§ 155.178 PREFERRED PLANT LIST.

Preferred Trees and Shrubs

(Suitable for the Louisville area and hardy in zones in 5-7)

Contributed by: John A. Swintosky, ASLA, Metro Parks

Trees
Scientific Name	Common Name	Tree Type
*Acer rubrum (straight species)	Red Maple	A
Acer saccharum asp. nigrum	Black Maple	A
*Acer saccharum (straight species)	Sugar Maple	A
Aesculus flava (octandra)	Yellow Buckeye	A
Aesculus glabra	Ohio Buckeye	B
Aesculus plavia	Red Buckeye	C
Alnus serrulata	Alder	C
*Amelanchier laevis	Serviceberry	C
Asimina triloba	Pawpaw	C
Betula lenta	Sweet Birch	A
Betula nigra	River Birch	A
*Carpinus caroliniana	American Hornbeam	B
Carya (species)	Hickory	A
Catalpa bignoniaceae	Catalpa	A
*Celtis (species)	Hackberry	A
*Cercidiphyllum japonicum	Katsuratree	B
Cercis canadensis	Redbud	C
Chionanthus virginicus	Fringe Tree	C
Cladrastis kentukea	Yellowwood	B
Cornus alternifolia	Pagoda Dogwood	C
Cornus amomum	Silky Dogwood	C
Cornus florida	Flowering Dogwood	C
Cornus racemosa	Gray Dogwood	C
*Crataegus species	Hawthorn	C
Diospyros virginiana	Persimmon	B
*Eucommia ulmoides	Hardy Rubber Tree	A
Fagus grandifolia	American Beech	A
Franklinia alatamaha	Franklinia	C
*Fraxinus americana	White Ash	A
*Fraxinus pennsylvanica	Green Ash	A
Fraxinus quadrangulata	Blue Ash	A
*Ginkgo biloba (male only)	Ginkgo	A
Gymnocladus dioicus (male only)	Kentucky Coffee Tree	A
Halesia carolina	Carolina Silverbell	B
Helsia diptera	Two-Wing Silverbell	C
Ilex opaca	American Holly	A
Juglans cinerea	Butternut	A
Juglans nigra	Walnut	A
Juniperus virgiana	Eastern Red Cedar	B
*Koelreuteria paniculata	Golden Rain Tree	B
Liquidambar styraciflua	Sweetgum *“Rotundiloba”	A
Liriodendron tulipifera	Tulip Tree	A
Magnolia acuminata	Cucumbertree Magnolia	A
Magnolia macrophylla	Bigleaf Magnolia	B
Magnolia tripetala	Umbrella Magnolia	B
Magnolia virgiana	Sweetbay Magnolia	C
Nyssa sylvatica	Blackgum	B
Osmanthus americanus	Devilwood	C
Ostrya virginiana	Hophornbeam	B
Oxydendrum arboreum	Sourwood	B
Pinus echinata	Shortleaf Pine	A
Pinus flexilis	Limber Pine	B
Pinus strobus	White Pine	A
Pinus virginiana	Virginia Pine	B
Platanus occidentalis	Sycamore	A
Prunus serotina	Black Cherry	A
Ptelea trifoliata	Hop Tree, Wafer Ash	C
Quercus alba	White Oak	A
*Quercus bicolor	Swamp White Oak	A
*Quercus coccinea	Scarlet Oak	A
Quercus falcata var. pagodifolia	Cherrybark Oak	A
Quercus imbricaria	Shingle Oak	A
Quercus lyrata	Overcup Oak	B
Quercus macrocarpa	Bur Oak	A
Quercus marilandica	Blackjack Oak	B
Quercus michauxii	Swamp Chestnut Oak	B
Quercus muehlenbergii	Chinkapin Oak	B
Quercus palustris	Pin Oak	A
Quercus phellos	Willow Oak	A
*Quercus rubra (borealis)	Red Oak	A
*Quercus shumardii	Shumard Oak	A
Quercus stellata	Post Oak	B
Quercus velutina	Black Oak	A
Robinia pseudoacacia	Black Locus	B
Salix nigra	Black Willow	B
Sassafras albidum	Sassafras	B
*Sophora japonica	Japanese Pagoda Tree	A
Stewartia monadelpha; ovata	Tall Stewartia; Mountain Stewartia	C
*Syringa reticulata	Tree Lilac	C
Taxodium ascendens	Pond Cypress	A
Taxodium distichum	Bald Cypress	A
*Tilia americana	American Linden, Basswood	A
*Tilia cordata	Littleleaf Linden	A
*Tilia x echlora	Crimean Linden	A
Tilia tomentosa	Silver Linden	A
Tsuga candensis	Eastern Hemlock	A
Ulmus alata	Winged Elm	B
Ulmus americana	American Elm	A
*Ulmus parviflora	Lacebark Elm	A
Ulmus rubra	Slippery Elm	A
Viburnum lentago	Nannyberry Viburnum	C
Viburnum prunifolium	Blackhaw Viburnum	C
Viburnum rufidulum	Rusty Blackhaw Viburnum	C
*Zelkova serratta	Zelkova	A
* Denotes a recommended street tree. Note: “Tree Type A” designates large trees, B type trees are medium, and C trees are small for the purposes of applying this chapter. See the table in § 155.124(E) and tree Types A, B, C for further information for using this appendix.

Shrubs
Scientific Name	Common Name
Aesculus parviflora	Bottlebrush Buckeye
Amorpha fruticosa	Indigo Bush
Aralia spinosa	Devil’s Walking Stick
Aronia arbutifolia	Red Chokeberry
Aronia melanocarpa	Black Chokeberry
Arundinaria gigantea	Cane
Callicarpa americana	Beautyberry
Calycanthus floridus	Sweet Shrub, Carolina Allspice
Ceanothus americanus	New Jersey Tea
Cephalanthus occidentalis	Buttonbush
Clethra acuminata	Cinnamon Clethra
Clethra alinfolia	Summersweet
Corylus americana	American Hazel
Dirca palustris	Leatherwood
Euonymus americanus	Strawberry Bush
Euonymus atropurpureus	Eastern Wahoo
Fothergilla gardenii	Dwarf Forthergilla
Hamamelis vernalis	Vernal Witchhazel
Hamamelis virginiana	Common Witchhazel
Hydrangea arborescens	Smooth Hydrangea
Hydrangea quercifolia	Oakleaf Hydrangea
Hyprecium (species)	Saint John’s Wort
Ilex decidua	Possumhaw
Ilex verticillata	Winterberry
Itea virginica	Virginia Sweetspire
Lindera benzoin	Spicebush
Myrica pensylvanica	Bayberry
Philadelphus (species)	Mockorange
Physocarpus opulifolius	Eastern Ninebark
Prunus americana	Wild Plum
Rhamnus caroliniana	Carolina Buckthorn
Rhus aromatica	Fragrant Sumac
Rhus copalina	Shining Sumac
Rhus glabra	Smooth Sumac
Rhus typhina	Staghorn Sumac
Rosa carolina	Carolina Rose
Rosa setigera	Prairie Rose
Salix discolor	Pussy Willow
Sambucus canadensis	Elderberry
Spiraea alba	Meadowsweet Spirea
Spiraea tomentosa	Steeplebush
Staphylea trifolia	Bladdernut
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus	Coralberry, Indian Currant, Buckberry
Vaccineum stamineum	Deerberry
Viburnum acerifolium	Mapleleaf Viburnum
Viburnum cassinoides	Witherod Viburnum
Viburnum dentatum	Arrowwood Viburnum
Viburnum nudum	Smooth Witherod
Xanthorhiza simplicissima	Yellowroot

Vines
Scientific Name	Common Name
Bignonia capreolata	Crossvine
Campsis radicans	Trumpet Vine
Celastrus scandens	Bittersweet
Clematis virginiana	Virgin’s Bower
Lonicera sempervirens	Trumpet Honeysuckle
Pachysandra procumbens	Allegheny Pachysandra
Parthenocissus quinquefolia	Virginia Creeper
Smilax glauca	Cat Greenbrier
Smilax rotundifolia	Common Greenbrier
Wisteria macrostachya (frustecens)	Kentucky Wisteria

 

(LDC, Appendix 10A)