Possible Replacements for Ash Trees The University Heights Tree Board recommends diversifying our tree canopy in response to the imminent removal of ash trees. Maples already make up nearly 40% of our remaining street tree canopy, here are lots of other choices: Latin Name Common Name Acer griseum Paperbark Maple Acer miyabei State Street Maple Aesculus glabra Ohio Buckeye Aesculus hippocastanum (cultivar ‘Baumannii’) Alnus glutinosa Common Alder Amelanchier x Serviceberry ‘Autumn Brilliance’ grandiflora Betula nigra River Birch (single stem) Asinoma triloba Paw Paw Carpinus caroliniana American Hornbeam Carya ovata Shagbark Hickory Catalpa speciosa Northern Catalpa Celtis occidentalis Hackberry Cercidiphyllum Katsura japonicum Cercis canadensis Redbud Cladrastis kentukea Yellowwood Cotinus coggygria Smoke tree Cornus sp. Dogwood Corylus corlurna Turkish Filbert Hazel Diospyros virginiana Persimmon Eucommia ulmoides Hardy Rubber Tree Evodia danielii Korean Evodia Fagus grandifolia American Beech Fagus sylvatica European Beech Ginkgo biloba Ginkgo (male cultivars only) Gleditsia triacanthos Honeylocust Gymnocladus dioicus Kentucky Coffeetree (cultivar ‘Espresso’) Halesia carolina Carolina Silverbell Hepticodium miconoides Seven Son Flower Koelreuteria paniculata Goldenrain Tree Larix decidua Larch Liriodendron tulipifera Tulip Poplar Liquidamber styraciflua Sweetgum Maackia amurensis Amur Maackia Maclura pomifera Thornless Osage Orange ‘White Shield’ Magnolia acuminata Cucumber Magnolia Malus spp. Crabapple various cultivars available Metasequoia Dawn Redwood glyptostroboides Nyssa sylvatica Black Tupelo Oxydendrum arboreum Sourwood Pinus strobus Eastern White Pine Platanus occidentalis Sycamore Platanus x acerifolia London Plane Tree Prunus sargentii Sargent Cherry Quercus lyrata Overcup Oak Quercus michauxii Chestnut Oak Sassafrass albidium Sassafrass Sorbus aucuparia Mountain Ash Styphnolobium Japanese Pagoda Tree japanicum Syringa reticulata Japanese Tree Lilac Taxodium distichum Baldcypress Tilia americana American Linden Tilia tomentosa Silver Linden Ulmus davidiana var. ‘Morton elm’ japonica Viburnum prunifolium Blackhaw Viburnum Zelkova serrata Zelkova .