City Tree List

For more information please contact the City of Franklin Arborist: [email protected] www.franklintn.gov/parks/arborist.html Common Name Scientific Name TN Deciduous Mature Crown Growth Drought Road Road Parking Landscaped Drainage Utilities Native / Evergreen Height Size Rate Tolerance Frontage Frontage Lots Areas Areas Right of Street Yard Ways Alder, Smooth Alnus serrulata Yes Deciduous 10-20" 10-20" Fast Moderate Fair Fair Fair Excellent Excellent Fair Ash, Green Fraxinus pennyslvanica Yes Deciduous 60-80" 40-50" Fast High Good Excellent Good Excellent Good Poor Ash, White Fraxinus americana Yes Deciduous 70-100" 40-60" Medium Low Good Excellent Good Excellent Good Poor Bald Cypress Taxodium distichum Yes Deciduous 50-80" 30-60" Medium High Fair Excellent Good Good Excellent Poor Basswood, American(Linden) Tilia americana Yes Deciduous 60-100" 35-50" Fast Low Fair Fair Poor Good Good Poor Beech, American Fagus grandifolia Yes Deciduous 50-80" 50-70" Slow Low Fair Fair Poor Excellent Good Poor Beech, European Fagus sylvatica No Deciduous 50-70- 40-70" Slow Low Fair Fair Poor Excellent Good Poor Birch, River Betula nigra Yes Deciduous 50-90" 40-60" Fast Low Good Excellent Good Excellent Excellent Poor Birch, River "Heritage" Betula nigra "Heritage" Yes Deciduous 50-90" 40-60" Fast Low Good Excellent Good Excellent Excellent Poor Blackgum (Tupelo) Nyssa sylvatica Yes Deciduous 50-100" 20-35" Slow Moderate Good Excellent Good Excellent Good Poor Boxelder Acer negundo Yes Deciduous 30-70" 40-50" Fast Moderate Fair Fair Fair Good Good Poor Buckeye, Bottlebrush parviflora No Deciduous 15-20" 10-15" Medium Low Fair Fair Fair Fair Fair Good Buckeye, Ohio Aesculus glabra Yes Deciduous 30-60" 20-45" Medium Moderate Poor Fair Poor Good Excellent Poor Buckeye, Painted Aesculus sylvatica Yes Deciduous 15-25" 5-15" Medium Low Fair Fair Fair Good Good Good Buckeye, Red Aesculus pavia Yes Deciduous 5-20" 5-15" Medium Low Fair Fair Fair Fair Fair Good Buckeye, Yellow Aesculus flava Yes Deciduous 50-90" 30-60" Medium Low Poor Fair Poor Excellent Excellent Poor Buckthorn Bumelia Bumelia/Sideroxylon lycioides Yes Deciduous 10-25" 10-25" Medium Moderate Fair Fair Good Fair Good Good Buckthorn, Carolina Rhamnus caroliniana Yes Deciduous 30-40" 10-30" Medium Moderate Good Good Good Good Good Fair Buckthorn, Common Rhamnus cathartica No Deciduous 10-30" 20-30" Medium High Fair Fair Good Fair Fair Good Buttonbush, Common Cephalanthus occidentalis Yes Deciduous 10-30" 10-20" Medium Moderate Fair Fair Fair Good Good Good Catalpa, Northern Catalpa speciosa Yes Deciduous 50-80" 30-70" Fast Moderate Poor Fair Poor Excellent Excellent Poor Cedar, Deodar Cedrus deodara No Evergreen 40-100" 40-80" Medium High Poor Fair Poor Good Fair Poor Cedar, Japanese Cryptomeria japonica No Evergreen 40-60" 20-25" Slow High Poor Good Poor Good Fair Poor Chastetree, Lilac Vitex agnus-castus No Deciduous 15-20" 10-20" Medium High Good Good Good Good Good Good Cherry, Black Prunus serotina Yes Deciduous 30-100" 20-50" Fast Moderate Poor Good Poor Good Good Poor Cherry, Japanese Flowering Prunus serrulata No Deciduous 20-30" 20-30" Fast Low Fair Good Poor Fair Good Excellent Cherry, Okame Prunus "Okame" No Deciduous 15-30" 20-30" Medium Moderate Fair Good Poor Good Good Good Cherry, Yoshino Prunus x yedoensis No Deciduous 20-45" 20-40" Fast Low Fair Excellent Fair Excellent Fair Excellent Cherrylaurel, Carolina Prunus caroliniana No Deciduous 20-40" 15-30" Medium High Poor Good Poor Fair Poor Fair Chestnut, Chinese Castanea mollissima No Deciduous 40-60" 30-50" Slow Moderate Good Fair Good Fair Fair Fair Chinquapin, Allegheny Castanea pumila Yes Deciduous 10-30" 10-25" Slow High Fair Fair Fair Good Fair Good Coffeetree, Kentucky Gymnocladus dioicus Yes Deciduous 60-100" 40-70" Fast Moderate Poor Fair Poor Good Excellent Poor Cottonwwood, Eastern Populus deltoides Yes Deciduous 60-100" 30-70" Fast Moderate Fair Fair Good Good Excellent Poor Crabapple, Japanese Malus floribunda No Deciduous 15-30" 15-30" Medium Low Good Good Fair Fair Fair Excellent Crabapple, Southern Malus angustifolia Yes Deciduous 20-30" 15-25" Medium Low Good Good Fair Good Good Excellent Crapemyrtle, Common Lagerstroemia indica No Deciduous 15-30" 10-25" Fast High Excellent Excellent Excellent Fair Poor Excellent Dogwood, Flowering Cornus florida Yes Deciduous 15-30" 15-30" Medium Low Excellent Excellent Poor Excellent Fair Excellent Dogwood, Kousa Cornus kousa No Deciduous 10-20" 10-20" Slow Low Good Good Fair Fair Fair Good Elm, American Ulmus americana Yes Deciduous 60-100" 30-70" Medium High Fair Good Fair Good Good Poor Elm, Chinese(Lacebark) Ulmus parvifolia No Deciduous 40-60" 30-50" Fast High Excellent Excellent E Fair Fair Poor Elm, Slippery Ulmus rubra Yes Deciduous 60-80" 30-50" Fast Moderate Good Good Good Fair Fair Poor City of Franklin - City Tree List 1 of 5 City Tree List

For more information please contact the City of Franklin Arborist: [email protected] www.franklintn.gov/parks/arborist.html Common Name Scientific Name TN Deciduous Mature Crown Growth Drought Road Road Parking Landscaped Drainage Utilities Native / Evergreen Height Size Rate Tolerance Frontage Frontage Lots Areas Areas Right of Street Yard Ways Elm, Winged Ulmus alata Yes Deciduous 70-80" 30-50" Medium High Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Fair Poor Farkleberry Vaccinium arboreum Yes Deciduous 10-30" 5-10" Slow Moderate Fair Good Fair Fair Good Good Fringetree Chionanthus virginicus Yes Deciduous 10-30" 5-15" Medium Low Good Good Good Fair Fair Fair Ginkgo (Male) Ginkgo biloba No Deciduous 50-80" 30-60" Slow High Excellent Excellent Fair Good Fair Poor Goldenraintree Koelreuteria paniculata No Deciduous 20-40" 20-40" Medium High Good Good Good Fair Fair Fair Hackberry, Common Celtis occidentalis Yes Deciduous 60-90" 30-60" Medium High Fair Good Fair Good Good Poor Hackberry, Georgia Celtis tenuifolia Yes Deciduous 20-40" 20-35" Slow High Fair Good Fair Good Good Fair Hawthorn, Washington Crataegus phaenopyrum Yes Deciduous 8-40" 5-25" Slow Moderate Good Good Fair Good Fair Good Hickory Bitternut Carya cordiformis Yes Deciduous 70-100" 50-75" Fast Low Poor Good Poor Good Fair Poor Hickory, Mockernut Yes Deciduous 70-100" 50-75" Slow High Poor Good Poor Good Fair Poor Hickory, Pignut Carya glabra Yes Deciduous 50-100" 50-75" Slow High Poor Good Poor Good Fair Poor Hickory, Sand Carya pallida Yes Deciduous 40-80" 20-40" Slow High Poor Good Poor Good Fair Poor Hickory, Shagbark Carya ovata Yes Deciduous 70-100" 50-75" Slow Moderate Poor Good Poor Good Fair Poor Hickory, Southern Shagbark Carya ovata var. australis Yes Deciduous 60-80" 40-60" Slow Moderate Poor Good Poor Good Fair Poor Holly Yaupon Ilex vomitoria No Evergreen 10-25" 5-10" Slow High Good Good Good Fair Fair Good Holly, American Ilex opaca Yes Evergreen 15-60" 15-25" Slow High Fair Excellent Good Good Fair Fair Holly, Foster"s Ilex x attenuata "Fosteri" No Evergreen 15-25" 10-15" Slow High Fair Good Good Fair Fair Fair Holly, Savannah Ilex x attenuata "Savannah" No Evergreen 30-45" 10-20" Medium High Good Good Good Fair Fair Fair Holly,Deciduous(Possumhaw) Ilex decidua Yes Deciduous 10-20" 10-20" Medium High Fair Good Fair Good Good Good Honeylocust Gleditsia triacanthos Yes Deciduous 60-80" 30-50" Fast High Poor Good Poor Good Fair Poor Hophornbeam, American Ostrya virginiana Yes Deciduous 20-40" 10-30" Slow High Fair Good Good Good Good Fair Hornbeam, American Carpinus caroliniana Yes Deciduous 20-40" 15-30" Slow Moderate Excellent Excellent Good Excellent Excellent Fair Hornbeam, European Carpinus betulus No Deciduous 40-60" 30-40" Slow High Excellent Excellent Excellent Fair Fair Poor Hornbeam, Japanese Carpinus japonica No Deciduous 20-35" 20-30" Slow Moderate Good Good Good Good Fair Fair Katsuratree Cercidiphyllym japonicum No Deciduous 40-60" 35-60" Fast Low Fair Good Good Good Fair Poor Linden, Littleleaf Tilia cordata No Deciduous 30-100" 30-60" Medium Moderate Fair Good Poor Good Good Poor Locust, Black Robinia pseudoacacia Yes Deciduous 40-90" 20-50" Fast High Fair Fair Poor Good Good Poor Magnolia, Chinese (Saucer) Magnolia x soulangiana No Deciduous 20-30" 10-30" Medium Low Fair Good Poor Fair Fair Good Magnolia, Cucumber Magnolia accuminata Yes Deciduous 50-80" 20-60" Fast Low Fair Good Poor Good Good Fair Magnolia, Southern Magnolia grandiflora Yes Evergreen 70-100" 30-60" Medium Moderate Fair Excellent Poor Excellent Fair Poor Magnolia, Star Magnolia stellata No Deciduous 15-20" 15-20" Slow Moderate Good Good Fair Fair Fair Good Magnolia, Sweetbay Magnolia viginiana Yes Evergreen 20-60" 20-40" Fast Low Fair Good Good Excellent Excellent Fair Maple Sugar Acer saccharum Yes Deciduous 60-80" 30-50" Medium Moderate Excellent Excellent Good Excellent Excellent Poor Maple, Amur Acer ginnala No Deciduous 15-25" 15-25" Medium Moderate Good Good Fair Fair Fair Good Maple, Chalk Acer leucoderme Yes Deciduous 20-40" 10-30" Medium High Good Good Good Good Fair Fair Maple, Hedge Acer campestre No Deciduous 35-50 25-35" Slow High Good Good Good Fair Fair Fair Maple, Japanese Acer palmatum No Deciduous 15-25" 10-25" Slow Low Fair Good Poor Poor Fair Good Maple, Red Acer rubrum Yes Deciduous 40-90" 20-40" Fast Low Excellent Excellent Good Excellent Excellent Poor Maple, Silver Acer saccharinum Yes Deciduous 50-80" 40-60" Fast High Poor Fair Poor Fair Fair Poor Maple, Trident Acer buergeranum No Deciduous 20-50" 20-30" Fast Moderate Excellent Excellent Excellent Fair Fair Excellent Mulberry, Red Morus rubra Yes Deciduous 20-60" 20-50" Fast High Poor Fair Poor Good Good Fair City of Franklin - City Tree List 2 of 5 City Tree List

For more information please contact the City of Franklin Arborist: [email protected] www.franklintn.gov/parks/arborist.html Common Name Scientific Name TN Deciduous Mature Crown Growth Drought Road Road Parking Landscaped Drainage Utilities Native / Evergreen Height Size Rate Tolerance Frontage Frontage Lots Areas Areas Right of Street Yard Ways Oak, Black Quercus velutina Yes Deciduous 60-90" 50-60" Medium High Fair Good Good Good Good Poor Oak, Cherrybark Quercus falcata var.pagodifolia Yes Deciduous 60-100" 30-50" Medium High Fair Good Good Good Good Poor Oak, Chestnut Quercus prinus Yes Deciduous 50-80" 30-60" Slow High Poor Excellent Poor Good Fair Poor Oak, Laurel Quercus laurifolia Yes Deciduous 60-80" 50-60" Medium Moderate Good Good Fair Good Fair Fair Oak, Northern Red Quercus rubra Yes Deciduous 60-100" 30-60" Fast Moderate Good Excellent Good Excellent Fair Poor Oak, Nuttall Quercus nuttalli Yes Deciduous 60-80" 35-50" Medium Moderate Good Good Good Good Fair Poor Oak, Oglethorpe Quercus oglethorpensis No Deciduous 40-70" 30-50" Slow Moderate Good Good Good Fair Fair Fair Oak, Overcup Quercus lyrata Yes Deciduous 60-80" 30-45" Medium Moderate Excellent Excellent Good Excellent Fair Fair Oak, Pin Quercus palustris Yes Deciduous 40-90" 20-50" Medium Moderate Good Good Poor Fair Fair Poor Oak, Post Quercus stellata Yes Deciduous 40-50" 35-45" Medium High Good Excellent Fair Good Fair Fair Oak, Sawtooth Quercus acutissima No Deciduous 50-60" 30-60" Fast Moderate Fair Good Fair Fair Fair Fair Oak, Scarlet Quercus coccinea Yes Deciduous 50-80" 30-50" Medium High Excellent Excellent Good Excellent Fair Poor Oak, Shumard Quercus shumardii Yes Deciduous 60-100" 30-70" Fast High Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Fair Poor Oak, Southern Red Quercus falcata Yes Deciduous 60-100" 30-70" Medium High Good Excellent Good Excellent Good Poor Oak, Swamp Chestnut Quercus michauxii Yes Deciduous 70-90" 30-60" Medium Moderate Fair Good Fair Good Good Poor Oak, Swamp White Quercus bicolor Yes Deciduous 60-80" 30-60" Medium Moderate Good Good Fair Good Good Poor Oak, Water Quercus nigra Yes Deciduous 50-80" 30-70" Fast Moderate Good Excellent Fair Excellent Excellent Poor Oak, White Quercus alba Yes Deciduous 60-100" 30-80" Slow Moderate Good Excellent Poor Excellent Fair Poor Oak, Willow Quercos phellos Yes Deciduous 40-100" 30-60" Fast High Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Poor Orange, Osage(Bodock) Maclura pomifera No Deciduous 20-40" 30-40" Fast High Poor Good Poor Good Fair Fair Parrotia Parottia persica No Deciduous 20-40" 20-35" Fast Moderate Good Good Fair Fair Fair Good Pecan Carya illinoensis Yes Deciduous 60-100" 30-70" Slow Low Poor Good Poor Good Fair Poor Persimmon, Common Diospyros virginiana Yes Deciduous 40-70" 40-60" Medium High Poor Good Poor Good Good Fair Pine, Eastern White Pinus strobus Yes Evergreen 80-120" 50-70" Fast Low Poor Good Poor Excellent Excellent Poor Pine, Loblolly Pinus taeda Yes Evergreen 80-100" 20-40" Fast Moderate Poor Fair Good Excellent Excellent Poor Pine, Longleaf Pinus palustris No Evergreen 60-100" 20-40" Medium High Fair Good Good Good Fair Poor Pine, Shortleaf Pinus echinata Yes Evergreen 60-100" 20-40" Medium High Good Good Good Excellent Good Poor Pine, Slash Pinus elliotii No Deciduous 60-90" 20-50" Fast Moderate Fair Good Good Fair Fair Poor Pine, Virginia Pinus virginiana Yes Evergreen 20-70" 10-40" Fast High Fair Good Good Good Good Fair Pistache, Chinese Pistacia chinensis No Deciduous 50-80" 40-50" Medium High Good Excellent Excellent Fair Fair Poor Planetree, London Platanus x acerifolia No Deciduous 60-100" 20-80" Fast High Good Excellent Good Excellent Excellent Poor Plum, Chickasaw Prunus angustifolia Yes Deciduous 5-20" 5-15" Medium High Poor Good Poor Good Fair Good Plum, Purpleleaf Prunus cerasifera No Deciduous 20-40" 15-35" Medium Moderate Good Good Fair Good Good Good Poplar, White Populus alba No Deciduous 50-90" 20-40" Fast High Poor Good Poor Good Fair Poor Poplar, Yellow(Tuliptree) Liriodendron tulipifera Yes Deciduous 70-140" 30-60" Fast Low Fair Good Poor Excellent Excellent Poor Redbud, Eastern Cercis canadensis Yes Deciduous 25-50" 15-25" Fast Moderate Excellent Excellent Fair Excellent Good Excellent Redbud, Eastern White Cercis canadensis var. alba Yes Deciduous 20-30" 15-25" Fast Moderate Excellent Excellent Fair Good Good Excellent Redcedar, Eastern Juniperus viginiana Yes Evergreen 40-60" 10-25" Slow High Fair Excellent Good Good Good Poor Redwood, Dawn Metasequoia glyptostroboides No Evergreen 70-100" 25-35" Fast Moderate Good Excellent Good Good Good Poor Royal Paulownia Paulownia tomentosa No Deciduous 30-50" 20-50" Fast Moderate Poor Good Poor Fair Poor Fair Sassafras Sassafras albidum Yes Deciduous 30-60" 20-40" Medium High Fair Good Poor Good Good Poor City of Franklin - City Tree List 3 of 5 City Tree List

For more information please contact the City of Franklin Arborist: [email protected] www.franklintn.gov/parks/arborist.html Common Name Scientific Name TN Deciduous Mature Crown Growth Drought Road Road Parking Landscaped Drainage Utilities Native / Evergreen Height Size Rate Tolerance Frontage Frontage Lots Areas Areas Right of Street Yard Ways Serviceberry, Downy Amelanchier arborea Yes Deciduous 15-40" 10-20" Slow Moderate Excellent Excellent Fair Excellent Good Good Silverbell, Carolina Helisia carolina No Deciduous 30-60" 20-35" Medium Low Good Good Good Excellent Good Fair Smoketree, American Cotinus obovatus Yes Deciduous 15-30" 10-25" Medium High Fair Good Fair Fair Fair Good Smoketree, Common Cotinus coggygria No Deciduous 10-15" 10-15" Medium High Fair Good Fair Fair Fair Good Sourwood Oxydendrum arboreum Yes Deciduous 35-60" 20-30" Medium Moderate Fair Good Good Excellent Fair Fair Sugarberry Celtis laevigata Yes Deciduous 60-80" 25-60" Medium Moderate Fair Good Fair Good Good Fair Sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua Yes Deciduous 60-80" 40-60" Fast Low Poor Good P_ Good Good Poor Sweetgum, Fruitless L. styraciflua "Rotundiloba" Yes Deciduous 50-70" 35-45" Medium Low Fair Good Fair Good Good Poor Sycamore Platanus occidentalis Yes Deciduous 70-120" 30-70" Fast Moderate Fair Good Fair Good Good Poor Walnut, Black Juglans nigra Yes Deciduous 70-90" 50-70" Medium Low Poor Good Poor Good Good Poor Willow, Black Salix nigra Yes Deciduous 30-40" 30-40" Fast Low Poor Fair Poor Good Good Poor Willow, Weeping Salix babylonica No Deciduous 30-70" 20-60" Fast Moderate Poor Good Poor Good Good Poor Winterberry, Common Ilex verticillata Yes Deciduous 5-15" 5-10" Medium Low Good Good Fair Good Good Good Witchhazel, Common Hamamelis virginiana Yes Deciduous 20-35" 20-35" Medium Moderate Good Fair Fair Good Good Good Yellowwood, American Cladrastis kentukea Yes Deciduous 30-50" 40-50" Medium Moderate Fair Good Good Good Fair Fair Zelkova, Japanese Zelkova serrata No Deciduous 40-80" 30-75" Medium High Fair Good Good Fair Poor Poor

City Tree List - Column Definition Common Name English Name Scientific Name Latin Language (1st name=genus 2nd name=)

Genus- a group of closely related species. Example- Quercus alba & Quercus velutina (White Oak & Black Oak) with Quercus being the Genus name.

Species- a group of individuals that do not successfully interbreed with individuals of other groups. Example- Quercus alba & Quercus velutina (White Oak & Black Oak) with White & Black being the individual species names. TN Native Specifies tree species native to Tennessee (Tennessee native species will appear in green and other species will appear in blue) Deciduous / Evergreen Tree is either deciduous drops its leaves in the fall, or evergreen holds its leaves year-round with occasional shedding. Mature Height Typical mature height of adult tree under normal growing conditions. Crown Size Typical mature crown size of adult tree under normal growing conditions. Measured by width of drip line. “Drip Line” is a term given to the area under a tree where it sheds rain or irrigation to the ground. Growth Rate Slow (1’-2’ per year) Medium (2’-3’ per year) Fast (3’ + per year) Drought Tolerance How well tree can tolerate drought conditions.

Low- not tolerant Moderate- some tolerance High- good tolerance

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For more information please contact the City of Franklin Arborist: [email protected] www.franklintn.gov/parks/arborist.html Common Name Scientific Name TN Deciduous Mature Crown Growth Drought Road Road Parking Landscaped Drainage Utilities Native / Evergreen Height Size Rate Tolerance Frontage Frontage Lots Areas Areas Right of Street Yard Ways Planting Site Area Information (The column definitions below refer only to planting site areas) : Poor - Do not Fair - Minimally Suitable Choice Good - Reasonably Good Choice Excellent - Best Choice Road Frontage (Street) Street trees/pedestrian areas Road Frontage (Yard) Open yard area/good root space Parking Lots Enclosed planting site with restricted root space/pedestrian area Landscaped Areas Large or small parks/large yards Drainage Areas Natural areas/bio-retention ponds Utilities Right of Ways Trees in these areas are trimmed at the discretion of utility companies on a cyclical schedule. Lower growing species are recommended.

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