§ 152.162 NEW PLANT MATERIAL.

   (A)   Regionally grown and native species of plants are preferred. Any plant not listed here can be approved if listed with the Agricultural Extension Office as a native plant. New plant material shall complement existing site vegetation, should be mixed with it and should be integrated with all other natural site features. Plantings should be grouped together or clustered as opposed to thin linear patterns.

   (B)   Preferred plant materials include the following, but not limited to:

      (1)   Large or medium hardwood canopy trees, including:

         (a)   American sycamore;

         (b)   Beech;

         (c)   Birch or river birch;

         (d)   Black cherry;

         (e)   Black gum;

         (f)   Black locust;

         (g)   Black walnut;

         (h)   Chestnut;

         (i)   Chinquapin;

         (j)   Eastern redbud;

         (k)   Golden rain tree;

         (l)   Hickory;

         (m)   Magnolia;

         (n)   Maple;

         (o)   May tree;

         (p)   Oak;

         (q)   Smoke tree;

         (r)   Sourwood;

         (s)   White ash;

         (t)   White fringed tree; and

         (u)   Yellow poplar.

      (2)   Large or medium evergreen canopy trees, including:

         (a)   American Holly;

         (b)   Hemlock**;

         (c)   Cypress;

         (d)   Larch;

         (e)   Fir;

         (f)   Leyland;

         (g)   Hawthorn; and

         (h)   Spruce.

      (3)   Small flowering understory trees, including:

         (a)   American mountain ash;

         (b)   American yellow wood;

         (c)   Cherry;

         (d)   Crab apple;

         (e)   Flowering dogwood;

         (f)   Forsythia;

         (g)   Fringe tree;

         (h)   Fruit trees;

         (i)   Gray-stemmed dogwood;

         (j)   Hawthorn;

         (k)   Holly (mountain, American);

         (l)   Hydrangea;

         (m)   Lilac;

         (n)   Red-twigged dogwood;

         (o)   Serviceberry;

         (p)   Sourwood; and

         (q)   Witch hazel.

      (4)   Shrubs, including:

         (a)   Arborvitaes;

         (b)   Azalea;

         (c)   Gold thread leaf cypress;

         (d)   Golden elder;

         (e)   Juniper family;

         (f)   Yews;

         (g)   Laurel;

         (h)   Rhododendron;

         (i)   Scottish heather;

         (j)   Viburnum; and

         (k)   Burning bush.

**Hemlocks may not be the best choice because they are prone to disease.

(Ord. passed 3-14-2005; Ord. passed 5-1-2013; Ord. passed 2-13-2013; Ord. passed 10-10-2016; Ord. passed 3-14-2019, § 705)