Appendix 



Poplars Populus spp. 

 Eucalyptus Eucalyptus spp. 

 Catalpa Catalpa spp. 

 Osage Orange Toxylon pomiferum 

 Pitch Pine Pinus rigida 

 Shortleaf Pine Pinus echinata 

 Hickory (shagbark) Hicoria ovata 

 Walnut (black) Juglans nigra 

 Redwood Sequoia sempervirens 

 Ailanthus Ailanthus glandulosa 



TREES PREFERRING WET SOIL 



Red Maple Acer ruhrum 



Silver Maple Acer saccharinum 



Sweet Gum Liquidamhar Styracifua 



Red Birch Betula nigra 



White Birch Betula populijolia 



Big Shell-bark Hickory Hicoria laciniosa 



Tupelos Nyssa spp. 



Bald Cypress Taxodium distichum 



Pin Oak Qjtercus palustris 



Swamp White Oak ^uercus plalanoides 



Willow Oak ^uercus Phellos 



Poplars Populus spp. 



Willows Salix spp. 



Alders Alnus spp. 



Black Ash Fraxinus nigra 



Black Spruce Picea Mariana 



Blue Beech Carpinus Caroliniana 



Sycamore Platanus occidentalis 



Swamp Bay Magnolia glauca 



Tamarack Larix Americana 



TEN BROAD-LEAVED TREES HAVING WEEPING 

 FORMS 



Silver Maple Acer saccharinum, var. Wieri 



White Birch Betula alba, var. pendula 



Beech Fagus Americana, var. pendula 



Ash Fraxinus excelsior, var. pendula 



Plum Prunus pendula 



Cherry Prunus serotina, var. pendula 



Willow Salix Bahylonica 



Linden Tilia petiolaris 



Elm TJlmus scabra, var. pendula 



Oak S^uercus pedunculata, var. pendula 



TEN TREES FOR SMOKY CITIES 



(Evergreens cannot endure smoke) 



Honey Locust Gleditsia triacanthos 



American Elm XJlmus Americana 



White Ash Fraxinus Americana 



Cottonwood Populus deltoidea 



Ailanthus Ailanthus glandulosa 



Horse Chestnut MsculusHippocastanum 



Buttonwood Platanus occidentalis. 



Lindens Tilia spp. 



Maples Acer spp. 



Balm of Gilead Populus balsamifera 



TREES WITH LARGE SPREADING CROVTOS 



(Suitable for wide streets and roadways.) 



American Elm Ulmus Americana 



Silver Maple Acer saccharinum 



Honey Locust Gleditsia triacanthos 



Tulip Tree Liriodendron Tulipifera 



Sycamore Platanus occidentalis 



Cottonwood Populus deltoidea 



Red Oak ^uercus rubra 



Black Oak Quercus velutina 



Live Oak ^uercus Virginiana 



White Oak ^uercus alba 



White Ash Fraxinus Americana 



Chestnut Castanea dentata 



Horse Chestnut Msculus Hippocastanum 



Silver Poplar Populus alba 



Black Walnut Juglans nigra 



TEN VERY TALL DECIDUOUS TREES 



(Suitable for avenues and parks) 



Buttonwood Platanus occidentalis 

 Black Walnut Juglans nigra 

 Tulip Tree Liriodendron Tulipifera 

 Pin Oak ^uercus palustris 

 Red Oak ^uercus rubra 

 Black Oak Quercus velutina 

 Cottonwood Populus deltoidea 

 American Elm Ulmus Americana 

 Bald Cypress Taxodium distichum 

 Honey Locust Gleditsia triacanthos 



TEN VERY NARROW PYRAMIDAL TREES 



(Suitable for formal gardens.) 



Red Cedar Juniperus Virginiana 



Firs Abies spp. 



Spruces Picea spp. 



Larches Larix spp. 



Bald Cypress Taxodium distichum 



Arbor Vitae Thuya spp. 



Lombardy Poplar Po/)a/i nigra, var. Italica 



Yellow Cypress Chamacyparis Nootkatensis 



Port Orford Cedar Chamacyparis Lazv- 



soniana 

 Ginkgo Salisburia adiantifolia 



TEN TREES UNDESIRABLE FOR STREET PLANT- 

 ING 



Box Elder Short-lived; easily broken by 



wind. 

 Silver Maple Short-lived; easily broken by 



wind. 

 Virgilia Low branched; easily broken; 



flowers stolen. 

 Carolina Poplar Short-lived, coarse; easily 



broken. 

 Mountain Ash Too small; branches broken 



by thieves. 



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