Zone 9 Nitrogen-Fixing Water-Tolerant Tree or Shrub?

Jose Reymondez

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Location: Galicia, Spain Zone 9

posted 12 years ago

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So around my wetland I wanted to plant some water-tolerant trees. In my village, hazelnut and hawthorne grows along rivers.

So I am going to plant hazelnut and hawthorne a few meters uphill from the wetland and I want to accompany them with a nitrogen fixer.

I've looked through a lot of lists of nitrogen fixers but I wanted some suggestions from personal experience. Im planting in a location where I don't want anything too tall (so no grey alder here) so I need a nitrogen-fixing shrub or small tree whose roots would be within reaching distance of the soil of the wetland and who during heavy rainfall events may be temporarily waterlogged.

Any ideas?

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Alder Burns

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There are some shrubby alders, such as those native to eastern North America. Or you could plant whatever alder you can find and just plan to coppice it.

Jose Reymondez

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For some reason I remember reading grey alder coppices poorly, Ill recheck that and look in to the other alders.

Edit: Yeah there are some nice shrubby waterside loving alders, ordering seeds!

Mike Turner

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Alnus serrulata (3m tall) and Gleditzia aquatica (up to 15m tall ) are native in swampy areas of northern Florida (zone 9).

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