Creating British style hedgerows with American native plants.

I know amphibians love sheltered metal drainage pipes. Like the 1-2 foot wide ones they usually put under driveways for the ditch water to travel through.

Two plants that I have seen behave in the way the OP is interested in (although I can't say if they do well being laid) are:
Lindera benzoin commonly called spicebush, common spicebush, northern spicebush, wild allspice, or Benjamin bush
Myrica pensylvanica or northern bayberry, bayberry, candle-berry

Both have thicket-like growth that I see full of birds during colder weather, but no thorns. The bayberry is semi-evergreen and tolerates more salinity (if your roads get salted) and somewhat boggy or flood-prone conditions; its berries smell wonderful and can be used for candle making- although I have never seen them growing in such profusion that I could imagine picking enough for a candle.

Apparently the spicebush is host to some specific butterflies too; they also provide that visual tonic of acid green in early spring that we all seem to crave after a gray northern winter.

Both plants are fragrant and beautiful, and whole the fruit they produce may not be as desirable for its edibility for humans, they are attractive to animals and have medicinal uses.

I'm new, following this thread since I discovered a hedgerow layer's Instagram account and thought it would be an amazing addition to our 300 y o farm in WV

One thing that @westcountry_hedgelayer said in response to a question of mine is that elm is a good tree for splitting and laying, as it splits well; maple, on the other hand, splinters. I see that the splitting issue was discussed before and I think the idea of Osage orange is a good one. Hoping to get a start on the project soon since he also said it takes about 8-10 years before saplings are mature enough to split.

What's happening folks! I wanna find out if some of us could grow shrub seedlings as an inexpensive way to create a hedge in future years. Which shrubs grow quickly after their first year? I'm concentrating on Midwest types first and foremost.