Selection list for perimeter trees
BOTANICAL NAME | COMMON NAME |
Acer campestre | Hedge Maple* |
Acer ginnala | Amur Maple* |
Acer negundo | Boxelder* |
Acer truncatum | Shantung Maple* |
Amelanchier arborea | Downy Serviceberry |
Amelanchier canadensis | Shadblow Serviceberry |
Amelanchier laevis | Allegheny Serviceberry |
Betula lenta | Sweet Birch* |
Betula nigra “Heritage” | Heritage River Birch* |
Carpinus caroliniana | American Hornbeam |
Cedrus atlantica | Atlas Cedar |
Cedrus deodara | Deodar Cedar |
Crataegus laevigata | English Hawthorn |
Crataegus viridis | Green Hawthorn |
Cornus mas | Cornelian Cherry* |
Cornus racemosa | Gray Dogwood* |
Cercis canadensis | Redbud |
Hamamelis vernalis | Vernal Witchhazel |
Hamamelis virginiana | American Witchhazel |
Koelreuteria paniculata | Goldenraintree |
Larix laricina | Tamarack |
Magnolia stella | Star Magnolia |
Magnolia virginiana | Sweetbay Magnolia |
Maackia amurensis | Amur Maackia |
Pinus virginiana | Virginia Pine |
Prunus cerasifera | Purpleleaf Plum |
Prunus 'Okame' | Okame Cherry |
Prunus padus | European Birdcherry |
Prunus sargentii | Sargent Cherry |
Prunus serrulata “Kwanzan” | Japanese Flowering Cherry |
Prunus virginiana “Schubert” | Schubert Cherry |
Prunus x yedoensis | Yoshino Cherry |
Rhus copallina | Shinning Sumac |
Salix discolor | True Pussy Willow |
Sambucus nigra | Black Elderberry |
Syringa reticulata | Japanese Tree Lilac |
* Asian Longhorn Beetle quarantine species - planting not recommended in parts of Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island