analysis: Using Privacy and Screening Trees

Types of screening trees (for information)

Notes:
Screening trees are used to screen something like property boundaries, housing sides, fences, etc.
They are also used as wind breakers in heavily windy areas.

• Blue Spruce:

  the blue spruce, green spruce, white spruce, colorado spruce, or colorado blue spruce, is native to the rocky mountains of the united states.  (wikipedia)
  info: blue spruce growing guide (pdf) photos: blue spruce

• Buckeye:

  native primarily to the Midwestern and lower Great Plains regions of the United States, extending southeast into the Nashville Basin.  (wikipedia)
  info: buckeye – national tree candidate photos: buckeye tree

• Cypress:

  cypress is a common name for various coniferous trees or shrubs of northern temperate regions that belong to the family Cupressaceae.  (wikipedia)
  info: about cypress trees photos: cypress

• Hybrid Poplar:

  one of the fastest growing trees in north america – perfect for wind and boundary areas  (wikipedia)
  info: tips growing poplar trees photos: hybrid poplar

• Lombardy Poplar:

  fast growing tree that is native of Italy – can be a problem in pest and disease control  (wikipedia)
  info: most dangerous tree (pdf) photos: lombardy poplar

• Tulip Poplar:

  The tulip tree is the state tree of Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee  (wikipedia)
  info: fact sheet photos: tulip poplar

• Scotch Pine:

  widely used in the United States for the Christmas tree trade, and was one of the most popular Christmas trees  (wikipedia)
  info: yale nature walk photos: scotch pine

• White Pine:

  one of several species, native to North America  (wikipedia)
  info: about the eastern white pine photos: white pine

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