Tree List

Trees

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Ash
Ash is one of the host plants for the Tiger swallowtail. We have fed Mourning Cloak larva on it.
We bought our Ash from a local nursery. We bought one as big as we could afford. We needed it as a host plant for several caterpillars. When we find an unknown caterpillar, we try it as one of its foods. The Ash will also grow fast and help establish the forest end of our garden.

Box Elder
We found our Box Elder in a bar ditch on a county road. It is a fast growing tree and will be of help in creating our forest. It was only about one foot tall when we first dug it up about two years ago. It is now over 12 feet tall.

Bur Oak
Oak is the host plant for Duskywings and Hairstreaks.
Our Bur Oak was started from an acorn. We found an Oak tree with very large acorns(bigger than any we have ever seen)and put them in our refrigerator for about three months and planted them in the spring. That was three years ago--the tree is now about four feet tall.

Cypress
We bought our Cypress tree from a local nursery. You need to plant it in a low area and keep it very wet. It hasn't grown very much, but will make a nice tree one of these days.

Dogwood
Dogwood is the host plant for Spring Azures.
We have six White Dogwoods that we bought from a nursery. They are only about three feet tall and haven't bloomed yet. On Arbor Day; the county planted an older Dogwood in our garden and it does bloom. The others will soon catch-up. Most of them are planted under other trees for the shade.

Elm
Elm is the host plant for Mourning Cloaks, Question Marks, and Commas.
We found a small Elm tree on a lot that was going to be cleared for a church. They gave us permission to get any plants that were going to be destroyed. It was only about two feet tall and didn't do very good the first year. It is starting to grow now.

Flowering Crabapple
We bought a Flowering Crabapple with money that Kilpatrick students collected in a "Keep Kilpatrick Beautiful" drive. They brought quarters from home to help buy plants.(Thanks Kids!!)

Ginko
The Ginko tree was given in memory of one of our fifth grade teachers father-in-law by the school district's technology department. (Thanks!!) It isn't a native of Arkansas but is a living fossil. We think the students can learn from it.

Pawpaw
The Pawpaw is the host plant for the Zebra Swallowtail.
We bought two Pawpaw trees to try and attract Zebra Swallowtails. They are small and like it moist and shady.

Pine
There is a mature Pine tree in our garden. It is about 30 feet tall and is the only thing that gives us much shade. We have planted other shade loving plants under it. Like Dogwood, Pawpaw, Native Azaleas, and ferns.

River Birch
River Birch is the host plant for Mourning Cloaks and White Asmirals.
We also have two River Birch trees in our garden. They are fast growing,have more than one trunk, and offer hiding places for wildlife.

Sassafrass
Sassafrass is the host plant for the Spice Bush Swallowtail.
We dug-up three Sassafrass trees that were growing near a baseball practice field. They were going to mow them down so we saved them. Sassafrass is the only tree that we have seen butterflies lay eggs on in our garden. It is also one of the host plants for the Spicebush Swallowtail.

Shumard Oak
The Shumard Oak was given to us by a local paper company in return for helping recycle paper. It was the first thing we planted in our garden.


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