Trees to be planted in City parkways shall be selected from the following list of authorized tree species and/or other species as approved by the Director of Public Works.
(See following pages for authorized tree species list.)
Latin Name | Specie | Growth |
Latin Name | Specie | Growth |
+Acer campestre | Hedge Maple | Up to 35' |
+Acer ginnala | Amur Maple | Up to 25' |
+Acer platanoides `Columnare' | Columnar Norway Maple | Up to 55' |
*Acer platanoides `Crimson King' | Crimson King Norway Maple | Up to 45' |
*Acer platanoides `Emerald Queen' | Emerald Queen Norway Maple | Up to 60' |
* Acer platanoides `Jade Glen' | Jade Glen Norway Maple | Up to 60' |
*Acer rubrum `Armstrong' | Armstrong Red Maple | Up to 40' |
+ Acer rubrum `Columnare' | Columnar Red Maple | Up to 40' |
*Acer rubrum `October Glory' | October Glory Red Maple | Up to 60' |
*Acer rubrum `Red Sunset' | Red Sunset Red Maple | Up to 50' |
+Acer rubrum `Scanlon' | Scanlon Red Maple | Up to 35' |
*Acer saccharum | Sugar Maple | Up to 70' |
*Acer saccharum `Green Mountain | Green Mountain Sugar Maple | Up to 70' |
+Amelanchier grandiflora (single stem) | Apple Serviceberry | Up to 25' |
*Betula lutea (single stem) | Yellow Birch | Up to 70' |
* Betula nigra (single stem) | River Birch | Up to 70' |
*Castanea mollisima | Chinese Chestnut | Up to 60' |
*Celtis occidentalis | Hackberry | Up to 80' |
+Crataegus species and cultivars | Toba Hawthorne | Up to 20' |
*Fraxinus americana `Autumn Purple' | Autumn Purple White Ash | Up to 50' |
*Fraxinus americana `Rosehill' | Rosehill White Ash | Up to 80' |
* Fraxinus excelsior `Hessei' | Hessei Ash | Up to 60' |
*Fraxinus quadrangulata (true) | Blue Ash | Up to 70' |
*Gingko biloba | Gingko | Up to 120' |
*Gleditsia triacanthos inermis `Imperial' | Imperial Honeylocust | Up to 45' |
*Gleditsia triacanthos inermis `Skyline' | Skyline Honeylocust | Up to 45' |
* Gymnocladus dioicus | Kentucky Coffeetree | Up to 60' |
* Larix decidua | European Larch | Up to 75' |
* Liriodendron tulipifera | Tulip Tree | Up to 70' |
+ Malus `Radiant' | Radiant Flowering Crab | Up to 20' |
+ Malus `Snowdrift' | Snowdrift Flowering Crab | Up to 20' |
+ Malus `Van Esseltine' | Van Esseltine Flowering Crab | Up to 20' |
+ Ostrya virginiana | Ironwood | Up to 40' |
*Pinus strobus | White Pine | Up to 80' |
* Platanus acerifolia | London Plane Tree | Up to 80' |
* Pyrus calleryana `Bradford' | Bradford Callery Pear | Up to 45' |
* Quercus prinus (Montana) | Chestnut Oak | Up to 70' |
* Quercus alba | White Oak | Up to 80' |
* Quercus acutissima | Sawtooth Oak | Up to 70' |
* Quercus bicolor | Swamp White Oak | Up to 70' |
* Quercus imbricaria | Shingle Oak | Up to 60' |
*Quercus macrocarpa | Bur Oak | Up to 120' |
* Quercus robur | English Oak | Up to 70' |
* Quercus rubra | Red Oak | Up to 80' |
*Quercus schumardii | Schumard Oak | Up to 80' |
+Sophora japonica | Chinese Scholar Tree | Up to 40' |
* Tilia cordata | European Littleleaf Linden | Up to 75' |
* Tilia cordata `Greenspire' | Greenspire Littleleaf Linden | Up to 75' |
*Tilia euchlora `Redmond' | Redmond Linden | Up to 75' |
*Tilia tomentosa | Silver Linden | Up to 60' |
*Zelkova sereta `Village Green' | Village Green Zelkova | Up to 50' |
(Ord. 0-28-90, 6-4-90)