|
Botanical Name Common Name |
Native |
Mature
Height/Spread |
Light
Requirements |
Comments |
Acer buergerianumTrident Maple |
N |
25-35’/20-30’ |
Sun |
Good urban street tree, tolerant of drought, air pollution, and soil compaction; attractive foliage, form, fall color, and exfoliating bark |
Acer campestreHedge maple |
N
|
25-35’/30-35’ |
Sun/light shade |
Extremely adaptable; tolerates drought and soil compaction, air pollution and severe pruning; small lawn specimen or residential street tree |
Acer ginnalaAmur Maple |
N
|
15-20’/15-20 |
Sun/part-shade |
Adaptable to a wide range of soils, easy to transplant, tends toward multi-stem; not recommended for street tree; good in planters |
Acer leucodermeChalkbark maple |
Y |
25-30’/20-30’ |
Sun, light shade |
Adaptable; tolerates dry conditions; commercial availability may be problem; great whitish bark |
Amelanchier arboreaServiceberry, Sarvis |
Y |
15-25’/10-15’ |
Sun/part-shade |
Blooms in early spring before dogwoods with white flowers; good under power lines, can be multi-trunked; use with care in urban sites, not drought or urban tolerant |
Carpinus carolinianaAmerican Hornbeam, musclewood |
Y |
20-30’/20-30’ |
Sun/shade |
Good street tree for residential sites; great for naturalizing along woodland edges, in buffer areas or along streams; not drought or compaction tolerant |
Cercis canadensisEastern Redbud |
Y |
20-30’/25-35’ |
Sun/part-shade |
Beautiful pink/magenta/white flowers in spring; best for use in woodland/naturalized settings, use in buffer areas as understory or street tree under power lines |
Cotinus obovatusAmerican Smoketree |
Y |
20-30’/20-30’ |
Sun |
Good small tree for street and urban plantings, tolerates dry soil conditions, magnificent fall foliage ranges from yellow/orange to red/reddish purple, attractive bark in winter |
Chionanthus virginicusWhite Fringetree |
Y |
15-20’/12-15’ |
Sun/part-shade |
Beautiful white fragrant flowers in spring, dark blue fruit in fall; great understory tree in woodland or buffer areas, or under power lines; moderate drought tolerance |
Chionanthus retusus
Chinese fringetree |
N |
15-25’/15-25’ |
Sun/light shade |
Excellent floral display and great fruit, only on females; heat tolerant and adaptable |
Cornus alternifolia
Pagoda Dogwood |
Y |
15-25’/10-20’ |
Sun/part-shade |
Fibrous spreading roots, best for naturalizing in woodland or buffer areas; spreading habit with horizontal branches creates a layered look |
Cornus
Flowering Dogwood |
Y |
20-30’/20-30’ |
Sun/part-shade |
Good for naturalizing; needs good air circulation, not pollution or drought tolerant; not recommended for street tree planting |
Cornus kousaKousa
Dogwood
|
N |
20-30’/20-30’ |
Sun/part-shade |
Creamy white flowers more prolific in sun, exfoliating
bark, more disease resistant than Cornus |
Crataegus crusgalli var. inermisThornless cockspur hawthorn |
Y |
20-30’/20-35’ |
Sun |
Adaptable, prefers well-drained soil; moderately urban tolerant; use only thornless variety for street trees; great for screens and hedges |
Crataegus phaenopyrum
|
Y |
25-30’/20-25’ |
Sun |
Creamy white flowers in May; attractive in winter with persistent red fruit, good street tree; susceptible to rusts; don’t plant adjacent to junipers or quince |
Crataegus viridis ‘Winter King’
Winter green green hawthorn |
Y |
20-35’/20-35’ |
Sun |
Vase-shaped, rounded habit; persistent, large red fruits, very nice |
Hamamelis virginiana
Witchhazel |
Y |
20-30’/20-25’ |
Sun/shade |
Great for naturalizing in woodland or buffer areas; prefers moist, well-drained soils |
Koelreuteria paniculataGoldenrain Tree |
N |
30-40’/30-40’ |
Sun |
Withstands drought, heat, wind and pollution; good urban street tree, though maybe weak wooded; great yellow flowers in late spring; reseeds easily; ungainly in youth |
MalusFlowering
Crabapple
|
N |
Varies based on cultivar |
Sun |
Beautiful spring flowering tree, many colors; disease resistant varieties include: ‘Adams’, ‘Adirondack’, ‘Harvest Gold’, ‘Prairifire’, ‘Professor Sprenger’, and Sugar TymeÔ |
Lagerstroemia indicaCrape myrtle |
N |
Varies based on cultivar |
Sun |
Adaptable species; prefers hot conditions; many cultivars suited to various sites |
Ostrya virginianaAmerican Hophornbeam |
Y |
25-40’/20-40’ |
Sun/part-shade |
Useful naturalizing or as a street tree; prefers moist, well-drained soil; slow to establish |
Parrotia persicaPersian Parrotia |
N |
20-40’/15-30’ |
Sun/light shade |
Excellent small tree with exfoliating bark and crimson flowers in early spring; tolerant of drought, heat, wind and cold; use as street tree, under power lines or as an accent plant |
Pistacia chinensisChinese pistache
|
N |
30-35’/25-35’ |
Sun |
Tolerates a wide range of sites and soil conditions; tough urban tree, very drought resistant; prune to get uniform crown; use a street tree, open areas and so forth |
Prunus sargentiiSargent Cherry |
N |
20-30’/20-30’ |
Sun |
Pink flowers in April/May, rich brown bark and great fall color, good street tree under power lines; ‘Columnaris’ is 20-35’/10-15’ upright form |
Prunus serrulata ‘Kwanzan’
Flowering cherry |
N |
30-40’/30-40’ |
Sun |
Prefers moist, well-drained soils; not particularly urabn or drought tolerant; great street for wide lawns |
Viburnum prunifoliumBlackhaw Viburnum |
Y |
15-20’/8-12’ |
Sun/shade |
Adaptable to many soil types; drought tolerant; white flowers in May, good fall color; ok street tree may tend to sucker, also use in massing or naturalizing |
Large deciduous street or open space trees:
Botanical Name
Common
Name
|
Native |
Mature
Height/Spread |
Light
Requirements |
Comments |
Acer x freemanii Autumn BlazeÒ
Autumn Blaze Freeman maple |
Y (CN)
|
40-50’/20-40’ |
Sun/light shade |
Excellent red fall color; adaptable to urban sites; |
Acer rubrumRed
Maple
|
Y |
40-60’/varies |
Sun/shade |
Fall leaf color varies, ‘October Glory’ and ‘Red Sunset’ cultivars provide good orange/red fall color; not drought or soil compaction tolerant |
Aesculus flavaYellow Buckeye |
Y |
60-75’/30-50’ |
Sun |
Spectacular native trouble free tree; great pumpkin fall color; use in large areas, not as street tree; prefers moist, well-drained soil |
Betula nigraRiver Birch |
Y |
40-70’/40-60’ |
Sun/part-shade |
Good for areas that flood periodically; heat, but not drought tolerant; best in large areas and limited use as a street tree |
Carpinus betulusEuropean Hornbeam |
N |
40-60’/30-50’ |
Sun/part-shade |
Can prune as a hedge or screen; use in grouping around buildings or in planter boxes; not drought tolerant; ‘Fastigiata’ good columnar form |
Celtis occidentalisCommon Hackberry |
Y |
40-60’/40-60’ |
Sun |
Nice native tree, withstands adverse city conditions, yellow green fall foliage, fall fruit is a favorite for birds |
Cercidiphyllum japonicumKatsuratree
|
N |
40-60’/40-60’ |
Sun |
Elegant tree, good street tree with sufficient space and moisture; best in large spaces; requires supplemental watering during drought |
Cladrastis kentukeaAmerican
Yellowwood
|
Y |
30-50’/40-55’ |
Sun |
Spectacular cascading white flowers in spring; use as specimen or in groupings; may develop weak crotches and readily splits; great for smaller properties |
Fagus grandifoliaAmerican Beech |
Y |
50-70’/40-60’ |
Sun/shade |
Beautiful native tree for large areas and natural settings; will not tolerate heavy pruning, wet soil or heavily compacted sites |
Fraxinus
White Ash |
Y |
50-80’/50-70’ |
Sun |
Shade or street tree with good fall color ranging from reddish purple to yellow; tolerant of wide variety of conditions; susceptible to emerald ash borer |
Fraxinus pennsylvanicaGreen Ash |
Y |
50-60’/varies |
Sun |
Withstands city conditions; good street tree and for large areas; beautiful yellow fall color, some cultivars with purple fall color; susceptible to emerald ash borer |
Ginkgo bilobaGinkgo, Maidenhair |
N |
50-80’/varies |
Sun |
Ancient tree with unique fan-shaped leaf, beautiful shade tree; use male trees only as female fruit produces offensive odor; good urban tree; slow grower |
Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermisThornless Honeylocust |
Y |
30-70’/30-70’ |
Sun |
Very adaptable; good salt and urban tolerance; does not perform well I heat and high humidity of south; select fruitless varieties for landscape use |
Gymnocladus dioicus |
Y |
60-75’/40-50’ |
Sun |
Adaptable to wide range of soils, drought tolerant; “ugly duckling” in youth, but becoming picturesque; good for open areas and large tree lawns; females produce large fruits, that may be considered messy by some |
Larix kaempferiJapanese
Larch
|
N |
70-90’/25-40’ |
Sun |
Deciduous conifer with elegant spring growth; prefers moist, well-drained soils, not drought tolerant; best ornamental larch for large areas; cultivars available |
Liquidambar styracifluaSweetgum |
Y |
60-75’/40-50’ |
Sun/part-shade |
Excellent fall color, good for planting in moist areas along streams; fruit may be a nuisance; use for streets and large areas, avoid polluted or confined sites |
Liriodendron tulipiferaTulip Poplar, Yellow Poplar |
Y |
70-90’/35-50’ |
Sun |
Large, stately tree; susceptible to drought but otherwise adaptable; beautiful yellow fall color, good for street trees and open areas |
Magnolia acuminataCucumbertree magnolia |
Y |
50-80’/50-80’ |
Sun/part-shade |
May be hard to transplant; good for large open areas; not drought or pollution tolerant; prefers moist, well-drained, loamy soils |
Metasequoia glyptostroboidesDawn Redwood |
N |
70-100’/25-30’ |
Sun |
Deciduous conifer; distinctive pyramidal habit; easy to transplant; use for screening, streets, also excellent for groves along lakes and streams |
Nyssa sylvaticaBlack
|
Y |
30-50’/20-30’ |
Sun/part-shade |
Difficult to transplant; bright red, early fall color; street tree in residential areas or shade tree in large open areas; prefers moist soil, protect from winds |
Large deciduous street or open space trees (continued):
Botanical Name Common Name |
Native |
Mature
Height/Spread |
Light
Requirements |
Comments |