# Common native trees and shrubs we do not grow

> The 45 common native trees and shrubs our tools know but we do not grow, A to Z, each with its form, height and zones and a page of what the tools say.

Blue Whale Trees, a native tree nursery in the United States. Web version: https://bluewhaletrees.com/species/

Our tools know 45 common native trees and shrubs that we do not grow. Each has a page with what the tools say about it and the natives we grow for the same ground.

| Species | Botanical name | Form | Height, feet | Zones |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [American Cranberrybush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/species/american-cranberrybush/index.html.md) | *Viburnum opulus var. americanum* | Shrub | 6 to 16 | 2 to 7 |
| [American Sycamore](https://bluewhaletrees.com/species/american-sycamore/index.html.md) | *Platanus occidentalis* | Large tree | 59 to 121 | 4 to 9 |
| [Bigtooth Aspen](https://bluewhaletrees.com/species/bigtooth-aspen/index.html.md) | *Populus grandidentata* | Medium tree | 50 to 80 | 3 to 6 |
| [Black Ash](https://bluewhaletrees.com/species/black-ash/index.html.md) | *Fraxinus nigra* | Medium tree | 30 to 70 | 2 to 9 |
| [Black Spruce](https://bluewhaletrees.com/species/black-spruce/index.html.md) | *Picea mariana* | Medium tree | 25 to 75 | 2 to 6 |
| [Black Willow](https://bluewhaletrees.com/species/black-willow/index.html.md) | *Salix nigra* | Medium tree | 10 to 80 | 4 to 9 |
| [Boxelder](https://bluewhaletrees.com/species/boxelder/index.html.md) | *Acer negundo* | Medium tree | 30 to 75 | 2 to 10 |
| [Carolina Rose](https://bluewhaletrees.com/species/carolina-rose/index.html.md) | *Rosa carolina* | Shrub | 0.5 to 6 | 4 to 9 |
| [Coralberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/species/coralberry/index.html.md) | *Symphoricarpos orbiculatus* | Shrub | 2 to 6 | 2 to 7 |
| [Eastern Cottonwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/species/eastern-cottonwood/index.html.md) | *Populus deltoides* | Large tree | 50 to 100 | 2 to 9 |
| [Eastern White Pine](https://bluewhaletrees.com/species/eastern-white-pine/index.html.md) | *Pinus strobus* | Large tree | 50 to 100 | 3 to 8 |
| [Green Ash](https://bluewhaletrees.com/species/green-ash/index.html.md) | *Fraxinus pennsylvanica* | Medium tree | 50 to 75 | 2 to 9 |
| [Highbush Blueberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/species/highbush-blueberry/index.html.md) | *Vaccinium corymbosum* | Shrub | 5 to 15 | 3 to 8 |
| [Honeylocust](https://bluewhaletrees.com/species/honeylocust/index.html.md) | *Gleditsia triacanthos* | Large tree | 30 to 80 | 3 to 9 |
| [Loblolly Pine](https://bluewhaletrees.com/species/loblolly-pine/index.html.md) | *Pinus taeda* | Large tree | 40 to 90 | 6 to 9 |
| [Lowbush Blueberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/species/lowbush-blueberry/index.html.md) | *Vaccinium angustifolium* | Shrub | 0.5 to 2 | 2 to 8 |
| [Meadowsweet](https://bluewhaletrees.com/species/meadowsweet/index.html.md) | *Spiraea alba* | Shrub | 3 to 6.5 | 3 to 7 |
| [Northern Bush Honeysuckle](https://bluewhaletrees.com/species/northern-bush-honeysuckle/index.html.md) | *Diervilla lonicera* | Shrub | 2 to 4 | 3 to 7 |
| [Oakleaf Hydrangea](https://bluewhaletrees.com/species/oakleaf-hydrangea/index.html.md) | *Hydrangea quercifolia* | Shrub | 3 to 12 | 5 to 9 |
| [Osage-orange](https://bluewhaletrees.com/species/osage-orange/index.html.md) | *Maclura pomifera* | Medium tree | 20 to 70 | 4 to 9 |
| [Paper Birch](https://bluewhaletrees.com/species/paper-birch/index.html.md) | *Betula papyrifera* | Medium tree | 50 to 75 | 2 to 7 |
| [Pitch Pine](https://bluewhaletrees.com/species/pitch-pine/index.html.md) | *Pinus rigida* | Medium tree | 40 to 80 | 4 to 7 |
| [Pumpkin Ash](https://bluewhaletrees.com/species/pumpkin-ash/index.html.md) | *Fraxinus profunda* | Large tree | 60 to 85 | 5 to 9 |
| [Pussy Willow](https://bluewhaletrees.com/species/pussy-willow/index.html.md) | *Salix discolor* | Shrub | 6 to 30 | 2 to 8 |
| [Quaking Aspen](https://bluewhaletrees.com/species/quaking-aspen/index.html.md) | *Populus tremuloides* | Medium tree | 20 to 82 | 2 to 6 |
| [Red Maple](https://bluewhaletrees.com/species/red-maple/index.html.md) | *Acer rubrum* | Large tree | 40 to 90 | 2 to 9 |
| [Scarlet Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/species/scarlet-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus coccinea* | Large tree | 40 to 80 | 4 to 9 |
| [Shortleaf Pine](https://bluewhaletrees.com/species/shortleaf-pine/index.html.md) | *Pinus echinata* | Large tree | 50 to 100 | 6 to 9 |
| [Silver Maple](https://bluewhaletrees.com/species/silver-maple/index.html.md) | *Acer saccharinum* | Large tree | 50 to 120 | 3 to 9 |
| [Slash Pine](https://bluewhaletrees.com/species/slash-pine/index.html.md) | *Pinus elliottii* | Large tree | 75 to 100 | 7 to 10 |
| [Smooth Sumac](https://bluewhaletrees.com/species/smooth-sumac/index.html.md) | *Rhus glabra* | Shrub | 2 to 20 | 3 to 9 |
| [Snowberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/species/snowberry/index.html.md) | *Symphoricarpos albus* | Shrub | 2 to 6 | 3 to 7 |
| [Speckled Alder](https://bluewhaletrees.com/species/speckled-alder/index.html.md) | *Alnus incana subsp. rugosa* | Shrub | 15 to 33 | 2 to 6 |
| [Steeplebush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/species/steeplebush/index.html.md) | *Spiraea tomentosa* | Shrub | 2 to 5 | 3 to 8 |
| [Sugar Maple](https://bluewhaletrees.com/species/sugar-maple/index.html.md) | *Acer saccharum* | Large tree | 40 to 121 | 3 to 8 |
| [Swamp Rose](https://bluewhaletrees.com/species/swamp-rose/index.html.md) | *Rosa palustris* | Shrub | 1 to 10 | 4 to 9 |
| [Sweetfern](https://bluewhaletrees.com/species/sweetfern/index.html.md) | *Comptonia peregrina* | Shrub | 1 to 5 | 2 to 6 |
| [Sweetgum](https://bluewhaletrees.com/species/sweetgum/index.html.md) | *Liquidambar styraciflua* | Large tree | 60 to 131 | 5 to 9 |
| [Tuliptree](https://bluewhaletrees.com/species/tuliptree/index.html.md) | *Liriodendron tulipifera* | Large tree | 60 to 150 | 4 to 9 |
| [Virginia Pine](https://bluewhaletrees.com/species/virginia-pine/index.html.md) | *Pinus virginiana* | Medium tree | 15 to 80 | 4 to 8 |
| [Water Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/species/water-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus nigra* | Large tree | 50 to 100 | 6 to 9 |
| [Wax Myrtle](https://bluewhaletrees.com/species/wax-myrtle/index.html.md) | *Morella cerifera* | Shrub | 6 to 40 | 7 to 10 |
| [White Ash](https://bluewhaletrees.com/species/white-ash/index.html.md) | *Fraxinus americana* | Large tree | 50 to 120 | 3 to 9 |
| [White Spruce](https://bluewhaletrees.com/species/white-spruce/index.html.md) | *Picea glauca* | Large tree | 40 to 80 | 2 to 6 |
| [Winged Sumac](https://bluewhaletrees.com/species/winged-sumac/index.html.md) | *Rhus copallinum* | Shrub | 7 to 35 | 4 to 9 |

## The table as a file

Download the table as [CSV](https://bluewhaletrees.com/data/species.csv) or [JSON](https://bluewhaletrees.com/data/species.json): 45 rows, one for one common native tree or shrub the nursery does not grow, with the columns below. The figures are published under the [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) license: use them with a credit to bluewhaletrees.com and a link to this page. Updated 2026-10-25.

### What each column means

- **slug**: the species page's address word: the page is https://bluewhaletrees.com/species/ followed by the slug and a slash
- **name**: the common name the page uses
- **botanical**: the botanical name
- **page**: the species page's full address
- **form**: shrub, small-tree, medium-tree or large-tree, the page's size class
- **height_min_ft**: the low end of the mature height the page gives, in feet
- **height_max_ft**: the high end of the mature height, in feet
- **spread_ft**: the widest mature crown of one plant the page gives, in feet
- **zone_min**: the coldest hardiness zone the page gives
- **zone_max**: the warmest hardiness zone the page gives
- **sun**: full, part or shade, every exposure the page gives, separated by semicolons
- **moisture**: dry, average or wet, every soil moisture the page gives, separated by semicolons
- **growth**: slow, medium or fast, the page's growth class
- **leaves**: evergreen or deciduous
- **bloom_first**: the first month in flower, 1 to 12; for a conifer, which has no flowers, the first month it sheds pollen
- **bloom_last**: the last month in flower or shedding pollen, 1 to 12; a number below the first means the months run past December
- **fruit_first**: the first month the fruit, nuts, seed or cones ripen, 1 to 12
- **fruit_last**: the last month, 1 to 12; a number below the first means the months run past December
- **pollen**: true for a conifer, whose bloom months are when it sheds pollen
- **pollination_need**: what a crop takes: dioecious, partner, improves or single, or unknown where no source states it. Dioecious means separate male and female plants, partner a second unrelated plant, improves one bears and a second helps, single one plant bears alone
- **first_crop**: the years from planting to the first crop, as the sources give them
- **juglone**: the Morton Arboretum's word on black walnut: sensitive or tolerant where one of its two lists names the species or its genus, not listed where neither does
- **habitats**: the habitat codes of the ground it grows on in the wild, separated by semicolons: bottomland, swamp, streambank, mesic-slope, upland-dry, sandy, rocky, old-field, understory, mountain, coastal
- **traits**: the record's trait words, such as wildlife, fall-color, edible or drought, separated by semicolons; the page says evergreen, drought, wet-tolerant and shade in its rows rather than in its Traits row
- **lifespan_typical_yr**: the typical lifespan the sources give, in years, as a range where they give one
- **lifespan_oldest_yr**: the oldest age the sources give, in years: the most a source says the species reaches, or an older tree on record
- **lifespan_dated_yr**: the age of the oldest dated tree, by its rings or its planting record, where it is younger than the oldest age, which it stands beside and does not replace
- **transplanting**: Yes, No or Moderate: the Morton Arboretum profile's own field on whether the species transplants well, where it has one
- **planting_season**: when the page says to plant it: spring, fall, or any for either season
- **toxic_to**: the people and animals the page names it as poisonous to, separated by semicolons; empty where no source names any, which is not the same as safe
- **native_states_n**: how many states its native range takes in, as the page's Native in row counts them; the District of Columbia is not counted
- **native_states**: the two-letter codes of the states of its native range, separated by spaces, as the page names them; the District of Columbia counts as DC
- **naturalized_states**: the codes of the states where the USDA PLANTS Database records it growing wild beyond its native range, as the page names them
- **introduced_states**: the codes of the states where PLANTS marks it introduced, as the page names them

### How the table is made

Each row is read from the record its species page is drawn from, so the file and the page give the same facts. The states are the USDA PLANTS Database's records, with the native range read from Silvics of North America and NatureServe Explorer, as each page says. A dated age below the oldest age stands beside it and does not replace it, since only a tiny share of trees has ever had its age measured. The files are written from the records and checked at every release.

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