Tree Size
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Planting Interval
(feet on center)
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Trees 40 feet in height or taller at maturity
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40 to 50
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Trees 30 feet to 40 feet in height at maturity
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35 to 40
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Trees less than 30 feet in height at maturity
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25 to 35
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Latin Name
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Common Name
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All trees with thorns
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Acer negundo
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Box Elder
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Acer platanoides
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Norway Maple
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Acer saccharinum
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Silver Maple
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Acer buergerianum
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Trident Maple Amur Maple
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Acer ginnala Acer triflorum
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Three-flowered Maple
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Acer truncatum x platantoides 'Keithsform'
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Norwegian Sunset Maple
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Aesculus spp.
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Buckeyes (unless fruitless)
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Ailanthus altissima
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Tree of Heaven
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Albizia julibrissin
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Mimosa
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Aralia elata
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Japanese Angelica
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Betula nigra
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River Birch
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Betula papyrifera
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Paper Birch
| |
Betula pendula
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European White Birch
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Broussonetia papyrifera
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Paper Mulberry
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Carya spp.
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Hickories
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Catalpa speciosa
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Catalpa
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Celtis koraiensis
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Korean Hackberry
| |
Chionanthus retusus
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Chinese Fringetree
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Chionanthus virginicus
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Native Fringetree
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Cornus alternifolia
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Pagoda Dogwood
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Crataegus laevigata
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English Hawthorn
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Elaeagnus spp.
|
Hardy Olives
| |
Fraxinus pennylvanica
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Green Ash
| |
Gleditsia triacanthos
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Common Honey Locust
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Juglans nigra
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Black Walnut
| |
Koelreuteria paniculata
|
Goldenrain Tree
| |
Liquidambar styraciflua
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Sweetgum (unless Rotundiloba cultivar)
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Liriodendron tulipifera
|
Tuliptree
| |
Maclura pomifera
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Osage orange
| |
Malus spp.
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Crabapple (unless disease-resistant cultivar)
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Morus spp.
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Mulberries
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Paulownia tomentosa
|
Empress Tree
| |
Pinus strobus
|
White Pine
| |
Populus deltoids
|
Cottonwood
| |
Populus nigra 'Italica'
|
Lombardy Poplar
| |
Prunus x 'Okame'
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Okame Cherry
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Prunus serotina
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Black Cherry
| |
Pyrus spp.
|
Flowering Pear (Note: Italicized text denotes
acceptable alternatives to Bradford Pear.)
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Robinia pseudoacacia
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Black Locust
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Sophora japonica
|
Scholartree
| |
Sorbus spp.
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Mountain Ash
| |
Styrax japonicus
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Japanese Snowbell
| |
Syringa reticulate
|
Tree Lilac
| |
Tsuga canadensis
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Eastern Hemlock
| |
Ulmus pumila
|
Siberian Elm
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Latin Name
|
Common Name
| |
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Deciduous Trees
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Acer buergerianum*
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Trident Maple
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Acer campestre*
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Hedge Maple
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Acer ginnala*
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Amur Maple
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Acer griseum*
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Paperbark Maple
| |
Celtis occidentalis
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Hackberry
| |
Cercidiphyllum japonicum
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Katsura
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Chionanthus retusus*
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Chinese Fringetree
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Chionanthus virginicus*
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Native Fringetree
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Cornus kousa*
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Kousa Dogwood
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Crataegus crus-galli var. inermis*
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Thornless Cockspur Hawthorn
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Franklinia alatamaha*
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Franklinia
| |
Gingko biloba
|
Maidenhair Tree (males only)
| |
Gleditsia triancanthos var. enermis
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Honeylocust (thornless, podless cultivars only)
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Koelreuteria paniculata
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Goldenrain Tree
| |
Lagerstroemia fauriei or L. indica*
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Crapemyrtle
| |
Liquidambar styraciflua "Rotundiloba"
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Fruitless Sweetgum
| |
Magnolia grandiflora "Little Gem"*
|
Little Gem Magnolia
| |
Magnolia virginiana*
|
Sweet Bay Magnolia
| |
Malus spp.*
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Crabapple (disease-resistant cultivars only)
| |
Nyssa sylvatica
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Sourgum
| |
Oxydendrum arboretum*
|
Sourwood
| |
Parrotia persica*
|
Persian Parrotia
| |
Platanus x acerifolia "Bloodgood"
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Bloodgood London Planetree
| |
Quercus acutissima
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Sawtooth Oak Swamp
| |
Quercus bicolor
|
White Oak
| |
Quercus phellos
|
Willow Oak
| |
Sophora japonica
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Scholartree
| |
Styrax japonicus*
|
Japanese Snowbell
| |
Syringa reticulate*
|
Tree Lilac
| |
Taxodium distichum
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Bald Cypress
| |
Ulmus parvifolia
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Lacebark Elm
| |
Zelkova serrata
|
Japanese Zelkova
| |
Evergreen Trees
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Cryptomeria japonica
|
Japanese Cryptomeria
| |
Cupressocyparis leyandii
|
Leyland Cypress
| |
Ilex opaca
|
American Holly
| |
Juniperus virginiana
|
Eastern Red Cedar
| |
Picea pungens "Glauca"
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Blue Spruce
| |
Pinus thunbergii
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Japanese Black Pine
| |
Deciduous Shrubs
| ||
Aronia arbutifolia
|
Chokeberry
| |
Buxus microphylla
|
Boxwood
| |
Clethra alnifolia
|
Summersweet
| |
Cotoneaster spp.
|
Rockspray
| |
Hydrangea macrophylla
|
Bigleaf Hydrangea
| |
Hydrangea quercifolia
|
Oakleaf Hydrangea
| |
Ilex verticillata
|
Winterberry
| |
Myrica pensylvanica
|
Bayberry
| |
Rosa rugosa
|
Rugosa Rose
| |
Spiraea spp.
|
Spirea
| |
Syringa patula "Miss Kim"
|
Compact Lilac
| |
Vaccinium corymbosum
|
Highbush Blueberry
| |
Viburnum dentatum
|
Arrowwood
| |
Viburnum opulus
|
European cranberry bush
| |
Viburnum prunifolium
|
Blackhaw Viburnum
| |
Evergreen Shrubs
| ||
Chamaecyparis spp.
|
False cypress
| |
Ilex cornuta
|
Chinese Holly
| |
Ilex glabra
|
Inkberry
| |
Juniperus chinensis
|
Chinese Juniper
| |
Juniperus conferta
|
Shore Juniper
| |
Mahonia aquifolium
|
Oregon Holly Grape
| |
Mahonia bealei
|
Leatherleaf mahonia
| |
Taxus spp.
|
Yews
|
NOTES:
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*
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Denotes potential trees to plant under overhead wires.
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Latin Name
|
Common Name
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Abies pinsapo
|
Spanish Fir
| |
Araucaria araucana
|
Monkey Puzzle
| |
Araucaria heterophylla
|
Norfolk Island Pine
| |
Cedrus atlantica
|
Atlas Cedar
| |
Cedrus libani
|
Lebanese Cedar
| |
Cryptomeria japonica lobbii
|
Lobb's Japanese Cedar
| |
Cunninghamia lanceolata
|
Chinese Fir
| |
Gingko biloba
|
Maidenhair Tree
| |
Larix decidua
|
European Larch
| |
Larix kaempferi or L. leptolepis
|
Japanese Larch
| |
Pinus wallichiana
|
Himalayan Pine
| |
Pinus parviflora
|
Japanese White Pine
| |
Pinus peuce
|
Macedonian Pine
| |
Pinus ponderosa
|
Ponderosa Pine
| |
Pinus thunbergii
|
Japanese Black Pine
| |
Taxodium distichum (except for wet areas)
|
Common Bald Cypress
| |
Torreya nucifera
|
Japanese Torreya
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