Albemarle County Recommended Plants List
Botanical Name Common Name
LARGE DECIDUOUS TREES (50'-70') (Shade and/or Street)
Acer nigrum & cvs. Black Maple (Greencolumn) Acer rubrum & cvs. Red (Swamp) Maple (October Glory, Red Sunset) Acer rubrum "Armstrong" "Armstrong" Red Maple Acer saccharum & cvs. Sugar Maple (Bonfire, Commemoration, Green Mountain, Legacy) Acer x freemanii "Jeffersred" Autumn Blaze Maple Aesculus hippocastanum Common Horsechestnut Aesculus hippocastanum Baumannii Double Flowering Horsechestnut Betula nigra "Heritage" "Heritage" River Birch Carya glabra Pignut Hickory Carya ovata Shagbark Hickory Celtis x occidentalis & cvs. Hackberry (Magnifica, Prairie Pride) Diospyros virginiana Persimmon Fagus grandifolia American Beech Fagus sylvatica & cvs. European Beech (Purple Fountain, Riversii) Fraxinus americana & cvs. White Ash (Autumn Purple) Fraxinus americana “Rosehill” “Rosehill” White Ash Fraxinus americana “Greenspire” “Greenspire” White Ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica & cvs. Green Ash (Newport, Patmore, Summit, Urbanite) Ginkgo biloba “Magyar” “Magyar” Ginkgo Ginkgo biloba "Princeton Sentry" “Princeton Sentry” Ginkgo Gleditsia triacanthos inermis & cvs. Thornless Honeylocust (Shademaster, Skyline, Continental, Christie, Skycole) Gymnocladus dioicus & cvs. Kentucky Coffeetree (Crosswicks Male) Halesia monticola Mountain Silverbell Liquidambar styraciflua Sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua “Rotundiloba” “Rotundiloba” Sweetgum Liriodendron tulipifera Tuliptree or Tulip Poplar Magnolia acuminata Cucumbertree Magnolia Metasequoia glyptostroboides Dawn Redwood Nyssa sylvatica Blackgum Platanus occidentalis American Planetree (Sycamore) Platanus x acerifolia & cvs. London Planetree (Bloodgood) Quercus alba White Oak Quercus bicolor Swamp White Oak Quercus coccinea Scarlet Oak Quercus falcata Southern Red Oak Quercus imbricaria Shingle Oak Quercus palustris Pin Oak Quercus palustris “Green Pillar” "Green Pillar" Pin Oak Quercus phellos Willow Oak Quercus prinus Chestnut Oak
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Botanical Name Common Name
LARGE DECIDUOUS TREES (50'-70') (Shade and/or Street)
Quercus robur English Oak Quercus robur & cvs. English Oak (Attention!, Fastigate, Skyrocket) Quercus rubra Northern Red Oak Quercus shumardii Shumard Oak Salix alba & cvs. Golden Weeping Willow (Niobe, Tristis) Taxodium distichum & cvs. Bald Cypress (Shawnee Brave) Tilia americana “Redmond” “Redmond” Linden Tilia cordata “Greenspire” “Greenspire” Littleleaf Linden Tilia tomentosa “Green Mountain” “Green Mountain” Silver Linden Ulmus americana cvs. American Elm (Princeton, Washington) Ulmus parvifolia “Allee” “Allee” Elm Zelkova serrata “Green Vase” “Green Vase” Zelkova Zelkova serrata “Village Green” “Village Green” Zelkova
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Botanical Name Common Name MEDIUM DECIDUOUS TREES (40'-50')( Shade and/or Street)
Acer rubrum & cvs. Red Maple (Autumn Flame, Bowhall) Acer saccharum “Goldspire” "Goldspire" Sugar Maple Acer truncatum x platanoides "Keithsform" Norwegian Sunset Maple Aesculus carnea Red Horsechestnut Carpinus betulus European Hornbeam Celtis laevigata "All Seasons" "All Seasons" Sugar Hackberry Cercidiphyllum japonicum Katsuratree Corylus colurna Turkish Filbert Salix nigra Black Willow Sassafras albidum Sassafras Sophora japonica “Princeton Upright” “Princeton Upright” Scholartree Sophora japonica “Regent” “Regent” Scholartree
SMALL DECIDUOUS TREES (20'-40') (Street and/or under utility lines)
Acer buergeranum Trident Maple Acer campestre & cvs. Hedge Maple (Evelyn) Carpinus betulus “Fastigiata” Pyramidal European Hornbeam Carpinus caroliniana American Hornbeam Cladrastis kentukea (lutea) & cvs. Yellowwood (Perkin’s Pink, Sweetshade) Crataegus crusgalli var. inermis Thornless Cockspur Hawthorn Crataegus laevigata (oxyacantha) Paul’s Scarlet English Hawthorn Crataegus phaenopyrum Washington Hawthorn Crataegus viridis “Winter King” “Winter King” Hawthorn Koelreuteria paniculata Goldenraintree Maackia amurensis & cvs. Amur Maackia (Starburst) Malus baccata "Walters" "Walters" Siberian Crabapple Ostrya virginiana American Hophornbeam Oxydendrum arboreum Sourwood Phellodendron amurense “Shademaster” “Shademaster” Amur Corktree Pistacia chinensis Chinese Pistache Prunus cerasifera & cvs. Flowering Plum (Krauter Vesuvius,Thundercloud, Newport) Prunus incisa x Campanulata "Okame" Flowering Cherry Prunus sargentii & cvs. Sargent Cherry (Columnar) Prunus serrulata & cvs. Japanese Flowering Cherry (Amamogawa, Kwanzan) Prunus x subhirtella "Accolade" "Accolade" Flowering Higan Cherry Prunus yedoensis & cvs. Yoshino Flowering Cherry (Afterglow, Akebono) Pyrus calleryana & cvs. Pear (Aristocrat, Autumn Blaze, Capital, Chanticleer, Redspire) Sorbus alnifolia & cvs. Korean Mountainash (Redbird)
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Botanical Name Common Name ORNAMENTAL TREES (20'-40')
Acer griseum Paperbark Maple Amelanchier canadensis & cvs. Shadblow Serviceberry (White Pillar) Amelanchier x grandiflora & cvs Serviceberry (Autumn Brilliance, Robin Hill) Amelanchier laevis & cvs. Allegheny Serviceberry (Cumulus, Majestic) Betula jacquemontii White-Barked Himalayan Birch Betula platyphylla “Whitespire” “Whitespire” Asian White Birch Catalpa bignoides Southern Catalpa Cercis canadensis & cvs. Eastern Redbud (Alba, Forest Pansy, Oklahoma White, Texas White) Cornus florida & cvs. Flowering Dogwood (Cherokee Princess & Chief, Cloud Nine, Rubra, Cornus kousa & cvs. Kousa Dogwood (Celestial, Constellation, Heart Throb, Rosabella, Summer Stars) Cornus x (Rutban, Rutcan, Rutdan, Rutgan) Rutgers Series Flowering Dogwood Halesia carolina & cvs. Carolinia Silverbell (Rosea) Halesia diptera “Magniflora” Two-Winged Silverbell Magnolia grandiflora & cvs. Southern Magnolia (Edith Bogue, Victoria, Little Gem) Magnolia x loebneri & cvs. Loebner Magnolia (Ballerina, Leonard Messel, Merrill) Magnolia x soulangiana & cvs. Saucer Magnolia (Alexandrina, Jane, Verbanica) Parrotia persica Persian Parrotia Prunus corinthian & cvs. Flowering Peach (Mauve, Rose) Prunus subhirtella ‘Autumnalis’ Autumn Flowering Higan Cherry Prunus subhirtella ‘Pendula Rosa’ Weeping Cherry Salix babylonica Babylon Weeping Willow Stewartia koreana Korean Stewartia Stewartia pseudocamellia Japanese Stewartia Syringa reticulata & cvs. Japanese Tree Lilac (Ivory Silk, Regent)
SMALL ORNAMENTAL TREES (10’-20’)
Acer ginnala “Flame” “Flame” Amur Maple Acer palmatum & cvs. Japanese Maple (Bloodgood, West Grove) Acer tataricum Tatarian Maple Catalpa bungei Umbrella Catalpa Chionanthus retusus Chinese Fringetree Chionanthus virginicus White Fringetree Cornus mas Corneliancherry Dogwood Cotinus coggygria & cvs. Smoketree (Royal Purple, Velvet Cloak) Enkianthus campanulatus Redvein Enkianthus Franklinia altamaha Franklinia Hamamelis virginiana Common Witchhazel Laburnum x watereri Goldenchain Tree Lagerstroemia indica & cvs. Crapemyrtle (Lipan, Natchez, Sioux, Tuskegee)
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Botanical Name Common Name
SMALL ORNAMENTAL TREES (10’-20’)
Magnolia liliiflora Magnolia (Ann, Betty, Galaxy, Jane) Magnolia stellata & cvs. Star Magnolia (Royal Star, Waterlily) Magnolia virginiana Sweetbay Magnolia Malus floribunda Japanese Flowering Crabapple Malus hupehensis & cvs. Tea Crabapple (Cardinal, Strawberry Parfait) Malus sargentii Sargent Crabapple Malus & cvs. Crabapple (Indian Summer, Narragansett, Pink Spires, Prairifire, Red Baron, Snowdrift, Sutyzam Malus transitoria "Schmidtcutleaf" "Golden Raindrops" Crabapple Malus zumi calocarpa Zumi Crapapple Pyrus fauriei "Westwood" Korean Sun Flowering Pear Stewartia ovata Mountain Stewartia Styrax japonicus Japanese Snowbell Viburnum prunifolium Blackhaw Viburnum Viburnum sieboldii Siebold Viburnum
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Botanical Name Common Name BROADLEAVED EVERGREENS (Screening) AND ORNAMENTAL CONIFERS (20'-70')
Abies concolor White Fir, Concolor Fir Cedrus atlantica "Glauca" Blue Atlas Cedar Cedrus deodara Deodar Cedar Cedrus libani Cedar of Lebanon Chamaecyparis lawsoniana Lawson Falsecypress Cryptomeria japonica & cvs. Cryptomeria (Black Dragon, Yoshino, Ben Franklin) X Cupressocyparis leylandii Leyland Cypress Cupressus arizonica "Carolina Sapphire" Blue Arizona Cypress Ilex opaca & cvs. American Holly (Greenleaf) Ilex x aquipernyi ‘San Jose’ San Jose Holly Ilex x attenuata ‘Fosteri’ Foster's Holly Ilex x "Nellie R. Stevens" Nellie R. Stevens Holly Juniperus virginiana & cvs. Eastern Redcedar (Burkii, Emerald Sentinel, Hillspire) Larix decidua European Larch Magnolia grandiflora Southern Magnolia Picea abies Norway Spruce Picea glauca White Spruce Picea orientalis Oriental Spruce Picea omorika Serbian Spruce Picea pungens var. glauca Colorado Blue Spruce Pinus bungeana Lacebark Pine Pinus cembra Swiss Stone Pine Pinus densiflora Japanese Red Pine Pinus flexilis Limber Pine Pinus parviflora Japanese White Pine Pinus resinosa Red Pine Pinus strobus Eastern White Pine Pinus sylvestris Scotch Pine Pinus taeda Loblolly Pine Pinus thunbergiana Japanese Black Pine Taxodium distichum Bald Cypress Taxus baccata English Yew Taxus cuspidata "Capitata" Upright Japanese Yew Thuja occidentalis & cvs. Eastern Arborvitae (Emerald, Nigra, Techny) Thuja orientalis & cvs. Oriental Arborvitae (Berckman's, Bonita) Thuja plicata & cvs. Giant Arborvitae (Atrovirens, Green Giant)
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Botanical Name Common Name BROADLEAVED EVERGREEN/SEMI-EVERGREEN SHRUBS (Screening) (3'-15')
Abelia grandiflora & cvs. Glossy Abelia (Compacta, Edward Goucher) Aucuba japonica Japanese Aucuba Berberis julianae Wintergreen Barberry Berberis verruculosa Warty Barberry Berberis x gladwynensis "William Penn" "William Penn" Barberry Buxus microphylla & cvs. Littleleaf Box (Green Beauty,Wintergreen) Buxus sempervirens & cvs. American Boxwood (Myer's, Graham Blandy) Buxus sempervirens "Suffruticosa" Dwarf English Boxwood Buxus x cvs. Boxwood (Green Mountain, Green Velvet) Cotoneaster dammeri & cvs. Bearberry Cotoneaster (Coral Beauty) Cotoneaster salicifolius Willowleaf Cotoneaster Daphne cneorum Rose Daphne Daphne odora Fragrant Daphne Daphne x burkwoodii "Somerset" "Somerset" Daphne Hypericum calycinum Aaronsbeard St. Johnswort Ilex cornuta "Burfordii" Burford Holly Ilex cornuta & cvs. Chinese Holly (Dwarf Burford, Carissa, Rotunda) Ilex cornuta ‘Carissa’ Carissa Holly Ilex crenata & cvs. Japanese Holly (Bullata 151, Steeds, Nigra) Ilex crenata & cvs. Japanese Holly (Compact, Green Luster, Helleri, Hoogendorn, Soft Touch) Ilex glabra & cvs. Inkberry Holly (Compacta, Nigra, Shamrock) Ilex vomitoria Yaupon Ilex x aquipernyi "Dragon Lady" "Dragon Lady" Holly Ilex x meserveae & cvs. Meserve Holly (Blue Princess/Prince, Blue Stallion, China Boy/Girl Jasminum nudiflorum Winter Jasmine Juniperus chinensis & cvs. Chinese Juniper (Kallys Compact, Compact Pfitzer, Blue Pfitzer, Hetz, Sea Green) Juniperus scopulorum "Wichita Blue" "Wichita Blue" Juniper Kalmia latifolia Mountain Laurel (Elf, Kaufman's Pink, Olympic Fire) Leucothoe axillaris Coast Leucothoe Leucothoe fontanesiana (catesbaei) Drooping Leucothoe Ligustrum japonicum Japanese Privet Mahonia aquifolium Oregon Hollygrape Mahonia bealei Leatherleaf Mahonia Myrica cerifera & cvs. Southern Wax Myrtle (Robbie Green) Myrica pensylvanica Northern Bayberry Nandina domestica Nandina or Heavenly Bamboo Osmanthus heterophyllus & cvs. Holly Osmanthus (Gulftide) Osmanthus x fortunei Fortune's Osmanthus Photina x fraseri Redtip Photinia Picea abies ‘Little Gem’ Dwarf Norway Spruce Picea abies ‘Nidiformis’ Birds Nest Spruce Pieris floribunda Mountain Pieris
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Botanical Name Common Name
BROADLEAVED EVERGREEN/SEMI-EVERGREEN SHRUBS (Screening) (3'-15')
Pieris japonica & cvs. Japanese Pieris (Dorothy Wycoff, Mountain Fire, Snowdrift, Valentine) Pinus mugo Mugho Dwarf Mountain Pine Prunus laurocerasus & cvs. Cherry Laurel (Otto Luyken, Schipkaensis) Pyracantha ‘Lowboy’ Lowboy Firethorn Pyracantha x cvs. Firethorn (Fiery Cascade, Mohave, Navaho,Rutgers) Pyracantha coccinea "Lalandei" Orange Laland Firethorn Rhododendron spp. Azalea (Glenn Dale, Gable, Girard, Kurume, Satsuki) Rhododendron spp. Rhododendron (Catawba, Fortune's, PJM, Rosebay, Scintillation) Sarcococca Hookerana var. humilis Dwarf Himalayan Sweet Box Sarcococca ruscifolia Sweet Box Skimmia japonica Japanese Skimmia Taxus baccata "Repandens" English Spreading Yew Taxus cuspidata & cvs. Japanese Yew (Hunneywelliana, Intermedia, Sieboldii Taxus x media & cvs. Anglojap Yew (Brown's, Cedar Hill, Densiformis, Hatfield, Hick's, Kelsey, Ward's)
BROADLEAVED EVERGREEN/SEMI-EVERGREEN SHRUBS (Screening) (3'-15') cont'd
Viburnum x burkwoodii Burkwood Viburnum Viburnum x pragense Prague Viburnum Viburnum rhytidophyllum "Alleghany" "Alleghany" Viburnum Viburnum utile "Conoy" "Conoy" Viburnum
DECIDUOUS SHRUBS (3'-30')
Aesculus parviflora Bottlebrush Buckeye Aronia arbutifolia "Brilliantissima" Brilliant Red Chokeberry Buddleia davidii Butterfly Bush Callicarpa dichotoma Purple Beautyberry Callicarpa japonica japanese Beautyberry Calycanthus floridus Common Sweetshrub or Carolina Allspice Caryopteris "Longwood Blue" Blue Mist Shrub Cephalantis occidentalis Buttonbush Clethra alnifolia & cvs. Summersweet Clethra (Hummingbird, Rosea, Ruby Spice, September Beauty) Cornus alba "Argenteo-marginata" European Variegated Dogwood Cornus racemosa Gray Dogwood Cornus sericea & cvs. Red-twig Dogwood (Bailey's, Cardinal) Cornus sericea "Flaviramea" Yellowtwig Dogwood Cotoneaster apiculata Cranberry Cotoneaster Cotoneaster horizontalis Rockspray Cotoneaster Deutzia gracillis & cvs. Slender Deutzia (Nikko) Forsythia x intermedia & cvs. Forsythia (Lynwood, Spectabilis, Spring Glory)
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Botanical Name Common Name Fothergilla gardenii Dwarf Fothergilla
DECIDUOUS SHRUBS (3'-30')
Fothergilla major Large Fothergilla Hamamelis x intermedia & cvs. Witchhazel (Arnold Promise, Diana, Winter Beauty) Hamamelis mollis Chinese Witchhazel Hamamelis vernalis Vernal Witchhazel Hydrangea quercifolia & cvs. Oakleaf Hydrangea (Alice, Snowqueen, Ellen Huff) Hypericum x "Hidcote" "Hidcote" St. Johnswort Ilex decidua Possumhaw Ilex verticillata & cvs. Winterberry Holly (Harvest Red, Late Male, Red Sprite, Winter Red, Sparkleberry) Itea virginica "Henry's Garnet" "Henry's Garnet" Sweetspire Kerria japonica Japanese Kerria Ligustrum amurence "North River" "North River" Privet Lindera benzoin Spicebush Physocarpus opulifolius Dart's Golden "Dart's Golden" Ninebark Potentilla fruticosa & cvs. Cinquefoil (Abbotswood, Gold Drop, Goldfinger, McKay's White) Prunus cistena Purpleleaf Sand Cherry Rhus aromatica Fragrant Sumac Rhus copallina Flameleaf Sumac Rhus glabra Smooth Sumac Rhus typhina Staghorn Sumac Spirea x bumalda & cvs. Spirea (Neon Flash) Spirea nipponica & cvs. Spirea (Snowmound) Spirea x vanhouttei Vanhoutte Spirea Syringa meyeri "Palibin" Compact Meyer Lilac Syringa patula "Miss Kim" "Miss Kim" Manchurian Lilac Syringa x chinensis Chinese Lilac Viburnum dentatum Arrowwood Viburnum (Chicago Lustre) Viburnum lantana & cvs. Wayfaringtree Viburnum (Mohican) Viburnum lentago Nannyberry Viburnum Viburnum nudum "Winterthur" "Winterthur" Viburnum Viburnum opulus "Sterile" Old Fashioned Viburnum Viburnum plicatum & cvs. Snowball Viburnum (Popcorn, Triumph) Viburnum plicatum tomentosum & cvs. Doublefile Viburnum (Igloo, Mariesii, Shasta, White Delight) Viburnum prunifolium Blackhaw Viburnum Viburnum trilobum American Cranberrybush Viburnum Viburnum x carlcephalum & cvs. Fragrant Viburnum (Cayuga) Viburnum x "Juddii" Judd Viburnum
References: Manual Of Woody Landscape Plants (Third Edition) Michael Dirr
Invasive Alien Plant Species of Virginia (DCR)
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Botanical Name Common Name Street Tree Fact Sheets (Municipal Tree Restoration Program) Virginia Gardener's Guide Revised April 2003 Plant material not listed may be substituted for required plant material only if such substitution is expressly approved by the agent.
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