§ 90.11 UNACCEPTABLE TREES.

Species	Common Name	Reason
Acer saccharinum	Silver Maple	Extensive root system
Aescuhts hippocastanum	Horse Chestnut	Messy
Beuda papyrifera	Paper Birch	Intolerant and pest problem
Betula pendula	European White Birch	Intolerant and pest
Castanea dentata	American Chestnut	Chestnut blight
Castanea mollissima	Chinese Chestnut	Prickly fruit
Ginkgo biloba (female)	Gingko	Messy fruit
Gleditsia triacanthos	Common Honey Locust	Excessive thorns
Kalopanax pictus	Castor Aralia	Excessive thorns
Morus alba	White Mulberry	Messy fruit
Morus rubra	Red Mulberry	Messy fruit
Populus sp.	All species	Weak wooded
Catalpa bignoides	Southern Catalpa	Messy
Malus pumila	Common Apple	Fruit too large, weedy
Pyrus calleryana	Bradford Pear	Weak wooded
Sorbussp.	All species	Disease and pest prone
Ulmus americana	American Elm	Dutch elm disease
Ulmus carpiniflora	Smooth leaf Elm	Dutch elm disease
Ulmus pumila	Siberian Elm	Dutch elm disease
Prumus cerasifera	Cherry Plum	Disease problems
Prumus persica	Peach	Disease problems
Vitex agnus-castus	Chastetree	Not hardy in KY
Malus sp.	Selected crabapple cultivars	Disease and insect prone
Quercus palustrus	Pin Oak	Bacterial leaf scorch
Pinus nigra	Austrian Pine	Diplodia tip blight

 

(Ord. 528-03, passed 12-1-2003)