 | Full, Part | Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Ninebark](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/ninebark/index.html.md) | *Physocarpus opulifolius* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 5–10 | 2–8 | Full, Part | Dry, Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Staghorn Sumac](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/staghorn-sumac/index.html.md) | *Rhus typhina* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 15–25 | 3–8 | Full | Dry, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Indigobush (False Indigo)](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/indigobush/index.html.md) | *Amorpha fruticosa* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 6–12 | 4–9 | Full, Part | Dry, Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Leadplant](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/leadplant/index.html.md) | *Amorpha canescens* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–3 | 2–8 | Full | Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Swamp Doghobble](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/swamp-doghobble/index.html.md) | *Eubotrys racemosa* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 4–10 | 5–9 | Part, Shade, Full | Wet, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Black Chokeberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/black-chokeberry/index.html.md) | *Aronia melanocarpa* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–6 | 3–8 | Full, Part | Dry, Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Silky Dogwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/silky-dogwood/index.html.md) | *Cornus amomum* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 6–12 | 4–8 | Full, Part | Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Bristly Locust (Rose Locust)](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/rose-locust/index.html.md) | *Robinia hispida* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–8 | 5–8 | Full | Dry, Average | Saplings | ask |
| [Common Hackberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/common-hackberry/index.html.md) | *Celtis occidentalis* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Large tree | 40–60 | 3–9 | Full, Part, Shade | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [New Jersey Tea](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/new-jersey-tea/index.html.md) | *Ceanothus americanus* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 2–3 | 4–8 | Full, Part | Dry, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Northern Bayberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/northern-bayberry/index.html.md) | *Morella pensylvanica* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 5–10 | 3–7 | Full, Part | Dry, Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Gray Dogwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/gray-dogwood/index.html.md) | *Cornus racemosa* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 4–10 | 4–8 | Full, Part, Shade | Dry, Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Arrowwood Viburnum](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/arrowwood-viburnum/index.html.md) | *Viburnum dentatum* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 5–10 | 2–8 | Full, Part, Shade | Dry, Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Virginia Sweetspire](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/virginia-sweetspire/index.html.md) | *Itea virginica* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–6 | 5–9 | Part, Full, Shade | Wet, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Myrtle Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/myrtle-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus myrtifolia* | Rare & Uncommon Oaks | Small tree | 15–40 | 7–10 | Full, Part | Dry | Saplings, Acorns | ask |
| [Chickasaw Plum](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/chickasaw-plum/index.html.md) | *Prunus angustifolia* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Small tree | 4–20 | 5–9 | Full, Part | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Mayhaw](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/mayhaw/index.html.md) | *Crataegus aestivalis* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Small tree | 10–40 | 4–10 | Full, Part | Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Cockspur Hawthorn](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/cockspur-hawthorn/index.html.md) | *Crataegus crus-galli* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Small tree | 20–30 | 3–8 | Full, Part | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Red Chokeberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/red-chokeberry/index.html.md) | *Aronia arbutifolia* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Shrub | 6–12 | 3–9 | Full, Part | Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Pin Cherry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/pin-cherry/index.html.md) | *Prunus pensylvanica* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Small tree | 15–40 | 2–7 | Full | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Chokecherry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/chokecherry/index.html.md) | *Prunus virginiana* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Small tree | 20–30 | 2–10 | Full, Part | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Swamp Privet](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/swamp-privet/index.html.md) | *Forestiera acuminata* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Small tree | 8–30 | 6–9 | Part, Full | Wet, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Mountain Doghobble](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/mountain-doghobble/index.html.md) | *Leucothoe fontanesiana* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–6 | 4–8 | Part, Shade | Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Florida Leucothoe](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/florida-leucothoe/index.html.md) | *Agarista populifolia* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 8–12 | 5–9 | Part, Shade | Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Roughleaf Dogwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/roughleaf-dogwood/index.html.md) | *Cornus drummondii* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 6–15 | 5–8 | Full, Part, Shade | Average, Dry, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Mountain Maple](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/mountain-maple/index.html.md) | *Acer spicatum* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Small tree | 10–25 | 2–7 | Part, Shade, Full | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Table Mountain Pine](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/table-mountain-pine/index.html.md) | *Pinus pungens* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Small tree | 20–40 | 5–7 | Full | Dry, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Longleaf Pine](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/longleaf-pine/index.html.md) | *Pinus palustris* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Large tree | 60–120 | 7–10 | Full | Dry, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Fragrant Sumac](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/fragrant-sumac/index.html.md) | *Rhus aromatica* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 2–6 | 3–9 | Full, Part | Dry, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Canada Yew](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/canada-yew/index.html.md) | *Taxus canadensis* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–6 | 2–7 | Part, Shade | Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Water Locust](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/water-locust/index.html.md) | *Gleditsia aquatica* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Medium tree | 40–60 | 6–10 | Full, Part | Wet, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Bottlebrush Buckeye](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/bottlebrush-buckeye/index.html.md) | *Aesculus parviflora* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 8–12 | 4–9 | Part, Shade, Full | Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Southern Catalpa](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/southern-catalpa/index.html.md) | *Catalpa bignonioides* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Medium tree | 30–60 | 5–9 | Full, Part | Average, Wet, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Woolly Beach Heather](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/woolly-beach-heather/index.html.md) | *Hudsonia tomentosa* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–2 | 2–8 | Full | Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Pear Hawthorn](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/pear-hawthorn/index.html.md) | *Crataegus calpodendron* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Small tree | 7–23 | 4–8 | Part, Full, Shade | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Sand Cherry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/sand-cherry/index.html.md) | *Prunus pumila* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Shrub | 1–8 | 3–6 | Full, Part | Dry, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Virginia Spiraea](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/virginia-spiraea/index.html.md) | *Spiraea virginiana* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–13 | 6–7 | Full, Part | Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Climbing Prairie Rose](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/climbing-prairie-rose/index.html.md) | *Rosa setigera* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–15 | 4–8 | Full, Part | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Southern Bush-honeysuckle](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/southern-bush-honeysuckle/index.html.md) | *Diervilla sessilifolia* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–5 | 4–8 | Full, Part | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Creeping Juniper](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/creeping-juniper/index.html.md) | *Juniperus horizontalis* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–2 | 2–9 | Full | Dry, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Inkberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/inkberry/index.html.md) | *Ilex glabra* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 5–10 | 4–10 | Full, Part, Shade | Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Eastern Red Cedar](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/eastern-red-cedar/index.html.md) | *Juniperus virginiana* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Medium tree | 30–50 | 2–9 | Full | Dry, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Red Osier Dogwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/red-osier-dogwood/index.html.md) | *Cornus sericea* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 6–12 | 2–7 | Full, Part, Shade | Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Willow Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/willow-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus phellos* | Classic Oaks | Large tree | 40–75 | 5–9 | Full, Part | Average, Wet | Saplings, Acorns | ask |
| [River Birch](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/river-birch/index.html.md) | *Betula nigra* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Medium tree | 40–70 | 3–9 | Full, Part | Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Buttonbush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/buttonbush/index.html.md) | *Cephalanthus occidentalis* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 5–12 | 4–10 | Full, Part | Wet, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Red Pine](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/red-pine/index.html.md) | *Pinus resinosa* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Large tree | 50–80 | 2–5 | Full, Part | Dry, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Common Juniper](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/common-juniper/index.html.md) | *Juniperus communis* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 2–10 | 2–9 | Full | Dry, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Green Alder](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/green-alder/index.html.md) | *Alnus viridis* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–14 | 2–8 | Full, Part | Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Balsam Poplar](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/balsam-poplar/index.html.md) | *Populus balsamifera* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Large tree | 30–100 | 2–5 | Full | Wet, Average | Saplings | ask |
| [Sand Live Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/sand-live-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus geminata* | Rare & Uncommon Oaks | Small tree | 20–50 | 7–10 | Full, Part | Dry, Average | Saplings, Acorns | ask |
| [Peachleaf Willow](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/peachleaf-willow/index.html.md) | *Salix amygdaloides* | Uncommon Yard Trees | Medium tree | 35–60 | 2–8 | Full, Part | Wet, Average | Saplings | ask |
| [Saskatoon](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/saskatoon/index.html.md) | *Amelanchier alnifolia* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Shrub | 3–26 | 2–9 | Full, Part | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Clove Currant](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/clove-currant/index.html.md) | *Ribes aureum var. villosum* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–10 | 2–7 | Full, Part | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Bebb's Willow](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/bebb-willow/index.html.md) | *Salix bebbiana* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 10–25 | 3–7 | Full, Part | Average, Wet | Saplings | ask |
| [Northern Snowberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/northern-snowberry/index.html.md) | *Symphoricarpos occidentalis* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–5 | 3–7 | Full, Part | Dry, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Saw Palmetto](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/saw-palmetto/index.html.md) | *Serenoa repens* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–8 | 8–10 | Full, Part | Dry, Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Creek Plum](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/creek-plum/index.html.md) | *Prunus rivularis* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Small tree | 3–25 | 7–8 | Full, Part | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |

## Groups

- [Rare & Uncommon Oaks](https://bluewhaletrees.com/shop/rare-oaks/index.html.md): Scrub oaks, coastal-plain post oaks and southern white oaks you will not find at a garden center.
- [Classic Oaks](https://bluewhaletrees.com/shop/classic-oaks/index.html.md): White, red, bur, pin and the other oaks every yard and woodland knows, grown from seed for shade and for the wildlife their acorns feed.
- [Superior Specimen Lines](https://bluewhaletrees.com/shop/specimens/index.html.md): Acorns and seedlings collected from named, proven parent trees.
- [Uncommon Yard Trees](https://bluewhaletrees.com/shop/yard-trees/index.html.md): Native shade and flowering trees that deserve far more use than they get.
- [Native Shrubs](https://bluewhaletrees.com/shop/shrubs/index.html.md): Understory and hedgerow shrubs for birds, pollinators and privacy.
- [Nut & Fruit Trees](https://bluewhaletrees.com/shop/nuts-fruit/index.html.md): Pecan, hickory, walnut, pawpaw, persimmon and other native food trees.
- [Chestnuts & Chinquapins](https://bluewhaletrees.com/shop/chestnuts/index.html.md): Native chinquapins, the American chestnut and the blight-resistant Chinese chestnut, grown from seed for nuts, wildlife and a chestnut in the yard again.
- [Acorns, Nuts & Seed](https://bluewhaletrees.com/shop/acorns-and-seed/index.html.md): Acorns, nuts and seed to sow, collected from the same proven parent trees as our saplings.