APPENDIX A: PLANT MATERIALS

   (A)   Overstory trees.

Recommended Overstory Trees*
Botanical Name	Common Name
Acer nigrum var.	Black Maple
Acer rubrum var.	Red Maple
Acer saccharum var.	Sugar Maple
Aesculus glabra	Ohio Buckeye
Carya ovata	Shagbark Hickory
Celtis occidentalis	Hackberry
Corylus columa	Turkish Filbert
Ginko biloba (male only)	Maidenhair Tree
Gleditsia triancanthos inermis var.	Thornless Honeylocust
Gymnocladus dioicus	Kentucky Coffetree
Juglans nigra	Walnut
Liriodendrin tulipifera	Tuliptree
Ostrya virginiana	Ironwood
Plantanus acerifolia	London Planetree
Plantanus ocidentalis	Sycamore
Pyrus calleryana	Callery Pear
Quercus alba	White Oak
Quercus bicolor	Swamp White Oak
Quercus ellipsoldalis	Hill’s Oak
Quercus imbricaria	Shingle Oak
Quercus macrocarpa	Bur Oak
Quercus muehlenbergii	Chickapin Oak
Quercus palustris	Pin Oak
Quercus robur	English Oak
Quercus rubra	Red Oak
Quercus velutina	Black Oak
Syringa reticulate	Japanese Tree Lilac
Taxodium distichum	Bald Cypress
Tilia americana	American Linden
Tilia cordata var.	Littleleaf Linden
Tilia euchlora “Redmond”	Redmond Linden
Tilia vulgaris	European Linden
Tilia tomentosa	Sterling Silver Linden
Ulmus var.	Elm (newer hybrids)
* Certain species may not be recommended from time to time due to current biological threats or other recognized industry practices

 

   (B)   Understory trees.

Recommended Understory Trees*
Botanical Name	Common Name
Alnus glutinosa	European Black Alder
Amelanchier canadensis	Shadow Serviceberry
Amelanchier grandiflora	Apple Serviceberry
Amelanchier laevis	Allegheny Serviceberry
Amelanchier sanguinea	Juneberry
Betula nigra var.	River Birch
Betula platyphyllis japonicum	Whitespire birch
Carpinus caroliniana	American Hornbeam
Corylus cornuta	Havelnut Thornless
Crataegus crus-galli inermis	Cockspur Hawthorne
Crataegus phaenopyrum	Washington Hawthorne
Crataegus viridis	Winter King Hawthorne
Magnolia x lobneri “Merrill”	Merrill Loebner Magnolia
Magnolia soulangeana	Saucer Magnolia
Magnolia stellata	Star Magnolia
Malus “prairiefire”	Prairiefire Crab
Malus “redjewel”	Red Jewel Crab
Pyrus calleryana “Chanticleer”	Chanticleer Pear
Syringa reticulate	Japanese Tree Lilac
* Certain species may not be recommended from time to time due to current biological threats or other recognized industry practices

 

   (C)   Parkway trees.

Recommended Parkway Trees*
Botanical Name	Common Name
Acer x freemanii	Autumn Blaze
Acer nigrum var.	Marmo Black Maple
Acer platanoides “Emerald Queen”	Emerald Queen Maple
Acer rubrum var.	Red Maple
Acer saccharum var.	Sugar Maple (for parkway >10 ft.)
Carya ovata	Shagbark Hickory
Celtis occidentalis	Hackberry
Corylus colurna	Turkish Filbert
Ginko biloba (male only)	Maidenhair Tree
Gleditsia triancanthos inermis var.	Thornless Honeylocust
Gymnocladus dioicus	Kentucky Coffetree
Ostrya virginiana	Ironwood
Plantanus acerifolia or occidentalis	London Plan Tree or Sycamore
Pyrus calleryana “Chanticleer”	Chanticleer Pear
Quercus alba	White Oak
Quercus bicolor	Swamp White Oak
Quercus ellipsoldalis	Hill’s Oak
Quercus imbricaria	Shingle Oak
Quercus rubra	Red Oak
Quercus velutina	Black Oak
Syringa reticulate	Japanese Tree Lilac
Tilia americana	American Linden
Tilia cordata var.	Littleleaf Linden
Tilia euchlora “Redmond”	Redmond Linden
Tilia tomentosa	Sterling Silver Linden
Ulmus var	Elm (newer hybrids)
* Certain species may not be recommended from time to time due to current biological threats or other recognized industry practices

 

   (D)   Evergreen trees.

Recommended Evergreen Trees*
Botanical Name	Common Name
Abies concolor	White Fir
Juniperus virginiana	Eastern Red Cedar
Picea abies	Norway Spruce
Picea glauca	White Spruce
Picea gluaca densata	Black Hills Spruce
Picea omorika	Serbian Spruce
Picea pungens	Colorado Green Spruce
Picea P. “Gluaca”	Colorado Blue Spruce
Pinus flexilus	Limber Pine
Pinus ponderosa	Ponderosa Pine
Pinus strobus	Eastern White Pine
Pinus sylvestris	Scotch Pine
Pseudtotsuga meniesii	Douglas Fir
Taxodium distichum	Bald Cypress
Tsuga canadensis	Canadian Hemlock
* Certain species may not be recommended from time to time due to current biological threats or other recognized industry practices

 

   (E)   Preservation trees.

Recommended Preservation Trees*
Botanical Name	Common Name
Aesculus species	Buckeye/Horse Chestnut
Acer rubrum	Red Maple
Acer saccharum	Sugar Maple
Carpinus caroliniana	Blue Beech
Carya var.	Hickory
Celtis occidentalis	Hackberry
Fraxinus americana var.	White Ash
Gymnocladus dioicus	Kentucky Coffeetree
Juglans nigra	Walnut
Ostrya virginiana	Ironwood
Plantanus occidentalis	Sycamore
Quercus (all except palustris)	Oaks (all except Pine Oak)
Taxodium distichum	Bald Cypress
Tilia americana	American Linden
* Certain species may not be recommended from time to time due to current biological threats or other recognized industry practices

 

   (F)   Stormwater detention/retention trees.

Recommended Stormwater Detention/Retention Trees*
Botanical Name	Common Name
Acer rubrum	Red Maple
Acer saccharum	Sugar Maple
Alnus glutinosa	European Alder
Alnus rugosa	Speckled Alder (native)
Betala nigra	River Birch
Carpinus caroliniana	Blue Beech
Carya ovata	Shagbark Hickory
Crataegus crus-galli inermis	Thornless Hawthorne
Gymnocladus dioicus	Kentucky Coffeetree
Juglans nigra	Black Walnut
Platanus occidentalis	Sycamore Swamp
Quercus bicolor	White Oak
Quercus rubra	Red Oak
Taxodium distichum	Bald Cypress
* Certain species may not be recommended from time to time due to current biological threats or other recognized industry practices

 

   (G)   Unacceptable trees.

Unacceptable Trees
Botanical Name	Common Name
Acer ginnala	Amur Maple
Acer negundo	Box Elder
Acer platanoides	Norway Maple
Acer pseudoplatanus	Sycamore Maple
Acer saccharinum	Silver Maple
Ailanthus altissima	Tree of Heaven
Betula papyrifera	Paper/white Birch
Cercidiphyllum japonicum	Katsura
Elaegnus angustifolia	Russian Olive
Frangula alnus	Glossy Buckthorn
Fraxinus Var.	Ash
Ginko biloba (female)	Female Ginko
Maclura pomifera	Osage Orange, Hedge Apple
Moris alba	White Mulberry
Pinus nigra	Austrian Pine
Populus spp.	Poplars, Cottonwoods
Prunus spp.	Aspen Cherries, Plums
Rhamnus spp.	Buckthorns
Salix spp.	Willows
Ulmus	Elms (other than newer hybrids)

 

(Ord. 2015-08, § 17.01, passed 6-23-2015)