Recommended Trees Species & Other Information
All Trees Are to be a Minimum of 6 Feet in Height at Planting
| Large Canopy Trees (LCT) Canopy Cover = 400 Sq ft | Small Canopy Trees (SCT) Canopy Cover = 200 Sq ft | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Botanical Name | Common Name | Botanical Name | Common Name |
| Acer rubrum | Red Maples (native species) (all cultivars) | Acer buergerianum | Trident Maple |
| Betula nigra | River Birch (native species) | Acer campestre | Hedge Maple |
| Celtis (all species) | Hackberry (native species) | Acer griseum | Paperbark Maple |
| Cercidiphyllum japonicum | Katsura Tree | Amelanchier canadensis | Serviceberry (native species) |
| Ginkgo biloba | Ginkgo (male variety-Maidenhair) | Betula nigra (dwarf cultivar) | River Birch (native species) (dwarf) |
| Juniperus virginiana | Eastern Red Cedar (native species) (Evergreen) | Carpinus betulus | European Hornbeam |
| Liriodendron tulipifera | Tulip Poplar (native species) | Carpinus caroliniana | American Hornbeam /musclewood |
| Magnolia grandilfora | Southern Magnolia (native species) (Evergreen) | Cersis Canandensis | Redbud |
| Metasequoia glyptostroboides | Dawn Redwood | Chionanthus virginicus | White Fringetree (native species) |
| Nyssa sylvatica | Black Gum (native species) | Cornus florida | Flowering Dogwood (native species) |
| Pinus elliottii | Slash Pine (Evergreen) | Cornus kousa | Kousa Dogwood |
| Pinus taeda | Loblolly Pine (native species) (Evergreen) | Cornus mas | Cornelian Cherry |
| Pistacia chinensis | Chinese Pistache | Crataegus phaenopyrum | Washington Hawthorn (native species) |
| Platanus x acerifolia 'Bloodgood' | Bloodgood London Planetree (native species) | Halesia tetraptera | Carolina Silverbell (native species) |
| Plantanus occidentalis | Sycamore (native species) | Ilex opaca | American Holly (Evergreen) |
| Quercus species | Oak (native species) | Koelreuteria paniculata | Golden Raintree |
| Quercus Virginiana | Live Oak (native species) (Evergreen) | Lagerstroemia Indica | Crape Myrtle (all except Dwarf) |
| Taxodium distichum | Bald Cypress (native species) | Magnoliz x soulangiana | Saucer Magnolia |
| Ulmus parvifolia | Chinese Elm | Magnolia stellata | Star Magnolia |
| Zelkova serrata | Japanese Zelkova | Magnolia virginiana | Sweet Bay Magnolia (native species) (semi-evergreen) |
1 Large Canopy Tree equals 2 Small Canopy Trees | Malus species | Flowering Crabapple | |
| Ostrya virginiana | American Hophombeam / Ironwood (native species) | ||
| Oxydendrum arboretum | Sourwood (native species) | ||
| Pinus nigra | Australian Pine (Evergreen) | ||
| Prunus species | Flowering Cherry | ||
| Quercus acuta | Japanese Evergreen Oak | ||
| Pyrus calleryana "Aristocrat" | Approved Callery Pear Cultivars | ||
| Sophora japonica | Japanese Pagoda Tree | ||