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  • Pioneer: Plants, usually trees and shrubs, that can be used to reforest land. (45)
Latin NameCommon NameUseEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Acer pseudoplatanusSycamorePioneer21
Acer rubrumRed MaplePioneer31
Alnus cordataItalian AlderPioneer00
Alnus glutinosaAlderPioneer03
Alnus incanaGrey AlderPioneer00
Alnus rubraRed AlderPioneer22
Alnus rugosaSpeckled AlderPioneer02
Alnus sinuataSitka AlderPioneer11
Alnus tenuifoliaMountain AlderPioneer12
Arctostaphylos uva-ursiBearberryPioneer34
Betula ermaniiGold BirchPioneer01
Betula papyriferaPaper BirchPioneer32
Betula pendulaSilver BirchPioneer33
Betula populifoliaGrey BirchPioneer21
Betula pubescensWhite BirchPioneer33
Buddleia paniculataPioneer01
Haloxylon ammodendronPioneer00
Haloxylon persicumSalt TreePioneer00
Hippophae rhamnoidesSea BuckthornPioneer55
Hippophae salicifoliaWillow-Leaved Sea BuckthornPioneer53
Larix deciduaLarchPioneer23
Lupinus arboreusTree LupinPioneer00
Populus balsamiferaBalsam PoplarPioneer13
Populus deltoidesEastern CottonwoodPioneer22
Populus grandidentataCanadian AspenPioneer11
Populus tremuloidesAmerican AspenPioneer13
Prunus pensylvanicaPin CherryPioneer22
Prunus spinosaSloePioneer32
Prunus virginianaChokecherryPioneer32
Rhus glabraSmooth SumachPioneer43
Rubus fruticosusBlackberryPioneer53
Salix 'Bowles hybrid'Pioneer12
Salix albaWhite WillowPioneer13
Salix amygdaloidesPeach Leaved WillowPioneer02
Salix auritaEared SallowPioneer02
Salix bebbianaBeak WillowPioneer02
Salix capreaGoat WillowPioneer12
Salix cinereaGrey WillowPioneer03
Salix exiguaCoyote WillowPioneer12
Salix fluviatilisRiver WillowPioneer02
Sambucus nigraElderberryPioneer43
Sorbus ariaWhitebeamPioneer31
Sorbus decoraShowy Mountain AshPioneer11
Sorbus sitchensisSitka Mountain AshPioneer11
Ulex europaeusGorsePioneer11

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