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Food Forest Areas

Name
Location
Plants
Guild Members
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AREA 1 – Warm citrus pocket (0.05 ac)
Upper East
Improved Meyer (Citrus × meyeri)Satsuma (Citrus unshiu)Imperial (Citrus reticulata)Ficus carica (fig)
White CloverComfrey (Bocking 14)MarigoldCalendulaLemon BalmChivesGarlicSweet AlyssumYarrowCreeping ThymeSorrelLupinBirdsfoot Trefoil

This area (0.05 acres) in Upper East features a final theme focused on frost-sensitive citrus plants and one fig tree. The recommended trees include Meyer Lemon, Satsuma Mandarin, Imperial Mandarin, and Fig. The soil is clay loam, which is ideal for these plants. Additional recommended plants for the guild include white clover, comfrey, creeping thyme, lemon thyme, yarrow, calendula, marigold, sorrel, plantain, sweet alyssum, and strawberries. The performance expectation for this area is high, as the citrus is expected to thrive once the soil fungi recover.

AREA 2 – Main nut zone (0.1–0.15 ac)
Upper West
Stuart (Pecan cultivar)Success (Pecan cultivar)Desirable (Pecan cultivar)Hall's Giant, Bolwyer (Hazelnut cultivar)`Daviana (Hazelnut cultivar)Cosford (Daviana group) (Hazelnut cultivar)Red Lambert (Barcelona group) (Hazelnut cultivar)Barcelona (Hazelnut cultivar)Du Chilly (Hazelnut cultivar)White Lambert (Barcelona group) (Hazelnut cultivar)Castanea sativa (Spanish chestnut, sweet chestnut)Hickory (Carya ovata)Contender (Prunus persica)Reliance (Prunus persica)Redhaven (Prunus persica)Hardired (Prunus persica var. nucipersica)Fantasia (Prunus persica var. nucipersica)
Red CloverComfrey (Bocking 14)CalendulaYarrowSorrelLemon BalmBirdsfoot TrefoilWhite CloverChamomileNasturtiumGarlicSweet AlyssumStrawberryCreeping ThymeSubterranean CloverBee Balm

AREA 3 – Pome & forest-edge belt (0.1–0.15 ac)
Upper Mid East
Granny Smith (Malus domestica)Fuji (Malus domestica)Gala (Malus domestica)Honeycrisp (Malus domestica)Golden Delicious (Malus domestica)Jonathan (Malus domestica)Pink Lady (Malus domestica)Braeburn (Malus domestica)Forelle (Pyrus communis)Seckel (Pyrus communis)Concorde (Pyrus communis)Red Bartlett (Pyrus communis)Anjou (Pyrus communis)Comice (Pyrus communis)Bosc (Pyrus communis)Bartlett (Pyrus communis)Quince (Cydonia oblonga)PAWPAW(Asimina triloba)Serviceberry (Amelanchier spp.)
White CloverComfrey (Bocking 14)ChamomileNasturtiumYarrowGarlicChivesCalendulaSweet AlyssumStrawberryCreeping ThymeLemon BalmSorrelBee Balm

AREA 4 – Mixed stonefruit & accents (0.07–0.10 ac)
Upper Mid West
Lapins (Prunus avium)Stella (Prunus avium)Bing (Prunus avium)Montmorency (Prunus cerasus)Prunus aviumSunburst (Prunus avium)Black Tartarian (Prunus avium)Morello (Prunus cerasus)Prunus aviumVictoria (Prunus domestica)Stanley (Prunus domestica)Damson (Prunus domestica)Mirabelle (Prunus domestica)Greengage (Prunus domestica)Italian Prune (Prunus domestica)Ficus carica (fig)Morus rubra (red mulberry)Morus nigra (black mulberry)Morus alba (white mulberry)Hall's Giant, Bolwyer (Hazelnut cultivar)`Du Chilly (Hazelnut cultivar)Red Lambert (Barcelona group) (Hazelnut cultivar)White Lambert (Barcelona group) (Hazelnut cultivar)Cosford (Daviana group) (Hazelnut cultivar)Barcelona (Hazelnut cultivar)Daviana (Hazelnut cultivar)
ChivesDandelionLemon BalmMarigoldWhite CloverSorrelSweet AlyssumCalendulaGarlicComfrey (Bocking 14)YarrowCreeping ThymeLupinBirdsfoot TrefoilRed CloverStrawberryChamomileNasturtium

AREA 5 – Stonefruit engine room (0.1–0.15 ac)
Mid East
Redhaven (Prunus persica)Contender (Prunus persica)Reliance (Prunus persica)Hardired (Prunus persica var. nucipersica)Fantasia (Prunus persica var. nucipersica)Divinity (Prunus armeniaca)Victoria (Prunus domestica)Damson (Prunus domestica)Italian Prune (Prunus domestica)Mirabelle (Prunus domestica)Greengage (Prunus domestica)Stella (Prunus avium)Bing (Prunus avium)Lapins (Prunus avium)Sunburst (Prunus avium)Morello (Prunus cerasus)Prunus aviumBlack Tartarian (Prunus avium)ACEROLA, BARBADOS CHERRY (Malpighia glabra)
White CloverGarlicCalendulaSweet AlyssumSorrelComfrey (Bocking 14)ChivesDandelionLemon BalmMarigold

AREA 6 – Edible garden room (0.07–0.10 ac)
Mid West
Improved Meyer (Citrus × meyeri)Satsuma (Citrus unshiu)Washington Navel (Citrus sinensis)Lane Late Navel (Citrus sinensis)Morus rubra (red mulberry)Morus nigra (black mulberry)Morus alba (white mulberry)PERSIMMON (Diospyros kaki) Serviceberry (Amelanchier spp.)FEIJOA(Feijoa sellowiana)
White CloverComfrey (Bocking 14)MarigoldCalendulaLemon BalmChivesGarlicSweet AlyssumRed CloverYarrowSorrelCreeping ThymeStrawberry

AREA 7 – Transitional Nut & Orchard Bridge (≈0.07 ac)
Lower Mid East
Hall's Giant, Bolwyer (Hazelnut cultivar)`Castanea sativa (Spanish chestnut, sweet chestnut)Fuji (Malus domestica)Gala (Malus domestica)Pink Lady (Malus domestica)PERSIMMON (Diospyros kaki) Serviceberry (Amelanchier spp.)
White CloverComfrey (Bocking 14)ChamomileNasturtiumYarrowGarlicCalendulaSweet AlyssumStrawberryCreeping ThymeRed CloverSubterranean CloverSorrelBee BalmBirdsfoot TrefoilChives

AREA 8 – Diversity & Experimentation Pocket (0.05 ac)
Lower Mid West
FEIJOA(Feijoa sellowiana)Quince (Cydonia oblonga)PAWPAW(Asimina triloba)Morus rubra (red mulberry)Morus nigra (black mulberry)Morus alba (white mulberry)
White CloverRed CloverComfrey (Bocking 14)Lemon BalmMarigoldYarrowSorrelCreeping ThymeCalendulaSweet AlyssumStrawberry

AREA 9 – Hardy lower slope cluster (0.05 ac)
Lower East
Quince (Cydonia oblonga)PERSIMMON (Diospyros kaki) Granny Smith (Malus domestica)
White CloverComfrey (Bocking 14)ChamomileNasturtiumYarrowGarlicChivesCalendulaSweet AlyssumStrawberryCreeping Thyme

AREA 10 – Vineyard edge & vines (0.05 ac)
Lower West

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