1367.11 APPROVED STREET TREE AND SHRUB LIST. A. Table 1367.11.01 “Approved Street Tree and Shrub List” identifies the approved species that may be used to meet street tree and landscaping requirements set forth herein. Plant materials proposed other than those listed in Table 1367.11.01 may be approved by the Planning Director or his/her designee. Table 1367.11.01: Approved Street Tree and Shrub List Approved medium to large deciduous trees suitable for urban environments, but not under overhead utility wires or within restricted spaces Common Name and Additional Genus/Species Information Acer rubrum and cultivars Red maple and cultivars Betula lenta Sweet birch Betula nigra River birch Celtis occidentalis Common hackberry Cercidiphyllum japonicum Japanese katsura Cladrastis kentukea American yellowwood Corylus colurna Turkish hazelnut Diospyros virginiana American persimmon Fagus sylvatica and cultivars European beech and cultivars Ginkgo biloba Male cultivars Seedless ginkgo cultivars Gleditsia triacanthos ‘Inermis’ Thornless honey-locust Gymnocaldus dioicus Kentucky coffee-tree Liriodendron tulipifera Tulip tree Liquidambar styraciflua American sweetgum Osage-orange seedless and thornless Maclura pomifera cultivars cultivars Nyssa sylvatica Black tupelo Oxydendrum arboreum Sourwood London planetree disease-resistant Platanus x hispanica and cultivars cultivars Quercus alba White oak Quercus bicolor Swamp white oak Quercus coccinea Scarlet oak Quercus muehlenbergii Chinkapin oak Quercus palustris Pin oak Quercus phellos Willow oak Quercus rubra Northern red oak Quercus shumardii Shumard oak Sassafras albidum American sassafras Taxodium distichum Bald-cypress Tilia cordata and cultivars Little-leaf linden and cultivars Ulmus americana Resistant cultivars American elm disease-resistant cultivars Zelkova serrata Japanese zelkova Approved small deciduous trees suitable for planting under overhead utility wires or within restricted spaces Common Name and Additional Genus/Species Information Acer buergerianum Trident Maple Acer campestre Hedge maple Acer griseum Paperbark maple Acer japonicum Full moon maple Acer palmatum cultivars Japanese maple and cultivars Aesculus pavia Red buckeye Alnus glutinosa European alder Amelanchier species Serviceberry species Carpinus species Hornbeam species Chionanthus virginicus American fringe tree Cornus species Dogwood species Cornus mas Cornelian-cherry dogwood Cotinus coqqygria and cultivars European smoke tree and cultivars Cotinus obovatus American smoke tree Crataegus species Hawthorn species Halesia carolina Carolina silverbell Hamamelis virginiana American witch-hazel Maackia amurensis Amur maackia Ostrya virginiana Eastern hophornbeam Parrotia persica Persian parrotia Prunus species Flowering cherries and cultivars Stewartia ovata Mountain stewartia Stewartia pseudocamellia Japanese stewartia Styrax japonicus Japanese snowbell Syringa reticulata Japanese tree lilac Approved evergreen trees suitable for urban environments, but not under overhead utility wires or within restricted spaces Common Name and Additional Genus/Species Information Abies alba Silver fir Abies nordmanniana Nordmann fir Cryptomeria japonica Japanese-cedar Picea abies Norway spruce Picea omorika Serbian spruce Picea pungens Colorado blue spruce Pinus sylvestris Scotch pine Pinus strobus White pine Pseudotsuga menziesii Douglas-fir Approved shrubs Common Name and Additional Genus/Species Information Aesculus parviflora Bottlebrush buckeye Aronia species Chokeberry species Buddleia cultivars Butterfly bush cultivars Buxus cultivars Boxwood cultivars Calycanthus floridus Common sweet-shrub Cephalanthus occidentalis Buttonbush Chaenomeles species Flowering-quince species Clethra species Clethra species and cultivars Comptonia peregrina Sweet-fern Cornus species Shrub dogwood species Corylus americana American hazelnut Cotoneaster species Cotoneaster species Dasiphora fruitcosa Potentilla (bush cinquefoil) Euonymus americanus American burning bush Euonymus atropurpureus Eastern burning bush Fothergilla species Witch-alder species and cultivars Forsythia x intermedia Border forsythia Hydrangea quercifolia Oakleaf hydrangea Hypericum species St. Johns-wort species Ilex glabra Inkberry Ilex x meserveae and cultivars Meserve holly cultivars Ilex verticillata Winterberry holly Itea virginicus Virginia sweet-spire Juniperus chinensis Chinese juniper Kolkwitzia amabilis Beautybush Lagerstroemia cultivars Cold-hardy crape myrtle cultivars Myrica pennsylvanica Northern bayberry Philadelphus species Mock-orange Physocarpus opulifolius Common ninebark Ptelea trifoliata Common hoptree Rhondodendron species Rhododendron and azalea species Rhus aromatica Fragrant sumac Sambucus species Elderberry cultivars Syringa patula ‘Miss Kim’ Miss Kim lilac Syringa meyeri ‘Paliban’ Dwarf Korean lilac Viburnum species Viburnum species Trees and Shrubs to Avoid Common Name and Additional Genus/Species Information Acer negundo Boxelder 1 Acer Silver maple 2 saccharinum Ailanthus Tree-of-heaven 3 altissima Berberis Japanese barberry 4 thunbergii Betula Yellow birch 5 allegheniensis Betula papyrifera Paper birch 5 Betula pendula Silver birch 5 Broussonetia papyrifera Paper-mulberry 3 Elaeagnus umbellata Autumn-olive 4 Elaeagnus angustifolia Russian-olive 4 Euonymus alatus Winged burning bush 4 Fraxinus species Ash species 6 Koelreuteria paniculata Golden-rain tree 3 Lonicera species Honeysuckle species 4 Nandina domestica Heavenly-bamboo 4 Paulownia tomentosa Royal paulownia 3 Phellodendron amurense Amur cork-tree 7 Callery pear and cultivars (especially Pyrus calleryana and cultivars ‘Bradford’) 3 Rhamnus cathartica European buckthorn 7 Tamarix species Tamarisk species and cultivars 4 General causes for avoidance 1. Messy, weak, poor form 5. Borer-susceptible 2. Very large, messy, weak-wooded 6. Emerald ash borer 3. Invasive, messy, weak 7. Invasive, messy 4. Invasive .