APPENDIX A: RECOMMENDED TREES

   One of the most common causes of new tree failure is improper plant selection. No amount of maintenance will save a tree that is not adapted to the climate and site conditions. Urban trees, especially, face a variety of stresses, including compacted soils, poor growing conditions, and vandalism.

   The trees selected for this list have proven to be suitable for the urban landscape. The list has been separated into trees recommended for large, medium and small sites. Large sites are greater than 7 feet, medium sites are 5 to 7 feet, and small sites are 3 to 5 feet. Keep in mind that the presence of overhead wires should automatically restrict a planting site to the small category, regardless of its actual size.

LARGE TREES
Acer rubrum	Red Maple
Acer platanoides	Norway Maple
Acer saccharum	Sugar Maple
Acer saccharum nigrum	Black Maple
Betula nigra	River Birch
Betula nigra ‘Heritage’	Heritage River Birch
Celtis occidentalis ‘Prairie Pride’	Prairie Pride Common Hackberry
Corylus columa	Turkish Filbert
Ginkgo biloba	Ginkgo—Male species recommended
Gymnocladus dioica	Kentucky Coffeetree
Liriodendron tulipifera	Tuliptree
Nyssa sylvatica	Sourgum
Quercus alba	White Oak (difficult to transplant)
Quercus bicolor	Swam White Oak
Quercus imbricaria	Shingle Oak
Quercus macrocarpa	Bur Oak
Quercus rubra	Red Oak
Quercus velutina	Black Oak
Sophora japonica	Japanese Scholartree
Sophora japonica ‘Regent’	Regent Japanese Scholartree
Taxodium distichum	Common Baldcypress
Tilia tomentosa	Silver Linden
Ulmus parvifolia	Lacebark (Chinese) Elm

 

MEDIUM TREES
Alnus glutinosa	Common Alder
Crataegus crusgali var. inermis	Thornless Cockspur Hawthorn
Crataegus viridis ‘Winter King’	Winter King Green Hawthorn
Koeireuteria paniculata	Panicled Golden-Rain Tree
Magnolia X soulangiana	Saucer Magnolia
Ostrya virginiana	American Hophornbeam
Phellodendron amurense	Amur Corktree

 

SMALL TREES
Acer ginnala	Amur Maple
Acer griseum	Paperbark Maple
Acer palmatum	Japanese Maple
Acert tartaricum	Tatarian Maple
Amelanchair sp.	Serviceberry
Cercis canadensis	Eastern Redbud
Cornus kousa	Kousa Dogwood
Cornas mas	Cornelian—Cherry Dogwood
Crataegus phaenopyrum	Washington Hawthorn
Malus species	Flowering Crabapples
Syringa reticulata	Japanese Tree Lilac

 

TREES FOR PARKING LOTS

   Parking lots present a special challenge for the urban forest manager. They must be suited to the planted sites and should not have characteristics, such as dropping fruit, that could damage cars. The following species are drought tolerant and considered to be the best species for planting in parking lots in Belleville.

 

Carpinus betulus ‘Fastigiata’	European Hornbeam
Corylus colurna	Turkish Filbert
Koelreuteria paniculata	Golden-rain Tree
Maclura pornifera var inermis	Osage Orange (Thornless and fruitless cultivars only ‘Park’ & ‘Wichita’)
Sophora japonica	Japanese Scholartree
Ulmus parvifolia	Lacebark Elm (also known as Chinese Elm)

 

The following species have some drought tolerance and may be suitable for parking lots:

Tilia tomentosa	Silver Linden
Zelkova serrata	Japanese Zelkova
Acer ginnala	Amur Maple
Acer campestre	Hedge Maple
Crataegus viridis ‘Winter King’	Winter King Green Hawthorn
Celtic occidentalis ‘Prairie Pride’	Prairie Pride Hackberry
Gingko biloba	Gingko—male species recommended
Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis	Thornless Honeylocust

 

SPECIES NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PLANTING

   The following species should not be planted in the Belleville urban forest:

Acer negundo	Box Elder
Reason: It has weak wood and persistent, weedy seedlings.
Catalpa spp.	Catalpa
Reason: It has weak wood and messy fruit.
Betula pendula	European White Birch
Reason: It is susceptible to leaf miner and bronze birch borer.
Morus spp.	Mulberry
Reason: It has messy fruit.
Picea pungens	Colorado Blue Spruce
Reason: It is susceptible to Cytosoora canker.
Poplar spp.	Poplar
Reason: It has weak wood and is susceptible to aphids, borers, cankers, galls, leaf blisters, rust and scales.
Prunus cerasifera	Purple-leaf Plum
Reason: It is susceptible to insects and diseases.
Robinia pseudoacasia	Black Locust
Reason: It is short-lived and susceptible to borer and leaf miner.
Salix spp.	Willow
Reason: It is susceptible to insects and diseases, including twig blight, crown gall, cankers, borers, leaf spot, scales and aphids.
Sorbus aucuparia	European Mountain Ash
Reason: It is susceptible to scales, mountain ash sawfly, scab and other insects and diseases.
Ulmus pumila	Siberian Elm
Reason: It has weak wood and is susceptible to elm leaf beetle.

 

(Ord. 8994-2021, passed 10-19-2021)