Nitrogen Fixing Trees for Agroforestry

Nitrogen Fixing Trees for Agroforestry

Edibility Rating: 5 - Medicinal Rating: 5

Elaeagnus multiflora ovata - Goumi - Habit: Shrub; USDA Zone:6

Elaeagnus x ebbingei - Elaeagnus - Habit: Shrub; USDA Zone:6

Hippophae rhamnoides - Sea buckthorn - Habit: Shrub; USDA Zone:3

Hippophae rhamnoides turkestanica - Sea buckthorn - Habit: Shrub; USDA Zone:3

Elaeagnus multiflora - Goumi - Habit: Shrub; USDA Zone:6; Medicinal Rating:2

Caragana arborescens - Siberian pea tree - Habit: Shrub; USDA Zone:2; Medicinal Rating:1

Edibility Rating: 4 - Medicinal Rating: 4

Elaeagnus orientalis - Trebizond date - Habit: Shrub; USDA Zone:4

Elaeagnus parvifolia - Habit: Shrub; USDA Zone:3

Elaeagnus umbellata - Autumn olive - Habit: Shrub; USDA Zone:3

Myrica cerifera - Wax myrtle - Habit: Shrub; USDA Zone:6

Myrica pensylvanica - Northern bayberry - Habit: Shrub; USDA Zone:2

Pueraria montana lobata - Kudzu vine - Habit: Perennial Climber; USDA Zone:6

Elaeagnus angustifolia - Oleaster - Habit: Shrub; USDA Zone:2; Medicinal Rating:2

Caragana brevispina - Habit: Shrub; USDA Zone:6; Medicinal Rating:1

Caragana boisii - Habit: Shrub; USDA Zone:2; Medicinal Rating:0

Edibility Rating: 3 - Medicinal Rating: 3

Comptonia peregrina asplenifolia - Sweet fern - Habit: Shrub; USDA Zone:4

Gleditsia japonica - Habit: Tree; USDA Zone:6

Gleditsia sinensis - Habit: Tree; USDA Zone:5

Gymnocladus dioica - Kentucky coffee tree - Habit: Tree; USDA Zone:4

Lespedeza bicolor - Lespedeza - Habit: Shrub; USDA Zone:5

Myrica heterophylla - Bayberry - Habit: Shrub; USDA Zone:6

Robinia pseudoacacia - Black locust - Habit: Tree; USDA Zone:3

Ulex europaeus - Gorse - Habit: Shrub; USDA Zone:6

Shepherdia canadensis - Buffalo berry - Habit: Shrub; USDA Zone:2

Shepherdia argentea - Buffalo berry - Habit: Shrub; USDA Zone:2

Elaeagnus commutata - Silverberry - Habit: Shrub; USDA Zone:2; Medicinal Rating:2

Astragalus massiliensis - Habit: Shrub; USDA Zone:6; Medicinal Rating:0

Caragana fruticosa - Habit: Shrub; USDA Zone:2; Medicinal Rating:0

Edibility Rating: 0-2 - Medicinal Rating: 0-2

Alnus cordata - Italian alder - Habit: Tree; USDA Zone:6

Alnus glutinosa - Alder - Habit: Tree; USDA Zone:3

Alnus hirsuta - Habit: Tree; USDA Zone:3

Alnus incana - Grey alder - Habit: Tree; USDA Zone:2

Alnus japonica - Japanese alder - Habit: Tree; USDA Zone:4

Alnus maximowiczii - Habit: Tree; USDA Zone:4

Alnus rubra - Red alder - Habit: Tree; USDA Zone:6

Alnus rugosa - Speckled alder - Habit: Tree; USDA Zone:2

Alnus serrulata - Smooth alder - Habit: Shrub; USDA Zone:2

Alnus sinuata - Sitka alder - Habit: Shrub; USDA Zone:2

Alnus tenuifolia - Mountain alder - Habit: Tree; USDA Zone:2

Alnus viridis crispa - American green alder - Habit: Shrub; USDA Zone:4

Amorpha canescens - Lead plant - Habit: Shrub; USDA Zone:2

Amorpha fruticosa - False indigo - Habit: Shrub; USDA Zone:4

Amorpha nana - Dwarf indigobush - Habit: Shrub; USDA Zone:4

Caragana decorticans - Habit: Shrub; USDA Zone:6

Caragana gerardiana - Habit: Shrub; USDA Zone:5

Caragana jubata - Shag-spine - Habit: Shrub; USDA Zone:3

Caragana pygmaea - Habit: Shrub; USDA Zone:3

Caragana sinica - Habit: Shrub; USDA Zone:6

Ceanothus species - Habit: Shrub; USDA Zone:6

Ceanothus americanus - New Jersey tea - Habit: Shrub; USDA Zone:4

Ceanothus fendleri - Fendler's ceanothus - Habit: Shrub; USDA Zone:5

Ceanothus ovatus - Smaller red-root - Habit: Shrub; USDA Zone:5

Ceanothus sanguineus - Oregon tea tree - Habit: Shrub; USDA Zone:5

Ceanothus velutinus - Sticky laurel - Habit: Shrub; USDA Zone:5

Cercis chinensis - Chinese redbud - Habit: Tree; USDA Zone:6

Cercis siliquastrum - Judas tree - Habit: Tree; USDA Zone:6

Cercocarpus ledifolius - Mountain mahogany - Habit: Tree; USDA Zone:6

Cercocarpus montanus - Mountain mahogany - Habit: Shrub; USDA Zone:5

Cladrastis lutea - Yellow wood - Habit: Tree; USDA Zone:3

Colutea arborescens - Bladder senna - Habit: Shrub; USDA Zone:5

Colutea x media - Habit: Shrub; USDA Zone:6

Comptonia peregrina - Sweet fern - Habit: Shrub; USDA Zone:4

Coronilla emerus - Scorpion senna - Habit: Shrub; USDA Zone:6

Cytisus scoparius - Broom - Habit: Shrub; USDA Zone:5

Desmodium elegans - Habit: Shrub; USDA Zone:6

Dryas octopetala - Mountain avens - Habit: Shrub; USDA Zone:2

Genista germanica - Habit: Shrub; USDA Zone:5

Genista hispanica - Spanish gorse - Habit: Shrub; USDA Zone:6

Genista tinctoria - Dyer's greenweed - Habit: Shrub; USDA Zone:2

Gleditsia aquatica - Water locust - Habit: Tree; USDA Zone:6

Gleditsia caspica - Caspian locust - Habit: Tree; USDA Zone:6

Gleditsia macracantha - Habit: Tree; USDA Zone:6

Halimodendron halodendron - Salt tree - Habit: Shrub; USDA Zone:2

Indigofera decora - Habit: Shrub; USDA Zone:5

Indigofera kirilowii - Habit: Shrub; USDA Zone:5

Indigofera pseudotinctoria - Habit: Shrub; USDA Zone:6

Laburnum alpinum - Scotch laburnum - Habit: Tree; USDA Zone:5

Laburnum anagyroides - Laburnum - Habit: Tree; USDA Zone:5

Lathyrus latifolius - Perennial sweet pea - Habit: Perennial Climber; USDA Zone:5

Lathyrus palustris - Slenderstem peavine - Habit: Perennial Climber; USDA Zone:5

Lespedeza buergeri - Habit: Shrub; USDA Zone:6

Lespedeza capitata - Roundhead lespedeza - Habit: Shrub; USDA Zone:4

Lespedeza cyrtobotrya - Habit: Shrub; USDA Zone:6

Lespedeza juncea - Chinese lespedeza - Habit: Shrub; USDA Zone:5

Lespedeza maximowiczii - Habit: Shrub; USDA Zone:5

Lespedeza thunbergii - Habit: Shrub; USDA Zone:6

Maackia amurensis - Chinese Yellow Wood - Habit: Shrub; USDA Zone:4

Myrica gale - Bog myrtle - Habit: Shrub; USDA Zone:1

Robinia fertilis - Bristly locust - Habit: Shrub; USDA Zone:5

Robinia luxurians - Habit: Tree; USDA Zone:5

Robinia neomexicana - New Mexico locust - Habit: Tree; USDA Zone:5

Robinia viscosa - Clammy locust - Habit: Tree; USDA Zone:3

Senna marilandica - Wild senna - Habit: Shrub; USDA Zone:4

Sophora flavescens - Ku shen - Habit: Shrub; USDA Zone:6

Sophora japonica - Japanese pagoda tree - Habit: Tree; USDA Zone:5

Vicia cracca - Tufted vetch - Habit: Perennial Climber; USDA Zone:5

Vicia sepium - Bush vetch - Habit: Perennial Climber; USDA Zone:6

~~A.C.; 1.1.2010