Friday, October 8, 2010

Benefits of Natural Landscaping... In Milwaukee, WI

Number
Species
Common Name
2
Acer saccharinum
Silver Maple
3
Alnus rugosa
Speckled Alder
3
Amelanchier laevis
Allegheny Serviceberry
3
Betula papyrrifera
Paper Birch
3
Corylus americana
American Hazelnut
3
Corylus cornuta
Beaked Filbert/ Hazelnut
3
Juglans cinerea
Butternut/White Walnut
3
Malus ioensis
Prairie Crab Apple
1
Ptelea trifoliata
Wafer Ash
2
Quercus bicolor
Swamp White Oak
2
Quercus meuhlenburgii
Chinquapin Oak
3
Staphylea trifolia
Bladdernut


This list above lists the NATIVE WISCONSIN Types one should use. How unique only these types above are only for the state of Wisconsin!




The main director of the program, told us that all the plants we were planting were native to the Midwest, Wisconsin climate. 


Source Retrieved from:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Wisconsin%E2%80%93Madison_Arboretum  


Posted and Written by:Callie Beth Angsten

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