The trees on the following list have characteristics that make them unacceptable for use in public areas and are not allowed:
Black Locust | Robinia pseudoacacia |
Black Walnut | Juglans nigra |
Box elder or Ash leaved maple | Acer negundo |
Common Horsechestnut | Aesculus hippocastanum |
Catalpa | Catalpa speciosa |
Chinese Chestnut | Castanea mollissima |
Hawthorn | Crataegus sp. |
Cottonwood | Populus deltoids |
Crabapple | Malus sp. susceptible to disease |
Hickory | Carya sp. |
Honeylocust | Gleditsia triancanthos (with thorns) |
Ginkgo or Maidenhair tree | Ginkgo biloba (female) |
Mimosa | Albizia julibrissin |
Mulberry | Morus sp. |
Osage Orange | Maclura pomifera |
Siberian Elm | Ulmus pumila |
Silver (Water) Maple | Acer saccharinum |
Tree of Heaven | Ailanthus altissima |
White birch | Betula sp. |
Willow | Salix sp. |
Undesirable traits for public plantings include (1) disease or insect problems; (2) dirty, dropping branches; (3) objectionable fruit or bark; (4) weak-wooded (apt to lose large branches in wind or with age); (5) short lived; (6) unpredictable or irregular habits; (7) root problems (shallow and destructive roots); and (8) unsafe, dangerously thorny or poisonous trees.
(Ord. BG2004-21, 5/4/2004; Ord. BG2011-4, 2/1/2011)