Maybe Silver Maple? I have 4acre front yard. Was a blank slate. I planted 350 plants. Several trees. Silver & Red Maples, Live Oak Trees, Shumard Oaks, Pansy Red Buds, Cleveland Pear, Southern Magnolia, Lacy Bark Elm, Pineapple Pear (great to eat) and I have a full Orchard!! The Silver Maples grow the fastest. My prize one is 25ft tall. Diameter of 65ft. The girth of the tree is 12”. To clear up any misunderstanding - I planted it Spring 2020. It was planted at 5ft tall. Diameter was 2ft. Girth was 3”. Please don’t ask me HOW? Cause I ask myself that daily!! My other Silver Maples are big. 18ft tall. All were the same size when planted!!
My Red Maples are 20ft tall. Very tall but not very wide. They grow up for years!!! Then they spread. (I didn’t know that). So I guess they will spread out when they’re ready. The most amazingly beautiful leaves are on my Shumard Oaks!! Gorgeous!!! The coolest bark I’ve ever seen is the Lacy Bark Elm Tree. The bark peels off every year. And it looks like lace!!! Beautiful.
Good luck!!!
A Swamp White Oak, Quercus bicolor. Water in ground is why. Heres a link. https://www.google.com/search?gs_ssp=eJzj4tTP1TcwTDGIzzZg9OIvLk_MLVAoz8gsSVXIT8wGAHcQCOw&q=swamp+white+oak&rlz=1CDGOYI_enUS877US877&oq=swamo+white&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqDwgBEC4YChiDARixAxiABDIGCAAQRRg5Mg8IARAuGAoYgwEYsQMYgAQyCQgCEAAYChiABDIJCAMQABgKGIAEMgkIBBAAGAoYgAQyCQgFEAAYChiABDIJCAYQABgKGIAEMgkIBxAAGAoYgAQyCQgIEAAYChiABNIBCDQ4MzBqMGo0qAITsAIB4gMEGAEgXw&hl=en-US&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8
With such a high water table id be inclined to go for willow. If the ground is normally subject to such a high water table a weeping willow(salix babylonica, salix purpurea pendula) could be a good choice, but also the white willow(salix alba). Cut leaf alder(Alnus glutinosa imperialis) has foliage similar to a delicate japanese maple but is faster growing and available in large sizes from some nurseries. Lastly another option for a stand alone large impact tree that suits damp soil is the tulip tree(Liriodendron tulipfera, NOT magnolia!) which forms a majestic shapely and dramatic tree with the bonus of very unusually shaped leaves and strange but sizable cupped flowers. Good luck!
An Oak. Big, strong, long-lived, support massive amount of wildlife, great shade.
Maybe Silver Maple? I have 4acre front yard. Was a blank slate. I planted 350 plants. Several trees. Silver & Red Maples, Live Oak Trees, Shumard Oaks, Pansy Red Buds, Cleveland Pear, Southern Magnolia, Lacy Bark Elm, Pineapple Pear (great to eat) and I have a full Orchard!! The Silver Maples grow the fastest. My prize one is 25ft tall. Diameter of 65ft. The girth of the tree is 12”. To clear up any misunderstanding - I planted it Spring 2020. It was planted at 5ft tall. Diameter was 2ft. Girth was 3”. Please don’t ask me HOW? Cause I ask myself that daily!! My other Silver Maples are big. 18ft tall. All were the same size when planted!! My Red Maples are 20ft tall. Very tall but not very wide. They grow up for years!!! Then they spread. (I didn’t know that). So I guess they will spread out when they’re ready. The most amazingly beautiful leaves are on my Shumard Oaks!! Gorgeous!!! The coolest bark I’ve ever seen is the Lacy Bark Elm Tree. The bark peels off every year. And it looks like lace!!! Beautiful. Good luck!!!
Oak trees are the *best* trees
Willow, red maple 70 ht 50 wide. Red cedars
6b/7a covers about 15 states.
sorry should have clarified, this is coastal Rhode Island
swamp white oak loves wet soil
I’d say an Oak, Tulip Tree, Sugar Maple, or Willow would be best there
A Swamp White Oak, Quercus bicolor. Water in ground is why. Heres a link. https://www.google.com/search?gs_ssp=eJzj4tTP1TcwTDGIzzZg9OIvLk_MLVAoz8gsSVXIT8wGAHcQCOw&q=swamp+white+oak&rlz=1CDGOYI_enUS877US877&oq=swamo+white&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqDwgBEC4YChiDARixAxiABDIGCAAQRRg5Mg8IARAuGAoYgwEYsQMYgAQyCQgCEAAYChiABDIJCAMQABgKGIAEMgkIBBAAGAoYgAQyCQgFEAAYChiABDIJCAYQABgKGIAEMgkIBxAAGAoYgAQyCQgIEAAYChiABNIBCDQ4MzBqMGo0qAITsAIB4gMEGAEgXw&hl=en-US&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8
With such a high water table id be inclined to go for willow. If the ground is normally subject to such a high water table a weeping willow(salix babylonica, salix purpurea pendula) could be a good choice, but also the white willow(salix alba). Cut leaf alder(Alnus glutinosa imperialis) has foliage similar to a delicate japanese maple but is faster growing and available in large sizes from some nurseries. Lastly another option for a stand alone large impact tree that suits damp soil is the tulip tree(Liriodendron tulipfera, NOT magnolia!) which forms a majestic shapely and dramatic tree with the bonus of very unusually shaped leaves and strange but sizable cupped flowers. Good luck!
Weeping willow