This third chapter of the manual describes the Native Pollinator Trees located on campus. Though the garden is located in the back end of campus, the trees throughout campus have been included in this section to be thorough. Additional information about our native pollinator trees and all of our other tree species can be found at the Penn State Schuylkill Arboretum.

Native Pollinator Trees

Black Walnut

Black Cherry

Yellow Popular (Tulip Tree)

Sassafras

Red Maple

Northern Red Oak

Pin Oak

Running Serviceberry

Amelanchier stolonifera (Running Serviceberry)

This plant requires full sun to partial shade, medium well-drained soil, and can tolerate a variety of soil. It has finely toothed, oval to almost circular, medium to dark green leaves, which lack teeth on lower edges in autumn the leaves turn shades of yellow, orange and red. It grows 4’ to5’ tall and wide. Flowers are 5-petaled and white in drooping clusters, which appear before the leaves, which bloom in May. Tends to attract birds.

Potential Problems: Rust, leaf spot, fire blight, powdery mildew, sawfly, leaf miner, borers, and scale.