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
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
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
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 - -)