SHADE TREES ALLOWED IN CONFINED PARKWAYS 14'-7' Wide—Minimum 2.5" Caliper NO OVERHEAD UTILITIES | |
Native to Illinois | Non-Native to Illinois |
Catalpa, Catalpa Speciosa | Autumn Blaze Callery Pear |
Honeylocust, Thornless | Chanticleer Callery Pear |
Ginko Biloba | |
Little Leaf Linden | |
Redmond Linden | |
SHADE TREES ALLOWED IN REGULAR PARKWAYS* (7+ Wide)—Minimum 2.5" Caliper No Overhead Utilities | |
Native to Illinois | Non-Native to Illinois |
Ash, Blue | Armstrong Red Maple |
Ash, Green | Ash, European |
Ash, White | Buckeye, Yellow |
Baldcypress | Catalpa, Chinese |
Buckeye, Ohio | Cherry, Amur Chokeberry |
Catalpa | Cherry, Sargent |
Coffeetree, Kentucky | Chestnut, Chinese |
Hackberry, Chicagoland | Corktree, Amur |
Hawthorn, Thornless | Elm, English |
Hickory, Bitternut | Elm, Homestead |
Hickory, Shagbark | Elm, Chinese or Lacebark |
Honeylocust, Thornless | Elm, Regal |
Horsechestnut, Commo | Filbert, Turkish |
Ironwood | Ginkgo |
Liden, Beetree | Holly, American |
Maple, Black | Lilac, Ivory Silk Japanese Tree |
Maple, Freeman | Lilac, Peking |
Oak, Black | Linden, Bigleaf |
Oak, Bur | Linden, Redmond |
Oak, Chestnut | Linden, Wilver |
Oak, Chinkapin | Lily of the Valley, (Oxydendron sp.) |
Oak, Hills | Maple, Hedge or Field |
Oak, Northern Pine | Maple, Miyabe |
Oak, Red | Maple, Norway |
Oak, Schumard | Maple, Purple-Blow |
Oak, Shingle | Maple, Sycamore or Planetree |
Oak, Swamp | Maple, Sycamore or Planetree |
Oak White | Maple, Tartarian |
Pecan | Northwood Red Maple |
Pesimmon, Common | Oak, English |
Sassafras, Common | Oak, Sawtooth |
Servicebery, Allegheny | October Glory Red Maple |
Serviceberry, Downy | Pagoda-tree, Japanese |
Sourgurn (Black Tupelo) | Pear, Callery |
Sycamore | Serviceberry, Apple |
Yellowwood | Serviceberry, Shadblow |
Sweetgum, (Liquidamber sp.) | |
Other trees were eliminated due to susceptibility to salt, lack of longevity, lack of drought resistance and need for shade. Coniferous trees are not permitted.
WITH OVERHEAD UTILITIES ALL PARKWAYS 4'=WIDE Minimum 2.5" Caliper | |
Native to Illinois | Non-Native to Illinois |
Buckeye, Red
| Dogwood, Comelian-cherry
|
Crabapple
| Hawthorn, Thornless Cockspur
|
Crabapple, Adams | Lilac, Japanese Tree |
Crabapple, Sargent | Maple, Amur |
Crabapple, sp. White flowering | Maple, Hedge |
Fringetree, White | Pear, Autumn Blaze |
Ironwood | Pear, Chanticleer Callery |
Viburnum, Blackhaw | Redbud, (Northern selection) |
Serviceberry, Apple | |
Smoketree, Common | |
Viburnum, Siebold | |
Zelkova, Japanese | |
Or in parkways which may be subject to street widening in the future.
(Ord. 99-0-053, passed 8-17-99)