Landscaping with native plants in Anoka County
Native plants are best suited to Anoka County's conditions. They can survive the soils, moisture and climate without needing additional care. They naturally grow well together and compliment each other's characteristics. They are capable of forming the most complex and resilient ecosystems possible in this area, thereby providing the most benefit to local wildlife.
The City of Anodover provided the list below of various shrubs and trees best suited for Anoka County's conditions. Some of the species are linked to our ACD site listing a brief description and picture.
Shrub Planting Recommendations:
- serviceberry (Amelanchier spp.)
- black chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa)
- bearberry (Arctostaphylos uvaursi)
- leatherwood (Dirca palustris)
- pagoda dogwood (Cornus alternifolia)
- grey dogwood (Cornus racemosa)
- red osier dogwood (Cornus sericea)
- American hazelnut (Corylus americana )
- beaked hazel (Corylus cornuta)
- dwarf bush honeysuckle (Diervilla lonicera)
- eastern wahoo (Euonymus atropurpurea)
- ninebark (Physocarpos opulifolius)
- sandcherry (Prunus pumila)
- western sandcherry (Prunus besseyi)
- fragrant sumac (Rhus aromatica)
- smooth sumac (Rhus glabra)
- staghorn sumac (Rhus typhina)
- pussy willow (Salix discolor)
- peachleaf willow (Salix amygdaloides)
- speckled alder (Alnus rugosa)
- scarlet alder (Sambucus pubens)
- American elderberry (Sambucus canadensis)
- American red elderberry (Sambucus racemosa)
- buffaloberry (Shepherdia argentea)
- snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus)
- coralberry (Symphoricarpos orbiculatus)
- arrowwood (Viburnum rafinesquianum)
- nannyberry (Viburnum lentago)
- American cranberrybush (Viburnum trilobum)
- witch hazel (Hamamelis virginiana)
- winterberry (Ilex verticillata)
- steeplebush (Spiraea tomentosa)
- false indigo (Amorpha fruticosa)
- buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)
- common juniper (Juniperus communis)
Tree Planting Recommedations:
Hardwoods
- red maple (Acer rubrum)
- silver maple (Acer saccharinum)
- sugar maple (Acer saccharum)
- green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)
- black ash (Fraxinus nigra)
- paper birch (Betula papyrifera)
- yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis)
- river birch (Betula nigra)
- northern pin oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis)
- northern red oak (Quercus rubra)
- bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa)
- eastern white oak (Quercus alba)
- American elm (Ulmus americana )
- rock elm (Ulmus thomasii)
- slippery elm (Ulmus rubra)
- quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)
- bigtooth aspen (Populus grandidentata)
- balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera)
- american basswood (Tilia americana )
- hackberry (Celtis occidentalis)
- black cherry (Prunus serotina)
- choke cherry (Prunus virginiana)
- pin cherry (Prunus pensylvanica)
- black willow (Salix nigra)
- ironwood or eastern horbeam (Ostrya virginiana)
- showy mountain ash (Sorbus decora)
- flowering crab (Malus spp.)
- serviceberry (Amelanchier spp.)
Softwoods
- eastern white pine (Pinus strobus)
- red pine (Pinus resinosa)
- jack pine (Pinus banksiana)
- white spruce (Picea glauca)
- black spruce (Picea mariana)
- tamarack (Larix laricina)
- northern white cedar (Thuja occidentalis)
- balsam fir (Abies balsamea)
