APPENDIX E: PLANT MATERIALS LIST

MEDIUM TO LARGE DECIDUOUS TREES (1)
(Three (3) inches minimum trunk diameter at installation)
Botanical Name	Common Name	Mature Height (FT)	Street Tree Use	Comments
Acer nigrum	Black maple	50-60	Y
Acer rubrum	Red maple	40-60	Y
Acer saccharinum	Silver maple	80-100	N
Acer saccharum	Sugar maple	60-75	N
Aesculus hippocastanum	Horsechestnut	60-70	N	Native species only
Aesculus x carnea	Red horsechestnut	35-50	N	Hybrid (A.pavia & A. hippocastanum)
Betula alleghaniensis	Yellow birch	60-80	N
Betula lenta	Black birch	60-80	N
Betula nigra	River birch	45-55	N
Betula populifolia	Gray birch	40-50	N
Carya tomentosa	Mockernut hickory	50-70	N
Carya cordiformis	Bitternut hickory	50-70	N
Carya glabra	Pignut hickory	50-70	N
Carya ovata	Shagbark hickory	50-70	N
Cladrastis kentukea	American yellowood	30-50	Y
Fagus grandifolia	American beech	50-70	N
Ginkgo biloba	Ginkgo	50-70	Y	Use male only
Gleditsia tricanthos	Honeylocust	40-60	Y	Thornless variety only (i.e. v. Inermis)
Gymnocladus diorcus	Kentucky coffeetree	50-60	Y	Not native to area (use male only)

 

MEDIUM TO LARGE DECIDUOUS TREES (1)
(Three (3) inches minimum trunk diameter at installation)
Botanical Name	Common Name	Mature Height (FT)	Street Tree Use	Comments
Juglans nigra	Black walnut	50-70	N
Larix laricina	Eastern larch (Tamarack)	30-50	N	Native only in central PA
Liquidambar straciflua	Sweet gum	50-75	Y	Refer foot note (2)
Lirodendron tulipfera	Tulip tree	75-100	N
Magnolia acuminate	Cucumbertree	50-70	N
Metasequoia glyptostroboides	Dawn redwood	65-85	N	Not native
Morus rubra	Red mulberry	50-70	N
Nyssa sylvatica	Black gum	40-70	N
Ostrya virginiana	American hornbeam	30-40	Y
Platanus occidentialis	American sycamore	75-100	N
Platanus x acerifolia	London planetree	70-80	Y	Hybrid (P.orientalis & P.occidentalis)
Populus deltoides	Eastern cottonwood	75-100	N
Populus tremuloides	Quaking aspen	40-60	N
Prunus serotina	Black cherry	50-80	N
Quercus acutissima	Sawtooth oak	40-50	N
Quercus alba	White oak	50-100	N
Quercus bicolor	Swamp white oak	60-80	N
Quercus coccinea	Scarlet oak	70-90	Y
Quercus ilicifolia	Bear oak	60-80	N
Quercus imbricaria	Shingle oak	40-65	N
Quercus macrocarpa	Bur oak	70-90	Y
Quercus montana	Chestnut oak	40-75	N

 

MEDIUM TO LARGE DECIDUOUS TREES (1)
(Three (3) inches minimum trunk diameter at installation)
Botanical Name	Common Name	Mature Height (FT)	Street Tree Use	Comments
Quercus muehlenbergii	Chinkapin oak	60-80	Y
Quercus palustris (3)	Pin oak	60-75	N	Refer foot note (3)
Quercus phellos	Willow oak	55-75	N
Quercus robur	English oak	60-80	Y
Quercus rubra	Red oak	60-80	Y
Quercus shumardii	Shumard oak	60-80	Y
Quercus velutina	Black oak	60-80	Y
Salix nigra	Black willow	60-80	N
Sassafras albidum	Sassafras	30-50	N
Taxodium distichum	Bald cypress	60-80	N	Not native
Tilia americana	Basswood (American linden)	50-70	Y
Tilia cordata	Littleleaf linden	60-80	Y
Tilia tomentosa	Silver linden	50-70	Y
Ulmus Americana (disease resistant varieties)	American elm	70-90	Y	Disease resistant varieties only
Ulmus parvifolia	Lacebark elm	40-50	Y
Ulmus rubra	Slippery elm	45-55	N
Zelkova serrata	Japanese zelkova	60-70	Y	Not native
(1)   General notes:
a.   Medium to large deciduous trees shall not be utilized where potential conflict may exist with overhead electric facilities.
b.   Trees identified with “Y” within the street tree use column may be utilized as street trees where there is no potential conflict with overhead electric facilities.
(2)   Only seedless cultivars permitted when utilized as a street tree or planted adjacent to parking lots, sidewalks, pedestrian paths and drainage structures.
(3)   Quercus palustris (pin oak) has drooping branches and should not be installed adjacent to parking lots, sidewalks, or pedestrian paths unless the cultivar “Green pillar” is planted.

 

SMALL DECIDUOUS TREES (1)
(Two and one half (2-1/2) inches minimum caliper at installation)
Botanical Name	Common Name	Mature Height (FT)	Street Tree Use	Comments
Acer buergeranum	Trident Maple	20-30	Y	Not native
Acer ginnala	Amur maple	15-20	Y
Acer griseum	Paperbark maple	25-35	Y
Acer negundo	Box elder	30-40	Y
Acer tataricum	Tatarian maple	15-25	N
Alnus serrulata	Smooth alder	12-20	N
Amelanchier (species & varieties)	Serviceberry	15-30	Y	Use tree form
Asima triloba	Pawpaw	6-30	N
Carpinus caroliniana	American hornbeam	20-35	Y
Carpinus betulus	European hornbeam	35-40	N	Not native
Castanea pumila	Allegheny chinkapin	20-25	N
Celtis occidertallis	Common hackberry	25-30	N
Cercis canadensis	Eastern rudbud	25-30	Y
Chionanthur virginicus	White fringetree	15-25	N
Cornus alternifolia	Pagoda dogwood	20-30	N
Cornus floridia	Flowering dogwood	20-30	N
Cornus kousa	Kousa dogwood	20-30	N	Use tree form
Cornus mas	Cornelia dogwood	20-30	N
Cornus racemosa	Gray dogwood	20-30	N
Crataegus viridis	Green hawthorn	20-30	N	Use tree form
Crataegus crus-galli	Cockspur hawthorn (thornless)	15-20	N	Use tree form (Thornless variety only)
Crataegus laevigata	English hawthorn	15-20	N	Use tree form
Crataegus phaenopyrum	Washington hawthorn (thornless)	20-30	N	Use tree form

 

SMALL DECIDUOUS TREES (1)
(Two and one half (2-1/2) inches minimum caliper at installation)
Botanical Name	Common Name	Mature Height (FT)	Street Tree Use	Comments
Crataegus punctata	Dotted hawthorn	20-25	Y	Use tree form
Crataegus viridis	General hawthorn	25-30	Y	Use tree form
Diospyros virginiana	Common persimmon	30-40	Y
Hamamelis virginiana	Witch hazel	15-25	N
Koelreuteria paniculata	Goldenrain tree	25-40	N
Magnolia stellata	Star magnolia	10-20	N	Use tree form
Magnolia virginiana	Sweetbay magnolia	15-25	Y	Use tree form
Malus (species & varieties)	Flowering crabapple	15-30	Y
Prunus okame	Okame cherry	20-25	Y	Use tree form
Prunus pensylvanica	Pin cherry	25-40	N	Use tree form
Prunus serrulata	Oriental cherry	20-25	N	Not native. Use tree form
Prunus virginiana	Choke cherry	20-30	Y	Use tree form
Syringa (species & varieties)	Ivory silk/lilacs	20-30	Y	Not native
(1)   General notes:
a.   Small deciduous trees may be utilized for street tree installation only where medium to large trees may conflict with overhead electric facilities.
b.   Trees identified with “Y” within the street tree use column may be utilized as street trees.

 

EVERGREEN TREES
(Six (6) feet minimum height at installation)
Botanical Name	Common Name	Mature Height	Street Tree Use	Comments
Abies balsamea	Balsam fir	60-80	N
Chamaecyparis thyoides	Atlantic white cedar	50-70	N
Ilex opaca	American holly	30-40	N
Juniperus virginiana	Eastern red cedar	30-60	N
Picea abies	Norway spruce	60-80	N	Naturalized
Picea glauca	White spruce	40-60	N
Picea omorika	Serbian spruce	50-60	N	Not native
Picea pungens	Blue spruce	50-75	N
Picea rubens	Red spruce	60-80
Pinus echinata	Shortleaf pine	70-90	N
Pinus resinosa	Red pine	70-90	N
Pinus rigida	Pitch pine	40-60	N
Pinus strobus	Eastern white pine	100-140	N
Pinus virginiana	Virginia pine	30-50	N
Pseudotsuga menziesli	Douglas fir	40-60	N	Not native
Thuja occidentailis	Eastern arborvitae	30-50	N
Tsuga canadensis	Eastern hemlock	80-100	N

 

NATIVE SHRUBS
(Three (3) feet minimum height at installation for buffer plantings)
Botanical Name	Common Name	Comments
Alnus incana	speckled alder, mountain alder
Alnus serrulata	smooth alder
Amelanchier arborea	downy serviceberry, shadbush, Juneberry
Aronia arbutifolia	red chokeberry
Aronia melanocarpa	black chokeberry
Castanea pumila	chinuapin
Ceanothus americanus	New Jersey tea, red root
Cephalantus occidentails	buttonbush
Clethra alnifolia	sweet pepper bush
Comptonia peregrina	sweer fern
Cornus alternifolia	paegoda dogwood
Cornus amomum	silky dogwood
Cornus racemosa	gray dogwood
Cornus sericea	red-twig dogwood
Corylus americana	American hazelnut
Corylus cornuta	beaked hazelnut
Diervilla lonicera	bush honeysuckle
Dirca palustris	leatherwood
Epigae re pens	trailing arbutus	Evergreen
Euonymus americana	strawberry bush, brook euonymus
Gaultheria procumbens	wintergreen, checkerberry	Evergreen
Hamamelis virginiana	Witch Hazel
Hydrangea arborescens	wild hydrangea
Hypericum hypericoides ssp. Hypericoides	St. Andrew’s cross
Hypericum prolificum	shrubby St. John’s wort

 

NATIVE SHRUBS
(Three (3) feet minimum height at installation for buffer plantings)
Botanical Name	Common Name	Comments
Ilex glabra	Inkberry
Ilex verticillata	winterberry
Kalmia angustifolia	sheep laurel	Evergreen
Kalmia latifolia	mountain laurel	Evergreen
Lindera benzoin	spicebush
Lyonia ligustrina	male-berry
Myrica pensylvanica	Northern bayberry
Physocarpus opulifolius	ninebark
Prunus virginiana	chokecherry
Rhododendron arborescens	smooth azalea
Rhododendron canadense	rhodora
Rhododendron maximum	rosebay, great laurel	Evergreen
Rhododendron periclymenoides	pinxterbloom azalea
Rhododendron prinophyllum	roseshell azalea
Rhododendron viscosum	swamp azalea
Rhus aromatica	fragrant sumac
Rhus copallinum	dwarf sumac
Rhus glabra	smooth sumac
Rhus hirta	stag horn sumac
Ribes cynosbati	prickly gooseberry
Rosa blanda	smooth rose
Rosa Carolina	Carolina rose
Rosa palustris	Swamp rose
Rubus allegheniesis	Blackberry
Rubus idaeus ssp.strigosus	red raspberry
Rubus occidental is	black raspberry

 

NATIVE SHRUBS
(Three (3) feet minimum height at installation for buffer plantings)
Botanical Name	Common Name	Comments
Rubus odoratus	thimbleberry
Salix bebbiana	Bebb willow, long-beaked willow
Salix discolor	pussy willow
Sambucus canadensis	elderberry, red-berried elder
Spiraea alba	meadow sweet
Spiraea tomentosa	steeplebush
Staphylea trifolia	bladdernut
Symphoricarpos albus	snowberry
Taxus canadensis	Canada yew	Evergreen
Vaccinium aagustifolium	low-bush blueberry
Vaccinium corymbosom	highbush blueberry
Viburnum acerifolium	maple leaf viburnum
Viburnum dentatum	southern arrowwood
Viburnum lentago	black haw, nannyberry
Viburnum nudum var. cassindoides	wild raisin
Viburnum prunifolium	black haw, nanny berry
Viburnum regonitum	Northern arrowwood
Virurnum trilobum	highbush cranberry

 

(Ord. 191, passed 1-8-2019)