Native plants for yard tree in Wilson County, North Carolina

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  • Flowering Dogwood
    Cornus florida

    Recorded in Wilson County

    Photo credit

    Eric Hunt, CC BY-SA 4.0, Original photo

    Mar to May30 ft tall, 22.5 ft wideSomewhat dry to average soil
    Its plant group feeds 28 kinds of birdsDogwood anthracnose
  • Possumhaw Viburnum
    Viburnum nudum

    Recorded in Wilson County

    Photo credit

    (c) mfeaver, some rights reserved (CC BY), CC BY 4.0, Original photo

    White, Spring8.5 ft tall, 8.5 ft wideUsually moist soil
    Its plant group feeds 18 kinds of birds
  • Buttonbush
    Cephalanthus occidentalis

    Recorded in Wilson County

    Photo credit

    Rufino Osorio (also known as Desmodium), CC BY-SA 2.5, Original photo

    Mar to Jul15 ft tall, 6 ft wideMoist to wet soil
    Its plant group hosts 26 kinds of caterpillars
  • Common Elderberry
    Sambucus canadensis

    Recorded in Wilson County

    Photo credit

    (c) Fluff Berger, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), CC BY-SA 4.0, Original photo

    White, Spring, Summer8.5 ft tall, 9 ft wideUsually moist soil
    Its plant group feeds 49 kinds of birds
  • Sweetbay Magnolia
    Magnolia virginiana

    Recorded in Wilson County

    Photo credit

    Photo by and (c)2008 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man). Co-attribution must be given to the Chanticleer Garden., CC BY-SA 3.0, Original photo

    White, Summer22.5 ft tall, 22.5 ft wideUsually moist soil
    Its plant group hosts 26 kinds of caterpillars
  • Common Waxmyrtle
    Morella cerifera

    Recorded in Wilson County

    Photo credit

    no rights reserved, CC0, Original photo

    Apr to Apr22.5 ft tall, 9 ft wideSomewhat dry to moist soil
    Its plant group feeds 18 kinds of birds
  • American Witch-hazel
    Hamamelis virginiana

    Recorded in Wilson County

    Photo credit

    Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA, CC BY 2.0, Original photo

    Oct to Oct22.5 ft tall, 17.5 ft wideUsually moist soil
    Its plant group hosts 70 kinds of caterpillars
  • Sourwood
    Oxydendrum arboreum

    Recorded in Wilson County

    Photo credit

    Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, Original photo

    White, Summer25 ft tall, 12.5 ft wideSomewhat dry to moist soil
    Its plant group hosts 16 kinds of caterpillars