AS ADOPTED BY THE PARKS, RECREATION AND CULTURAL SERVICES BOARD ON DECEMBER 6, 2018 APPENDIX G – RIGHT-OF-WAY STREET TREE LIST APPENDIX G – RIGHT-OF-WAY STREET TREE LIST 1 Large Columnar Trees Scientific & Common Mature Spread Under Min Strip Flower Fall Comments Name Height (ft) Wires/View Width (ft) Color Color (ft) Covenants Acer nigrum ‘Green 50 10 No 6 N/A Good close to Column’ buildings Green Column Black Sugar Maple Ginko biloba ‘Princeton 40 15 No 6 N/A Very narrow growth. Sentry’ Princeton Sentry Ginkgo Nyssa sylvatica 60 20 No 6 N/A Handsome chunky Tupelo bark – Great Plant Pick Quercus ‘Crimschmidt’ 45 15 No 6 N/A Hard to find in the Crimson Spire Oak nursery trade Quercus frainetto 50 30 No 6 N/A Drought resistant – Italian Oak beautiful green, glossy leaves in summer. Great Plant Pick Quercus robur 40 15 No 6 N/A Columnar variety of ‘fastigiata’ oak Skyrocket Oak Taxodium distichum 55 20 No 6 N/A Deciduous conifer - 'Mickelson' Shawnee tolerates city Brave Bald Cypress conditions Large Trees Scientific & Common Mature Spread Under Min Flower Fall Comments Name Height (ft) Wires/View Strip Color Color (ft) Covenants Width (ft) Acer saccharum Fastest growing sugar ‘Bonfire’ 50 40 No 6 N/A maple Bonfire Sugar Maple Acer saccharum Resistant to leaf tatter. 'Commemoration' Great Plant Pick 50 35 No 6 N/A Commemoration Sugar Maple Acer saccharum 'Green Reliable fall color. Mountain' Green 45 35 No 6 N/A Great Plant Pick Mountain Sugar Maple Acer saccharum Limited use - where 'Legacy' sugar maple is desired 50 35 No 5 N/A Legacy Sugar Maple in limited planting strip area. Great Plant Pick Aesculus flava Least susceptible to leaf 60 40 No 6 Yellow Buckeye blotch – large fruit – fall APPENDIX G – RIGHT-OF-WAY STREET TREE LIST 2 Scientific & Common Mature Spread Under Min Flower Fall Comments Name Height (ft) Wires/View Strip Color Color (ft) Covenants Width (ft) color is varied, but quite beautiful Cercidiphyllum Needs lots of water japonicum when young – can 40 40 No 6 N/A Katsura Tree produce large surface roots. Great Plant Pick Fagus sylvatica Silvery-grey bark 50 40 No 6 N/A Green Beech Fagus sylvatica Beautiful cut leaf. Great 'Asplenifolia' 60 50 No 6 N/A Plant Pick Fernleaf Beech Ginkgo biloba 'Magyar' more upright and Magyar Ginkgo 50 25 No 6 N/A narrow than 'Autumn Gold’ Gymnocladus dioicus Very coarse branches - 'Espresso' extremely large bi- 50 35 No 6 N/A Espresso Kentucky pinnately compound Coffee leaves Liriodendron tulipifera Fast-growing tree – can Tulip Tree 60 30 No 8 N/A get very large in open conditions Metasequoia Fast growing deciduous glyptostroboides 50 25 No 6 N/A conifer. Great Plant Dawn Redwood Pick Quercus bicolor Interesting shaggy 60 45 No 8 N/A Swamp White Oak peeling bark Quercus coccinea Best oak for fall color 60 40 No 6 N/A Scarlet Oak Quercus garryana Native to Pacific 50 40 No 8 N/A Oregon Oak Northwest. Great Plant Pick APPENDIX G – RIGHT-OF-WAY STREET TREE LIST 3 Scientific & Common Mature Spread Under Min Flower Fall Comments Name Height (ft) Wires/View Strip Color Color (ft) Covenants Width (ft) Quercus imbricaria Nice summer foliage - Shingle Oak 60 50 No 6 N/A leaves can persist throughout the winter Quercus muhlenbergii coarsely toothed leaf 60 50 No 6 N/A Chestnut Oak Quercus robur Large, sturdy tree. English Oak Acorns do not need 60 40 No 8 N/A dormant cold period to germinate, so can be invasive. Quercus rubra Fast growing oak – Red Oak 60 45 No 8 N/A large tree that needs space Quercus velutina More drought tolerant 60 50 No 8 N/A Black Oak than red oak Taxodium distichum A deciduous conifer, Bald Cypress broadly spreading when 55 35 No 8 N/A mature – columnar when young. Great Plant Pick Ulmus ‘Homestead’ Complex hybrid - close Homestead Elm in form to American elm 60 35 No 6 N/A - Resistant to Dutch elm disease Ulmus ‘Frontier’ Resistant to Dutch elm 50 35 No 6 N/A Frontier Elm disease Zelkova serrata Attractive exfoliating ‘Greenvase’ bark provides Winter Green Vase Zelkova appeal. Dark green 45 40 No 6 N/A leaves turn orange-red and purple in Fall. Great Plant Pick Zelkova serrata ‘Village Green Vase, Green’ Mussichino and Halka 40 40 No 6 N/A Village Green Zelkova are improved forms. Great Plant Pick APPENDIX G – RIGHT-OF-WAY STREET TREE LIST 4 Medium / Large Trees Scientific & Common Mature Spread Under Min Flower Fall Comments Name Height (ft) Wires/View Strip Color Color (ft) Covenants Width (ft) Acer campestre Contrary to its name, this Hedge Maple is not a small tree – nice 50 30 No 5 N/A overall shape and structure Acer campestre More upright branching ‘Evelyn’ than the species. 40 30 No 5 N/A Queen Elizabeth Hedge Maple Acer freemanii Cross between red and 'Autumn Blaze' silver maple – fast 50 40 No 6 N/A Autumn Blaze Maple growing with good fall color Acer miyabei 'Morton' Similar to, but faster State Street Maple 40 30 No 6 N/A growing and larger than Hedge maple Acer pseudoplatanus Leaves green on top ‘Atropurpureum’ 40 30 No 5 N/A purple underneath. Spaethii Maple Aesculus x carnea Resists heat and drought ‘Briottii’ 30 35 No 6 better than other Red Horsechestnut horsechestnuts Betula jacquemontii White bark makes for Jacquemontii Birch good winter interest – 40 30 No 5 N/A best for aphid resistance, but does have issues with Bronze Birch Borer Ginko biloba ‘Autumn Narrow when young Gold’ 45 35 No 6 N/A Autumn Gold Ginkgo Nothofagus antarctica Rugged twisted Antarctic Beech branching and petite 50 35 No 5 N/A foliage – difficult to find in the nursery trade Tilia americana Pyramidal, needs extra ‘Redmond’ 50 30 No 8 N/A water when young Redmond Linden Tilia cordata Symmetrical, pyramidal ‘Greenspire’ form – sometimes has Greenspire Linden 40 30 No 6 N/A structural issues due to tight branch attachements Ulmus parvifolia ‘Emer Exfoliating bark and nice II’ 45 35 No 5 N/A fall color – Resistant to Allee Elm Dutch Elm Disease APPENDIX G – RIGHT-OF-WAY STREET TREE LIST 5 Medium Columnar Trees Scientific & Common Mature Spread Under Min Strip Flower Fall Comments Name Height (ft) Wires/View Width Color Color (ft) Covenants (ft) Carpinus betulus Broadens when older. ‘Fastigiata’ Great Plant Pick 40 15 No 5 N/A Pyramidal European Hornbeam Fagus sylvatica Purple foliage. ‘Dawyck Purple’ 40 12 No 6 N/A Dawyck Purple Beech Liriodendron tulipifera Good next to buildings – 'Fastigiatum' can have problems with 40 10 No 6 Columnar Tulip Tree tight branch angles. Great Plant Pick Malus ‘Tschonoskii’ Sparse green fruit, Tschonoskii 30 15 Yes 5 pyramidal Crabapple Oxydendron arboreum Consistent and brilliant Sourwood 35 12 No 5 fall color. Great Plant Pick Pyrus calleryana Narrow tree with better ‘Cambridge'’ branch angles and form Cambridge Pear 40 15 No 5 than the species – brittle limbs may be a problem with ice or wet snow Medium Trees Scientific & Common Mature Spread Under Min Strip Flower Fall Comments Name Height (ft) Wires/View Width Color Color (ft) Covenants (ft) Acer grandidentatum Intense red fall color - ‘Schmidt’ Limited availability in 25 20 Yes 5 N/A Rocky Mt. Glow nursery trade Maple Acer truncatum x A. Reliable fall color - nice platanoides reddish orange ‘Keithsform 35 25 No 5 N/A Norwegian Sunset Maple Acer truncatum x A. Limited use under platanoides higher wires 30 25 Yes 5 N/A 'Warrensred‘ Pacific Sunset Maple Betula albosinenesis White and pink peeling var septentrionalis 40 35 No 5 N/A bark. Great Plant Pick Chinese Red Birch Carpinus caroliniana Outstanding fall color American Hornbeam (variable – yellow, 25 20 Yes 5 N/A orange, red) – nice little tree. Great Plant Pick APPENDIX G – RIGHT-OF-WAY STREET TREE LIST 6 Scientific & Common Mature Spread Under Min Strip Flower Fall Comments Name Height (ft) Wires/View Width Color Color (ft) Covenants (ft) Cladrastis kentukea White flowers in spring, Yellowwood resembling wisteria flower – blooms 40 40 No 5 profusely only every 2 to 4 years – yellow/gold fall color Cornus controversa Frothy, 6-inch clusters 'June Snow' 40 30 No 5 of white flowers in June Giant Dogwood – Great Plant Pick Crataegus crus-galli Red persistent fruit ‘Inermis’ 25 30 Yes 5 Thornless Cockspur Hawthorne Cornus 'Eddie's White A hybrid of C. florida Wonder' and C. nuttalii 30 20 Yes 5 Eddie's White Wonder Dogwood Crataegus x lavalii Thorns on younger 25 20 Yes 5 Lavalle Hawthorne trees. Great Plant Pick Davidia involucrata Large, unique flowers in 40 30 No 5 N/A Dove Tree May. Great Plant Pick Eucommia ulmoides Dark green, very shiny Hardy Rubber Tree 50 40 No 6 N/A N/A leaves – insignificant fall color Fagus sylvatica Attractive purple leaves 'Rohanii' with wavy margins. 50 30 No 6 N/A N/A Purple Oak Leaf Great Plant Pick Beech Halesia monticola Attractive small white 45 25 No 5 Mountain Silverbell flower Halesia tetraptera Attractive bark for 35 30 No 5 Carolina Silverbell seasonal interest Koelreuteria Midsummer blooming – paniculata 30 30 Yes 5 slow growing. Great Goldenrain Tree Plant Pick Magnolia denudata 6” inch fragrant white Yulan Magnolia 40 40 No 5 N/A flowers in spring. Great Plant Pick Magnolia grandiflora Evergreen magnolia – ‘Victoria’ can be damaged in 25 20 Yes 5 N/A Victoria Evergreen years with wet, heavy Magnolia snow. Great Plant Pick Magnolia kobus Does not flower well ‘Wada's Memory’ when young.