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TREES BEST ADAPTED FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES 



NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES 



Shade trees for suburban homes: 

 Evergreen : 



Canada hemlock 



Colorado blue spruce 



Eastern white pine 



Nikko fir 



White fir 



In northern part only 



Balsam fir 



White spruce 

 Deciduous : 



American hornbeam 



American mountain-ash 



American yellowwood 



European beech 



European linden 



Littleleaf linden 



Norway maple 



Panicled goldenrain-tree 



Pin oak 



Scarlet oak 



Schwedler maple 



Silver linden 



Sugar maple 



Sweetgum 



Tuliptree 



White oak 



Roadside, boulevard, and avenue trees: 

 Evergreen : 



Canada hemlock 



Eastern white pine 



Red pine 

 Deciduous: 



American linden 



American yellowwood 



Black tupelo 



Common hackberry 



Ginkgo (staminate form)' 



London planetree 



Northern red oak 



Norway maple 



Pin oak 



Red maple 



Scarlet oak 



Silver linden 



Schwedler maple 



Sugar maple 



Sweetgum 



Tuliptree 

 Street trees: 

 Evergreen : 



None 

 Deciduous: 



Ailanthus (pistillate form) 



Amur corktree 



Ginkgo (staminate form) 



London planetree 



Norway maple 



Pin oak 



Thornless common honeylocust 



Tuliptree 



Park and garden trees (see also Shade and 



Roadside trees) : 

 Evergreen : 



Common Douglas-fir 



Oriental spruce 



Red pine 

 Deciduous : 



Amur corktree 



Bolleana poplar 



Common horsechestnut 



Cutleaf weeping birch 



Eastern black walnut 



English elm 



Golden weeping willow 



Japanese pagodatree 



Kentucky coffeetree 



Paper birch 



Rock elm 



Scotch elm 



Silverpendent linden 



Weeping silverpendent linden 



White ash 



White oak 

 Trees with autumn color : 



American hornbeam (orange, scarlet) 



American yellowwood (yellow) 



Black tupelo (scarlet) 



Ginkgo (yellow) 



Northern red oak (red) 



Norway maple (yellow) 



Pin oak (scarlet, dark red) 



Red maple (orange, red, scarlet) 



Scarlet oak (scarlet, dark red) 



Sugar maple (yellow, orange, scarlet) 



Sweetgum (red, scarlet) 



Tuliptree (yellow) 

 Trees with conspicuous flowers: 



American mountain-ash (white) 



American yellowwood (white) 



Common horsechestnut (pinkish 

 white ) 



Japanese pagodatree (yellowish white) 



Panicled goldenrain-tree (yellow) 



Red maple (red) 



Sugar maple (yellowish green) 



Tuliptree (greenish yellow) 



PLAINS AREA 



Shade and park trees: 

 Throughout Plains Area: 

 Deciduous: 

 American elm 

 Bur oak 

 Cottonwood 

 Green ash 

 Hackberry 

 Honeylocust 

 Russian-olive 

 Evergreens : 

 Austrian pine 

 Eastern redcedar 

 Ponderosa pine 

 Rocky Mountain cedar 



