So majestic and ecologically important! Valuable for reforestation, windbreak, and wildlife food and habitat. Moderate to fast growing on a good site, tapering off to maturity at 100 years at possible heights of 140 ft! Grows tall and straight, showcasing its red trunk, on coarse, well-drained sandy or sandy loam type soil. Full sun, tolerates partial shade, can tolerate dry, windy, or rocky conditions. This lightweight wood is also a great lumber choice for construction, poles, pulpwood, and other uses.
Michigan State Tree! Used for timber, Christmas trees, and wildlife habitat. This soft needled pine tolerates 25% to 75% shade, making it a desirable species for under planting. It does well on dry to somewhat poorly drained sandy or loamy soils.
Large tree native to Northern Michigan. Short, blue-green needles. The white spruce plays a critical role in supporting wildlife, as their density provides good wildlife cover and nesting sites. Seeds, needles and cones offer a valuable food source for our yooper wildlife. Prefers moist, well-drained porous soil and can grow 50-100 ft tall. . Tolerates moist clays & partial shade. The average life span in 150-200 years, but some have lived up to 400 years old! Used for lumber, windbreaks, wildlife, ornamental, and Christmas trees. Some even eat spruce tips or use in a tea that provide vitamin rich goodness, being exceptionally high in Vitamin C, potassium, and magnesium.
Needles are 1" long, limbs hang downward giving the tree a graceful look. Fastest growing of all spruces. Easily transplanted, does best in loamy soils of average moisture, tolerates full sun to full shade conditions, and is drought tolerant. Beautiful hedges, wildlife cover and habitat, and highly recommended for windbreaks. Highly valued for its timber and lumber qualities. Popular choice for a Christmas tree. This tree wins against weeds.
Tamarack, also known as American Larch, can tolerate a wide range of soil conditions but grows most commonly on wet to moist soils. Does well in bogs and swampy areas. It is a deciduous conifer as well, with cones that emerge as flower-like. Tea made from the bark can aid in sore throats, colds, and skin problems, while using it as a poultice helps with sores, swellings, and burns. Can also help relieve frostbite. The heavy, durable wood is used principally for pulpwood but also for posts, poles, rough lumber, and fuelwood. Wildlife use the tree for food and nesting; it is also esthetically appealing and has significant potential as an ornamental. Can grow 40-80 ft. high. This is a hard to find item in 2025.
Small to medium-sized tree. Grows on poorly drained sites to upland dry, calcareous (medium to high pH) soils. Shade tolerant, very slow growing. Uses include posts and poles, logs, furniture, wind breaks, lumber, and winter wildlife cover. Fragrant; one of the sacred medicines of the Anishinaabe of the Great Lakes.
A popular Christmas tree because of long-persistent needles that are not shed readily. Aromatic needles draw green above, pale beneath. Native Michigan tree, grows in a variety of sites, including poorly drained swamps to well grained uplands. Less tolerant of poorly drained conditions, and more tolerant of warmer and drier climates than spruce.
This is the only Hemlock native to eastern Canada and is a prominent tree in the forests of Maritime provinces. This nicely shaped tree can grow up to 100 ft, and does well in shady areas. Hemlock can be easily shaped for evergreen hedge or screen use. Prefers well drained soils. Known to have many medicinal benefits that can aid in preventing oxidative stress, cancer, diabetes, and other chronic illnesses through neutralizing damaging free radicals. Great for winter mats and wreaths. A year round home and food source to wildlife.
Great for Conservation Stewardship Program. Potted Species ordered will be picked up in the fall for fall-planting season.
Oh, for the love of a Red Oak. This head turner can grow 60 to 90 ft tall and loves to show off in the fall with vibrant shades of red, burgundy, copper, and bronze. Does best on deep, rich, loamy soils, but does well on sandy soils and wet sites. The straight trunk grower loves full sun and can live up to 400 years old. Wildlife loves the small, round acorns it produces, and is also a stately home and shelter to many critters of the woods. it is also a popular hardwood due to hardiness, color, grain, and texture in identification indicators.
The Mighty Bur Oak!! A power house of a tree that gives so much of itself to all those around. It has large acorns that are adorned by wildlife as the "best tasting acorn of all" and can reach 90 ft tall so make sure it has space when planting. Their expansive roots grow more deep than wide so they are less likely to damage surface materials, such as sidewalks. Does best on deep, rich loamy soils, but does well on sandy soils and wet sites. Needs full sun. Wildlife acorn food source favorite.
Great for Conservation Stewardship Program. Potted variety will be picked up in the fall for fall planting.
Shade tolerant, fast growing. Planted as an ornamental. This species is suitable to large area plantings. Typically grown in clumps of two or three for ornamental purposes. The Anishinaabe respectfully call the bark "wiigwaas", and use it to make birch bark canoes and baskets that are water tight! The bark is even impenetrable by insects! Such a beauty, eh!
Vibrant, full flowering tree; comes well established and ready to fascinate. High disease resistant. Easy to care for and long seasons of beauty. Produces rich fragrant pink flowers in spring, lasting long past the season. Dark purple/red fruit makes excellent food for wildlife as well as ornamental. Extremely cold, hardy for northern regions. Drought tolerant. Prefers full sun.