Macphail Woods Nursery
Areas to be Planted and Appropriate Species

nursery scene at the Macphail Woods.

• Wet Areas in Full Sunlight
• Wet Areas with Partial Shade
• Dry Areas Receiving Full Sun
• Dry Areas With Partial Shade
• Around Homes and Buildings
• Windbreaks and Hedgerows
• Shore Plantings

Please note that even within the following fairly narrow categories, such as "Wet Areas in Full Sunlight", there will always be a range of conditions - some drier spots, areas with lots of competing low vegetation, etc. Know your planting conditions well, and try to plant the correct species. When in doubt, look around for similar conditions and see what plants are doing well there.

• Black Spruce
• Eastern Larch (Tamarack)
• Eastern White Cedar
• Red Maple
• Black Ash
• White Ash (if not in standing water)
• American Elm
• Willow
• Wild Raisin (Witherod)
• Common Elder
• Red-osier Dogwood
• Speckled Alder
• Winterberry
• Sweetfern
• Large-toothed Aspen
• Mountain Holly
• American or Showy Mountain Ash

• Eastern Hemlock
• Eastern White Cedar (light shade)
• Striped Maple
• Mountain Maple
• Yellow Birch
• Ironwood
• Red Maple (will tolerate standing water)
• Mountain Holly
• Wild Raisin (will tolerate standing water)
• Winterberry
• Common Elder (will tolerate some flooding)
• Alternate-leaf Dogwood
• Beaked Hazelnut

• White Spruce
• Jack Pine (generally grows poorly)
• Balsam Fir
• Red Pine (moderately, in sandy soils)
• White Birch
• Apple
• Grey Birch
• Red Oak
• White Ash
• Trembling Aspen
• Balsam Poplar
• Butternut
• Pin Cherry
• Highbush (American) Cranberry
• Choke Cherry
• Serviceberry
• Red-berried Elder
• Common Elder
• Hawthorn
• Staghorn Sumac
• American or Showy Mountain Ash
• Wild Rose
• Speckled Alder
• Mountain or Downy Alder
• Northern Bayberry
• Wild Raisin (Witherod)

Dry Areas With Partial Shade:
(woodlands needing additional diversity)

Eastern Hemlock
White Pine
Red Spruce
Balsam Fir
Sugar Maple
Striped Maple
American Beech
Yellow Birch
Red Oak (light shade)
White Ash (light shade)
Canada Yew
American Fly Honeysuckle
Beaked Hazelnut
Alternate-leaf Dogwood
Wild Raisin (Witherod)
Highbush (American) Cranberry
Hobblebush
Witch Hazel

Around Homes and Buildings:
(for wildlife enhancement and beautification)

White Pine
Red Pine
Eastern White Cedar
White Birch
Red Oak
White Ash
Sugar Maple
Red Maple
Apple
Serviceberry
Highbush Cranberry
Wild Raisin
Red-osier Dogwood
Alternate-leaf Dogwood
Hawthorn
Staghorn Sumac
Witch hazel
Common Elder
Red-berried Elder
Beaked Hazelnut
Willow
American or Showy Mountain Ash
Northern Bayberry
Hobblebush (with some shade)

Windbreaks and Hedgerows:
(for controlling wind and erosion, as well as reducing heating costs and increasing privacy)

White or Black Spruce
White Pine
Jack Pine
Eastern Larch
Red Maple
Apple
Serviceberry
Staghorn Sumac
Red-osier Dogwood
Common Elder
Red-berried Elder
American or Showy Mountain Ash
Pin Cherry
Choke Cherry
Speckled or Mountain Alder
Northern Bayberry
Hawthorn
Wild Rose
Wild Raisin
Willow

Shore Plantings:
(generally must tolerate salt spray & wind)

White Spruce
White Pine
Red Oak
White Birch
Grey Birch
Balsam Poplar
Trembling Aspen
Red Maple
White Ash
Northern Bayberry
Wild Rose
Wild Raisin
Staghorn Sumac
Mountain Ash
Willow
Choke Cherry
Pin Cherry
Speckled Alder
Mountain or Downy Alder
Red-osier Dogwood
Common Juniper
Ground Juniper

The Macphail Woods Tree and Shrub Nursey is located in Orwell, Prince Edward Island, just off the Trans Canada Highway, on the grounds of the Sir Andrew Macphail Homestead (see map). We grow native trees and shrubs for use in our planting projects and for sale to the public.

The sale of native trees and shrubs from our nursery helps fund many programs at Macphail Woods. These include a children's program, school tours and talks, guided walks, breeding bird survey and plantings at schools, on community land, for forest restoration, and within riparian zones.

We offer a number of workshops and guided tours at the Macphail Woods Nursery and it is an excellent opportunity to learn more about collecting, propagating, and growing native species of shrubs and trees. Check out the Events Calendar for more information.

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The following series of Webpages is based on the booklet "Tree Sheets. How and Where to Plant Native Trees and Shrubs", by Gary Schneider and Ruth Richman, Environmental Coalition of P.E.I. If your interested in receiving a hardcopy of this booklet, please see our publications page. Check out the Events Calendar for more information.. Web development and maintenance by Chris Martin.