Looking for native trees to grow in your yard? Consider Conifers!
If you have room for a large tree in your yard, majestic evergreen conifer trees have many year-round benefits. In addition to providing beauty all year, conifers provide crucial food and shelter for birds and other wildlife. Chickadees, wood warblers, and nuthatches dine on tiny insects they find in conifer branches, bark, and cones. Finches forage for seeds they find in broken cones.
Evergreen Conifers also help keep our water and air clean. A typical, medium-sized tree can intercept up to 2,380 gallons of rainfall each year. This allows clean water to stay clean. Conifers’ dense foliage traps dust and other pollutants in the air, and as with all trees, they store
Rosie McGoldrick, AmeriCorps Education & Events Specialist
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Source: Seven Reasons to Plant Native Conifers: KCD
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