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CITY OF KENT APPROVED STREET TREE LIST

Small Trees 30' or less for overhead utility use Min. Vision Mature Mature Flower Fall Scientific & Common Name Plant. Obstructi Comments Height Width Color Color Strip ons Acer ginnala 'Flame' 3' 20' 20' Red Round w/spreading lower branches great fall color Flame Acer Platanoides 'Crimson Sentry' Maroon 25' 15' 3' yes Purple foliage dense, compact pyramidal form Crimson Sentry Maple Bronze Acer saccharum 'Barrett Cole' Orange 25' 10' 3' Semi dwarf columar w/narrow upright form Apollo Maple gold Acer tataricum 'JFS‐KW2' Yellow 28' 15' 3' White Compact upright oval w/attractive red samaras Rugged Charm Maple red Acer truncatum X Acer platanoides'Warenred' Yellow 30' 25' 3' Upright spreading rounded form Pacific Sunset Maple red Carpinus japonicus Vase shape low canopy w/ green 30' 25' 3' Gold Yes Japanese Hornbeam serrated leaves Crataegus crus‐galli 'inermis' Rusty Rounded vase shaped lacking the thorns 25' 25' 3' white Thornless Cockspur Hawthorn Orange Glossy green leaves w/red berries Fraxinus pennsylvanica 'Johnson' 18' 16' 3' Yellow Globed shaped lollipop with small fine leaves Leprechaun Ash Malus 'Tschonoskii' white Yellow Columnar form w/glossy green leaves 28' 14' 3' Tschonosikii Crabapple pink red great fall color Parrotia persica 'Vanessa' 28' 14' 3' red orange upright narrow vase shaped w/ showy re stamens Vanessa Parrotia Syringa reticulata 'Ivory Silk' 20' 15' 3' White Yellow Compact upright spreading becoming round Ivory Silk Japanese

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Medium Street Trees 30'‐50' No Overhead utility use Min. Vision Mature Mature Flower Scientific and Common Name Planting Fall color Obstructi Comments Height Width Color Strip ons Acer rubrum 'Red Sunset' Red 45' 30' 4' Red Columnar to spreading w/ high canopy Red Sunset Maple Orange Acer rubrum 'Bowhall' Gold Dense columnar becoming narrow pyramidal to oval with 40' 15' 4' Red Bowhall Red Maple orange age Acer rubrum 'Karpick' Yellow 40' 20' 4' Red Narrow upright form becoming round with age Karpick Red Maple orange Acer rubrum'Armstrong' 45' 15' 4' Red Very columnar great street tree Armstrong Maple Acer rubrum 'JFS‐KW78' Golden 40' 12' 4' Narrow tightly fastigate Armstong Gold Maple orange Acer rubrum 'Frank Jr.' 45' 30' 4' Red Broadly pyramidal w/ dark green foliage Redpointe Maple Acer campestre 'Evelyn' Upright viorous grower 35' 30' 4' yellow Quenn Elizabeth Maple tolerant of urban conditions Acer X fremani 'Feffersred' Red Dense rounded form w/ low canopy 50' 40' 4' Yes Autumn Blaze Maple orange fast growing Acer truncatum X Acer plantanoides ' Yellow Narrow upright to broad shape Keithsfrom' 35' 25' 4' red w/glossy green leaves Norwegian Sunset Maple Carpinus betulus'Fastigiata' Broad oval shape with agew/ attractive 50' 30' 4' Gold Yes European Columnar Hornbeam Serrated leaves Carpinus betulus 'Frans Fontaine' Gold Columnar form w/dark green serrated leaves. Grows 50' 25' 4' yes Frans Fontaine Hornbeam yellow very well in tough conditions.

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Medium Street Trees 30'‐50' No Overhead utility use Min. Vision Mature Mature Flower Scientific and Common Name Planting Fall color Obstructi Comments Height Width Color Strip ons Fagus sylvantica 'fastigiata' 45' 15' 4' Columnar fastigiate Fastigiate Fagus sylvatica'dawyck Purple' Columunar compact. Very atractive street and speceim 45' 15' 4' Columunar european beech tree Fraxinus pennsylvanica 'Patmore' 45' 35' 4' yellow Upright oval w/ glossy green leaves Patmore Ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica'Rugby' 50' 25' 4' Yellow Upright oval w/ glossy green leaves Prairie Spire Ash Ginkgo biloba 'magyar' 50' 25' 4' Gold Pyramidal form w/ uniquely fan shaped leaves Maidenhair tree Gleditsia triacanthos 'Skycole' 45' 35' 4' Gold Upright spreading canopy Skyline Honeylocust Liriodendron tulipifera 'Fastigiatum' yellow 50' 15' 4' yellow Tightly fastigiate w/ flower Columnar Tulip orange Liriodendron tulipifera 'JFS‐OZ' yellow 50' 25' 4' yellow Upright oval slightly compact Emerald City Tulip green Magnolia 'Galaxy' Sweet fragrant blooms w/narrow upright form. 40' 25' 4' Red Galaxy Magnolia Magnolia grandiflora 'Edith Bogue' Broad spreading evergreen w/leathery green leaves. 25' 25' 4' White Evergreen yes Edith Bogue southern Magnolia Very fragrant blooms Nyssa sylvatica 'JFS‐red' 35' 18' 3' red Narrow oval Firestarter Tupelo Nyssa sylvatica Red Tough urban tree. Straight trunk w/strong 40' 25' 4' Black Gum Yellow horizontal branches.

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Medium Street Trees 30'‐50' No Overhead utility use Min. Vision Mature Mature Flower Scientific and Common Name Planting Fall color Obstructi Comments Height Width Color Strip ons Quercus alba X Quercus robur 'Crimschmidt' 45' 15' 4' Rusty Red Dense columnar faster growing Crimson Spire Quercus robur 'fastigiata' Yellow Dense columnar faster growing 45' 15' 4' Skyrocket Oak brown Great street tree Tila cordata 'Corzam' 45' 15' 4' yellow Narrow pyramidal Corinthian Linden Ulmus 'Fronteir' Vase shaped w/ glossy green leaves 40' 30' 4' Burgundy Fronteir great fall color Ulmus wilsoniana 'Prospector' Broadly upright form w/serrated 40' 30' 4' Yellow Prospector Elm coarse leaves Zelkova serrata 'musashino' Narrow upright vase shape 45' 15' 4' Yellow Musashino Zelkova great street tree Bio‐swale Plantings Min. 2" caliper Min. Vision Mature Mature Flower scientific and common Name Planting Fall Color Ostructio Comments Height Width Color Strip ns Acer rubrum 'Armstrong' 45' 15' 4' Red Very columnar. Great street tree Armstrong Maple Crataegus crus‐galli 'inermis' Rusty Rounded vase shaped lacking the thorns 25' 25' 3' white Thornless Cockspur Hawthorn Orange Glossy green leaves w/red berries Nyssa sylvatica Red Tough urban tree. Straight trunk w/strong 40' 25' 4' Black Gum Yellow horizontal branches.

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Crataegus crus‐galli 'Inermis' Rounded vased shaped. Attrctive glossy green leaves 25' 25' 3' White Orange Thornless Cockspur Hawthorn w/red berries

Large Trees 45' and up for large planting strip or islands Min. Vision Mature Mature Flower scientific and common Name Planting Fall Color Ostructio Comments Height Width Color Strip ns Acer X fremani 'Feffersred' Red Dense rounded form w/ low canopy 50' 40' 5' Yes Autumn Blaze Maple orange fast growing Yellow 55' 40' 5' Upright oval w/attractive rugged bark Acer miyabei 'JFS‐KW3AMI' Rugged Ridge Maple Fraxinus americana 'Junginger' Orange Strong fast grower oval to round shape. 50' 45' 5' Autumn Purple® yellow Quercus frainetto 'schmidt' 50' 30' 5' yellow upright oval w/ deep green glossy foliage Forest green oak Tila cordata 'greenspire' 40' 30' 5' yellow Pyramidal symmetrical Greensprire Linden Zelkova serrata 'Green vase' Yellow Broad vased shaped fast grower. Good in urban 70' 50' 5' Green Vase Zelkova orange landscape. Pseudotsuga menzielii 70' + 20' 5' yes Pyramidal native conifer Douglas Thuja plicata 70'+ 20' 5' Pyramidal native conifer Western Red Cedar

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