I'm always looking for a diversity of shrubs and trees on my place that will feed wildlife and myself. Currently I have elderberry, chokecherry, Aronia berry, service berry, grey dogwood, hawthorn, viburnum, and snow berries. I have about 25 red maples and 4 birch. I have a diversity of conifers and a bunch of fruit trees. Anyone have any good recommendations of trees and shrubs to plant that you see benefit wildlife or have value to you.

Oak
Hackberry
Black Cherry

Need good nut production trees like oak and hickory

American Plum

X2

Domestic apples. I can look up the Latin name if you need it.

Chief River Nursery has a good 1.

Hazelnut & Honeyberry

Yes they do! I found another WI supplier that is far cheaper but I haven't seen the trees yet to speak to the quality but I ordered another 100 to try.

Plum, Crab apple, and Apple trees are the best. Wink Wink, add in some corn stocks near them! Then it is legal to hunt that area.

What are you going to do with Hawthorne? They're invasive, have massive thorns that have will make you swell and very sore if you're poked by them. I try to kill every one but they grow faster than I can cut and spray.

Planted about 30 apples and 10 pears a month ago and have 20 more apples coming. This is in and around oak hickory forest

Hazel nuts an chinkapin chestnuts.

hackberry should do well and they grow well also....plenty in the woods round here

I planted 4 in my shrub line. Maybe I should rethink them. They are washington hawthorn, I can replace with something else.

Anyone have luck with gambel oaks. The nrd sells them for this area and might pick some up

Persimmon for the wildlife, if they will grow there.

I hear people eat those as well.

I like the hazelnut and wild American plums, however here the last few years the plums haven’t done anything as the freeze when in bloom and they don’t have any fruit on them.

Just be careful with them when handling. You don't want to get poked. If you intend to use the berries, keep them. The birds with distribute the seeds far and wide. Otherwise get rid of them.

Are plums challenging to grow?