Estimates of how fast some native trees will grow
10-14 Feet...
- American Beech - Fagus grandifolia
- Hackberry - Celtis occidentalis
- Shagbark Hickory - Carya ovata
- Kentucky Coffeetree - Gymnocladus dioicus
- Bur Oak - Quercus macrocarpa
- White Oak - Quercus alba
- Ohio Buckeye - Aesculus glabra
- Yellow Buckeye - Aesculus octandra
15-19 Feet...
- Ohio Buckeye - Aesculus glabra
- Serviceberry - Amelanchier canadensis
- Pin Oak - Quercus palustris
- Red Oak - Quercus coccinea
- Yellow Poplar - Liriodendron tulipifera
- Black Walnut - Juglans nigra
- Sweet Gum - Liquidambar styraciflua
- Washington Hawthorn - Crategus phaenopyrum
20-24 Feet...
- Red Maple - Acer rubrum
- Basswood - Tilia americana
- Sugar Maple - Acer saccharum
- Eastern White Pine - Pinus strobus
- American Elm - Ulmus americana
25-29 Feet...
- Green Ash - Fraximus pennsylvanica
- CucumberTree - Magnolia acuminata
- Silver Maple - Acer saccharinum
30-34 Feet...
- Sycamore - Platanus occidentalis
50 feet...
- Black Willow - Salix nigra
- Chart from the Morton Arboreum, Lisle, Illinois, reprinted in Trees for American Gardens by Donald Wyman (Copyright 1951 by the McMillan Company, New York.)
- Native Trees for Urban and Rural America by Gary L. Hightshoe. (Copyright 1978 by the Iowa State University Research Foundation, Ames, Iowa 50011.)
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"The power to recognize trees at a glance without examining their leaves or flowers or fruit as they are seen, for example, from the car-window during a railroad journey, can only be acquired by studying them as they grow under all possible conditions over wide areas of territory. Such an attainment may not have much practical value, but once acquired it gives to the possessor a good deal of pleasure which is denied to less fortunate travelers."
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