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Cedar, Eastern Red
(Juniperus virginana)
Conifer
20 Year Height: 10 feet
Growth Rate: moderate
Growth Habit: dense pyramidal
Drought Resistance: good
Wildlife Value: excellent food, nesting and cover
Pests: spider mites
Disease: cedar-apple rust, tip blight
Other: should not be planted near crabapples, juneberries, or hawthorns
Introduced species
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Juniper, Rocky Mountain
(Juniperus scopulorum)
Conifer
20 Year Height: 12 feet
Growth Rate: moderate
Growth Habit: dense pyramidal, upward reaching branches
Drought Resistance: excellent
Wildlife Value: excellent food (berries), nesting, cover
Pests: spider mites
Disease: cedar-apple rust, tip blight
Other: cuases rust when planted near crabapples, juneberries, currants or hawthorns
Native species
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Pine, Pondorosa
(Pinus ponderosa)
Medium/Tall Tree
20 Year Height: 17 feet
Growth Rate: moderate
Growth Habit: pyramidal when young
Drought Resistance: good
Wildlife Value: food and nesting for birds
Pests: tip moth, sawfly, pine needle scale, aphids
Disease: needle cast, gall rust
Other: tolerates saline and alkaline soils
Native species
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Pine, Scotch
(Prunus sylvestrus)
Conifer
20 Year Height: 17 feet
Growth Rate: moderate
Growth Habit: rounded and open
Drought Resistance: good
Wildlife Value: nesting and winter cover
Pests: tip moth, sawfly, pine needle scale, aphids
Disease: needle cast, gall rust
Other: prefers moist well-drained soils
Introduced species
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Spruce, Black Hills
(Picea glauca)
Conifer
20 Year Height: 12 feet
Growth Rate: slow
Growth Habit: broad pyramidal to conical crown
Drought Resistance: good
Wildlife Value: nesting, browse, good cover
Pests: spider mite, spruce needle miner, pine needle scale, yellow-headed spruce sawfly, aphids
Disease: needle blight
Other: grows best on moist loams
Introduced species
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Spruce, Colorado Blue
(Picea pungens)
Medium/Tall Tree
20 Year Height: 15 feet
Growth Rate: moderate
Growth Habit: branching is broad and dense, branches extending to ground
Drought Resistance: good
Wildlife Value: nesting site
Pests: spider mites, spruce needle miner, pine needle scale, yellow-headed spruce sawfly, aphids
Disease: needle cast, canker, needle blight
Other: performs best on moist, well-drained loams
Introduced species
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