(A) The following list constitutes the official street tree species for the city. No species other than those included in this list may be planted within right-of-ways without written permission of the city Tree Board.
Small Trees | Medium Trees | Large Trees |
Crabapple, flowering (sp.) | Hackberry | Maple, silver |
Hawthorne (sp.) | Honey locust (thornless) | Maple, sugar |
Lilac, Jap. Tree | Linden or basswood (sp.) | Maple, red |
Plum | Hackberry | |
Serviceberry | Oak, bur | |
Blue beech | Oak, swamp white | |
Chokecherry | Oak, white | |
Pin cherry | Oak, red | |
Dogwood, pagoda | Cottonwood (cottonless, male) | |
Elm, accolade, princeton, triumph or new horizon | ||
(B) The following trees are prohibited for planting within city limits:
Gingko(female) | Nonhybrid cottonwood species | Mulberry |
Boxelder | Black locust | Russian olive |
Non-disease resistant elm species | Siberian elm | Buckthorn |
(C) Additional recommended trees for parks and yards away from streets:
Aspen-quaking or bigtooth | Balsam fir | Black spruce |
Paper birch | Eastern white pine | Arborvitae/white cedar |
River birch | Red/Norway pine | |
Tamarack | White spruce |
(Ord. 390, passed 1-7-2019)