General information for several trees that can be used in tree trenches/tree boxes. NOTE: this list is not exhaustive and could include dozens of additional species.
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Scientific name1,2,3,4 Common name 1,2,3,4 Native/non-native Street (ST) or landscape (L) tree5 Deciduous/conifer Sun condition (FS=full sun, PS = part sun, SS = full shade)2,3,4 Forest structure position (U = understory, M-mid-story, O=overstory) Growth rate to maturity (S = slow, M = moderate, R=rapid)3
Acer x freemanii 2 Freeman maple Native hybrid ST D FS, PS O R
Acer rubrum 2 Red maple Native, cultivars ST D FS, PS O R
Acer saccharinum 1,2 Silver maple Native ST D FS, PS O R
Acer saccharum 1,2 Sugar maple Native ST D FS, PS O S
Alnus glutinosa 2 European alder Non-native ST D FS, PS U R
Alnus incana ssp. rugosa 1,2 Speckled alder D
Amelanchier spp. 2 Juneberry/serviceberry D
Betula nigra 'Cully' & ' BNMFT' 1,2 Heritage and Dura-Heat river birch D
Betula populifolia 2 Gray birch D
Carpinus betulus 2 European hornbeam D
Carpinus caroliniana 2 American hornbeam D
Carya ovata 2 Shagbark hickory D
Catalpa speciosa 2 Narthern catalpa D
Celtis occidentalis 2 Common hackberry D
Cercis canadensis 2 Eastern redbud D
Cladrastus kentukea 2 Yellowood, Kentucky yellowood D
Crataegus crus-galli var. inermis 2 Thornless cockspur hawthorn D
Crataegus phaenopyrum 2 Washington hawthorn D
Fraxinus americana 2 White ash D
Fraxinus mandshurica manchrian ash D
Fraxinus nigra 1 Black ash D
Fraxinus pennsylvanica 1,2 Green ash D
Gingko biloba 2 Gingko – male only D
Gleditsia tricanthos var. inermis 2 Thornless common honeylocust D
Gymnocladus dioicus 2 Kentucky coffeetree D
Larix decidua 3 European larch D/C
Larix laricina 1 Tamarack D/C
Maackia amurensis 2 Amur maackia D
Malus spp. 2 Crabapple spp. D
Ostrya virginiana 2 American hophornbeam, ironwood D
Phellodendron amurense 2 Amur corktree D
Populus grandidentata Michx. 2 Bigtooth aspen D
Populus deltoides 1,2 Eastern cottonwood D
Populus tremuloides 1,1 Quacking aspen D
Prunus sargentii 2 Sargent cherry D
Prunus virginiana 2 Chokecherry D
Pyrus fauriei 'Westwood' 2 Korean SunTM pear D
Pyrus ussuriensis 2 Ussurian pear, Chinese pear D
Quercus bicolor 2 Swamp white oak D
Quercus macropcarpa 2 Burr oak D
Quercus rubra 2 Red oak D
Robinia pseudoacacia 2 Black locust, false acacia, robinia D
Salix nigra 1 Black willow D
Salix babylonica Weeping or Babylon willow D
Sorbus americana 3 American mountainash D
Sorbus alnifolia 2 Korean mountainash D
Sorbus x hybrida, Sorbus x thuringiaca 2 Oak-leaf mountainash D
Syringa reticulata 2 Japanese tree lilac D
Taxodium distichum 2 Common baldcypress D
Tilia americana 2 Basswood D
Tilia cordata 2 Littleleaf linden D
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Tilia x euchlora 2 Crimean linden, Caucasian lime D
Ulmus x species 2 Elm hybrids D

1 Shaw, D. and R. Schmidt. 2003. Plants for Stormwater Design: Species Selection for the Upper Midwest. Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
2 Bassuk, N. et al. 2009. Recommended Urban Trees: Site Assessment and Tree Selection for Stress Tolerance. Urban Horticulture Institute, Dept of Horticulture, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
3 USDA NRCS Plants Database. www.usda.plants.gov
4 Dirr, M.. 1998. Dirr's Hardy Trees and Shrubs: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 5th Ed.. Timber Press, Inc. Portland, OR. 5 all trees work for landscape application