SUGGESTED STREET TREE PLANTING LIST

SIX FOOT BRANCH HEIGHT AND TWO-INCH CALIPER REQUIRED

Small Trees Generally Suitable For Planting Under Utility Lines

Latin Name Common Name Height Spread Attributes Japanese Hop-like flowers, small spreading form, Carpinus japonicus Hornbeam 20 25 bronze fall color Eastern Redbud Rosy-pink flowers in early spring, yellow Cercis canadensis (varieties) (varieties) 25 30 fall color Chains of white flowers, fragrant, bright Yellowwood Cladrastis kentukea 30 40 yellow fall color Florida Dogwood Mid-spring flowers, red fall color Cornus florida (varieties) (varieties) 25 25 Korean Dogwood Late-spring flowers, disease resistant Cornus kousa (varieties) (varieties) 20 20 foliage Pacific Dogwood Large white flowers, open form, disease Cornus X Starlight or Venus hybrids 30 20 resistant Tight upright form, glossy foliage, Dawvck Beech Fagus sylvatica (columnar forms) 40 15 varieties including gold, purple, & green Bell-shaped flowers, white and pink Halesia tetraptera (varieties) Silverbell 30 20 varieties, stays fairly small Liquidambar styraciflua 'Emerald 'Emerald Sentinel Dwarf Sweetgum, more resistant to Sentinel' Sweetgum 30 12 breakage, yellow-orange fall color Upright vase-shape, fine-textured grey- Amur Maackia Maackia amurensis 25 20 green foliage Unique American native, strings of white Sourwood Tree Oxydendrum arboreum 20 15 flowers, excellent fall colors Japanese Camellia-like flowers summer, exfoliating Stewartia pseudocamellia Stewartia 30 20 bark, mottled fall color White bell-shaped flowers early summer, Japanese Snowbell Styrax japonicus 25 20 yellow fall color Upright columnar form, green foliage, fall Columnar Oaks Quercus (Columnar varieties) 35 15 color varies by variety Clean green foliage, tight upright form, City Sprite Zelkova Zelkova serrata 24 18 yellow fall color

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Latin Name C ommon N ame Height Spread Attributes Small dark-green leaves, yellow fall color, Acer campestre (varieties) Hedge Maples 35 30 tolerates poor soil Dark green foliage, yellow-orange to red fall Acer truncatum (varieties) Norwegian Sunset 35 25 color, tolerates wet Bluish-green heart-shaped foliage, apricot Cercidiphyllum japonicum Katsura Tree 40 40 orange in fall Creamy-white panicle flowers late spring, Fraxinus ornus Flowering Ash 35 25 smaller than other varieties A smaller, narrower form of green ash, Fraxinus pennsylvanica Prairie Spire 45 20 seedless, adaptable to all soils Light green foliage, filtered light, yellow fall Ginkgo biloba (male clones) Maidenhair Tree 50 40 color Reddish-purple flowers in early spring, upright Magnolia X Galaxy Galaxy Magnolia 30 15 form Dark glossy green foliage, bright red fall color, Nyssa sylvatica (varieties) Black Tupelo 35 20 tolerates wet conditions Vanessa or Ruby Vase-shaped form, excellent assortment of Parrotia persica Vase 30 15 yellow, orange, reds in fall Clusters of pink flowers in early spring, orange- Prunus sarqentii Sargent Cherry 30 30 red fall color Rosy-pink flowers in early spring, orange-red Prunus serrulata Kwanzan Cherry 30 20 fall color Clean green foliage, wide spreading form, Zelkova serrata Wireless Zelkova 25 35 excellent red fall color

Large Trees

Latin Name Common Name Height Spread Attributes Various foliage colors to pick from, fall color Acer platanoides (varieties) Norway Maples 40 35 yellows to brown Red Maple Green foliage turns orange-red in fall, tolerates Acer rubrum (varieties) 40 35 wet conditions Columnar European Resistant to summer heat from tarmac, Carpinus betulus 'Fastigiata' Hornbeam 40 30 adaptable, yellow fall color Fernleaf, Purple, Various foliage colors to pick from, fall color Fagus sylvatica (large forms) Tricolor Beech 45 30 yellows to brown Dark green foliage, brick-red fall color, Fraxinus pennsylvanica (varieties) Green Ash 50 30 seedless, fast-growing Unique stately form, bluish-green foliage turns Gymnocladus dioicus Kentucky Coffee Tree 50 40 yellow in fall, seedless Fine-textured leaves, filtered shade, needs full Gleditsia triacanthos (varieties) Honey Locust 45 35 sun, yellow fall color Large green leaves, glowing yellow in fall, fast- Liriodendron tulipifera Tulip Tree 60 30 growing Red Oak, Scarlet Oak, Oregon White Oak, Quercus (traditional forms) Oaks 80 60 Sawtooth Oak, Shingle Oak, etc Purple Robe Locust Varieties from green to yellow foliage; white Robinia pseudoacacia or Frisia Locust 50 30 to purple flowers Many Dutch-Elm-Disease-resistant varieties Ulmus americana American Elms 80 60 available; fast-growing Many sizes & shapes to pick from; smaller Ulmus (hybrids) Hybrid Elms 60 40 leaves than A. Elm Fine-textured appearance, clean foliage, Zelkova serrata Village Green Zelkova 40 40 orange-red fall color