APPENDIX A: ACCEPTABLE PLANT SPECIES

   The following list of plant species includes shade trees, ornamental trees and shrubs which are acceptable for landscaping in this area of the state. A few species are labeled as "discouraged" due to marginal hardiness in this zone, to disease susceptibility, or to overuse.

Shade Trees
Botanical Name	Common Name
Acer rubrum	Red maple
Acer saccharum	Sugar maple
Amelanchier canadensis	Serviceberry
Betula nigra	River birch
Carya illinoensis	Pecan
Carya ovata	Shagbark hickory
Carya glabra	Pignut hickory
Carya cordiformis	Bitternut hickory
Cedrus deodara	Deodar cedar
Celtis occidentalis	Hackberry
Cupressocyparis leylandii	Leyland cypress (discouraged)
Diospyros virginiana	Persimmon
Fagus grandiflora	American beech
Fraxinus americana	White ash
Fraxinus pennsylvanica	Green ash
Ginkgo biloba	Ginkgo
Juniperus virginiana	Eastern red cedar
Liquidambar styraciflua	Sweetgum
Liriodendron tulipifera	Tulip poplar
Magnolia grandiflora	Southern magnolia
Nyssa sylvatica	Black gum
Pinus echinata	Short leaf pine
Pinus nigra	Austrian pine
Pinus thunbergi	Japanese black pine
Pinus taeda	Loblolly pine
Pinus virginiana	Virginia pine
Platanus acerifolia	London planetree
Quercus acutissima	Sawtooth oak
Quercus alba	White oak
Quercus bicolor	Swamp white oak
Quercus coccinea	Scarlet oak
Quercus falcata	Southern red oak
Quercus laurifolia	Laurel oak
Quercus nigra	Water oak
Quercus phellos	Willow oak
Quercus borealis	Northern red oak
Quercus shumardi	Shumard oak
Quercus velutina	Black oak
Quercus virginiana	Live oak
Sophora japonica regent	Japanese pagoda tree
Taxodium distichum	Bald cypress
Ulmus parvifolia	Lacebark elm
Ulmus alata	Winged elm
Zelkova serrata	Japanese zelkova

 

Ornamental Trees
Botanical Name	Common Name
Acer buergeranum	Trident maple
Acer campestre	Hedge maple
Acer palmatum	Japanese maple
Carpinus betulus	European hornbeam
Carpinus caroliniana	American hornbeam
Cercis canadensis	Eastern redbud
Cornus florida	Flowering dogwood
Cornus kousa	Kousa dogwood
Crataegus phaenopyrum	Washington hawthorne
Eleganus angustifolia	Russian olive
Halesia carolina	Carolina silverbell
Hammamelis mollis	Chinese witch-hazel
Ilex fosteri	Foster holly
Ilex opaca	American holly
Ilex opaca hume	Hume holly
Ilex x attenuata savannah	Savannah holly
Koelreutaria paniculata	Golden rain-tree
Lagerstroemia indica	Crapemyrtle
Magnolia soulangeana	Saucer magnolia
Magnolia stellata	Star magnolia
Malus hybrids	Flowering crabapple
Ostrya virginiana	Ironwood
Oxydendrum arboreum	Sourwood
Primus cerasifera pissardii	Purpleleaf plum
Prunus serrulata kwanzan	Kwanzan cherry
Prunus subhirtella pendula	Weeping cherry
Prunus yedoensis	Yoshino cherry
Prunus caroliniana	Carolina cherry laural
Pyrus calleryana 'Redspire'	Redspire pear (discouraged)
Pyrus calleryana 'Capital'	Capital pear (discouraged)

 

Shrubs
Botanical Name	Common Name
Abelia grandiflora	Glossy abelia
Aucuba japonica	Japanese aucuba
Azalea hybrida	Glenn dale azalea
Azalea indica	Indian azalea
Azalea obtusum Kaempferi	Kaempferi azalea
Bambusa multiplex	Hedge bamboo
Berberis julianae	Wintergreen barberry
Brberis thunbergii	Japanese barberry
Camellia japonica	Camellia
Camellia sasanqua	Sasanqua Camellia
Chaenomeles speciosa	Flowering quince
Cleyera japonica	Cleyera
Euonymus alatus	Winged euonymus
Euonymus japonicus	Evergreen euonymus
Eleagnus pungens	Eleagnus
Forsythia intermedia	Forsythia
Hammamelis virginiana	Witch-hazel
Hydrangea quercifolia	Oakleaf hydrangea
Ilex aquifolium	English holly
Ilex cornuta	Chinese holly
Ilex cornuta burfordi	Burford holly
Ilex cornuta burfordi nana	Dwarf burford holy
Ilex crenata 'convexa'	Convex Japanese holly
Ilex crenata 'hetzi'	Hetzi Japanese holly
Ilex crenata 'rotundifolis'	Roundleaf Japanese holly
Ilex "Emily Brunner"	Emily brunner holly
Ilex glabra	Inkberry holly
Ilex latifolia	Lusterleaf holly
Ilex pernyi	Perny holly
Ilex vomitoria	Yaupon holly
Juniperus chinensis pfitzeriana	Pfltzer juniper
Juniperus chinesis hetzi	Hetzi juniper
Laurus nobilis	Laurel
Ligustrum japonicum	Japanese privet
Ligustrum lucidum	Glossy privet
Ligustrum vicaryi	Vicary golden privet
Loropetalum chinense	Lotopetalum
Mahonia bealei	Leatherleaf mahonia
Myrica cerifera	Wax myrtle
Nandina domestica	Nandina
Osmanthus fortunei	Fortune tea olive
Osmanthus fragrans	Fragrant tea olive
Osmanthus heterophyllus	Holly osmanthus
Osmanthus heterophyllus rotundifolius	Curly leaf tea olive
Pieris floribunda	Mountain andromeda
Pieris japonica	Japanese andromeda
Pittosporum tobira	Pittosporum (discouraged)
Prunus laurocerasus	English laurel
Prunus laurocerasus "Zabel"	"Zabel" Skip laurel
Podocarpus macrophyllus maki	Podocarpus (discouraged)
Prunus laurocerasus angustifolia	Narrow leafed english laurel
Pyracantha coccinea	Scarlet firethorn
Raphiolepsis umbellata	Yeddo-hawthorn
Raphiolepsis indica	India hawthorn
Spirea cantoniensis	Reves spirea
Spirea thunbergi	Thunberg spirea
Spirea prunifolia plena	Bridalwreath spirea
Spirea vanhouttei	Vanhoutte spirea
Taxus cuspidata	Japanese yew
Viburnum rhytidophyllum	Leatherleaf viburnum
Viburnum tinus	Laurestinus viburnum

 

(Ord., Addendum, passed - -)