Where to use a tree

Where to use a tree

Where to use a tree

 

TREES OF RAPID GROWTH

DECIDUOUS

Magnolia grandiflora (South) Magnolia
Populus alba Bolleana (Narrow
Street)
White Poplar
Populus nigra italica (Narrow
Street)
Lombardy Poplar
Platanus acerifolia London Plane Tree
Quercus borealis (Q. rubra) Red Oak
Quercus coccinea Scarlet Oak
Quercus falcata (South) Spanish Oak
Quercus laurifolia (South) Laurel Oak
Quercus macrocarpa Mossycup Oak
Quercus palustris Pin Oak
Quercus Phellos Willow Oak
Quercus velutina Black Oak
Quercus virginiana (South) Live Oak
Sophora japonica Chinese Scholar-Tree
Syringa japonica (Narrow Street) Japanese Tree Lilac
Tilia cordata Littleleaf European Linden
Tilia glabra (T. americana) American Linden, Basswood
Tilia vulgaris European Linden
Ulmus americana American Elm
Ulmus. americana ascendens,  
Ulmus var. Augustine Augustine Ascending Elm

TREES WHICH THRIVE IN VERY WET SOIL

DECIDUOUS  
   
Acer dasycarpurn. Silver Maple
Acer Negundo Box Elder
Acer rubrurn. Red Maple
Alnus glutinosa European Alder
Betula lutea Yellow Birch
Betula nigra River Birch
Betula populifolia Gray Birch
Carpinus caroliniana American Hornbeam
Carya ovata Shagbark Hickory
Fraxinus caroliniana Water Ash
Fraxinus lanceolata Green Ash
Gleditsia aquatica Water Locust
Larix americana American Larch
Liquidambar styraciflua Sweetgum
Magnolia glauca Sweet Bay
Nyssa sylvatica Sourgum, Tupelo
Platanus occidentalis Buttonwood
Populus balsamifera Carolina Cottonwood
Populus grandidentata Largetooth Aspen
Quercus bicolor Swamp White Oak
Quercus palustris Pin Oak
Quercus Phellos Willow Oak
   
Salix alba White Willow
Salix babylonica Weeping Willow
Salix fragilis Brittle Willow
Salix nigra Black Willow
Salix pentandra Laurel Willow
Salix vitellina Golden Willow
Taxodium distichurn Bald Cypress
Tilia americana (T. glabra) American Linden
   
EVERGREEN  
   
Abjes balsamea Balsam Fir
   
Chamxcyparis thyoides White Cedar
Picea mariana Black Spruce
Picea rubra Red Spruce
Thuya occidentalis American Arborvitm
Tsuga canadensis Hemlock

TREES WHICH WILL FORM GOOD WINDBREAKS

DECIDUOUS  
   
Acer Ginnala Amur Maple
Acer Negundo Box Elder
Cratxgus mollis Downy Hawthorn
Maclura pornifera Osage Orange
Morus alba White Mulberry
Populus alba White Poplar
Populus balsamifera Balsam Poplar
Quercus palustris Pin Oak
   
EVERGREEN  
   
Juniperus virginiana Red Cedar
Picea alba Canadian Spruce
Picea excelsa Norway Spruce
Picea rubra Red Spruce
Pinus nigra Austrian Pine
Pinus ponderosa Western Yellow Pine
Pinus resinosa Red Cedar
Pinus rigida Pitch Pine
Pinus Strobus White Pine
Pinus sylvestris Scots Pine
Pinus thunbergi Japanese Black Pine
Thuya occidentalis American Arborvitoe
Tsuga canadensis Hemlock

TREES FOR THE SMALL PLACE*

  HEIGHT SPREAD
     
Acer campestre 30 to 40 ft 40 to 50 ft
  English Maple, HedgeMaple    
Betula alba (B. pendula) 50 to 60 ft. 25 to 30 ft.
 White Birch    
Cornus florida 15 to 25 ft 12 to 18 ft.
 Flowering Dogwood    
Cornus Kousa 15 to 20 ft 15 to 18 ft.
 Japanese Dogwood    
Cratmgus oxyacantha 12 to 15 ft 12 to 15 ft
 English Hawthorn    
Ginkgo biloba 100 to 125 ft. 40 to 50 ft.
 Maidenhair Tree    
Gleditsia triacanthos inermis 100 to 125 ft. 30 to 40 ft.
moraine
 Moraine Locust    
Gordonia alatamaha 15 to 20 ft. 12 to 15 ft.
 Franklinia Tree    
Halesia carolina 20 to 30 ft. 25 to 30 ft.
 Silverbell Tree    
Koelreuteria paniculata 20 to 30 ft 20 to 30 ft.
 Goldenrain Tree    
Liquidambar styraciflua 70 to 90 ft 35 to 40 ft.
 Sweetgum    
Magnolia kobus 15 to 25 ft 15 to 18 ft.
 Kobus Magnolia    
Magnolia soulangeana 20 to 30 ft 15 to 25 ft
 Saucer Magnolia    
Magnolia stellata 12 to 15 ft. 12 to 15 ft.
 Star Magnolia    
Malus floribunda 20 to 25 ft. 20 to 25 ft.
 Flowering Crabapple    
Oxydendrum arboreum 20 to 30 ft. 12 to 18 ft
 Sourwood, Sorrel Tree    
Pinus nigra 80 to 90 ft. 30 to 35 ft.
 Austrian Pine    
Prunus subhirtella 25 to 30 ft. 15 to 20 ft.
 Japanese Flowering Cherry    
Sorbus aucuparia . 30 to 35 ft 20 to 25 ft
 Mountain Ash    
Styrax japonica 20 to 25 ft. 15 to 25 ft.
 Snowbell Tree    
Syringa japonica 20 to 25 ft. 12 to 20 ft.
Japanese Tree Lilac    
Ulmus americana ascendens, var. A
ugustine
 80 to 90 ft. 20 to 25 ft
 Augustine Ascending Elm .
     



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