Road Salt Tolerant Plants Deciduous trees Conifers Horsechestnut ( Aesculus hippocastanum ) Littleleaf Boxwood ( Buxus microphylla ) Serviceberry ( Amelanchier canadensis ) False Cypress ( Chamaecyparis pisifera ) Cherry birch ( Betula lenta ) Larch ( Larix spp.) Cockspur hawthorn ( Crataegus crusgalli var. inermis ) White spruce ( Picea glauca ) Maidenhair ( Ginkgo biloba ) Colorado blue spruce ( Picea pungens var. glauca ) Honeylocust ( Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis ) Jack pine ( Pinus banksiana ) Kentucky coffeetree ( Gymnocladus dioica ) Mugo pine ( Pinus mugo ) Witchhazel ( Hamamelis spp.) Japanese white pine ( Pinus parviflora ) Eastern redcedar ( Juniperus virginiana ) Ponderosa pine ( Pinus ponderosa ) Magnolia (Magnolia spp.) Japanese black pine ( Pinus thunbergii ) Black gum ( Nyssa sylvatica ) Baldcypress ( Taxodium distichum ) White oak ( Quercus alba ) Red oak ( Quercus rubra ) Shrubs Japanese pagodatree ( Sophora japonica ) Bearberry ( Arctostaphylos uva-ursi ) Chokeberry ( Aronia spp.) Perennials Siberian pea shrub ( Caragana arborescens ) Sea thrift ( Armeria maritima ) Spreading cotoneaster ( Cotoneaster divaricatus ) 'Silver Mound' Artemisia ) Rock cotoneaster ( Cotoneaster horizontalis ) 'Karl Foerster' reed grass ( Calamagrostis acutiflora ) Scotch broom ( Cytisus scoparius ) Cheddar pink ( Dianthus gratianopolitanus ) Rose-of-Sharon ( Hibiscus syriacus ) 'Elijah Blue' Blue Fescue Grass ( Festuca glauca ) Hydrangea ( Hydrangea spp.) Lenten rose ( Helleborus orientalis ) St. Johnswort ( Hypericum spp.) Daylily ( Hemerocallis spp.) Winterberry ( Ilex verticillata ) Plantain-lily (Hosta species) Bayberry ( Myrica pensylvanica ) Candytuft ( Iberis sempervirens ) Mockorange ( Philadelphus spp.) Sea lavender ( Limonium latifolium ) Potentilla ( Potentilla fruiticosa ) Lilyturf ( Liriope spicata ) Sumac ( Rhus spp.) Fountain grass ( Pennisetum alopecuroides ) Lilacs ( Syringa spp.) Sedum 'Autumn Joy' ( Sedum spectabile ) Blueberry/cranberry ( Vaccinium spp.) Little bluestem ( Schizachyrium scoparium ) Arrowwood ( Viburnum dentatum ).