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
Acer rubrum 2 Red maple
Acer saccharinum 1,2 Silver maple
Acer saccharum 1,2 Sugar maple
Alnus glutinosa 2 European alder
Alnus incana ssp. rugosa 1,2 Speckled alder
Amelanchier spp. 2 Juneberry/serviceberry
Betula nigra 'Cully' & ' BNMFT' 1,2 Heritage and Dura-Heat river birch
Betula populifolia 2 Gray birch
Carpinus betulus 2 European hornbeam
Carpinus caroliniana 2 American hornbeam
Carya ovata 2 Shagbark hickory
Catalpa speciosa 2 Narthern catalpa
Celtis occidentalis 2 Common hackberry
Cercis canadensis 2 Eastern redbud
Cladrastus kentukea 2 Yellowood, Kentucky yellowood
Crataegus crus-galli var. inermis 2 Thornless cockspur hawthorn
Crataegus phaenopyrum 2 Washington hawthorn
Fraxinus americana 2 White ash
Fraxinus mandshurica manchrian ash
Fraxinus nigra 1 Black ash
Fraxinus pennsylvanica 1,2 Green ash
Gingko biloba 2 Gingko – male only
Gleditsia tricanthos var. inermis 2 Thornless common honeylocust
Gymnocladus dioicus 2 Kentucky coffeetree
Larix decidua 3 European larch
Larix laricina 1 Tamarack
Maackia amurensis 2 Amur maackia
Malus spp. 2 Crabapple spp.
Ostrya virginiana 2 American hophornbeam, ironwood
Phellodendron amurense 2 Amur corktree
Populus grandidentata Michx. 2 Bigtooth aspen
Populus deltoides 1,2 Eastern cottonwood
Populus tremuloides 1,1 Quacking aspen
Prunus sargentii 2 Sargent cherry
Prunus virginiana 2 Chokecherry
Pyrus fauriei 'Westwood' 2 Korean SunTM pear
Pyrus ussuriensis 2 Ussurian pear, Chinese pear
Quercus bicolor 2 Swamp white oak
Quercus macropcarpa 2 Burr oak
Quercus rubra 2 Red oak
Robinia pseudoacacia 2 Black locust, false acacia, robinia
Salix nigra 1 Black willow
Salix babylonica Weeping or Babylon willow
Sorbus americana 3 American mountainash
Sorbus alnifolia 2 Korean mountainash
Sorbus x hybrida, Sorbus x thuringiaca 2 Oak-leaf mountainash
Syringa reticulata 2 Japanese tree lilac
Taxodium distichum 2 Common baldcypress
Tilia americana 2 Basswood
Tilia cordata 2 Littleleaf linden
Tilia x euchlora 2 Crimean linden, Caucasian lime
Ulmus x species 2 Elm hybrids

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