APPENDIX A: OVERSTORY TREES
   RECOMMENDED PLANT MATERIAL FOR OVERSTORY TREES*
Botanical Name
Common Name
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 colurna
Turkish Filbert
Ginkgo biloba (male only)
Maidenhair Tree
Gleditsia triancanthos inermis var.
Thornless Honeylocust
Gymnocladus dioicus
Kentucky Coffeetree
Juglans nigra
Walnut
Liridenron tulipfera
Tuliptree
Ostrya/Vriginiana
Ironwood
Plantanus acerifolia
London Planetree
Plantanus ocidentalis
Sycamore
Quercus Alba
White Oak
Quercus bicolor
Swamp White Oak
Quercus ellipsoldalis
Hill’s Oak
Quercus Imbricaria
Shingle Oak
Quercus macrocarpa
Bur Oak
Quercus muehlenbergii
Chinkapin Oak
Quercus palustris
Pin Oak* (high maintenance Chlorosis)
Quercus robur
English Oak
Quercus rubra
Red Oak
Quercus velutina
Black Oak
Syringa Reticulate
Japanese Tree Lilac
Taxodium Distichum
Bald Cypres
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.
(Ord. 1565, passed 4-1-96; Am. Ord. 2341, passed 12-18-06; Am. Ord. 3301, passed 5-17-21)