Buffaloberry:  Medium to tall shrub; drought resistant and tolerant of alkaline soils; good wildlife.

Caragana:  Medium to tall, best on sandy to loamy soils.

Chokecherry:  Medium shrub.  Preferred by a variety of wildlife species.

Cotoneaster:  Medium shrub.

Golden Currant:  Small to medium shrub, fair drought and alkali tolerance, shade tolerant, good cover for birds and small mammals.

Honeysuckle:  Tall shrub, grows well in most soils.

Lilac:  Tall, one of the better shrubs for windbreak purposes.

Nanking Cherry:  Medium and hardy, on most soils statewide.  Fruit edible and relished by wildlife.

Plums:  Tall shrub or short tree.  Does will on most soils (excluding alkali).

Serviceberry:  Tall shrub.  Does well on moist soil.  Excellent wildlife species.

Mountain Mahogany:  Tall shrub, tolerates alkaline soil.  Good wildlife species.

Fourwing Saltbush:  Short shrub, excellent salt and alkali tolerance.  Good wildlife forage value.

Sage:  Medium shrub, does well on droughty and poor soles.  Good erosion control species.

N.M. Foresteria (privet):  Very tall, does well on moist soil.  Good wildlife cover.

Woods Rose:  Low shrub; grows well on most soils; good wildlife species.

Lacebark Elm:  Tall tree; tolerates alkaline soil well.

Coyote Willow:  Medium height, requires moist soil; good wildlife value.

Ponderosa Pine:  Medium tree; tolerates alkaline soil, high wildlife value.

Black Locust:  Medium to tall, thorn, rapid growth on most soils.

Bur Oak:  Medium to tall tree; hardy and drought resistant; tolerant of a wide range of soils; good food value for wildlife

Gambel Oak: Small tree best used in mass plantings, alkaline tolerant, good wind resistance.

Cottonwood, Fremont: prefers riparian, has cotton.

Cottonwood, Hybrid (Cottonless):  Tall, fast growing plant in moist soils or in areas with supplements water.

Cottonwood, Narrowleaf:  Tall, requires moist soils or in areas with supplements water.

Golden Willow:  Medium to tall, plant same as cottonless cottonwood.

Green Ash:  Medium to tall, on most soils.

Hackberry:  Tall tree, grows well in most soils.

Honey Locust:  Medium to tall, on soils in the plains.

Lombardy Poplar:  Medium to tall columnar tree, need permanent sub-irrigation, not recommended as a component row species in windbreak.

Siberian Elm:  Tall and drought resistant, on most soils statewide.

Austrian Pine:  Tall, on most soils of low pH, a good windbreak tree.

Bristlecone Pine:  Medium to tall tree, grows well on poor sites.

Colorado Blue Spruce:  Tall, on moist soils but will grow on drier sites if watered for establishment.

Douglas Fir:  Tall, on east and north slopes.

Eastern Red Cedar:  Medium, on most soils in the plains; drought resistant when established, good windbreak species.

Limber Pine:  Tall, needs well-drained soil; high wildlife food value.

Lodgepole Pine:  Tall, on most soils.

Pinion Pine:  Medium tree, grows well on arid, droughty sites when established.

Ponderosa Pine:  Tall, on most soils of low pH except heavy clay.  One of the better windbreak trees.

Rocky Mt. Juniper:  Medium tree; does well on most soils; drought resistant when established; excellent windbreak species.

Scotch Pine:  Tall, on most soils of low pH, not advisable for windbreaks because of brittleness and not winter hardy at maturity; good Christmas tree.

White Fir:  Tall tree; grows best on east and north slopes; good Christmas tree species.

Engelmann Spruce:  Tall tree; requires shade.