Master Tree List for Louisville, KY Permitted Species:
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STREET & SIZE KY NA- PARKING LOT LEAF/ NEEDLE SIGNFICANT COMMON NAME GENUS SPECIES TYPE TREE FORM TIVE TREE TYPE STRUCTURE Giant Arborvitae Thuja plicata A PYRAMIDAL Common Baldcypress Taxodium distichum A CONICAL ✓ American Basswood Tilia americana A OVAL ✓ ✓ American Beech Fagus grandifolia A SPREADING ✓ ✓ European Beech Fagus sylvatica A OVAL ✓ River Birch Betula nigra A ROUND ✓ ✓ Yellow Birch Betula alleghaniensis A ROUND ✓ ✓ Yellow Buckeye Aesculus flava A OVAL ✓ ❖ Alaska Cedar Chamaecyparis nootkatensis A CONICAL Japanese Cedar Cryptomeria japonica A CONICAL Western Redcedar Thuja plicata A PYRAMIDAL Black Cherry Prunus serotina A OVAL ✓ ✓ Common Chinafir Cunninghamia lanceolata A PYRAMIDAL Kentucky Coffeetree Gymnocladus dioicus A SPREADING ✓ ❖ Eastern Cottonwood Populus deltoides A IRREGULAR ✓ ✓ American Elm Ulmus americana A VASE ✓ ✓ Caucasian Elm Zelkova carpinifolia A OVAL ✓ Cedar Elm Ulmus crassifolia A ROUND ✓ Cilician Fir Abies cilicica A COLUMNAR Douglas Fir Pseudotsuga menziesii A PYRAMIDAL Veitch Fir Abies veitchii A PYRAMIDAL Gingko, Maidenhair Tree Ginkgo biloba A SPREADING ✓male only Sugar Hackberry Celtis laevigata A ROUND ✓ ✓ Carolina Hemlock Tsuga caroliniana A PYRAMIDAL Chinese Hemlock Tsuga chinensis A PYRAMIDAL Eastern Hemlock, Canadian Hemlock Tsuga canadensis A PYRAMIDAL ✓ Mountain Hemlock Tsuga mertensiana A PYRAMIDAL 1 Master Tree List for Louisville, KY Permitted Species:
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STREET & SIZE KY NA- PARKING LOT LEAF/ NEEDLE SIGNFICANT COMMON NAME GENUS SPECIES TYPE TREE FORM TIVE TREE TYPE STRUCTURE Western Hemlock Tsuga heterophyla A PYRAMIDAL Bitternut Hickory Carya cordiformis A IRREGULAR ✓ ❖ Mockernut Hickory Carya tomentosa A ROUND ✓ ❖ Pignut Hickory Carya glabra A OVAL ✓ ❖ Shagbark Hickory Carya ovata A OVAL ✓ ❖ Horsechestnut Aesculus hippocastanum A OVAL ❖ Japanese Horsechestnut Aesculus turbinata A ROUND ❖ European Larch Larix decidua A PYRAMIDAL Japanese Larch Larix kaempferi A PYRAMIDAL European Linden Tilia x europaea A ROUND ✓ Littleleaf Linden Tilia cordata A OVAL ✓ Silver Linden Tilia tomentosa A OVAL ✓ Cucumber Magnolia Magnolia acuminata A ROUND ✓ Southern Magnolia Magnolia grandiflora A PYRAMIDAL ✓ Black Maple Acer nigrum A OVAL ✓ ✓ Silver Maple Acer saccharinum A OVAL ✓ ✓ Sugar Maple Acer saccharum A OVAL ✓ ✓ Black Oak Quercus velutina A IRREGULAR ✓ ✓ Bur Oak Quercus macrocarpa A ROUND ✓ ✓ Chestnut Oak Quercus montana A ROUND ✓ ✓ English Oak Quercus robur A ROUND ✓
Northern Pin Oak Quercus ellipsoidalis A OVAL ✓ Northern Red Oak Quercus rubra A ROUND ✓ ✓ Overcup Oak Quercus lyrata A OVAL ✓ ✓ Pin Oak Quercus palustris A OVAL ✓ ✓ Scarlet Oak Quercus coccinea A OVAL ✓ ✓ Shingle Oak Quercus imbricaria A ROUND ✓ ✓ 2 Master Tree List for Louisville, KY Permitted Species:
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STREET & SIZE KY NA- PARKING LOT LEAF/ NEEDLE SIGNFICANT COMMON NAME GENUS SPECIES TYPE TREE FORM TIVE TREE TYPE STRUCTURE Southern Red Oak Quercus falcata A ROUND ✓ ✓ Swamp White Oak Quercus bicolor A ROUND ✓ ✓ Water Oak Quercus nigra A ROUND ✓ ✓ White Oak Quercus alba A ROUND ✓ ✓ Japanese Pagoda Tree Styphnolobium japonicum A ROUND ✓ ❖ Pecan Carya illinoinenis A OVAL ✓ ❖ Austrian Pine Pinus nigra A OVAL Eastern White Pine Pinus strobus A OVAL ✓ Mexican White Pine Pinus strobiformis A IRREGULAR London Planetree Platanus x acerifolia A ROUND ✓ Pondcypress Taxodium var. imbricarcum A CONICAL Dawn Redwood Metasequoia glyptostroboides A PYRAMIDAL Mountain Silverbell Halesia monticola A CONICAL ✓ Oriental Spruce Picea orientalis A PYRAMIDAL Serbian Spruce Picea omorika A PYRAMIDAL Sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua A OVAL ✓ ✓ American Sycamore Platanus occidentalis A IRREGULAR ✓ ✓ Tulip Poplar, Yellow Poplar Liriodendron tulipifera A OVAL ✓ ✓ Black Walnut Juglans nigra A ROUND ✓ ❖ Japanese Zelkova Zelkova serrata A VASE ✓ European Alder Alnus glutinosa B PYRAMIDAL ✓ Gray Alder, Speckled Alder Alnus incana B PYRAMIDAL ✓ ✓ Italian Alder Alnus cordata B PYRAMIDAL ✓ Korean Mountain Ash Sorbus alnifolia B ROUND ✓ Gray Birch Betula populifolia B IRREGULAR ✓ Sweet Birch Betula lenta B PYRAMIDAL ✓ ✓ Black Gum Nyssa sylvatica B OVAL ✓ ✓ 3 Master Tree List for Louisville, KY Permitted Species:
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STREET & SIZE KY NA- PARKING LOT LEAF/ NEEDLE SIGNFICANT COMMON NAME GENUS SPECIES TYPE TREE FORM TIVE TREE TYPE STRUCTURE Box Elder Acer negundo B ROUND ✓ ❖ Chinese Buckeye Aesculus chinensis B ROUND ❖ Ohio Buckeye Aesculus glabra B ROUND ✓ ❖ Butternut Juglans cinerea B ROUND ✓ ❖ Northern Catalpa Catalpa speciosa B IRREGULAR ✓ ✓ Southern Catalpa Catalpa bignonioides B IRREGULAR ✓ ✓ Atlantic White-Cedar Chamaecyparis thyoides B CONICAL Atlas Cedar Cedrus atlantica B SPREADING Incense Cedar Calocedrus decurrrens B COLUMNAR Cedar Of Lebanon Cedrus libani B SPREADING Sargent Cherry Prunus sargentii B ROUND ✓ Yoshino Cherry Prunus x yedoensis B ROUND ✓ Higan Cherry Prunus subhirtella B ROUND European Birdcherry Prunus padus B ROUND ✓ Chinese Chestnut Castanea mollissima B ROUND Hybrid Chestnut Castanea dentata hybrids B ROUND Chinese Elm, Lacebark Elm Ulmus parvifollia B VASE ✓ Winged Elm Ulmus alata B ROUND ✓ ✓ Caucasian Fir Abies nordmanniana B COLUMNAR Colorado White Fir Abies concolor B CONICAL Fraser Fir Abies fraseri B PYRAMIDAL Momi Fir Abies firma B CONICAL Nikko Fir Abies homolepis B PYRAMIDAL Common Hackberry Celtis occidentalis B SPREADING ✓ ✓ Green Hawthorn Crataegus viridis B ROUND ✓ ✓ Washington Hawthorn Crataegus phaenopyrum B OVAL ✓ ✓ Turkish Hazel Corylus colurna B PYRAMIDAL ✓ 4 Master Tree List for Louisville, KY Permitted Species:
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STREET & SIZE KY NA- PARKING LOT LEAF/ NEEDLE SIGNFICANT COMMON NAME GENUS SPECIES TYPE TREE FORM TIVE TREE TYPE STRUCTURE Farges Hazelnut Corylus fargesii B PYRAMIDAL ✓ Northern Japanese Hemlock Tsuga diversifolia B PYRAMIDAL American Holly Ilex opaca B CONICAL ✓ American Hophornbeam Ostrya virginiana B ROUND ✓ ✓ Japanese Hophornbeam Ostrya japonica B SPREADING ✓ Red Horsechestnut Aesculus x carnea B ROUND ❖ American Hornbeam, Ironwood Carpinus caroliniana B ROUND ✓ ✓ European Hornbeam Carpinus betulus B ROUND ✓ Katsuratree Cercidiphyllum japonicum B SPREADING ✓ Golden Larch Pseudolarix amabilis B PYRAMIDAL Crimean Linden Tilia x euchlora B OVAL ✓ Black Locust Robinia pseudoacacia B OVAL ✓ ✓ ❖ Honey Locust Gleditsia triacanthos B ROUND ✓ ✓thornless only ❖ Bigleaf Magnolia Magnolia macrophylla B ROUND ✓ Kobus Magnolia Magnolia kobus B ROUND Yulan Magnolia Magnolia denudata B ROUND Chalk Maple Acer leucoderme B OVAL ✓ Hedge Maple Acer campestre B ROUND ✓ Henry Maple Acer henryi B OVAL ✓ ❖ Manchurian Maple Acer mandschuricum B SPREADING ✓ ❖ Miyabe Maple Acer miyabei B OVAL ✓ Red Maple Acer rubrum B OVAL ✓ ✓ Blackjack Oak Quercus marilandica B IRREGULAR ✓ ✓ Chinkapin Oak Quercus muehlenbergii B ROUND ✓ ✓ Nuttall Oak Quercus texana B OVAL ✓ ✓ Post Oak Quercus stellata B ROUND ✓ ✓ Sawtooth Oak Quercus acutissima B ROUND 5 Master Tree List for Louisville, KY Permitted Species:
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STREET & SIZE KY NA- PARKING LOT LEAF/ NEEDLE SIGNFICANT COMMON NAME GENUS SPECIES TYPE TREE FORM TIVE TREE TYPE STRUCTURE Shumard Oak Quercus shurmardii B ROUND ✓ ✓ Willow Oak Quercus phellos B ROUND ✓ ✓ Osage Orange Maclura pomifera B ROUND Persian Parrotia Parrotia persica B OVAL ✓ Common Persimon Diospyros virginiana B OVAL ✓ Himalayan Pine Pinus wallichiana B PYRAMIDAL Hybrid Pine Pinus x acayahuite B OVAL Japanese Black Pine Pinus thunbergii B IRREGULAR Japanese Red Pine Pinus densiflora B IRREGULAR Japanese White Pine Pinus parviflora B CONICAL Korean Pine Pinus koraiensis B PYRAMIDAL Lacebark Pine Pinus bungeana B OVAL Limber Pine Pinus flexilis B PYRAMIDAL Pitch Pine Pinus rigida B IRREGULAR ✓ Scotch Pine Pinus sylverstris B ROUND Virginia Pine Pinus virginiana B PYRAMIDAL ✓ Chinese Pistache Pistacia chinensis B ROUND ✓ ❖ Japanese Raisintree Hovenia dulcis B OVAL ✓ Hardy Rubber Tree Eucommia ulmoides B ROUND ✓ Sassafras Sassafras albidum B OVAL ✓ ✓ Carolina Silverbell Halesia tetraptera B ROUND ✓ ✓ Colorado Spruce, Blue Spruce Picea pungens B PYRAMIDAL Norway Spruce Picea abies B PYRAMIDAL White Spruce Picea glauca B CONICAL Japanese Stewartia Stewartia pseudocamellia B OVAL Sourwood Oxydendrum arboreum B PYRAMIDAL ✓ ✓ English Walnut Juglans regia B ROUND ❖ 6 Master Tree List for Louisville, KY Permitted Species:
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STREET & SIZE KY NA- PARKING LOT LEAF/ NEEDLE SIGNFICANT COMMON NAME GENUS SPECIES TYPE TREE FORM TIVE TREE TYPE STRUCTURE American Yellowwood Cladrastis kentukea B ROUND ✓ ✓ ❖ Chinese Zelkova Zelkova sinica B OVAL ✓ Red Buckeye Aesculus pavia C ROUND ✓ ❖ Carolina Buckthorn Rhamnus caroliniana C ROUND ✓ ✓ Japanese Flowering Cherry Prunus serrulata C ROUND ✓ Cherry Plum Prunus cerasifera C ROUND ✓ Crabapple Malus spp. C ROUND Cornelian Cherry Dogwood Cornus mas C ROUND Flowering Dogwood Cornus florida C SPREADING ✓ Japanese Cornel Dogwood Cornus officinalis C ROUND Kousa Dogwood Cornus kousa C ROUND Pagoda Dogwood Cornus alternifolia C SPREADING ✓ Korean Fir Abies koreana C PYRAMIDAL Franklin Tree Franklinia alatamaha C SPREADING ✓ Chinese Fringetree Chionanthus retusus C SPREADING ✓ Fringetree Chionanthus virginicus C SPREADING ✓ ✓ Cockspur Hawthorn Crataegus crusgalli C ROUND ✓ ✓ Downy Hawthorn Crataegus mollis C ROUND ✓ ✓ English Hawthorn Crataegus laevigata C ROUND ✓ Heartleaf Hornbeam Carpinus cordata C ROUND ✓ Japanese Hornbeam Carpinus japonica C SPREADING ✓ Common Jujube, Chinese Date Ziziphus jujuba C OVAL Japanese Tree Lilac Syringa reticulata C ROUND ✓ Pekin Lilac Syringa reticulata subsp. C ✓ SPREADING pekinensis Amur Maackia Maackia amurensis C ROUND ❖ Lily Magnolia Magnolia liliflora C ROUND Loebner Magnolia Magnolia x loebneri C ROUND 7 Master Tree List for Louisville, KY Permitted Species:
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STREET & SIZE KY NA- PARKING LOT LEAF/ NEEDLE SIGNFICANT COMMON NAME GENUS SPECIES TYPE TREE FORM TIVE TREE TYPE STRUCTURE Oyama Magnolia Magnolia sieboldii C ROUND Saucer Magnolia Magnolia x soulangeana C ROUND Star Magnolia Magnolia stellata C ROUND Sweetbay Magnolia Magnolia virginiana C SPREADING Umbrella Magnolia Magnolia tripetala C ROUND ✓ Hornbeam Maple Acer carpinifolium C VASE ✓ Japanese Maple Acer palmatum C ROUND ✓ Manchu Striped Maple Acer tegmentosum C ROUND ✓ Moosewood, Striped Maple Acer pensylvanicum C ROUND ✓ ✓ Nikko Maple Acer maximowiczianum C ROUND ✓ Oregon Vine Maple Acer circinatum C SPREADING ✓ Paperbark Maple Acer griseum C OVAL ✓ ❖ Purpleblow Maple Acer truncatum C VASE ✓ Rocky Mountain Maple Acer glabrum C OVAL ✓ Tatarian Maple Acer tataricum C SPREADING ✓ Three-Flower Maple Acer triflorum C SPREADING ✓ Trident Maple Acer buergerianum C ROUND ✓ Chinese Parrotia Parrotia subaequalis C ROUND ✓ Common Pawpaw Asimina tribola C ROUND ✓ ✓ Chinese Pearlbloom Poliothyrsis sinensis C OVAL ✓ Japanese Umbrella-Pine Sciadopitys verticillata C CONICAL Eastern Redbud Cercis canadensis C ROUND ✓ ✓ Allegheney Serviceberry Amelanchier laevis C OVAL ✓ ✓ Downy Serviceberry Amelanchier arborea C ROUND ✓ ✓ Eastern Serviceberry Amelanchier canadensis C ROUND ✓ Two-Winged Silverbell Halesia diptera C ROUND ✓ Common Smoketree Cotinus coggygria C SPREADING ✓ 8 Master Tree List for Louisville, KY Permitted Species:
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STREET & SIZE KY NA- PARKING LOT LEAF/ NEEDLE SIGNFICANT COMMON NAME GENUS SPECIES TYPE TREE FORM TIVE TREE TYPE STRUCTURE American Smoketree Cotinus obovatus C ROUND ✓ ✓ Fragrant Snowbell Styrax obassia C ROUND ✓ Japanese Snowbell Styrax japonicus C ROUND ✓ Korean Stewartia Stewartia koreana C PYRAMIDAL Mountain Stewartia Stewartia ovata C SPREADING ✓ Silky Stewartia Stewartia malacodendron C SPREADING Tall Stewartia Stewartia monadelpha C PYRAMIDAL Upright Stewartia Stewartia rostrata C SPREADING Chinese Witchhazel Hamamelis mollis C OVAL ✓ Common Witchhazel Hamamelis virginiana C IRREGULAR ✓ ✓ Japanese Witchhazel Hamamelis japonica C SPREADING ✓ Eastern Arborvitae, Northern White Cedar Thuja occidentalis C * PYRAMIDAL ✓ Eastern Redcedar Juniperus virginiana C * COLUMNAR ✓ Hinoki Falsecypress Chamaecyparis obtusa C * PYRAMIDAL Japanese Falsecypress Chamaecyparis pisifera C * PYRAMIDAL
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COMMON NAME GENUS SPECIES Ash Fraxinus spp. White Birch Betula pendula Common Buckthorn Rhamnus cathartica Tall Buckthorn Rhamnus frangula Siberian Elm Ulmus pumila Norway Maple Acer platanoides Mimosa Albizia julibrissin Paper Mulberry Broussonetia papyrifera Red Mulberry Morus rubra White Mulberry Morus alba Autumn Olive Elaeagnus umbellata Russian Olive Elaeagnus angustifolia Royal Paulonia Paulownia tomentosa Callery Pear Pyrus calleryana Chinese Tallow Tree Triadica sebifera Tree of Heaven Ailanthus altissima
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