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RECOMMENDED TREE SPECIES

Large Shade Trees (45-65 feet, º generally thought to be too large for street plantings)   Western (Northern) Catalpa x* Catalpa speciosa Common (Western) Hackberry x Celtis occidentalis American Ash * Fraxinus americana ‘Autumn Purple’ Green Ash, male plants x Fraxinus pennsylvanica ‘Patmore’ Honeylocust, thornless Gleditsia triacanthos inermis Kentucky Coffeetree x Gymnocladus dioicus Black Walnut x* ^ Juglans nigra White Mulberry x^ Morus alba Swamp White Oak ^ Quercus bicolor Bur Oak M ^ Quercus macrocarpa American Linden * Tilia americana American Elm Ulmus americana Lacebark (Chinese) Elm x Ulmus parvifolia

Medium Shade Trees (25-45 feet) Bigtooth Maple x* Acer grandidentatum Golden Raintree x* Koelreuteria paniculata Canada Red Cherry x* Prunus virginiana ‘Schubert’ Black Locust x*^ Robinia psuedoacacia Littleleaf Linden * Tilia cordata Redmond Linden * Tilia americana ‘Redmond’

Small Trees or Large Shrubs (12-25 feet) Amur Maple * Acer ginnala Tatarian Maple * Acer tataricum Ohio Buckeye x* ^ Aesculus glabra Saskatoon Serviceberry x* Amelanchier alnifolia Curlleaf Mountain Mahogany Cercocarpus ledifolius Russian Hawthorn * Crataegus ambigua Cockspur Hawthorn, thornless * Crataegus crusgalli inermis Downy Hawthorn x* Crataegus mollis Washington Hawthorn * Crataegus phaenopyrum Crabapple, fruit-bearing * Malus ‘Bob White’ - white flowers ‘Centurion’ - rosy red flowers ‘David’ - pink, then white flowers ‘Indian summer’ - red flowers ‘Profusion’ - pink flowers         American Plum x* Prunus americana Amur Chokecherry * Prunus maackii Princess Kay Plum * Prunus nigra ‘Princess Kay" Gambel Oak x * ^ Quercus gambelii New Mexican Locust x * Robinia neomexicana Japanese Tree Lilac * Syringa reticulata

Large Evergreens (30-60 feet - º generally thought to be too large for street plantings) Southwestern White Pine ^ Pinus strobiformus Austrian Pine x ^ Pinus nigra Ponderosa Pine x Pinus ponderosa

Medium Evergreens ° (15-25 feet) Junipers, upright   Eastern Red Cedar ^ Juniperus virginiana ‘Hillspire’ Chinese x ^ Juniperus chinensis ‘Spearmint’ Rocky Mountain x ^ Juniperus scopulorum ‘Cologreen’, ‘Grey Gleam’, ‘Wichita Blue’ One Seed x ^  Juniperus monosperma     Pinyon (Piñon) Pine x Pinus cembroides edulis Bristlecone Pine x Pinus longaeva (formerly aristata)

Key: x - Plants for XeriscapeTM plantings (drought tolerant) º- Plants not good for street plantings * - Colorful leaves, flowers, bark or fruit ^ - Plants thought to be tolerant of salt (little research has been done.)

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