City of Burlington - Tree Planting Listing Permit / Approval Required to Plant a Tree in City Right-of-Way - Contact Forestry Dept. Utility Trees (Recommended Under Utility's) Common Name Scientific Name Cultivars/ Selections Pros Cons Flowers American Hophornbeam Ostrya virginiana Tough Tree Unique Bark American Hornbeam Carpinus caroliniana Tough Tree Unique Bark American Plum Prunus americana Fungal Diseases Common Spring Amur Maple May be Invasive Tough Tree, Spring Eastern Redbud Cercis canadensis Flowers Spring Adirondack, Cardinal, David, Donald Wyman, Doublooms, Florbunda, Golden Raindrops, Harvest Gold, Indian Magic, Louisa, Mary Potter, Purple Prince, Red Jewel, Royal Fountain, Royal Over Planted Some have Flowering Crabapple Malus spp. Raindrops, Sugar Tyme Widely Available disease issues Yes Hedge Maple Acer campestre Japanese Tree Lilac Syringa reticulata Ivory Silk, Summer Snow Tough Tree Pagoda Dogwood Cornus alternifolia Tough to establish Spring Autumn Brilliance, Cole's Select, Serviceberry Amelanchier spp. Cumulus, Princess Diana, Strata Great Fall Color Fruit may be messy Spring Fall Color / Colored Tatarian Maple Acer tataricum Hot wings, Rugged Charm Samaras Paperbark Maple Acer griseum Unique Bark Amur Maackia Maackia amurensis Vase Shape, Hardy Tree Japanese Tree Lilac Syringa reticulata Ivory Silk, Summer Snow Early Summer Japanese Zelkova ** Zelkova serrata Wireless, City Sprite Ornamental Cherry Prunus spp. Pink Flair, Snow Goose Fungal Diseases Common Spring Magnolia Magnolia spp. Galaxy, Leonard Messel, Merrill, Star Flowers Spring 6-9 Feet: Curb to Property Line/Sidewalk Common Name Scientific Name Cultivars/ Selections Pros Cons Flowers American Hophornbeam Ostrya virginiana Tough Tree Unique Bark American Hornbeam Carpinus caroliniana Tough Tree Unique Bark American Plum Prunus americana Fungal Diseases Common Spring Amur Maackia Maackia amurensis Vase Shape, Hardy Tree Amur Maple May be Invasive Tough Tree, Spring Eastern Redbud Cercis canadensis Flowers Spring Adirondack, Cardinal, David, Donald Wyman, Doublooms, Florbunda, Golden Raindrops, Harvest Gold, Indian Magic, Louisa, Mary Potter, Purple Prince, Red Jewel, Royal Fountain, Royal Over Planted Some have Flowering Crabapple Malus spp. Raindrops, Sugar Tyme Widely Available disease issues Yes Tough Tree, Summer May be Invasive in wooded Golden Rain Tree Flowers settings Mid Summer Hedge Maple Acer campestre Japanese Tree Lilac Syringa reticulata Ivory Silk, Summer Snow Tough Tree Early Summer Katsura Tree Cercidiphyllum japonicum Fall Color Little leaf Linden * Talia Cordata Glenleven "Westwood" Korean Sun, Capitol, Some have good fall Poor Branch Angles, Prone to Ornamental Pear Pyrus spp. Aristocrat, Redspire color Storm Damage Spring Ornamental Cherry Prunus spp. Pink Flair, Snow Goose Fungal Diseases Common Spring Pagoda Dogwood Cornus alternifolia Tough to establish Spring Paper bark Maple Acer griseum Unique Bark Autumn Brilliance, Cole's Select, Serviceberry Amelanchier spp. Cumulus, Princess Diana, Strata Great Fall Color Fruit may be messy Spring Silver Linden Tilia tomemtosa Fall Color / Colerd Tatarian Maple Acer tataricum Hot wings, Rugged Charm Samaras Unique Bark, Vase Yellowwood Cladrastis kentuckea Shape Growth 9-12 Feet: Curb to Property Line/Sidewalk Common Name Scientific Name Cultivars/ Selections Pros Cons Flowers Jefferson, Prairie Expedition (Lewis Aggressive Pruning Required American Elm *** Ulmus Americana and Clark), Princeton Upright Fast Growing Early Bald Cypress Taxodium distichum Unique Bark Black Tupelo Nyssa slyvatica Fall Color Double Leaders Need Pruned Autumn Gold, Golden Colonnade, Halka, Magyar, Presidential Gold, Ginkgo (male only) Ginkgo biloba (Male Only) Princeton Sentry Fall Color Kentucky Coffee tree Gymnocladus dioicus Espresso (seedless) Larch Larix decidua Fall Color, Maple Sweet gum Liquidambar styraciflua Fruitless Variety's Recommended Replacement Seeds are Persistent Northern Acclaim, Skyline, Thorn-less Honey locust Gleditisia triacanthos Shademaster Fast Growth Hardy Rubber Tree Eucommia ulmoides Macho Cork Tree Phellodendron spp. "Westwood" Korean Sun, Capitol, Some have good fall Poor Branch Angles, Prone to Ornamental Pear Pyrus spp. Aristocrat, Redspire color Storm Damage Spring Turkish Filbert Corylus colurna European Hornbeam Carpinus betulus Emerald Avenue Unique Form Pruning Wireless, City Sprite, Green Village, Japanese Zelkova Zelkova serrata Green Vase Vase Shape Poor Branch Angles Norway Maple Acer platanoides Foliage Frost Cracks 12+ Feet: Curb to Property Line/Sidewalk Common Name Scientific Name Cultivars/ Selections Pros Cons Flowers Boulevard, Front Yard, Legend, American Linden * Tilia americana American Sentry Fast Growing Bur Oak Quercus macrocarpa Large Nut Size Chinkapin Oak Quercus muehlenbergii Nuts Heritage oak Quercus robur X macrocarpa Nuts Fast Growing / London Plane tree Platanus x acerfolia Bloodgood, Exclamation Anthracnose Resistant Northern Red Oak Quercus rubra Pin Oak Quercus Palustris Small Nuts Scarlet Oak Quarcus coccinea Fall Color Shingle Oak Quercus imbricaria Smaller Nuts Shumard Oak Quercus shumardii Sugar Maples Acer saccharum Fast Growth Fall Color Over Planted Swamp White Oak Quercus bicolor Large Nut Size Tulip tree Liriodendron tulipifera Fast Growing Minimally in Spring White Oak Quercus alba Fall Color Large Nut Size Conifers Not true conifers Common Name Scientific Name Cultivars/ Selections Pros Cons Flowers Decay Resistant / Bald Cypress Taxodium distichum Upright Growth Decay Resistant / Larch Larix decidua Upright Growth Key Allowed But Not Recommended * Not recommended due to Japanese Beatles ** Only variety's allowed under Utility's *** Dutch Elm Resistant Only Trees Not Permitted on Public Right-of-Way All Ash Species All Weeping Trees Black Locust Pecan All Evergreens All Willows Species Black Walnut Red Elm All Fruiting Trees American Elm Box Elder Siberian Elm All Hickory Species American Sycamore Bradford Pear Silver Maple All Poplar Species Autumn Blaze Maple Cottonwood Sweet gum All Shrubs Black Cherry Mulberry Tree-of-Heaven .