HANOVER TOWNSHIP NORTHAMPTON COUNTY

STREET TREE LIST

PROHIBITED TREES

American Elm (non-Dutch Elm disease resistant)

Birch

Black Locust

Boxelder

Callery Pear

Catalpa

Gingko--Female

Horsechestnut

Mulberry

Pin Oak

Poplar

Sassafras

Silver Maple

Sumac

Sycamore/Plane Tree

Honey Locust

Tree of Heaven

Walnut

Willow

TREES TO BE USED WITH OVERHEAD WIRES

NOTE: Trees must be 2 - 2 ½ inches in diameter measured 4 feet above ground

Under 30 Feet (directly under wires):

Trident Maple (Acer buergerianum)

Hedge Maple (Acer campestre)

Tatarian Maple (Acer tataricum)

Serviceberry (many cultivars) (Amelanchier x grandiflora)

American Hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana)

Hawthorn (Crataegus species: Crimson Cloud, Superba (laevigata), Ohio Pioneer (punctata), Inermis (crus-galli), Winter King (viridis)

Crabapple (disease and fireblight resistant) (Malus cultivars: Adams, Centurion, Donald Wyman, Henningi, Indian Summer, Prairie Fire, Professor Sprengei, Red Jewel, Robinson, Snowdrift, Spring Snow, Sugar Tyme, Strawberry Parfait, White Angel

Redbud Crabapple (Malus x zumi ‘Calocarpa’)

Japanese Flowering Crabapple (Malus floribunda)

Japanese Tree Lilac (Syringa reticulata ‘Summer Snow’, ‘Regent’, ‘Ivory Silk’)

Japanese Snowbell (Styrax japonica)

30 to 45 Feet (next to wires):

Goldenrain Tree (Koelreuteria paniculata)

Hop Hornbeam (Ostrya virginiana)

European Hornbeam (Carpinus betulus, no columnar cultivars)

Amur Cork Tree--male only (Phellodendron amurense ‘Macho’)

Yoshino Cherry (Orunus yedoensis)

Korean Mountain Ash (Sorbus ainifolia)

European Mountain Ash (Sorbus aucuparia)

Yoshino Cherry (Prunus yedoensis)

Chinese Elm (Ulmus parvifolia)

TREES TO BE USED WITHOUT OVERHEAD WIRES

NOTE: Trees must be 2 - 2 ½ inches in diameter measured 4 feet above ground

Norway Maple (Acer plantanoides ‘Crimson King’)

Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum, no columnar cultivars)

Sugar Hackberry (Celtis laevigata ‘All Seasons’)

Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis ‘Prairie Pride’, ‘Magnifica’)

Turkish Filbert or Hazel (Corylus colurna)

White Ash (Fraxinus americana, many cultivars)

Green Ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica, many cultivars, some seedless)

Ginkgo--male only (Ginkgo biloba ‘Autumn Gold’, no columnar cultivars)

Sweet Gum (Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Rotundifolia’, seedless)

Black Gum (Nyssa sylvatica)

Oak (Quercus species):

white (alba)

swamp white (bicolor) shingle (imbricaria)

willow (phellos)

English (robur)

red (rubra)

Shumard (shumardii)

bur (macrocarpa)

sawtooth (acutissima)

Japanese Scholartree or Pagodatree (Sophora japonica ‘Halka’, ‘Princeton’ or ‘Regent’)

Linden (Tilia species):

American (americana) little leaf (cordata)

silver (tomentosa) Crimean-ungrafted (euchlora)

Hybrid Elm (Ulmus hybrids: ‘Homestead’, ‘Pioneer’)

American Elm--Dutch Elm Disease Resistant (Ulmus americana ‘Delaware’, ‘Dynasty’, ‘Princeton’)

Zelkova (Zelkova serrata ‘Village Green’, ‘Green Vase’, ‘Halka’)

Every tree selected for this list has its own benefits and/or limitations when growing under urban conditions. The characteristics of a particular tree will be enhanced by matching the most suited tree to the planting site.

BE SURE TO MULCH AND WATER YOUR TREE DURING DRY SPELLS

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