features
Europe/Asia, Tolerant to poor soil, deep rhizomatous roots, narrow grass like leaves, orange fruit, THORNY, Sucker
buckthorn
dry rocky areas, needs drainage, spruce spider mite issues, give room to grow
Juniperus horizontalis - horizontal juniper
20m tall, monecious catkins, no terminal buds, sessile buds
Betula papyriferia - paperbirch
2 plants that root at nodes
Dogwood, horizontal juniper
2 plants that fixate nitrogen
Wolfwillow, River birch
Tall 8x9m, Silver leaves, Silver berry, striped nut, old bark rough, THORNS
Russian Olive
red leaves in fall, will root if node touches ground, bluish white drupe, aphids in fall, cyme flower
Cornus - dogwood
not drought tolerant, low hanging branches, double serrate leaves, european/asian
Betula pendula - weeping birch
ELAEAGNACEA the doesn't sucker
Shepherdia canadensis - canadian buffaloberry
Grassland vegetative adaptations
Deep roots, growing points close to ground surface, narrow leaves, small wind pollinated flowers, tough stems and leaves, thick epidermis, leaf hairs.
Zone 0, no thorns, aggresive plant, musky scent, silver drupe, striped seeds, will spread, n2 fixing, deer dont eat, needs drainage
Elaeagnus commutata - wolfwillow
simple oval thick leaf, opposite leaves, bell shaped flower, use in dry sites, superimposed bud, resists herbicides, suckers
Symphoricarpos - snowberry
which 3 have thorns
Russian olive, Sea Buckthorn, silver buffaloberry
Veins follow leaf margins
Dogwood
Exocurrent vs decurrent
exo - 1 stem up pyramid shaped,
De- multiple stems up oval shape
Thorns, branchlets come to a point, rounded leaves, cluster of silver buds, suckers, diecious flowers, silver leaves
Shepherdia argentea - silver buffaloberry
moist soil, reddish trunk, large crystal lenticels, fine small leaves, resistant to Bronze Birch Borer
Betula occidentalis - River birch
Not native to Alberta
Russian olive, Weeping birch, Sea buckthorn
2 Shrubs that can withstand drought
Juniper, Snowberry
plant that spreads by rhizomes
snowberry
not salt tolerant, slow growth, 1.5x1.5m, reddish bud clusters, russets on leaves, does not sucker
Shepherdia canadensis - canadian buffaloberry
3-5 lobe leaves, reddish petiole, fall red color, pointed red opposite buds, cyme white flower, red drupe
Viburnum Opulus - Highbush Cranberry
2 red fall color plants
Highbush cranberry, dogwood
2 plants 1 has grey bud cluster and one has red bud clusters
silver buffaloberry, Canadian buffaloberry
grey leaves typically mean what
full sun