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| Marshall Ash (Fraxinus Pennsylvanica 'Marshall Seedless') |
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Type: |
Deciduous |
Grow Rate: |
Fast |
| Height: |
50' - 60' |
Width: |
40' - 50' |
| Form: |
Symmetrical canopy with a regular outline. |
Leaf: |
12" opposite,compound leaf with 5 to 9 leaflets; yellow fall color |
| Comments: This somewhat irregularly-shaped tree when young, becomes an oval with age and will adapt to many different landscape conditions. |
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| Summit Ash (Fraxinus Pennsylvanica 'Summit') |
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Type: |
Deciduous |
Grow Rate: |
Fast |
| Height: |
50' - 60' |
Width: |
25' - 30' |
| Form: |
Pyramidal in youth; upright; spreading |
Leaf: |
12" opposite,compound leaf with 5 to 9 leaflets; yellow fall color |
| Comments: Transplants well; grows in a variety of locations and soils; adaptable tree; drought, wind, and salt tolerance. |
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| River Birch (Betula Nigra) |
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Type: |
Deciduous |
Grow Rate: |
Moderate - Fast |
| Height: |
40' - 70' |
Width: |
40' - 60' |
| Form: |
Pyramidal when young; upright; open; thin twigs |
Leaf: |
2 to 3.5" alternate, simple leaf; modest yellow fall color. |
| Comments: Multistemmed is desired; native; graceful branching; easy to transplant; best not to prune in spring - sap "bleeds"; heat tolerant; cinnamon brown exfoliating bark; may drop some leaves during dry weather; seeds attract birds. |
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| Whitespire Birch (Betula Platyphylla) |
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Type: |
Deciduous |
Grow Rate: |
Fast |
| Height: |
40' - 50' |
Width: |
20' - 25' |
| Form: |
Pyramidal habit with a central leader; thin spreading branches |
Leaf: |
Dark green pointy leaves turn yellow in the fall. |
| Comments: Exotic white-barked tree that is more resistant to bronze birch borer than the other birch trees. It has a white, non-peeling bark and is more heat-tolerant and disease-resistant than other white-barked trees. |
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| Donald Wyman (Malus 'Donald Wyman') |
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Type: |
Deciduous |
Grow Rate: |
Fast |
| Height: |
15' - 25' |
Width: |
15' - 25' |
| Form: |
Rounded growth habit, and most often grows a bit wider than it does tall |
Leaf: |
Spring and summer foliage is green, turning amber/yellow in autumn. |
| Comments: This tree flowers in early spring, buds begin as an almost crimson red, and as they open fade to pure white. |
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| Red Splendor Crab (Malus 'Red Splendor') |
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Type: |
Deciduous |
Grow Rate: |
Moderate - Fast |
| Height: |
20' - 30' |
Width: |
20' - 30' |
| Form: |
Upright and open, round, spreading, symmetrical canopy with a regular outline |
Leaf: |
Dark reddish green leaves turn reddish purple in the fall. |
| Comments: A deservedly popular ornamental tree that's smothered in pink flowers in spring and persistent red fruit in fall. |
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| Snowdrift Crab (Malus 'Snowdrift') |
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Type: |
Deciduous |
Grow Rate: |
Moderate |
| Height: |
15' - 20' |
Width: |
15' - 20' |
| Form: |
Upright, spreading, rounded, dense crown |
Leaf: |
Glossy dark green turning a dull yellow in the fall. |
| Comments: Snowdrift crab is a beautiful, hardy tree with visual impact during all four seasons. |
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| American Linden (Tilia Americana) |
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Type: |
Deciduous |
Grow Rate: |
Moderate |
| Height: |
60' - 100' |
Width: |
45' - 60' |
| Form: |
Pyramidal in youth; tall; spreading branches; broad, rounded, open crown |
Leaf: |
4" to 8" alternate, simple leaves; modest yellow green fall color |
| Comments: Good shade tree, easy to transplant, drought and air pollution tolerant. |
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| Greenspire Linden (Tilia Cordata) |
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Type: |
Deciduous |
Grow Rate: |
Moderate |
| Height: |
50' - 75' |
Width: |
35' - 45' |
| Form: |
Pyramidal in youth, more rounded with age, densely branched |
Leaf: |
Leaves are distinctly heart-shaped with serrated edges, medium shiny green in summer, pale yellow in fall. |
| Comments: Tolerates poor soil, drought, and air pollution; more ideally suited for a northern climate than for the south; easy to transplant; good honey plant. |
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| Redmond Linden (Tilia Americana 'Redmond') |
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Type: |
Deciduous |
Grow Rate: |
Moderate |
| Height: |
40' - 60' |
Width: |
25' - 30' |
| Form: |
Pyramidal in youth, upright, oval canopy on a tall, straight trunk as the tree ages |
Leaf: |
Redmond has the largest leaves of the Lindens and its dense foliage is glossy green with bright yellow autumn color. |
| Comments: Excellent tree for street planting. Voted 2000 Urban Tree of the Year by the Society of Municipal Arborists. |
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| Autumn Blaze Maple (Acer x freemanii) |
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Type: |
Deciduous |
Grow Rate: |
Fast |
| Height: |
40' - 60' |
Width: |
25' - 45' |
| Form: |
Pyramidal in youth, upright, ascending branches with an irregular rounded crown |
Leaf: |
2" to 5" opposite, simple leaf with 3 to 5 lobes; often triangular shaped; yellow, yellow-green, orange to red. |
| Comments: If you want a large, fast-growing tree with spectacular fall color, an Autumn Blaze is an excellent choice. This dependable hybrid has the vigor and adaptability of the silver maple with the beauty and strength of the red maple. |
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| Deborah Maple (Acer platanoides) |
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Type: |
Deciduous |
Grow Rate: |
Moderate |
| Height: |
40' - 50' can grow to 90' |
Width: |
30' - 45' |
| Form: |
Dense; rounded, symmetrical crown; spreading |
Leaf: |
Dark green simple, 5 lobed leaf with sharp points; yellow fall color. |
| Comments: Shallow roots make it difficulty to grow plants underneath; easy to transplant; tolerates air pollution; sensitive to 2 4-D herbicide. |
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| Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum) |
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Type: |
Deciduous |
Grow Rate: |
Slow |
| Height: |
50' - 75' |
Width: |
30' - 45' |
| Form: |
Conical to round crown; dense foliage |
Leaf: |
3 to 6" opposite, simple leaf with 3 to 5 lobes; excellent fall color - yellow, orange and red tones. |
| Comments: Does not do well in a restricted root zone situation, tolerates shade, leaf scorch may develop with drought; moderate pollution tolerance. |
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| Black Hills Spruce (Picea Glausa 'Densata') |
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Type: |
Evergreen |
Grow Rate: |
Moderate |
| Height: |
30' - 60' |
Width: |
15' - 25' |
| Form: |
Broad, dense pyramidal in youth; dense, narrow compact with ascending branches with age |
Leaf: |
.5 to .75" 4-sided pale green to glacous green needles. |
| Comments: Good yard or ornamental tree. Used singly or in group plantings in recreation areas and public grounds. |
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| Colorado Spruce (Picea Pungens) |
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Type: |
Evergreen |
Grow Rate: |
Slow |
| Height: |
30' - 60' |
Width: |
10' - 20' |
| Form: |
Dense, narrow pyramidal with stiff horizontal branches |
Leaf: |
.75 to 1.3" blue-green to silver-green, 4 sided needles; prickly. |
| Comments: More drought tolerant than other spruces; poor heat tolerance. |
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| Amur Chokecherry (Prunus Maackii) |
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Type: |
Deciduous |
Grow Rate: |
Moderate |
| Height: |
30' - 40' |
Width: |
25' - 30' |
| Form: |
Pyramidal when young, dense, rounded canopy providing light shade when grown |
Leaf: |
The medium-green leaves turn a non-descript yellowish color in autumn. |
Comments: The distinctive deep coppery-orange bark which curls
as it peels off provides year-round accent to any landscape.. |
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| Austrian Pine (Pinus Nigra) |
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Type: |
Evergreen |
Grow Rate: |
Moderate |
| Height: |
30' - 60' |
Width: |
20' - 40' |
| Form: |
Densely conical when young; broad, flat top with short trunk and low spreading branches |
Leaf: |
3 to 6" stiff needles in pairs; dark green to almost black green; sharp to the touch. |
| Comments: Picturesque with age; withstands city conditions; heat and drought tolerant. |
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| Canada Red Cherry (Prunus Virginiana 'Canada Red') |
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Type: |
Deciduous |
Grow Rate: |
Fast |
| Height: |
15' - 25' |
Width: |
10' - 20' |
| Form: |
Full, rounded head with evenly spread, rapidly growing branches |
Leaf: |
Its long oval leaves are green in spring, purple in summer and red in fall. |
| Comments: Wildlife friendly and highly ornamental, it makes a great windbreak or buffer plant on the edges of properties. |
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| Hawthorn (Crataegus Crus-galli) |
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Type: |
Deciduous |
Grow Rate: |
Slow - Moderate |
| Height: |
15' - 20' |
Width: |
15' - 20' |
| Form: |
Rounded growth habit, and most often grows a bit wider than it does tall flat-topped with age |
Leaf: |
3" alternating dark glossy leaves turn multicolored array of red, purple, orange, and yellow in fall. |
| Comments: This tree flowers in early spring, buds begin as an almost crimson red, and as they open fade to pure white. |
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| Red Oak (Quercus Rubra) |
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Type: |
Deciduous |
Grow Rate: |
Fast |
| Height: |
60' - 90' |
Width: |
50' - 60' |
| Form: |
Upright and open, round, spreading, symmetrical canopy with a regular outline |
Leaf: |
Alternate, simple, 5 to 8 inches long, oblong in shape with 7 to 11 bristle-tipped lobes. Dark red in fall. |
| Comments: A large, adaptable tree has been successfully grown in urban areas where air pollution, poor drainage, compacted soil, and/or drought are common and overhead space is not limited. |
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| Skyline Locust (Gleditsia Triacanthos Inermis 'Skyline') |
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Type: |
Deciduous |
Grow Rate: |
Fast |
| Height: |
50' - 75' |
Width: |
25' - 40' |
| Form: |
Upright; semiconical; short trunk; spreading, open crown at maturity |
Leaf: |
6 to 8" alternate, pinnately to bipinnately compound leaf; yellow to yellow green fall color. |
| Comments: Casts light shade; easy fall cleanup; use improved thornless cultivars; easy to transplant. |
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