| TREES MATURING UNDER 25 FEET FOR WESTERN MONTANA | ||
| CATEGORY NAME | COMMON OR SCIENTIFIC NAME | COMMENTS |
| APPLES | Dutches, Anoka, Lodi, Carroll, Good Land, Patterson, Mandan, Flowering Crab | Low branched. Valued for flowers and fruit production. Many cultivars susceptible to fireblight. |
| BUCKTHORN (SEA) | Hippophae rhamnoides | Foliage similar to Russian olive. Orange fruit produced on female plants. Tends to sucker into colonies. Drought tolerant. |
| BUCKTHORNS | Glossy (Rhamnus frangula), Common (Rhamnus cathartica) | Tolerant of droughty, salty or otherwise poor soil conditions. |
| BUFFALO BERRY | Sheperdia argentea | Native shrub forming thickets. Thorny but valued for red fruit. Good drought tolerance. |
| CHERRIES, PIE | North Star, Meteor, Montmorency | Valued for flowers and edible, tart cherries. Do best with some protection from wind. |
| CHERRY (Black) | Prunus serotina | Fruit similar to chokecherry. Leaves shiny, peach-like. Fruit resistant to grasshoppers. |
| CHOKECHERRY | Amur (Prunus maackii) | Bronze, birch-like bark. Not valued for flowers or fruit. |
| CHOKECHERRY (Canada Red) | ||
| CHOKECHERRY (Common) | Prunus virginiana | Native plant forming thickets. Valued for its fruits. Widely adapted. |
| CHOKECHERRY (Shubert) | Prunus virginiana 'Shubert" | Leaves remain red all season. Flowers and fruit like chokecherry. More easily maintained as a tree than Chokecherry. Susceptible to Black knot |
| ELDERBERRY (RED) | Sambucus racemosa | Valued for white flowers and red fruit. Woody stems weak and need regular pruning. |
| EUROPEAN BIRDCHERRY | Prunus padus | Low branching. Flowers similar to chokecherry. Grows as a single trunk. |
| HAWTHORN | Hornless Cockspur | Low branched. Valued for ornamental flowers and fruit. Subject to fireblight |
| HAWTHORNS | Crataegus sp. | |
| JUNIPERS (ROCKY MTN) | uniperus scopulorum cultivars | Native semi-upright conifer. Best adapted to dry, well-drained soils. |
| LILAC (Japanese) | Syringa reticulata | Non-suckering lilac with cream-colored flowers. Interesting bark. |
| MAPLE (Amur or Ginnala) | Acer ginnala | Low branched tree with vivid red fall color |
| MAPLE (Mountain) | Acer glabrum | Native to western Montana. Red twigs and yellow fall color. |
| MAPLE (Tatarian) | Acer tataricum | Similar in habit to Amur maple, but with reddish-yellow fall leaf color. |
| PINE (MUGO) | Pinus mugo mughus | Low growing with compact form if trimmed annually. |
| PLUM (AMERICAN) | Prunus americana | Very drought resistant. Valued for edible fruits. Thorny. |
| RUSSIAN OLIVE | Elaeagnus angustifolia | Cinnamon color twigs and silvery leaves. Tolerant of limited moisture and saline soils. |
| SHRUBS (MOST) | Lilac, Caragana, Red-osier Dogwood, Peking cotoneaster, Roses, Honeysuckle, Alpine currant, Nanking Cherry, Sandcherry, Serviceberry, Spirea, Wayfaring tree, Staghorn Sumac, Snowberry, others. | Most shrubs are short enough to grow under power lines. Nanking Cherry, Sandcherry and Serviceberry have edible fruit. Honeysuckle should be an aphid resistant variety. |
| WILLOWS | Drummond, Slender, Gray, Diamond, Pussy, Bebb, Scoular, Dwarf Arctic. | Shrubby plants forming thickets. Hardy but do best where soils are moist. Can be messy to maintain. |
Updated: Tuesday, July 11, 2006