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Species Suitability
Guide for Colorado |
E = Excellent
G = Good
F = Fair
P = Poor |
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Cold
Hardiness |
Drought
Resistance |
Alkali
Tolerance |
Windbreak
Suitability |
Wildlife
Suitability |
Mature
Height |
Growth
Form |
Elevational
Range |
Deciduous
Shrubs |
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| Caragana |
E |
E |
E |
E |
E |
10 |
dense |
to 9,500 |
| Cotoneaster |
E |
G |
F |
E |
E |
6 |
dense |
to 9,500 |
| Honeysuckle |
E |
G |
G |
E |
G |
10 |
spreading |
to 8,000 |
| Chokecherry |
E |
G |
G |
E |
E |
10 |
spreading |
to 9,000 |
| Lilac |
E |
G |
G |
E |
G |
8 |
dense |
to 8,000 |
| Native plum |
E |
G |
G |
E |
E |
8 |
open |
to 8,000 |
| Sumac |
E |
E |
E |
E |
E |
4 |
dense |
to 8,000 |
| Sand cherry |
E |
G |
G |
F |
E |
4 |
open |
to 7,500 |
| Nanking cherry |
E |
G |
F |
G |
E |
6 |
spreading |
to 8,000 |
| European sage |
F |
E |
F |
P |
F |
5 |
spreading |
to 6,000 |
| Woods rose |
E |
G |
G |
G |
E |
4 |
dense |
to 10,000 |
| Buffaloberry |
E |
G |
E |
E |
E |
10 |
dense |
to 7,500 |
| Four-wing saltbush |
E |
E |
E |
G |
E |
4 |
open |
to 8,500 |
| Golden currant |
E |
G |
G |
G |
E |
5 |
open |
to 8,000 |
| Serviceberry |
E |
G |
F |
G |
E |
6 |
spreading |
to 9,000 |
| Mountain mahogany |
E |
G |
F |
F |
F |
6 |
spreading |
to 9,000 |
| Antelope bitterbrush |
E |
G |
F |
P |
E |
3 |
spreading |
to 8,500 |
| New Mexican forestiera |
G |
E |
E |
E |
E |
10 |
dense |
to 7,500 |
| Snowberry |
E |
F |
F |
P |
E |
3 |
open |
to 9,500 |
| Coyote willow |
E |
P |
G |
P |
F |
10 |
dense |
to 9,500 |
| Deciduous
Trees |
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| Green ash |
E |
E |
G |
E |
F |
35 |
elliptical |
to 6,000 |
| Siberian elm |
E |
E |
G |
G |
F |
40 |
spreading |
to 8,000 |
| Hybrid cottonwood |
E |
P |
E |
F |
F |
60 |
spreading |
to 6,500 |
| Narrowleaf cottonwood |
E |
F |
E |
F |
F |
50 |
spreading |
to 9,500 |
| Golden willow |
E |
P |
E |
G |
F |
35 |
spreading |
to 8,000 |
| Hackberry |
E |
G |
F |
E |
G |
35 |
spreading |
to 7,000 |
| Honeylocust |
E |
E |
G |
F |
G |
35 |
spreading |
to 7,500 |
| Lombardy poplar |
E |
P |
P |
P |
E |
40 |
columnar |
to 8,000 |
| Lacebark elm |
P |
G |
E |
F |
P |
50 |
spreading |
to 5,000 |
| Bur oak |
E |
E |
G |
G |
E |
50 |
spreading |
to 7,000 |
| Aspen |
E |
P |
P |
P |
E |
35 |
open |
above 6,000 |
| Black locust |
F |
G |
G |
F |
F |
40 |
spreading |
to 6,000 |
| Evergreens |
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| Austrian pine |
G |
E |
G |
G |
F |
40 |
open crown |
to 7,000 |
| Colorado blue spruce |
E |
F |
F |
G |
G |
60 |
dense crown |
to 9,000 |
| Douglas-fir |
E |
G |
F |
P |
G |
70 |
dense crown |
6,000 to 9,000 |
| Engelmann spruce |
E |
G |
F |
G |
G |
70 |
dense crown |
above 8,000 |
| Eastern redcedar |
E |
E |
G |
E |
E |
18 |
dense crown |
to 7,500 |
| Lodgepole pine |
E |
E |
G |
F |
G |
60 |
open crown |
above 6,000 |
| Pinon pine |
E |
E |
E |
G |
G |
15 |
dense crown |
to 7,500 |
| Ponderosa pine |
E |
E |
G |
E |
E |
40 |
open crown |
to 9,000 |
| Rocky Mountain juniper |
E |
E |
E |
E |
E |
15 |
dense crown |
to 9,000 |
| Scotch pine |
G |
G |
F |
F |
F |
40 |
open crown |
to 7,000 |
| White fir |
E |
G |
F |
F |
G |
60 |
dense crown |
to 9,000 |
| Bristlecone pine |
E |
F |
G |
E |
G |
40 |
open crown |
to 11,000 |
| Limber pine |
E |
G |
F |
F |
G |
35 |
open crown |
to 11,000 |
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