This list is provided as a guide to the most appropriate trees for urban situations. There is no single perfect tree. The most successful course is to match the planting site limitations with the right tree for the spot. Each site must be evaluated and possible restrictions on tree species noted. These restrictions include rooting space, soil texture, soil pH, drainage, exposure, overhead wires, and surrounding building surfaces.
The trees appearing on this listing have different requirements and tolerances. These species all should do well in the urban forest environment of the city. Before selecting any particular species or variety, further research should be done to insure that the site will satisfy the specific requirements of the plant.
Small Trees:
Downy Serviceberry
Dogwood
Crab Apple
Red Jewel
Bell-flowered Cherry
Redbud
Sweetbay Magnolia
Centurion
Spring Snow
Sargent Cherry
Medium Trees:
American Holly
Katsura Tree
Urbanite Green Ash
Amur Cork Tree
Japanese Pagoda Tree
Upright European Hornbeam
Ohio Pioneer Hawthorne
Thornless Washington Hawthorne
Goldenrain Tree
Heritage River Birch
Turkish Filbert
Thornless Honey Locust
Aristocrat Callery Pear
Green Vase, Village Green Zelkova
American Hornbeam
Winter King Hawthorne
Saucer Magnolia
Large Trees:
Ohio Buckeye
Shagbark Hickory
European Beech
Autumn Purple White Ash
Gingko or Maidenhair (male)
Sweet Gum
Colorado Spruce
Austrian Pine
White Oak
English Oak
Common Baldcyress
Lacebark Elm
Dawn Redwood
Shellbark Hickory
Atlas Cedar
Autumn Applause White Ash
Marshall Seedless Green Ash
Yellow Poplar or Tulip Tree
Norway Spruce
White Pine
London Plane Tree
Pin Oak
Red Oak
Liberty American Elm
Little-Leaf Lindon