sep0667
Land of the Whitetail
I'm doing a cost-share program this winter/spring to do removal of multi flora and honeysuckle and then this spring will plant trees (bareroot seedlings) on about 4.5 acres along a creek bottom.
The area is really thick in some spots with mfr and sporadic honeysuckle. There were a lot of ash trees, but the emrald ash borrer killed them and they've been dead a few years. For trees in there right now growing are osage orange, mulberry, cedar, elm, walnut, and a few random shingle oaks, and cottonwood. These living trees are sapling to big/waist size. Its pretty good cover right now. Part of the plan says I have to kill the osage orange and white mulberry with double girdle and herbicide the lower girdle. I'm a little said to kill the osage as I really like them gnarly things and the hedge balls.
Obviously deer & turkey food/habitat is my goal. What trees should I get?
The plan calls for 221 trees to be planted and I will be getting some shrubs as well. For trees I need to plant at least four different species and not all from the same family, such as oak, from this list below (picture of the list from the plan).
I think I'll get some pin oaks, they seem to grow fairly fast and are thick with lots of branches. Last spring I planted 75 swamp white oak on my own in an area I've already killed the invasives and my farm already some sporadic shingle oaks. Maples grow pretty quick too, but no food from them. I think river birch are sort of ugly. Sycamores are sort of cool.
Anyways, my options for this program are only what is in the photo below. If you were me what would you get? Any of those below you would not get? I need atleast four different species.
The area is really thick in some spots with mfr and sporadic honeysuckle. There were a lot of ash trees, but the emrald ash borrer killed them and they've been dead a few years. For trees in there right now growing are osage orange, mulberry, cedar, elm, walnut, and a few random shingle oaks, and cottonwood. These living trees are sapling to big/waist size. Its pretty good cover right now. Part of the plan says I have to kill the osage orange and white mulberry with double girdle and herbicide the lower girdle. I'm a little said to kill the osage as I really like them gnarly things and the hedge balls.
Obviously deer & turkey food/habitat is my goal. What trees should I get?
The plan calls for 221 trees to be planted and I will be getting some shrubs as well. For trees I need to plant at least four different species and not all from the same family, such as oak, from this list below (picture of the list from the plan).
I think I'll get some pin oaks, they seem to grow fairly fast and are thick with lots of branches. Last spring I planted 75 swamp white oak on my own in an area I've already killed the invasives and my farm already some sporadic shingle oaks. Maples grow pretty quick too, but no food from them. I think river birch are sort of ugly. Sycamores are sort of cool.
Anyways, my options for this program are only what is in the photo below. If you were me what would you get? Any of those below you would not get? I need atleast four different species.
