Recommended Street Trees for Connecticut

    Scientific Name Common Name
    Acer buergerianum1 Trident Maple
    Acer campestre Hedge Maple
    Acer platanoides2 Norway Maple
    Acer platanoides 'Cleveland' Cleveland Norway Maple
    Acer platanoides 'Columnare' Columnar Norway Maple
    Acer platanoides 'Crimson Sentry' Crimson Sentry Norway Maple
    Acer platanoides 'Deborah' Deborah Norway Maple
    Acer platanoides 'Emerald Queen' Emerald Queen Norway Maple
    Acer platanoides 'Globosum' Globe Norway Maple
    Acer platanoides 'Olmstead' Olmsted Norway Maple
    Acer platanoides ' Royal Red' Royal Red Norway Maple
    Acer platanoides 'Schwedleri' Schwedler Norway Maple
    Acer platanoides 'Summershade' Summershade Norway Maple
    Acer platanoides 'Super Form' Super Form Norway Maple
    Acer rubrum 'Armstrong' Armstrong Red Maple
    Acer rubrum 'Columnare' Columnar Red Maple
    Acer rubrum 'Northwood' Northwood Red Maple
    Acer rubrum 'October Glory' October Glory Red Maple
    Acer rubrum 'Red Sunset' Red Sunset Red Maple
    Aesculus octandra (flava) Yellow Buckeye
    Aesculus x carnea Red horsechestnut
    Aesculux x carnea 'Briotii' Briotii Red horsechestnut
    Celtis occidentalis3 Common Hackberry
    Cercidiphyllum japonicum4 Katsuratree
    Corylus colurna Turkish Filbert
    Crataegus x lavallei Lavalle Hawthorn
    Crataegus x mordenensis 'Toba' Toba Hawthorn
    Crataegus phaenopyrum Washington Hawthorn
    Crataegus phaenopyrum 'Fastigiata' Fastigiate Washington Hawthorn
    Crataegus viridis 'Winter King' Winter King Hawthorn
    Fraxinus pennsylvanica 'Marshall's Sdls.' Marshall's Seedless Green Ash
    Fraxinus pennsylvanica 'Newport' Newport Green Ash
    Fraxinus pennsylvanica 'Patmore' Patmore Green Ash
    Fraxinus pennsylvanica 'Summit' Summit Green Ash
    Fraxinus pennsylvanica 'Urbanite' Urbanite Green Ash
    Ginkgo biloba Ginkgo
    Ginkgo biloba 'Fastigiata' Fastigiate Ginkgo
    Ginkgo biloba 'Sentry' Sentry Ginkgo
    Gleditsia triacanthos inermis Thornless Honeylocust
    Gleditsia tri. in. 'Halka' Halka Honeylocust
    Gleditsia tri. in. 'Moraine' Moraine Honeylocust
    Gleditsia tri. in. 'Shademaster' Shademaster Honeylocust
    Gleditsia tri. in. 'Skyline' Skyline Honeylocust
    Gleditsia tri. in. 'Sunburst' Sunburst Honeylocust
    Koelreuteria paniculata4 Goldenrain Tree
    Liquidambar styraciflua1 Sweetgum
    Maackia amurensis4 Amur Maackia
    Malus 'Adams' Adams Crabapple
    Malus x atrosanguinea Carmine Crabapple
    Malus baccata 'Jackii' Jackii Crabapple
    Malus baccata mandshurica Manchurian Crabapple
    Malus 'Baskatong' Baskatong Crabapple
    Malus 'Beverly' Beverly Crabapple
    Malus 'Bob White' Bob White Crabapple
    Malus 'Centurion' Centurion Crabapple
    Malus 'Donald Wyman' Donald Wyman Crabapple
    Malus 'Doubloons' Doubloons Crabapple
    Malus 'Evelyn' Evelyn Crabapple
    Malus floribunda Japanese Flowering Crabapple
    Malus 'Harvest Gold' Harvest Gold Crabapple
    Malus hupehensis Tea Crabapple
    Malus 'Jewelberry' Jewelberry Crabapple
    Malus 'Katherine' Katherine Crabapple
    Malus 'Liset' Liset Crabapple
    Malus 'Prairifire' Prairifire Crabapple
    Malus 'Prince Georges' Prince Georges Crabapple
    Malus 'Professor Sprenger' Professor Sprenger Crabapple
    Malus 'Red Jade' Red Jade Crabapple
    Malus 'Robinson' Robinson Crabapple
    Malus 'Selkirk' Selkirk Crabapple
    Malus 'Sentinel' Sentinel Crabapple
    Malus sieboldii zumi 'Calocarpa' Zumi Crabapple
    Malus 'Snowdrift' Snowdrift Crabapple
    Malus tschonoskii Tschonoski Crabapple
    Malus 'White Angel' White Angel Crabapple
    Malus 'Zumirang' Zumirang Crabapple
    Ostrya virginiana Hop Hornbeam
    Phellodendron amurense Amur Cork Tree
    Platanus x acerifolia 'Bloodgood' London Plane Tree
    Pyrus calleryana 'Aristocrat' Aristocrat Callery Pear
    Pyrus calleryana 'Chanticleer' Chanticleer Callery Pear
    Pyrus calleryana 'Redspire' Redspire Callery Pear
    Quercus coccinea Scarlet Oak
    Quercus palustris Pin Oak
    Quercus robur English Oak
    Quercus robur 'Concordia' Golden Leaved English Oak
    Quercus robur 'Fastigiata' Fastigiate English Oak
    Quercus rubra Red Oak
    Quercus x shumardii Shumard Oak
    Sophora japonica Japanese Scholar Tree
    Sophora japonica 'Fastigiata' Fastigiate Scholar Tree
    Syringa reticulata Japanese Tree Lilac
    Tilia americana 'Redmond' Redmond American Linden
    Tilia cordata Littleleaf Linden
    Tilia cordata 'Chancellor' Chancellor Littleleaf Linden
    Tilia cordata 'Glenleven' Glenleven Littleleaf Linden
    Tilia cordata 'Greenspire' Greenspire Littleleaf Linden
    Tilia tomentosa Silver Linden
    Tilia x euchlora Crimean Linden
    Ulmus 'Homestead' Homestead Elm
    Ulmus 'Pioneer' Pioneer Elm
    Ulmus 'Urban Elm' Urban Elm
    Ulmus parvifolia Lacebark Elm
    Zelkova serrata Zelkova
    Zelkova serrata 'Halka' Halka Zelkova
    Zelkova serrata 'Village Green' Village Green Zelkova
1.Large caliper trees are more hardy
2.Norway Maples and cultivars are shallow rooted
3.Foliage can be disfigured because of gall damage
4.Tends to have branches low on the trunk

Prepared by: John Alexopoulos, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture
Mark H. Brand, Assistant Professor of Horticulture
Edward G. Corbett, Associate Professor of Ornamental Horticulture, University of Connecticut

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