Conifers for wetter areas
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Terrific_tom
5 year old buck +
Tamarack might be a good choice as they do quite well in my wetter areas. I have not planted any, they just keep popping up from an established area that I have on my 40.
homegrownbucks
5 year old buck +
I planted some hybrid larch that are growing super fast, another option but they drop needles. Some of my 2 year olds were pushing 4' this year.
I'll second what was already mentioned. On my land in rusk county, black spruce and Tamarac grow great in wet bogs. They also grow in dry areas. I pulled black spruce seedlings from my swamp shooting lanes and planted them on field edges. Some 7 year old black spruce trees are over 7 feet tall and looking great.
bwoods11
5 year old buck +
One foot a year is actually good growth, I'd take that! My black spruce are maybe growing 1/2 foot a year.
They only grew a couple inches per year the first few years but have averaged 18"+ per year the last couple years. The black spruce have a much more narrow shape than the white spruce do though. Every spring I try to pull a few buckets full of wild black spruce seedlings from my swamp to fill in dead spots in my larger visual screens. It works great and adds a little variety
Kleckner Oasis
Yearling... With promise
I'd imagine your native arborvitae could do good as it is called the swamp cedar.
Bowsnbucks
5 year old buck +
Northern white cedar ( arborvitae ) grows real well around the edges of swamps and bogs in Maine. I never saw them IN standing water, but wet ground for sure. Bucks love to rub them up there.
I'll 2nd what H20fwler said about hemlocks. They grow really well along small streams and in boggy, wet ground here too.
I'll 2nd what H20fwler said about hemlocks. They grow really well along small streams and in boggy, wet ground here too.
ruskbuckss
5 year old buck +
I agree with everybody else that said black spruce and tamarack. I have a 5 acre swamp that has a foot of water in it all spring, and is wet almost all year. The black spruce thrive in this area. Tamarack is scattered throughout here too.
bwoods11
5 year old buck +
That's a good combo too, Im going to create more of these areas.
landlord
5 year old buck +
Does anybody have a suggestion on where to get tamarack seedlings? DNR does not have them for next year. I wish to add some along with the black spruce in my swamp. Tracking a buck I shot last month took me thru a tamarack patch and it was full of buck sign,( rubs and beds).
If you have a friend living in MN, you could order trees from the MN DNR and have them shipped to his address. Technically the trees from the MN DNR are supposed to be planted in Minnesota, but I've heard occasionally trees will end up in the ground a little further east.
500 tamarack trees are $195 through the MN DNR.
If you already have some tamarack on your land and you don't need that many seedlings, you can just go out and pull some out by hand as soon as the frost is out of the ground and plant them where you need them. I've had excellent luck hand pulling black spruce and tamarack from my swamp and planting them the same day.
500 tamarack trees are $195 through the MN DNR.
If you already have some tamarack on your land and you don't need that many seedlings, you can just go out and pull some out by hand as soon as the frost is out of the ground and plant them where you need them. I've had excellent luck hand pulling black spruce and tamarack from my swamp and planting them the same day.
ruskbuckss
5 year old buck +
Paint Creek Nursery and Wallace Woodstock both have them. I've ordered from both theses places and never been disappointed.
rocksnstumps
5 year old buck +
Throw another name in the hat, Lodholz North Star Acres near Tomahawk. Only ordered spruce and some hardwoods from them but decent especially if you want a little bigger stock at times as they have several sizes typically and I did see tamarack in their recent flyer.
I second the pull them soon after frost out if you have some little ones in other areas. Spruce seem to pull with the roots pretty well with that approach, no shovel needed if you can dibble bar them back in. Would think could do that with tamarack too.
I second the pull them soon after frost out if you have some little ones in other areas. Spruce seem to pull with the roots pretty well with that approach, no shovel needed if you can dibble bar them back in. Would think could do that with tamarack too.
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landlord
5 year old buck +
Sounds good, thanks. I bought norway's from them in the past and was very satisfied with price and quality. Their price is much better than wallace (.70 vs 1.17/tree)
landlord
5 year old buck +
Have you tried the bucky sticks of hybrid poplar they sell? I am curious as to survival. The price is right at $50 per 100 sticks if they grow. Paint Creek seems to have the best price on tamarack at .70ea for 100+ trees. northstar is 170.00 vs 70.00. They are 1yr trees vs 2yr old at Paint Creek.
rocksnstumps
5 year old buck +
Don't know anything about their hybrid poplar but you might want to bounce around in their web site a little more. For tamarack sku L0250 they have 50 trees $100 and are A+2 which is their lingo for accelerated in a bed and transplanted out for two more years. Their pricing might be a little inconsistent and maybe certain quantities offer good deal? Btw did see 100 trees at $170 too but they were also A+2
