Approved Street Tree and Shrub List, from Public Works Standards

Approved Street Tree and Shrub List, from Public Works Standards

STREET TREE LIST Excerpt from Public Works Standards Section 5 Street Design Standards (Current as of October 1, 2019) Street Trees Planter Space (ft) Botanic Name Common Name 3- 4- 6- DT Watering Notes 3.9 5.9 8+ Acer circinatum Vine maple X Regular Utility friendly, native, fall color Acer palmatum Japanese maple X Regular Mature height 15' cultivars minimum Carpinus betulus Frans Fontain X X Regular Columnar tree Frans Fontaine Hornbeam Carpinus japonicus Japanese X Regular Tolerates full sun and hornbeam heavy shade Cercis canadensis Eastern redbud X Regular Avoid very hot, dry cultivars areas Cercis occidentalis * Western redbud * X Occasional Purple flowers emerge before leaves Chamaecyparis Hinoki cypress X Regular Evergreen, mature obtusa cultivars height 15' minimum Chamaecyparis Sawara cypress X Occasional Evergreen, mature pisifera cultivars height 15' minimum Chionanthus White fringetree X Regular Utility friendly, virginicus fragrant white flowers Eucommia ulmoides Emerald Point o X Regular Columnar tree 'Empozam' hardy rubber tree Lagerstroemia spp. Crepe myrtle X Regular Vase-shaped, large flowers Laurus nobilis * Bay laurel * X X Summer dry Evergreen, slow growing, fragrant leaves Maakia amurensis Amur maakia X X Regular Utility friendly Magnolia grandiflora Magnolia o X Regular Evergreen, slow 'Little Gem' growing, compact form Nyssa sinensis Chinese tupelo o X Occasional Fall color, good for difficult sites Pistacia chinensis Chinese pistache X X Regular Fall color, drought tolerant Quercus dumosa * Scrub oak * X Summer dry Evergreen, needs well-drained soil Quercus frainetto Hungarian oak o X Occasional Attractive shade tree STREET TREE LIST Excerpt from Public Works Standards Section 5 Street Design Standards (Current as of October 1, 2019) Street Trees Planter Space (ft) Botanic Name Common Name 3- 4- 6- DT Watering Notes 3.9 5.9 8+ Quercus turbinella * Turbinella oak * X Summer dry Evergreen, greyish- green leaves Styrax japonicus Japanese X o Regular Fragrant white flowers snowbell in spring Styrax obassia Big leaf snowbell X o Regular Clusters of fragrant white flowers Syringa reticulata Japanese tree X o Regular Flowers attract birds lilac and butterflies Vitex agnus-castus Chaste tree X Occasional Broad crown, multi- trunk, flowers attract butterflies Zelkova serrata 'City Zelkova X Occasional Utility friendly Sprite' or 'Wireless' Carpinus betulus Columnar X Regular Columnar tree 'Fastigata' hornbeam Cupressus Columnar X Summer dry Columnar tree, sempervirens cypress * evergreen 'Stricta' * Ginkgo biloba Columnar ginkgo X X Regular Columnar tree 'Princeton Sentry' or 'Fastigiata' Quercus robur x Columnar oak X Regular Columnar tree alba Sciadopitys Umbrella pine X X Regular Columnar tree, verticillata evergreen 'Joe Kozey' Zelkova serrata Columnar X X Regular Columnar tree 'Musashino' zelkova Arbutus menziesii * Madrone * X o Summer dry Native, evergreen, attractive red bark Arbutus unedo * Strawberry tree * X o X Summer dry Evergreen, fruit and flowers provide habitat Arctostaphylos Common o X Summer dry Native, evergreen, manzanita * manzanita * attractive bark and branches Chionanthus retusus Chinese X Regular Utility friendly fringetree Cornus kousa and Kousa dogwood X X o Regular Utility friendly cultivars STREET TREE LIST Excerpt from Public Works Standards Section 5 Street Design Standards (Current as of October 1, 2019) Street Trees Planter Space (ft) Botanic Name Common Name 3- 4- 6- DT Watering Notes 3.9 5.9 8+ Cryptomeria Japanese cedar X Regular Evergreen, mature japonica and height 20' minimum cultivars Cunninghamia China fir X o Occasional Evergreen, cone- lanceolata shaped crown Cupressus Mediterranean X Summer dry Evergreen, narrow sempervirens * cypress * pyramid form Ginkgo biloba Ginkgo X X Regular Male plants only cultivars Juniperus Rocky Mountain X Summer dry Evergreen, mature scopulorum and juniper * height 20' minimum cultivars * Magnolia grandiflora Southern X X Regular Evergreen, pyramidal 'Edith Bogue' or magnolia to rounded form, large 'D.D. Blanchard' flowers Magnolia virginiana Moonglow X X Regular Evergreen, tolerates 'Jim Wilson' magnolia wet and clay soils Osmanthus fragrans Sweet olive X Occasional Utility friendly, evergreen Ostrya virginiana American X Regular Fruit resembles the hophornbeam hop flower Parrotia persica Persian parrotia X Occasional Fall color, rounded form Phellodendron Amur cork tree X Regular Spreading branch amurense habit Platycladus (Thuja) Oriental thuja X Occasional Evergreen, dense orientalis form Podocarpus Big leaf podocarp X Regular Evergreen, slow macrophyllus growing, leathery leaves Quercus Silver leaf oak * X X Occasional Evergreen, silver to hypoleucoides * white under leaves Celtis occidentalis Hackberry X o Occasional Tolerates tough conditions Cupressus arizonica Arizona cypress * X Summer dry Evergreen, drought * tolerant, pyramidal form Cupressus bakeri * Baker cypress * X Summer dry Native, evergreen, does not tolerate shade STREET TREE LIST Excerpt from Public Works Standards Section 5 Street Design Standards (Current as of October 1, 2019) Street Trees Planter Space (ft) Botanic Name Common Name 3- 4- 6- DT Watering Notes 3.9 5.9 8+ Cupressus lusitanica Cedar-of-Goa * X Summer dry Evergreen, broad * pyramidal form Davidia involucrata Dove tree X Regular Large, white, flower- like bracts Eucommia ulmoides Hardy rubber tree X Regular Avoid wet soils Fagus sylvatica European beech X Regular Pyramidal to oval form Gymnocladus Kentucky coffee X Regular Drought tolerant, diocus tree males are seedless Juniperus Western juniper * o X Summer dry Evergreen, drought occidentalis * tolerant, long-lived Nyssa sylvatica Black tupelo X Regular Fall color, good for difficult sites Pinus bungeana Lacebark pine X Occasional Evergreen, slow growing, colorful bark Pinus ponderosa Ponderosa pine * X Summer dry Native, evergreen, Willamette Valley pyramid to columnar source * form Pseudotsuga Douglas-fir * X Summer dry Native, evergreen, menziesii * Oregon state tree Quercus chrysolepis * Canyon live oak * X o Summer dry Native, evergreen, short trunk with broad crown Quercus garryana * Oregon oak * X Occasional Native, dry soil in summer after established Quercus ilex * Holly oak * X Summer dry Evergreen, tall, dense, rounded form Quercus phellos Willow oak X Occasional Willow-like leaves, yellow to red fall color Quercus shumardii Shumard oak X Occasional Tolerates many soil types and conditions Quercus suber * Cork oak * X Summer dry Evergreen, avoid poorly drained soils Quercus wislizeni * Interior live oak * X o Summer dry Evergreen, short trunk with broad crown STREET TREE LIST Excerpt from Public Works Standards Section 5 Street Design Standards (Current as of October 1, 2019) Street Trees Planter Space (ft) Botanic Name Common Name 3- 4- 6- DT Watering Notes 3.9 5.9 8+ Thuja plicata x Green Giant thuja X X Occasional Evergreen, fast standishii growing, narrow, dense form Torreya californica * California nutmeg * X Occasional Evergreen, shade tolerant Zelkova serrata Zelkova X X Regular Vase-shaped with 'Green Vase' or variable fall color 'Village Green' Street Shrubs Botanic Name Common Name Mature size Watering Notes Arbutus unedo Compact strawberry 6'x6' Summer dry Small, light pink flowers. 'Compacta' * tree * Round, orange-red fruits Arctostaphylos spp. Manzanita * 1'-10'x3'-10' Summer dry Native, smooth orange- and cultivars * red bark, flowers winter- spring Aucuba japonica and Japanese laurel 8'x5' Regular – Shade tolerant, full foliage cultivars Occasional evergreen Baccharis pilularis Coyote brush * 6'x6' Summer dry Native, drought tolerant, and cultivars * small white flowers Ceanothus spp. and Ceanothus * 1'-15'x3'-10' Occasional – Native, showy flowers cultivars * Summer dry attract pollinators Cephalotaxus Japanese plum-yew 2'-10'x3'-10' Regular Sun to shade conifer with harringtonia and unusual fruit-like cones cultivars Choisya ternata and Mexican orange 5'-8'x5'-8' Regular Fragrant white flowers in cultivars spring Cistus spp. and Rockrose * 1'-6'x2'-8' Occasional For sunny, well-drained cultivars * sites, showy flowers, tolerates neglect Euonymus japonicus Box-leaf euonymus 1'–3'x2'-3' Occasional Small, dark-green leaves, 'Microphyllus' tolerates hedging Garrya eliptica * Coast silktassel * 8'-10'x8'-10' Regular - Shiny, leathery leaves, Occasional white flowers hang in tassels Garrya fremontii * Fremont silktassel * 5'-15'x5'-8' Summer dry Similar to G. eliptica, more tolerant of heat, cold, drought Heteromeles Toyon * 6'-8'x4'-5' Summer dry White flowers in summer, arbutifolium * bright red berries in winter STREET TREE LIST Excerpt from Public Works Standards Section 5 Street Design Standards (Current as of October 1, 2019) Street Shrubs Botanic Name Common Name Mature size Watering Notes Juniperus sabina and Savin juniper * 1'-3'x3'-10' Occasional Common spreading cultivars * shrub, needs well-drained soil Mahonia repens * Creeping oregon 2'x4'-8' Occasional Yellow flowers, blue- grape * green leaves, no hedging Morella californica Wax myrtle 6'-10'x6'-10' Occasional Often used for natural or sheared hedge Nandina domestica Heavenly bamboo * 1'-6'x2'-3' Occasional Green and red leaves, cultivars * bright red berries Pinus mugo varieties Mugo pine 1'-4'x3'-6' Regular - Common pine shrub, Occasional does not hedge Podocarpus Mountain plum-pine 4'x8' Regular - Soft-needled conifer, lawrencei and Occasional prunes easily, berry-like cultivars cones Podocarpus nivalis Alpine totara 3'x6' Regular - Adaptable, prunes

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