Appendix 12‐B: Recommended Plant Lists and Invasive Species
Appendix 12-B Recommended Plant Lists and Invasive Species Deciduous/Canopy Trees
Required canopy tree plantings shall be selected from the following list or a species hardy to the area. Trees marked with a (+) before their botanical name are native species and the use of these trees is strongly encouraged. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Hedge Maple Amur Maple Box Elder Red Maple Sugar Maple Black Birch River Birch Shagbark Hickory Washington Hawthorn Winter King Hawthorn American Beech European Beech White Ash Green Ash Ginkgo (male only) Japanese Larch Sweet Gum Tulip Tree, Yellow Poplar Black Gum, Sourgum American Hophornbeam London Planetree Amercian Sycamore White Oak Scarlet Oak Pin Oak Willow Oak Red Oak Sassafras Japanese Pagodatree Redmond Linden Chancellor Linden Japanese Zelkova
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Deciduous/Flowering Trees Required flowering tree plantings shall be selected from the following list or a species hardy to the area. Trees marked with a (+) before their botanical name are native species and the use of these trees is strongly encouraged. + + + + + + + +
Shadblow Serviceberry Eastern Redbud Fringetree Flowering Dogwood Kousa Dogwood Cornelian Cherry Any Hawthorn species Carolina Silverbell Saucer Magnolia Sweetbay Magnolia Any Crabapple species Sourwood, Sorrel Tree Purpleleaf Flowering Plum Kwanzan Cherry Sargent Cherry Kwanzan Cherry Weeping Higan Cherry Korean Stewartia Blackhaw Viburnum
Evergreen Trees/Shrubs Required evergreen tree plantings shall be selected from the following list or a species hardy to the area. Trees marked with a (+) before their botanical name are native species and the use of these trees is encouraged. Botanical Name + + + + +
Concolor Fir American Holly Eastern Redcedar Mountain Laurel Norway Spruce Serbian Spruce Australian Pine White Pine Douglas Fir English Yew Japanese Yew Eastern Hemlock 12‐B‐2
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Deciduous Shrubs Required shrubs shall be selected from the following list or a species hardy to the area. Shrubs marked with a (+) before their botanical name are native species and the use of these shrubs is strongly encouraged.
Vernal Witch Hazel Common Witch Hazel Inkberry Winterberry Mountain Laurel Bayberry Laland Firethorn Glossy Buckthorn Upright Yew Hicks Yew Arrowwood Viburnum Wayfaring Tree Viburnum Highbush Cranberry
Medium Deciduous Street/Urban Trees Required trees shall be selected from the following list or a species hardy to the area. Shrubs marked with a (+) before their botanical name are native species and the use of these shrubs is strongly encouraged. Trees included on the following list tolerate urban conditions such as salt, drought, and soil compaction. The mature height is included for consideration in applications where overhead wiring is located. Street trees shall be in accordance with applicable American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Standards. Botanical Name + + +
Acer campestre Acer ginnala Acer palmatum Chioanthus virginicus Cornus kousa Crataegus crusgalli Malus species Ostrya virginiana Oxydendrum arboreaum Prunus species Pyrus species Sassafras albidum
Common Name
Hedge Maple Amur Maple Japanese Maple Fringetree Kousa Dogwood Cockspur Hawthorne Crabapple – Various American Hophornbeam Sourwood, Sorrel Tree Cherry – Various Pear – Various Common Sassafras
Appendix 12‐B: Recommended Plant Lists and Invasive Species
Large Deciduous Street/Urban Trees Required trees shall be selected from the following list or a species hardy to the area. Shrubs marked with a (+) before their botanical name are native species and the use of these shrubs is strongly encouraged. Trees included on the following list tolerate urban conditions such as salt, drought, and soil compaction. The mature height is included for consideration in applications where overhead wiring is located. Street trees shall be in accordance with applicable American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Standards. Botanical Name Common Name Size + + +
Acer rubrum Acer saccharum Fraxinus americana
Red Maple Sugar Maple White Ash
75‐100’ 75‐100’ 75‐100’
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Fraxinus pennsylanica Juniperous virginiana Liquidambar styraciflua Nyssa silvatica Platanus acerifolia Platanus occidentalis Tilia americana Tilia cordata Zelkova serrata
Green Ash Eastern Red Cedar American Sweetgum Blackgum London Planetree Amercian Sycamore American Linden Littleleaf Linden Japanese Zelkova
Street/Urban Shrubs Required trees shall be selected from the following list or a species hardy to the area. Shrubs marked with a (+) before their botanical name are native species and the use of these shrubs is strongly encouraged. Trees included on the following list tolerate urban conditions such as salt, drought, and soil compaction. The mature height is included for consideration in applications where overhead wiring is located. Botanical Name + + + + +
Ilex glabra Juniperous communis Kalmia latifolia Myrica pennsylvanica Viburnum dentatum
Common Name
Inkberry Common Juniper Mountain Laurel Bayberry Arrowwood Viburnum
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Riparian Forest Buffer Deciduous Trees and Shrubs
Required tree and shrub plantings shall be selected from the following list or a species hardy to the area, attractive to wildlife species (mast production), and appropriate to the use. Trees marked with a (+) before their botanical name are native species and the use of these trees is strongly encouraged. Botanical Name + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Red Maple Speckled Alder Shadbush Alleghany Serviceberry Yellow Birch Black Birch Bitternut Hickory Pignut Hickory Shagbark Hickory Alternate‐Leaved Dogwood Silky Dogwood Florida Dogwood Redosier Dogwood American Beech Black Walnut Sweet Cherry Pin Cherry Black Cherry Choke Cherry Smooth Sumac Staghorn Sumac White Oak Swamp White Oak Chinquapin Oak Pin Oak Chestnut Oak Northern Red Oak Black Oak
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Riparian Forest Buffer Evergreen (Conifers) Trees and Shrubs
Required canopy tree plantings shall be selected from the following list or a species hardy to the area and appropriate to the use. Trees marked with a (+) before their botanical name are native species and the use of these trees is strongly encouraged. Botanical Name + + +
Eastern Hemlock Eastern White Pine Pitch Pine Eastern Red Cedar Scotch Pine
Invasive Species Pennsylvania Department of Natural Resources (PaDCNR) Invasive Plant List: http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/forestry/invasivetutorial/List.htm