The Shade Commission of the Borough of Lewisburg LIST OF RECOMMENDED STREET

This is not an exhaustive list; there may be other appropriate street trees. Contact the Shade Tree Commission if you wish to a tree that does not appear on the list.

Small Trees: Average mature height less than 30 feet

Botanical Name Common Name Acer buergerianum Trident Acer tataricum Tatarian Maple Amelanchier x grandiflora Serviceberry ‘Autumn Brilliance’ ‘Princess Diana’ ‘Robin Hill Pink’ Amelanchier laevis Allegheny Serviceberry Cercis canadensis Eastern Redbud Cornus kousa (tree form) Kousa Dogwood (S) (tree form) ​ ​ Cornus kousa x C. Kousa Dogwood (S) ‘Rutcan’ CONSTELLATION ​ crus-galli inermis Thornless Cockspur Hawthorn (S) ​ Crataegus laevigata English Hawthorn (S) ‘Crimson Cloud’ ​ Crataegus phaenopyrum Hawthorn (S) ​ Crataegus viridis Hawthorn ‘Winter King’ Malus Flowering Crabapple ‘Prairiefire’ Malus ‘Sutyzam’ Flowering Crabapple ‘Sugar tyme’ ​ Persian Ironwood ‘Vanessa’ Avoid multi-stem varieties Prunus ‘Okame’ Taiwan Cherry ‘Okame’ ​ Prunus sargentii ‘Columnaris’ Sargent Cherry (S) (upright form with columnar to ​ ​ narrow vase-shaped branching) Prunus serrulata Japanese Flowering Cherry (S) ‘Kwanzan’ Prunus x yedoensis Yoshino Cherry (S) ​ Syringa reticulata Japanese Tree Lilac ‘Ivory Silk’ ‘Regent’ ‘Summer Snow’

Medium Trees: Average mature height 35-50 feet

Botanical Name Common Name Cultivar Acer campestre Hedge Maple Aesculus x carnea Red Horse ‘Briotii’ Carpinus betulus European Hornbeam* (S) DO NOT PLANT ‘Columnaris’ ​ Carpinus caroliniana American Hornbeam * (S) ​ Koelreuteria paniculata Golden Rain Tree Ostrya virginiana American Hophornbeam* Quercus acutissima Sawtooth (S) ​ pseudoacacia Black Locust ‘Purple Robe’ Sassafras albidum Sassafras japonica Japanese Pagoda Tree Chinese Scholar Tree

The Shade Tree Commission of the Borough of Lewisburg LIST OF RECOMMENDED STREET TREES

Large Trees: Average mature height 50 feet or more

Botanical Name Common Name Cultivar Acer rubrum Red Maple (S) ​ Acer saccharum Sugar Maple Acer x freemanii Freeman Maple ‘Jeffersred’ AUTUMN BLAZE ‘Scarsen’ SCARLETT SENTINEL ‘Celebration’ Celtis occidentalis Hackberry (S) ‘Prairie Pride’ ​ Celtis laevigata Sugarberry/Sugar Hackberry (S) ‘Magnifica’ ​ Cercidiphyllum japonicum Katsura Tree Ginkgo biloba Maidenhair Tree Gleditsia triacanthos f. inermis Thornless ‘Imperial’, ‘Shademaster’ ​ ​ ‘Ruby Lace’ or ‘Skyline’ Liquidambar styraciflua Sweet Gum* DO NOT PLANT ‘Slender Silhouette’ ​ Liriodendron tulipifera Tulip Tree acuminata Cucumber Tree Nyssa sylvatica Black Tupelo (must prune low branches for sidewalk clearance) x acerifolia London Planetree ‘Bloodgood’ Quercus bicolor Swamp White Oak (S) ​ Quercus imbricaria Shingle Oak (S) ​ Quercus palustris Pin Oak (S) ​ Quercus rubra Red Oak/Northern Red Oak (S) ​ Quercus shumardii Shumard Oak (S) ​ cordata Littleleaf Linden Tilia tomentosa Silver Linden Ulmus americana American ‘’, ‘Valley Forge’ Zelkova serrata Zelkova (S) ​

Shade Tree Commission of the Borough of Lewisburg LIST OF “Do Not Plant” TREES

Botanical Name Common Name Cultivar Acer saccharinum Silver Maple Acer negundo Box Elder Acer platanoides Norway Maple Ailanthus altissima Tree of Heaven Fraxinus spp. Ash Platanus occidentalis Sycamore deltoides Cottonwood Pyrus calleryana Callery (Bradford) Pear Quercus alba White Oak

*Fastigiate (columnar) varieties of tree are not allowed. (S) denotes a preferred Spring planting to give roots time to establish