MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 117 
NATIVE PLANTS SUITABLE FOR THE GARDENS OF 
XI. 
MISSOURI AND ADJOINING STATES 
NATIVE TREES ARRANGED ACCORDING TO FORM 
OF OUTLINE 
The following list is given as an aid to those who wish to 
arrange the trees in their plantations according to form of 
general outline. The letters preceding the names indicate the 
general effect of the tree with mature leaves, D meaning dark, 
M, medium, and L, light. 
1. LARGE TREES OF SOMEWHAT FORMAL SHAPE 
Botanical name Common name 
SPECIMEN TREES 
M Aesoulug Gaurd... .ccceccece Ohio buckeye 
D Aesculus octandra............ Yellow buckeye 
D ACCP KOTUNL panera ca ov Black sugar maple 
Ly) ACCP TUBTUN as ec ics os eee Red maple 
D A.COr: SACCROTWihawa ecds a. eat Sugar maple 
D Celtis mississippiensis....... . Southern hackberry 
L FQQUS QMNCTIOOUNL eave tess American heech 
D Wravtnius -Mordacw anaes oss Black ash 
D Frazinus pennsylwanica....... Red ash 
L  Fraxinus quadrangulata....... Blue ash 
D Fracinus  Utttdasc ea ee oo-0 se Green ash 
D~ Liquidambar Styraciflua...... Sweet gum 
LL JLiriodendron Tulipifera....... Tulip tree 
ts  Nyésa sylvgrica.. (coe ee Tupelo 
D QUeTCUS COCOCINER. Gin. scscce ae Scarlet oak 
D Quercus tmobricaria. mc. c.iin Shingle oak 
TREES FOR MASS PLANTING 
L ~Acer Drummondit ..2%.5 050.0% Drummond’s maple 
L Carya aoa... 6.04 is ciseis noone Mocker nut 
L Carya tllimoensts. 2... uccsecces Pecan 
L OGTY0 “Old0TG.. So. c cane eis oe Pignut 
li Carya: lactttosd..o. sae eee Big shell-bark 
L Carya ovata..................,Shell-bark hickory 
L  Diospyros virginiana.......... Persimmon 
L Gleditsia aquatica............ Swamp locust 
D Juglans CIMETed.......ssc0r - Butternut 
2. Populus GlbG. .6 ves 6 digas eel Silver poplar 
M Quercus Minor... ok ines eee Post oak 
D Quercus velutinad.........ceced Quercitron 
L Robinia Pseudacacia.......... Common locust 
M Sassafras officinalis... 64 aves Sassafras 
D Pita, NEtevopnyuads « vixc coaater White basswood 
D THUG -DUDESCONS 2.0506 cet Southern basswood 
