PORTNEUF VALLEY TREE GUIDE - City of Pocatello

Linden, SilverTilia tomentosa42Z 4-9Mature size: 50’h x 40’wGrowth rate: mediumAvailability: requestSilver, shimmering leaves.Smooth gray bark. Fragrantpale yellow flowers attract bees.Requires extra water in youthbut quite drought tolerant onceestablished. Tolerates heat anddrought better than other lindens.Good cultivars include the taller‘Sterling’ and ‘Green Mountain’.Excellent lawn or specimen tree.Native to Europe and Asia.Where to see: Potelco CreditUnion on Oak & 8th; 296 N. 9th.Mulberry, WhiteMorus albaZ 4-8Mature size: 30–50’h x 35’wGrowth rate: fastAvailability: requestPurple-black fruit can be used forpies or to feed birds. Adaptableto any soil. The species is rounded,twiggy, and irregular. Lustrousdark green leaves. Cultivars‘Mapleleaf’ and ‘Stribling’ arefruitless. ’Chaparral’ and ‘Urbana’are fruitless with weeping crowns.Grafted fruitless varieties aremedium sized; fruited varietiestend to be larger.Where to see: ISU by Frazier Hall;ISU between Health Center andDental Hygiene Bldg.©© Luis GarciaLarge Deciduous Trees