RECOMMENDED PLANT MATERIALS FOR DETENTION TREES*
Botanical Name | Common Name |
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 Beach |
Carya ovata | Shagbark Hickory |
Crataegus crus-galli inermis | Thornless Hawthorne |
Gymnocladus Dioicus | Kentucky Coffeetree |
Jaglans nigra | Black Walnut |
Platanus occidentalis | Sycamore |
Quercus bicolor | Swamp White Oak |
Quercus rubra | Red Oak |
Taxodium disfichum | Bald Cyprus |
*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)