§ 2.3. TREE SPECIES SELECTION LIST

CULTIVARS FOR PARKING LOTS, LANDSCAPE STRIPS AND STREETSCAPES

Overstory Trees

	Scientific name	Common Name
	Betula nigra	River Birch
110	'Duraheat'
	Carpinus betulus **	European Hornbeam
111	'Brownstone'
112	'Cornerstone'
113	'Fastigata'
114	'Emerald Avenue'
	Ginkgo blloba	Ginkgo
115	'Autumn Gold'
116	'Halka'
117	'Golden Globe'
118	'Magyar'
119	'The President' (Presidential Gold)
120	'Princeton Sentry'
121	'Woodstock' (Emperor)
	Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis	Honeylocust
122	'Skycole'
123	'Shademaster'
124	'Streetkeeper' (Draves)
125	'Halka'
	Gymnocladus dioicus	Kentucky Coffeetree
126	'Espresso'
	Liriodendron tuliplfera	Tulip Poplar
127	'Arnold' (columnar)
128	'Emerald City'
129	'Little Volunteeer' (dwarf)
	Metasequoia glyptostroboides **	Dawn Redwood
130	'Narrow Dawn' (Arrowhead)
131	'Gold Rush'
	Nyssa Sylvatica	Blackgum/Tupelo
132	'Cherry Pie'
133	'Forum'
134	'Green Gable'
135	'Wildfire'
	Quercus bicolor	Swamp White Oak
136	'American Dream'
137	'Sun Breaker'
	Quercus x comptoniae	Compton Oak
138	'Endurance'
	Quercus hemlsphaerica	Darlington Oak
139	'Avalyn'
	Quercus lyrata	Overcup Oak
140	'Highbeam' (Marquee)
141	'Nightlights'
142	'Stalagmite'
	Quercus nuttalli	Nuttall Oak
143	'Arcade'
144	'Big Boy'
145	'Breezeway' (Fullbright)
146	'Esplanade'
147	'Highpoint'
148	'Ruby Spring' (Bettered)
149	'Sangria'
150	'Solshine'
	Quercus phellos	Willow Oak
151	'Abundance'
152	'Ascendor'
153	'Hightower'
154	'Kingpin' (Greenenvy)
155	'Shlraz'
156	'Upperton'
157	'Wynstar'
	Quercus shumardii	Shumard Oak
158	'Panache'
159	'Prominence'
	Quercus hybrid	Hybrid Oaks
160	'Crimson Spire' (Crimschmidt)	Fastigate Oak
161	'Epic'	Streetwise Red Oak
162	'Regal Prince' (Long)	Hybrid Pin Oak
163	'Streetwise'	Hybrid Red Oak
	Taxodium ascendens	Pondcypress
164	'Debonair'
165	'Fox Red'
	Taxodium distichum	Bald Cypress
166	'Shwnee Brave' (Mikelson)
167	'Autumn Gold' (Sofine)
168	'Green Whisper'
169	'Peve Minaret' (dwarf)
	Tilia cordata ** cultivars	Littleleaf Linden
170	'Glenleven'
171	'Greenspire'
172	'Morden'
	Tilia americana	Basswood
173	'Boulevard'
174	'Continental Appeal'
175	'Redmond'
	Ulmus alata	Winged Elm
176	'Woodland'
	Ulmus americana	American Elm
177	'Creole Queen'
178	'Jefferson'
179	'Princeton'
180	'Valley Forge'
181	Ulmus x 'Frontier' **	Hybrid Elm
	Ulmus parviflora **	Chinese Elm
182	'Allee' (Emer ll)
183	'Athena' (Emer l)
184	'Bosque'
185	'Drake'
186	'Everclear'
187	'Hope'
	Zelkova serrata **	Japanese Zelkova
188	'City Sprite'
189	'Green Vase'
190	'Gold Falls' (C Creek l)
191	'Musashino'
192	'Myrlmar'
193	'Village Green'

 

Understory Trees

	Scientific name	Common Name
	Acer buergeranium **	Trident Maple
194	'Aeryn'
195	'Streetwise'
196	'Valynor'
	Amelanchier arborea	Serviceberry
197	'Autumn Brilliance'
198	'Tift County' (Pink Damsel)
	Carpinus caroliniana	Musclewood/Hornbeam
199	'Native Flame'
200	'Palisade'
	Chlonanthus retusus **	Chinese Fringetree
201	species
202	'China Snow'
203	'Tokyo Tower'
	Chionanthus virginicus	Fringetree
204	'Emerald Knight'
205	Lagerstroemia sp. **	Crepe Myrtle
	many - specify variety and if single or multi-trunk
206	Magnolia soulangiana **	Saucer Magnolia
	Deciduous Magnolia cultivars - small trees noted
207	Magnolia acuminata x denudata **	'Butterflies', Elizabeth', 'Sundance', etc.
208	Magnolia stellata **	Star Magnolia
209	Magnolia x loebneri **	'Merrill'
210	Magnolia x spp.- dwarf forms - Little Girl series, Fairy series, Jury Series etc. **	'Jane', 'Ann', 'Burgundy Star', 'Dolly Horn', 'Black Tulip', 'Felix'
	Parrotia persica **	Persian Ironwood
211	species
212	'Streetwise'
	Pistacia sinensis **	Chinese Pistache
213	species
214	'Keith Davey'
	Styrax japonica **	Japanese Snowbell
215	'Crystal'
216	'Pink Chimes'
217	'Snowcone'

 

ADDITONAL TREE SPECIES NOT NOTED IN CULTIVAR OR BUFFER LISTS

	Scientific name	Common Name
218	Carya aquatica	Water Hickory
219	Carya cordiformis	Bitternut Hickory
220	Carya glabra	Pignut Hickory
221	Carya illinolensis	Pecan
222	Carya lachinosa	Shellbark Hickory
223	Carya ovata	Shagbark Hickory
224	Carya tomentosa	Mockernut Hickory
225	Celtis occidentalis	Hackberry
226	Cercidiphyllum japonicum **	Katsura Tree
227	Cunninghamia lanceolata **	Chinafir
228	Fraxinus americana	White Ash
229	Juglans nigra	Black Walnut
230	Pinus elliottil	Slash Pine
231	Platanus x acerifolia **	London Planetree
232	Quercus alba	White Oak
233	Quercus coccinea	Scarlet Oak
234	Quercus falcata	Southern Red Oak
235	Quercus michauxii	Swamp Chestnut Oak
236	Quercus muehlenbergii	Chinkapin Oak
237	Quercus pagoda	Cherrybark Oak
238	Quercus palustris	Pin Oak
239	Quercus prinus	Chestnut Oak
240	Quercus rubra	Northern Red Oak
241	Robinia pseudoacacia	Black Locust
242	Sophora japonica **	Japanese Pagodatree

 

^*  Use of clonal cultivars is recommended for parking lot trees and required for streetscape trees, to ensure uniformity in size and form of species.

^**  Non-native species.
Notes:

1.

Acer rubrum, Acer saccharum, Platanus sp. not recommended for parking lots due to shallow roots. Provide clonal varieties in streetscape situations.

2.

Other trees with similar qualities and impact may be approved by the City Landscape Consultant.