APPENDIX B: UNDERSTORY TREES
   RECOMMENDED PLANT MATERIAL FOR UNDERSTORY TREES*
Botanical Name
Common Name
Botanical Name
Common Name
Alnus glutinosa
European Black Alder
Amelanchier canadensis
Shadblow Serviceberry
Amelanchier grandiflora
Apple Serviceberry
Amelanchier laevis
Allegheny Serviceberry
Amelanchier sanguinea
Juneberry
Betula nigra var.
River Birch
Betula platyphyllis japonicum
Whitespire Birch
Carpinus carolina
American Hornbeam
Corylus Cornuta
Hazelnut
Crataegus crus-galli inermis
Thornless Cockspur Hawthorn
Crataegus phaenopyrum
Washington Hawthorn
Crataegus viridis
Winter King Hawthorn
Magnolia x loebneri “Merrill”
Merrill Loebner Magnolia
Magnolia soulangeana
Saucer Magnolia
Magnolia stellata
Star Magnolia
Malus ‘prairiefire’
Prairiefire Crab
Malus ‘red jewel’
Red Jewel Crab
Syringa reticulata
Japanese Tree Lilac
 
*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)