Appendix B-1. CITY TREE LIST
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RECOMMENDED TREES
Latin Name Cultivar Common Name Canopy trees (greater than 30 feet mature height)
Acer barbaratum var. floridanum Southern sugar maple Acer rubrum Many excellent cultivars Red maple Acer X freemanii Many excellent cultivars Freeman maple Acer saccharum Heat resistant cultivars Sugar maple Betula nigra Good cultivars River birch Carpinus betulus 'Fastigiata' Upright European Hornbeam Cedrus atlantica Atlas cedar Cedrus deodora Deodor cedar Celtis laevigata 'All seasons' Sugarberry Cryptomeria japonica Japanese cedar Cunninghamia lanceolata China fir Diospyros virginiana *Male trees only American persimmon Fagus grandifolia American beech Fraxinus ornus Flowering ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica Green ash Ginkgo biloba *Male trees only Ginkgo Gleditsia triacanthos 'Inermis' Thornless honeylocust Juniperis virginiana Eastern redcedar Koelruteria paniculata Many cultivars Golden raintree Liquidambar styraciflua 'Rotundiloba' Fruitless sweetgum Liriodendron tulipifera Tulip poplar Magnolia grandiflora Southern magnolia Metasequoia glyptostroboides Dawn redwood Nyssa sylvatica Blackgum Tupelo Ostrya virginiana Hophornbeam Oxydendron arboreum Sourwood Pinus taeda Lobblolly pine Pistacia chinensis Chinese pistache Platanus X acerifolia (Avoid 'Bloodgood') London planetree Quercus accutissima Sawtooth oak Quercus alba White oak Quercus bicolor Swamp white oak Quercus imbricaria Shingle oak Quercus laurifolia Laurel oak Quercus lyrata Overcup oak Quercus macrocarpa Bur oak Quercus michauxii Swamp chestnut oak Quercus muehlenbergii Chinkapin oak Quercus myrsinifolia Chinese evergreen oak Quercus nigra Water oak Quercus palustris Pin oak Quercus phellos Willow oak Quercus robur 'Fastigiata' Fastigiate English oak Quercus stellata Post oak Quercus velutina Black oak Quercus virginiana Live oak Sassafrass albidum Sassafrass Sophora japonica Japanese pagoda tree Taxodium distichum Bald cypress Tilia tomentosa Silver linden Ulmus americana Only DED resistant cultivars American elm Ulnus parvifolia Many excellent cultivars Lacebark elm Zelkova serrata Many good cultivars Japanese zelkova Understory trees (30 feet mature height or less)
Acer burgeranum Trident maple Acer campestre Hedge maple Acer ginala Several good cultivars Amur maple Acer palmatum Japanese maple Aesculus pavia Red buckeye Cercis canadensis Eastern redbud Cercis reniformis 'Oklahoma,' 'Texas white' Oklahoma redbud, Texas white redbud Chionanthus retusus Chinese fringetree Chionanthus virginicus Fringetree Cladrastus lutea Yellowwood Cornus alternifolia Pagoda dogwood Cornus florida Many good cultivars Flowering dogwood Cornus kousa Kousa Dogwood Cotinus coggygria European smoketree Cotinus obovatus American smoketree Crataegus viridis 'Winter king' Winter king hawthorn Ilex vomitoria Yaupon holly Ilex X 'Nellie R. Stevens' Nellie Stevens' holly Ilex X attenuata Many good cultivars Hybrid holly Ilex opaca American holly Ilex latifolia Lusterleaf holly Juniperis chinensis 'Keteleer' Keteleer juniper Lagerstoemia indica Many cultivars Crapemyrtle Lagerstroemia fauriei Japanese crapemyrtle Lagerstoemia indica X fauriei Many cultivars Hybrid crapemyrtle Magnolia soulangiana Saucer magnolia Magnolia Stelatta Star magnolia Magnolia virginiana Sweet bay Malus *Use only disease resistant cultivars that are specifically rated for this area. Crabapple Malus baccata 'Jackii' Jack crabapple Malus floribunda Japanese crabapple Malus sargentii Sargent crabapple Parrotia persica Persian parrotia Pinus thunberii Japanese black pine Prunus 'Okame' Okame cherry Prunus caroliniana Carolina cherrylaurel Prunus mume Many good cultivars Japanese apricot Prunus sargentii Sargent cherry Prunus serrulata Double chinese cherry Prunus X bliereiana Blereiana plum Prunus X subhirtella Many good cultivars Higan cherry Prunus X yedoensis 'Yoshino' Yoshino cherry Ptelelea trifoliata Hoptree