Anchorage Recommended Tree List
LARGE TREES 50’+
Deciduous
Sugar Maple Acer saccharum Red Maple Acer rubrum Yellow Buckeye Aesculus flava River Birch Betulus nigra Northern Catalpa Catalpa speciosa Common Hackberry Celtis occidentalis Katsuratree Cercidiphyllum japonicum Turkish Filbert Corylus colurna Hardy Rubber Tree Eucommia ulmoides American Beech Fagus grandifolia European Beech Fagus sylvatica Gingko Gingko biloba -male cultivars only Kentucky Coffeetree Gymnocladus dioicus European Larch Larix decidua Tulip Poplar Liriodendron tulipifera Dawn Redwood Metasequoia glyptrostroboides Black Gum Nyssa sylvatica Amur Corktree Phellodendron amurense London Plane Tree (‘Yarwood’ cultivar only) Platanus x acerifolia ‘Yarwood’ White Oak Quercus alba Swamp White Oak Quercus bicolor Nuttall Oak Quercus dentate Chinkapin Oak Quercus muehlenbergii Pin Oak Quercus palustris Willow Oak Quercus phellos Chestnut Oak Quercus prinus Bur Oak Quercus macrocarpa Red Oak Quercus rubra Shumard Oak Quercus shumardi Japanese Pagodatree Styphnolobrum japonicum Baldcypress Taxodium distichum Littleleaf Linden Tilia cordata Silver Linden Tilia tomentosa ‘Sterling’ American Elm Ulmus americana ‘Valley Forge’ Patriot Elm Ulmus minor ‘Patriot’ Chinese Elm Ulmus parvifolia Japanese Zelkova Zelkova serrata
Evergreen
White Fir Abies concolor Nordman Fir Abies nordmanniana Norway spruce Picea abies Serbian Spruce Picea omorika Oriental Spruce Picea orientalis Colorado Spruce Picea pungens Eastern White Pine Pinus strobus Canadian Hemlock Tsuga canadensis
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MEDIUM TREES 25-50’
Deciduous
Trident Maple Acer buergerianum ‘Trident’ Hedge Maple Acer campestre Paperbark Maple Acer griseum Norway Maple Acer platanoides Red Horsechesnut Aesculus x carnea ) American Hornbeam or Ironwood Carpinus betulus American Yellowwood Cladrastis kentuckea Tricolor beach Fagus sylvatica ‘Roseo Marginata’ Carolina Silverbell Halesia caroliniana Amur Maackia Maackia amurensis American Hophornbeam or Ironwood Ostrya virginiana Sourwood Oxydendrum arboretum Persian Parrotia Parrotia persica Amur Corktree Phellodendron amurense Weeping Flowering Cherry Prunus subhirtella pendula Japanese Tree Lilac Syringa reticulata
Evergreens
American Holly Ilex opaca Lacebark Pine Pinus bungeana Limber Pine Pinus flexilis Korean Pine Pinus koreana
SMALL TREES Under 25’
Japanese Maple Acer palmatum Downy Serviceberry Amerlanchier arborea Flowering Redbud Cercis canadensis White Fringetree Chionanathus virginicus Flowering Dogwood Cornus florida Kousa Dogwood Cornus kousa Corneliancherry Dogwood Cornus mas ‘Butterflies’ Cucumbertree Magnolia Magnolia acuminata ‘Butterflies’ Saucer Magnolia Magnolia x soulangeana Star Magnolia Magnolia stellata Umbrella Magnolia Magnolia tripetala Sweetbay Magnolia Magnolia virginiana Crabapple Malus species (choose disease resistant cultivars) Kwanzan Flowering Cherry Prunus serrulata ‘Kwanzan’
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