(Prunus tenella) Shrub 20 Year Height: 4 feet Growth Rate: moderate Growth Habit: upright, suckering Drought Resistance: good Wildlife Value: excellent nesting and food source for birds Flowers: abundant pink to rose Other: prefers loamy soils Introduced species

(Shepherdia argenta) Shrub 20 Year Height: 10 feet Growth Rate: moderate Growth Habit: loosely branched thorny shrub Drought Resistance: excellent Wildlife Value: ideal cover, nesting, and browse; good late winter food source Disease: stem decay, branch canker Other: well-adapted to dry, modereate alkaline, and saline soils; berries used for jellies; fixes nitrogen Native species

(Caragana arborescens) Shrub 20 Year Height: 12 feet Growth Rate: rapid Growth Habit: erect, oval shrub Drought Resistance: excellent Wildlife Value: used for nesting Flowers: small showy yellow Pests: blister beetles Disease: stem decay, leaf spot and branch cankers Other: produces pods with multiple seeds Introduced species

(prunus tomentosa) Shrub 20 Year Height: 7 feet Growth Rate: moderate Growth Habit: upright, semi-spreading Drought Resistance: good Wildlife Value: fruit for songbirds, browse Flowers: small pink Disease: branch cankers Other: prefers loamy soils, short-lived, excellent fruit for pies and jellies Introduced species

(Cotoneaster integerrima) Shrub 20 Year Height: 10 feet Growth Rate: moderate Growth Habit: spreading, open and upright arching branches Drought Resistance: good Wildlife Value: fruit attracts birds Flowers: pinkish-white Pests: pear slug Disease: fireblight Other: showy red berries, should not be planted near crabapples Introduced species

(Cornus sericea) Shrub 20 Year Height: 7 feet Growth Rate: rapid Growth Habit: loose and rounded, many stems Drought Resistance: poor Wildlife Value: dense cover and food source Flowers: creamy Disease: twig blight Other: dark, blood-red bark provides winter color Native species

(Ribes aureum) Shrub 20 Year Height: 6 feet Growth Rate: moderate Growth Habit: upright, spreading Drought Resistance: good Wildlife Value: roosting, loafing, nesting and food for birds Flowers: fragrant golden-yellow Pests: currant worm Disease: anthracnose, leafspots, white pine blister rust host Other: berries used fresh for jelly Native species

(Lonicera sp.) Shrub 20 Year Height: 8 feet Growth Rate: moderate Growth Habit: spreading Drought Resistance: good Wildlife Value: nesting and food Flowers: yellow-pink Other: plant only Russian aphid resistant cultivars Introduced species

(Syringa vulgaris) Shrub 20 Year Height: 6 feet Growth Rate: moderate Growth Habit: upright, leggy, suckering Drought Resistance: excellent Wildlife Value: little value for fruit or browse, songbird nesting Flowers: white to purple, fragrant and showy Pests: lilac borer Disease: powdery mildew Introduced species

(Rhus trilobata) Shrub 20 Year Height: 8 feet Growth Rate: slow Growth Habit: ascending, new branchlets hairy Drought Resistance: excellent Wildlife Value: fall and winter food for birds Flowers: light yellow Other: scented leaves Native species