§ 17-74. Large trees.

Common name (Botanical name)	Texture	Form	Height/Spread	Growth Rate	Group	Remarks
Ash, white (fraxinus americana)	Fine to medium	Spreading	60—70′/ 30—40′	Fast	Deciduous	Shade
Beech, american (fagus grandifolia)	Coarse	Rounded	60—80′/ 35—45′	Medium to fast	Deciduous	Shade
Birch, river (betula nigra)	Medium	Oval	50—60′/ 40—50′	Fast	Deciduous	Specimen
Cypress, leyland (cupressocyparis leylandii)	Fine	Pyramidal	50—60′/ 20—30′	Fast	Conifer	Specimen; screening
Hackberry, sugar (celtis laevigata)	Medium	Upright to rounded	60—80′/ 25—35′	Medium	Deciduous	Streets; shade
Magnolia, southern (magnolia grandiflora)	Coarse	Horizontal branching, pyramidal	60—80′/ 40—50′	Slow to medium	Broadleaf evergreen	Specimen; large white flowers
Maple, florida or southern sugar (acer floridanum)	Medium	Oval	40—50′/ 25—35′	Medium to fast	Deciduous	Shade; orange to red fall color
Maple, red (acer rubrum)	Medium	Rounded	40—50′/ 25—35′	Medium	Deciduous	Shade; red fall color
Maple, sugar (acer saccharum)	Medium	Oval	60—80′/ 25—40′	Medium to fast	Deciduous	Yellow to reddish fall color; shade
Oak, laurel or darlington (quercus hemisphaerica)	Medium	Rounded	60—80′/ 40—60′	Medium	Semi-evergreen	Drought-tolerant; street tree
Oak, pin (quercus palustris)	Medium	Pyramidal	50—60′/ 25—40′	Medium	Deciduous	Shade; specimen
Oak, sawtooth (quercus acutissima)	Medium	Pyramidal	50—60′/ 30—60′	Fast	Deciduous	Shade; specimen
Oak, scarlet (quercus cocinea)	Medium	Rounded	60—80′/ 30—40′	Medium	Deciduous	Scarlet fall color; shade
Oak, shumard (quercus shumardii)	Medium	Rounded to oval	60—80′/ 50—60′	Medium	Deciduous	Scarlet fall color; good street tree
Oak, southern red (quercus falcate)	Coarse	Rounded	70—80′/ 30—60′	Medium	Deciduous	Sheds leaves in early spring; shade
Oak, swamp laurel (quercus laurifolia)	Medium	Rounded	60—80′/ 30—40′	Medium	Semi-evergreen	Shade; sheds earlier than laurel oak
Oak, water (quercus nigra)	Medium	Rounded	50—80′/ 40—50′	Medium to fast	Deciduous	Shade
Oak, white (quercus alba)	Medium to coarse	Rounded	60—100′/ 40—60′	Slow	Deciduous	Shade
Oak, willow (quercus phellos)	Fine	Rounded	40—60′/ 30—60′	Medium	Deciduous	Yellow fall color; shade
Pecan (carya illinoinesis)	Medium	Rounded	50—60′/ 30—40′	Medium	Deciduous	Nuts and shade
Pine, loblolly (pinus taeda)	Medium	Horizontal branching	80—100′/ 20—30′	Fast	Conifer	Mass plantings; screenings
Pine, longleaf (pinus palustris)	Medium	Horizontal branching	80—100′/ 20—25′	Fast	Conifer	Mass plantings
Pine, slash (pinus caribaea)	Medium	Horizontal branching	80—100′/ 15—20′	Fast	Conifer	Mass plantings
Pine, virginia (pinus virginana)	Medium	Pyramidal	20—45′/ 15—20′	Medium	Conifer	Good for screening
Pine, white (pinus strobes)	Medium	Pyramidal	80—100′/ 25—40′	Medium	Conifer	Specimen; screening
Serviceberry (amelanchier arborea)	Medium	Oval	30—40′/ 15—20′	Medium	Deciduous	Borders; white flowers in early spring
Sweetgum (liquidambar styraciflua)	Coarse	Oval	80—100′/ 40—50′	Fast	Deciduous	Yellow to orange and purple fall color; specimen
Sycamore or planetree (platanus occidentalis)	Coarse	Upright	80—100′/ 40—50′	Fast	Deciduous	Shade
Tuliptree or yellow poplar (liriodendron tulipifera)	Coarse	Pyramidal	80—100′/ 30—40′	Fast	Deciduous	Yellowish tulip-like flowers; shade
Tupelo, black (nyssa sylvatica)	Medium	Oval	70—80′/ 40—50′	Medium	Deciduous	Naturalistic gardens

 

(Ord. No. 43-09, § 1, 10-1-09)