Tree Growth Chart

In the tables below, Slow1, Medium2 and Fast3 mean the following:

Evergreen Trees
Species	Size			Ideal Conditions		Growth Rate
Species	Under 30'	30-60'	Over 60'	Soil	Sun	Slow1	Medium2	Fast3
Jack pine		x		Average	Full			x
Shortleaf pine			x	Dry	Full			x
Red pine			x	Average	Partial		x
Eastern white pine			x	Moist	Partial			x
Baldcypress			x	Wet	Full		x
Eastern redcedar		x		Wide range	Full	x

Shrubs
Species	Size		Ideal Conditions		Growth Rate
Species	Under 10'	10-20'	Soil	Sun	Slow1	Medium2	Fast3
Sandbar willow		x	Wide range	Full			x
Meadow willow		x	Wet	Full			x
American hazel		x	Wide range	Shade		x
Ozark witchhazel		x	Moist	Partial		x
Ninebark	x		Wide	Full			x
Blackberry	x		Average	Shade			x
Shrub lespedeza	x		Average	Full		x
Fragrant sumac	x		Average	Full		x
Shining sumac		x	Average	Full			x
Arrow viburnum		x	Moist	Shade		x

Deciduous Trees
Species	Size			Ideal Conditions		Growth Rate
Species	Under 30'	30-60'	Over 60'	Soil	Sun	Slow1	Medium2	Fast3
Eastern cottonwood			x	Wet	Full			x
Ward's willow	x			Wet	Full			x
Pecan			x	Moist	Full	x
Shellbark hickory			x	Moist	Partial	x
Shagbark hickory			x	Average	Partial	x
Black walnut			x	Moist	Full		x
River birch		x		Moist	Full			x
White oak			x	Moist	Partial	x
Scarlet oak			x	Average	Full		x
Cherrybark oak			x	Wet	Full			x
Bur oak			x	Moist	Full	x
Pin oak			x	Wet	Full			x
Northern red oak			x	Moist	Partial		x
Shumard oak			x	Moist	Partial		x
Nuttall oak			x	Wet	Full			x
Black oak			x	Average	Partial		x
Hackberry			x	Wide range	Partial		x
Osage orange		x		Wide range	Full			x
Red mulberry		x		Average	Partial			x
Tulip tree		x		Moist	Partial		x
Pawpaw	x			Moist	Shade	x
Sweetgum			x	Moist	Full		x
American sycamore			x	Wet	Partial			x
Downy serviceberry		x		Average	Shade		x
Hawthorn	x			Average	Full	x
Wild plum	x			Average	Full			x
Eastern redbud	x			Average	Shade		x
Kentucky coffeetree			x	Moist	Full	x
Black locust		x		Wide	Full			x
Deciduous holly	x			Wide	Partial	x
Silver maple			x	Wet	Partial			x
Roughleaf dogwood	x			Average	Shade		x
Flowering dogwood		x		Moist	Shade		x
Gray dogwood	x			Wide range	Shade		x
Blackgum			x	Moist	Full	x
Persimmon		x		Average	Full	x
White ash			x	Moist	Partial			x
Green ash		x		Wet	Full			x
Nannyberry viburnum	x			Average	Partial			x
Blackhaw	x			Average	Full	x

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