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 |
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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 | |||||
D | |||||||
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