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Tulsa Recommended & Prohibited Tree & Plant Species Recommended & Prohibited Tree Species September 2020 Approved by the Planning Director, per the Tulsa Zoning Code, Section 65.080-A.2. For questions, contact: Dwayne Wilkerson, ASLA, RLA Principal Planner | Current Planning Tulsa Planning Office 2 W 2nd St., 8th Floor Tulsa, OK 74103 Office: 918.579.9475 Email: [email protected] Website: tulsaplanning.org General Information Tree Selection Unless otherwise expressly approved by the land use administrator, trees used to satisfy the tree planting requirements of the Tulsa Zoning Code must be selected from this Recommended Tree and Plant List (Section 65.080-B). A checkmark (✓) indicates a tree is to indicate size classification and approval for specific uses. Note: Plans prepared by a landscape architect may include plants outside of the Recommended Species list. Street Trees All street trees, whether used on private property to satisfy Zoning Code requirements, or in the street right-of-way, must be selected from the Street Tree column in the following list. Property owners are responsible for the care and maintenance of trees or other vegetation within the right-of-way abutting their property, including the removal of dead or damaged trees. Note: All trees in the street right-of-way require a license agreement with the City of Tulsa, in accordance with Tulsa Revised Ordinances, Title 35, Chapter 6, Section 606. Codes, Plans, and Resources • Tulsa Zoning Code, Chapter 67: Landscaping and Screening tulsaplanning.org/plans/TulsaZoningCode.pdf • Downtown Streetscape Master Plan tulsaplanning.org/plans/Downtown-Tulsa-Streetscape-Plan.pdf • Neighborhood Toolkit: Plant and Care for Trees tulsaplanning.org/neighborhoods/toolkit/trees/ • Major Street and Highway Plan tulsaplanning.org/resources/plans • Tulsa Urban Forest Master Plan upwithtrees.org/about-trees/master-plan • PSO Tree Tips Guide psoklahoma.com/info/TreeTrimming/Look.aspx • Find an Arborist — International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) treesaregood.org/findanarborist • NACTO Urban Street Stormwater Guide - Stormwater Tree Chapter nacto.org/publication/urban-street-stormwater-guide/stormwater-elements/green-stormwater-elements/stormwater-tree p. 1 Recommended Tree Species Small Medium Large Parking Street Botanical Name Common Name <30 ft 30-59 ft ≥60 ft Area Tree Acer buergerianum Trident Maple ✓ ✓ Acer platanoides Norway Maple ✓ ✓ ✓ Acer rubrum Red Maple ✓ ✓ ✓ Acer saccharum ‘Legacy’ Legacy Sugar Maple ✓ ✓ ✓ Acer tataricum subsp. ginnala Amur Maple ✓ Acer truncatum Shantung Maple ✓ ✓ Amelanchier arborea Serviceberry / Downy Serviceberry ✓ Betula nigra River Birch ✓ Carpinus betulus European Hornbeam ✓ Carpinus caroliniana American Hornbeam ✓ ✓ Carya cordiformis Bitternut Hickory ✓ Carya illinoinensis Pecan ✓ Carya ovata Shagbark Hickory ✓ Catalpa bignonioides Southern Catalpa ✓ Celtis laevigata Sugar Hackberry ✓ Celtis occidentalis Hackberry ✓ ✓ Cercis canadensis Eastern Redbud ✓ Cercis canadensis var. texensis Oklahoma Redbud ‘Oklahoma’ ✓ Chionanthus virginicus Fringe Tree ✓ Chioanthus retusus Chinese Fringe Tree ✓ ✓ Cladrastis kentukea Yellowwood ✓ ✓ Cornus florida Flowering Dogwood ✓ Corylus colurna Turkish Filbert ✓ ✓ Cotinus coggygria Smoketree ✓ ✓ Cotinus obovatus American Smoketree ✓ Crataegus phaenopyrum Washington Hawthorn ✓ ✓ Diospyros virginiana Persimmon ✓ Fagus grandifolia American Beech ✓ Ginkgo Biloba (male) Ginkgo ✓ ✓ ✓ Gleditsia triacanthos f. inermis Thornless Honeylocust ✓ ✓ ✓ Gymnocladus dioica Kentucky Coffee Tree ✓ ✓ ✓ Ilex decidua Possumhaw ✓ ✓ Ilex opaca American Holly ✓ Ilex vomitoria Yaupon Holly ✓ ✓ Ilex x attenuata 'Fosteri' Foster Holly ✓ Juglans nigra Black Walnut ✓ Juniperus scopulorum 'Wichita Blue' Rocky Mountain Juniper ✓ Juniperus virginiana Eastern Red Cedar ✓ Koelreuteria paniculata Goldenrain Tree ✓ ✓ Lagerstroemia indica Crape Myrtle ✓ ✓ p. 2 Small Medium Large Parking Street Botanical Name Common Name <30 ft 30-59 ft ≥60 ft Area Tree Liquidambar styraciflua Sweetgum ✓ ✓ ✓ Liriodendron tulipifera Tuliptree ✓ ✓ ✓ Magnolia grandiflora Southern Magnolia ✓ Magnolia grandiflora 'Little Gem' Little Gem Magnolia ✓ Magnolia stellata Star Magnolia ✓ Magnolia virginiana Sweet Bay Magnolia ✓ Magnolia x soulangeana Saucer Magnolia ✓ Malus 'Prairifire' Flowering Crabapple ✓ ✓ Nyssa sylvatica Black Gum ✓ ✓ ✓ Ostrya virginiana Eastern Hop Hornbeam ✓ ✓ ✓ Philadelphus coronarius Sweet Mock-orange 'Romantizam' ✓ ✓ Picea abies Norway Spruce ✓ Pinus echinata Shortleaf Pine ✓ ✓ Pinus nigra Austrian Pine ✓ Pinus strobus Eastern White Pine ✓ ✓ Pinus sylvestris Scotch Pine ✓ Pinus taeda Loblolly Pine ✓ ✓ ✓ Pinus thunbergii Japanese Black Pine ✓ Pistacia chinensis Chinese Pistache ✓ ✓ ✓ Platanus occidentalis American Sycamore ✓ ✓ ✓ Platanus x acerifolia London Planetree ✓ ✓ ✓ Prunus cerasifera Purpleleaf Plum ✓ Prunus serrulata Japanese Flowering Cherry ✓ ✓ Prunus virginiana Chokecherry ✓ Quercus acutissima Sawtooth Oak ✓ ✓ ✓ Quercus alba White Oak ✓ ✓ ✓ Quercus bicolor Swamp White Oak ✓ ✓ ✓ Quercus coccinea Scarlet Oak ✓ Quercus falcata Southern Red Oak ✓ ✓ ✓ Quercus imbricaria Shingle Oak ✓ Quercus macrocarpa Bur Oak ✓ ✓ ✓ Quercus muehlenbergii Chinkapin Oak ✓ ✓ ✓ Quercus nigra Water Oak ✓ ✓ ✓ Quercus palustris Pin Oak ✓ Quercus phellos Willow Oak ✓ Quercus robur English Oak ✓ ✓ ✓ Quercus rubra Northern Red Oak ✓ ✓ ✓ Quercus shumardii Shumard Oak ✓ ✓ ✓ Quercus stellata Post Oak ✓ Quercus velutina Black Oak ✓ ✓ ✓ p. 3 Small Medium Large Parking Street Botanical Name Common Name <30 ft 30-59 ft ≥60 ft Area Tree Quercus virginiana Live Oak ✓ Sassafras albidum Sassafras ✓ Sideroxylon lanuginosum Chittamwood / Bumelia ✓ ✓ Sophora japonica Chinese Scholar Tree ✓ ✓ Syringa reticulata Japanese Tree Lilac ✓ Syringa vulgaris Common Lilac ✓ Taxodium distichum Bald Cypress ✓ ✓ ✓ Taxus cuspidata Japanese Yew ✓ Thuja occidentalis American Arborvitae ✓ Tilia americana American Linden ✓ ✓ Tilia cordata Little-leaf Linden ✓ ✓ Tilia tomentosa Silver Linden ✓ ✓ Ulmus americana 'Jefferson' Jefferson Elm ✓ ✓ Ulmus carpinifolia x parvifolia Frontier Elm ✓ Ulmus parvifolia Lacebark Elm ✓ ✓ Ulmus wilsoniana Prospector Elm ✓ Zelkova serrata Japanese Zelkova ✓ ✓ ✓ p. 4 Prohibited Species The following species are prohibited for use in required landscaping within the City of Tulsa. Botanical Name Common Name Acer saccharinum Silver Maple Ailanthus altissima Tree-of-Heaven Albizia julibrissin Silktree, Mimosa Elaeagnus angustifolia Russian Olive Fraxinus Americana White Ash Fraxinus Pennsylvanica Green Ash Morus alba White Mulberry Populus alba White Poplar / Silver Poplar Populus deltoides Eastern Cottonwood Pyrus calleryana 'Bradford' Bradford Pear Sambucus nigra Elderberry (Black Elder) p. 5.
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