SHORT LIST OF REPLACEMENT TREE SPECIES For replanting trees on private property Replace removed trees with something of value Trees vary greatly in how well they cool and clean the air, slow rainfall runoff, quiet sound, and serve as habitat. When choosing trees to replace those being removed, consider species that provide the highest value to the urban environment: • Evergreens: provide year-round benefits • Natives: adapted to Portland’s climate • Large trees: provide more canopy benefits than small trees • Disease-resistant species or cultivars: improve the urban forest’s resilience You may also want to consider planting trees that are longer lived, thrive in Portland’s climate, are drought tolerant (reducing water demand in the summer), or that provide habitat for wildlife (such as flowers for pollinators or seeds, fruits, or cones for birds or other wildlife). Minimum requirements for a replacement tree Replacement trees must: • Grow on average to at least 15 feet tall or more • Be reliably hardy in the Portland area • Not be an invasive species (nuisance tree) on the Portland Plant List • Not be prone to fatal pests or diseases, such as Dutch elm disease How to reduce the number of replacement trees you are required to plant Select the species you wish to plant from the following list. You can reduce the number of trees you are required to plant by choosing to plant evergreen trees. You can reduce the number further by planting trees that are also native and/or trees that mature at a medium or large size. Don’t see a tree that you’re interested in on this list? View a longer list of trees at www.portlandoregon.gov/trees/replacementtrees, or request the longer list from your Tree Inspector or from Urban Forestry at 503-823-TREE (8733) or [email protected]. For trees not on that list, contact your Tree Inspector with the botanic and common name of trees you want to plant, including cultivar or variety name, if any. The Tree Inspector can then determine whether the tree is an appropriate replacement tree.

City Nature - Urban Forestry Administration 1900 SW 4th Ave, Suite 5000 1120 S.W. 5th Ave., Suite 1302 Portland, OR 97201 Portland, OR 97204 Tel: (503) 823-TREE (8733) Fax: (503) 823-4493 Tel: (503) 823-7529 Fax: (503) 823-6007

Portland Trees – www.Portlandoregon.gov/trees - permits, tree removal, report a downed tree.

Sustaining a healthy park and recreation system to make Portland a great place to live, work and play. PortlandParks.org • Amanda Fritz, Commissioner • Mike Abbaté, Director Table 3: Large evergreens (mature size is over 50’ tall)

OR = Oregon native PDX = Portland or Willamette Valley native SP = Spring SU = Summer

Common name Botanical name tolerance Drought Drought Wildlife Wildlife interest flowers Showy Showy Native value Bark Bark

Castanopsis or Japanese chinkapin Castanopsis cuspidata Acorns Cedar – Alaska yellow Cupressus nootkatensis OR Low Cedar – Atlas Cedrus atlantica (inc. ‘Glauca’) High Cedar – Western red Thuja plicata (inc. ‘Hogan’,) PDX Cedar – Incense Calocedrus decurrens OR High Cedar – Deodar Cedrus deodara (inc. ‘Inverness’, ‘Kashmir’) Cedar – Lebanon Cedrus libanii High China-fir Cunninghamia lanceolata (inc. ‘Glauca’) Cypress – Gowen Cupressus goveniana High Douglas-fir Pseudotsuga menziesii PDX Seeds Fir – Caucasian Abies nordmanniana Seeds Fir – Grand Abies grandis PDX Seeds Med Fir – Greek Abies cephalonica Seeds Fir – Maries Abies mariesii Seeds Fir – Nikko Abies homolepis Seeds Fir – Noble Abies procera OR Seeds Fir – Spanish Abies pinsapo (inc. ‘Glauca’) Seeds Med Fir – Subalpine Abies lasiocarpa OR Seeds Low Fir – White Abies concolor OR Seeds Med Hemlock – Mountain Tsuga mertensiana OR Seeds Hemlock – Western Tsuga heterophylla PDX Seeds Incense cedar Calocedrus decurrens OR Seeds High Madrone Arbutus menziesii PDX Fruits SP Yes High Magnolia – Southern Magnolia grandiflora Seeds SU Monkey puzzle Araucaria araucana Oak – Canyon live oak Quercus chrysolepis OR Acorns High Oak – Holly Quercus ilex Acorns High Oak – Interior live Quercus wislizeni Acorns High Oak – Southern live Quercus virginiana Acorns Pine – Aleppo Pinus halepensis Seeds High Pine – Apache Pinus engelmannii Seeds High Pine – Balkan or Macedonian Pinus peuce Seeds Med Pine – Durango Pinus durangensis Seeds High Pine – Eastern white Pinus strobus (inc. ‘Glauca’) Seeds Low Pine – Japanese red Pinus densiflora Seeds Yes Med Pine – Jeffrey Pinus jeffreyi OR Seeds Yes High Pine – Lodgepole Pinus contorta var. latifolia OR Seeds High Pine – Ponderosa Pinus ponderosa (Willamette Valley origin) PDX Seeds Yes High Pine – Red Pinus resinosa Seeds Yes Pine – Southwestern white Pinus strobiformis Seeds Pine – Western white Pinus monticola OR Seeds Med Redwood – Coastal Sequoia sempervirens (inc. ‘Aptos Blue’) OR Yes Sequoia – Giant Sequoiadendron giganteum Seeds Yes Spruce – Lijiang purple-coned Picea likiangensis var. purpurea Seeds Spruce – Oriental Picea orientalis (inc. ‘Atrovirens’) Seeds Spruce – Serbian Picea omorika Seeds View a longer list of trees at www.portlandoregon.gov/trees/replacementtrees

Portland Parks & Recreation Urban Forestry Short List of Tree Replacement Species updated 5/2015 Page 5