Chapter 10 Tree Canopy, Landscaping and Open Spaces Appendix 10A Preferred Plant List

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PREFERRED TREES AND SHRUBS

(Suitable for the Louisville area and hardy in zones 5-7) Contributed by: John A. Swintosky, ASLA, Metro Parks

TREES (* denotes a recommended street tree)

SCIENTIFIC NAME	COMMON NAME	TREE TYPE
*Acer rubrum (straight species)	Red Maple	A
Acer saccharum ssp. nigrum	Black Maple	A
*Acer saccharum (straight species)	Sugar Maple	A
Aesculus flava (octandra)	Yellow Buckeye	A
Aesculus glabra	Ohio Buckeye	B
Aesculus pavia	Red Buckeye	C
Alnus serrulata	Alder	C
*Amelanchier laevis	Serviceberry	C
Asimina triloba	Pawpaw	C
Betula lenta	Sweet Birch	A
Betula nigra	River Birch	A
*Carpinus caroliniana	American Hornbeam	B
Carya (species)	Hickory	A
Catalpa bignoniaceae	Catalpa	A
*Celtis (species)	Hackberry	A
*Cercidiphyllum japonicum	Katsuratree	B
Cercis canadensis	Redbud	C
Chionanthus virginicus	Fringe Tree	C
Cladrastis kentukea	Yellowwood	B
Cornus alternifolia	Pagoda Dogwood	C
Cornus amomum	Silky Dogwood	C
Cornus florida	Flowering Dogwood	C
Cornus racemosa	Gray Dogwood	C
*Crataegus species	Hawthorn	C
Diospyros virginiana	Persimmon	B
*Eucommia ulmoides	Hardy Rubber Tree	A
Fagus grandifolia	American beech	A
Franklinia alatamaha	Franklinia	C
*Fraxinus americana	White Ash	A
*Fraxinus pennsylvanica	Green Ash	A
Fraxinus quadrangulata	Blue Ash	A
*Ginkgo biloba (male only)	Ginkgo	A
Gymnocladus dioicus (male only)	Kentucky Coffee Tree	A
Halesia carolina	Carolina Silverbell	B
Halesia diptera	Two-wing Silverbell	C
Ilex opaca	American Holly	A
Juglans cinerea	Butternut	A
Juglans nigra	Walnut	A
Juniperus virginiana	Eastern Red Cedar	B
*Koelreuteria paniculata	Golden Rain Tree	B
Liquidambar styraciflua	Sweetgum *’Rotundiloba’	A
Liriodendron tulipifera	Tulip Tree	A
Magnolia acuminata	Cucumbertree Magnolia	A
Magnolia macrophylla	Bigleaf Magnolia	B
Magnolia tripetala	Umbrella Magnolia	B
Magnolia virginiana	Sweetbay Magnolia	C
Nyssa sylvatica	Blackgum	B
Osmanthus americanus	Devilwood	C
Ostrya virginiana	Hophornbeam	B
Oxydendrum arboreum	Sourwood	B
Pinus echinata	Shortleaf Pine	A
Pinus flexilis	Limber Pine	B
Pinus strobus	White Pine	A
Pinus virginiana	Virginia Pine	B
Platanus occidentalis	Sycamore	A
Prunus serotina	Black Cherry	A
Ptelea trifoliata	Hop Tree, Wafer Ash	C
Quercus alba	White Oak	A
*Quercus bicolor	Swamp white Oak	A
*Quercus coccinea	Scarlet Oak	A
Quercus falcata var. pagodifolia	Cherrybark Oak	A
Quercus imbricaria	Shingle Oak	A
Quercus lyrata	Overcup Oak	B
Quercus macrocarpa	Bur Oak	A
Quercus marilandica	Blackjack Oak	B
Quercus michauxii	Swamp chestnut Oak	B
Quercus muehlenbergii	Chinkapin Oak	B
Quercus palustris	Pin Oak	A
Quercus phellos	Willow Oak	A
*Quercus rubra (borealis)	Red Oak	A
*Quercus shumardii	Shumard Oak	A
Quercus stellata	Post Oak	B
Quercus velutina	Black Oak	A
Robinia pseudoacacia	Black Locust	B
Salix nigra	Black Willow	B
Sassafras albidum	Sassafras	B
*Sophora japonica	Japanese Pagoda Tree	A
Stewartia monadelpha; ovata	Tall Stewartia; Mountain Stewartia	C
*Syringa reticulata	Tree Lilac	C
Taxodium ascendens	Pond Cypress	A
Taxodium distichum	Bald cypress	A
*Tilia americana	American Linden, Basswood	A
*Tilia cordata	Littleleaf Linden	A
*Tilia x euchlora	Crimean Linden	A
*Tilia tomentosa	Silver Linden	A
Tsuga canadensis	Eastern Hemlock	A
Ulmus alata	Winged Elm	B
Ulmus americana	American Elm	A
*Ulmus parviflora	Lacebark Elm	A
Ulmus rubra	Slippery Elm	A
Viburnum lentago	Nannyberry Viburnum	C
Viburnum prunifolium	Blackhaw Viburnum	C
Viburnum rufidulum	Rusty Blackhaw Viburnum	C
*Zelkova serratta	Zelkova	A

NOTE: "Tree Type A" designates largte trees, B type trees are medium and C trees are small for the purposes of applying the Land Development Code. See Table 10.1.3 adn Tree types A, B, C for further information for using this Appendix.

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