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A plant's rate of growth is often restricted by soil characteristics and trees which are fast growing on ideal soils may be very slow on other soils, so plant selection should be made with due consideration of soil type.
Plants listed under the soild types below grow best. Letters following each species indicate which third of the state
- eastern (E), central (C), or western (W) - the associated species has adapted.
The following species grow well in wet soils.
The following species grow well in moist, deep, fertile soils.
- Black walnut (E,C,W)
- Cottonwood (E,C,W)
- Eastern redbud (E,C)
- Honeylocust (E,C,W)
- Shumard oak (E,C,W)
- Silver maple (E,C,W)
The following species grow well in deep, fertile soils with seasonally dry periods.
- Black walnut (E,C)
- Eastern redbud (E,C)
- English Oak (C,W)
- Honeylocust (E,C,W)
- Hackberry (E,C,W)
- Lacebark elm (E,C,W)
- Northern red oak (E,C)
- Shumard oak (E,C,W)
The following species grow particularly well in droughty soils.
- Austrian pine (E,C,W)
- Eastern redcedar (E,C,W)
- English Oak (C,W)
- Honeylocust (E,C,W)
- Ponderosa pine (E,C,W)
- Shumard oak (E,C,W)
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