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Very Large Edible Trees 30+m (100+ ft) for Temperate Food Forests

Rated 3, 4 or 5 out of 5 for edibility

Plant

Carya hybrids

Hybrid and neohybrid hickories

Deciduous tree
Height H: 40m or 132ft
Hardiness Zones: 4 to 11
Light Sun
Moisture Dry to Moist

Carya hybrids
4 3 3
Plant

Carya illinoinensis

Pecan

Deciduous tree
Height H: 50m or 165ft
Hardiness Zones: 5 to 9
Light Sun
Moisture Moist

Carya illinoinensis
4 1 2
Plant

Tilia x europaea

Linden, Common Lime

Deciduous tree
Height H: 35m or 115ft
Hardiness Zones: 3 to 9
Light Sun, Semi-shade
Moisture Moist

Tilia x europaea
5 3 3

Now available: PLANTS FOR YOUR FOOD FOREST: 500 Plants for Temperate Food Forests and Permaculture Gardens.

An important new book from PFAF. It focuses on the attributes of plants suitable for food forests, what each can contribute to a food forest ecosystem, including carbon sequestration, and the kinds of foods they yield. The book suggests that community and small-scale food forests can provide a real alternative to intensive industrialised agriculture, and help to combat the many inter-related environmental crises that threaten the very future of life on Earth.

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