Street Trees

 

Department of Urban Forestry

443 South 200 East

Springville, Utah 84663

Alex Roylance, Director

 

Street Trees Acceptable for Springville

Street Trees are trees acceptable for planting in planter strips. Street trees should be large shade trees that adapt well to a street tree application. Street trees may not be planted in planter strips that are less than 72” wide. The planting of any street trees must be done under the direction of the Director of Buildings and Grounds.

Acceptable Species (Cultivars of the listed species may be used)

Common Name                                   Botanical name

Hedge Maple                                      Acer campestre

State Street Maple                              Acer miyabei

Black Maple                                        Acer nigrum

Norwegian Sunset Maple                   Acer truncatum x Acer platanoides

Freeman Maple                                  Acer x freemanii

Autumn Splendor Horsechestnut        Aesculus x arnoldiana

Sugarberry                                          Celtis laevigata

Hackberry                                           Celtis occidentalis

Hardy Rubber Tree                             Eucommia ulmoides

European Beech                                  Fagus sylvatica

White Ash                                            Fraxinus americana

Oregon Ash                                         Fraxinus latifolia

 Kentucky Coffee Tree                                    Gymnocladus dioicus

Tulip Tree                                            Liriodendron tulipifera

Amur Maackia                                                Maackia amurensis

Amur Corktree                                    Phellodendron amurense

Swamp White Oak                              Quercus bicolor

Bur Oak                                               Quercus macrocarpa

Chinkapin Oak                                     Quercus muhelenbergii

Black Locust                                        Robinia pseudoacacia

Japanese Pagoda Tree                                    Sophora japonica

Bald Cypress                                       Taxodium distichum

American Linden                                 Tilia americana

Silver Linden                                       Tilia tomentosa

Crimean Linden                                  Tilia x euchlora

American Elm                                     Ulmus americana

Lacebark Elm                                      Ulmus parvifolia

Accolade Elm                                      Ulmus x ‘Accolade’

Danada Charm Elm                            Ulmus x ‘Danada Charm’

Frontier Elm                                        Ulmus x ‘Frontier’

New Horizon Elm                                Ulmus x ‘New Horizon’

Pioneer Elm                                        Ulmus x ‘Pioneer’

Prospector Elm                                   Ulmus x ‘Prospector’

Triumph Elm                                       Ulmus x ‘Triumph’

Japanese Zelkova                                Zelkova serrata

 

Acceptable Street Tree Species for Planting under Power Lines

**Trees planted under power lines may not achieve a mature height of more than 25 feet**

Common Name                                   Botanical Name

Trident Maple                                     Acer buergeranium

Amur Maple                                        Acer ginnala

Paperbark Maple                                Acer griseum

Tatarian Maple                                   Acer tataricum

Autumn Brilliance Serviceberry         Amelanchier x grandiflora

American Hornbeam                          Carpinus caroliniana

Eastern Redbud                                   Cercis Canadensis

Chinese Fringe Tree                            Chionanthus retusis

Washington Hawthorn                        Crataegus phaenopyrum

Green Hawthorn                                 Crataegus virdis

Lavalle Hawthorn                                Crataegus x lavellei

Crabapple (20 ft. minimum mature height)

                                                            Malus spp.

Amur Chokecherry                              Prunus maackii

Sargent Cherry                                    Prunus sargentii

Red Chokecherry                                Prunus virginiana ‘Shubert’

Peking Lilac                                         Syringa pekinensis

Japanese Tree Lilac                            Syringa reticulata

Wireless Zelkova                                 Zelkova serrata ‘Schmidtlow’