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31B-159 approved_tree_listTREE LIST Northampton Tree Committee Updated June 2012 Small trees & shrubs up to 30’ Upright: • American Hornbeam Carpinus caroliniana (N) • Japanese Tree Lilac Syringa reticulata (DT) • Japanese Maple Acer palmatum (OS) • Paperbark Maple Acer griseum • Eastern Red Cedar Juniperus virginiana (E) (N) • Serviceberry Amelanchier spp. (OS) (N) • Stewartia Stewartia spp. • American Hophornbeam Ostrya virginiana (N) • American Holly Ilex opaca (E) (N) (OS) (P) Spreading: • Autumn Higan Cherry Prunus subhirtella • Amur Maackia Maackia amurensis • Floweing Crabapple- disease resistant (Donald Wyman Crab Apple; Indian Crab Apple: Japanese Crab Apple) Malus spp. (DT) • Kousa Dogwood Cornus kousa (TB4) • Flowering Dogwood Cornus florida (OS) • Hedge Maple Acer campestre (ST, DT) • Redbud Cercis canadensis (N) • Saucer Magnolia Magnolia x soulangiana (OS) • Corneliancherry Dogwood Cornus mas (OS) • Trident Maple Acer buergeranum (ST) • Turkish Filbert Corylus colurna Medium trees 30 – 50’ • Katsuratree Cercidiphyllum japonicum (OS) • Sargent Cherry Prunus sargentii (ST) • European Hornbeam Carpinus betulus cv. • Regent Scholartree Sophora japonica ‘Regent’ (ST) (DT) • Red maple Acer rubrum (N) • Black tupelo Nyssa sylvatica (N) (TB4) • Carolina silverbell Halesia carolina (N) • Yellowwood Cladrastis kentukea (N) (OS) • Silver Linden Tilia tomentosa (DT) • Honeylocust Gleditsia triancanthos cv. (N) (XX) thornless, seedless Tall trees 50’ plus • European Beech Fagus sylvatica (OS) • Heritage River Birch Betulus nigra ‘Heritage’ (N) (TB4) • Littleleaf Linden Tilia cordata ‘Greenspire’ • Sugar Maple Acer saccharum (N) (OS) • London Planetree Platanus x acerifolia (TB4) • Baldcypress Taxodium distichum (ST) • Dawn Redwood Metasequoia glyptostroboides (OS) • Northern Red Oak Quercus rubra (ST) (N) (TB4) • English Oak Quercus robur (ST) • Pin Oak Quercus palustris (N) (TB4) • Swamp White Oak Quercus bicolor (OS) (DT) (N) • White Oak Quercus alba (OS) (N) • Scarlet Oak Quercus coccinea (N) (TB4) • Ginkgo Ginkgo biloba (ST) (DT) • American Elm Ulmus americana- disease resistant cultivars (‘New Harmony’, ‘Princeton’, ‘Valley Forge’) (N) (TB4) • Lacebark Elm Ulmus parvifolia (DT) • Sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua (N) • Tuliptree Liriodendron tulipifera (N) (OS) Legend: (E) Evergreen (TB4) In tree belts 4’ or greater in width (ST) Salt tolerant (OS) Off-street applications or significant root zone area (DT) Drought tolerant (XX) Avoid or use sparingly due to overplanting (N) Native (P) Protected areas Trees listed on the state invasive plants list (Norway Maple, Black Locust) shall not be planted. This is not intended to be an exclusive list nor are those listed suitable for every planting situation; other species/cultivars not listed will be considered on their merit and site appropriateness. The Northampton Tree Committee encourages species diversity within each project. List approved 7/24/12