Zone 2: Deciduous Trees
These deciduous trees flourish in gardening zone two.
- Ash, mountain (Sorbus, especially S. americana)
- Aspen, quaking (Populus tremuloides)
- Chokecherry, Amur (Prunus maackii)
- Chokecherry, common (Prunus virginana)
- Crabapple (Malus), selected cultivars such as 'Dolgo'
- Oak, pin (Quercus palustris)
- Paper birch, canoe birch, white birch (Betula papyrifera)
- Poplar, balsam (P. balsamifera)
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