Wayne County Acceptable Street Trees & Trees to Avoid

Wayne County has provided us with a list of acceptable street trees. Please keep diversity in mind when making your selection. Take a walk through your neighborhood and make note of the existing trees and talk to your neighbors who have lost trees to see what varieties they are considering planting. These small steps can help to prevent the great losses we are now experiencing in southeast Michigan.
DIVERSITY IS KEY!
 

ACCEPTABLE
SCIENTIFIC NAME	COMMON NAME	* HEIGHT at MATURITY
Acer campestre	Hedge Maple (tree form only)	M
Acer ginnala	Amur Maple (tree form only)	S
Acer nigrum	Black Maple	T
Acer platanoides	Norway Maple (any variety)	T
Acer rubrum	Red Maple	T
Acer pseudoplatanus	Sycamore Maple	M
Acer x freemanii	Freeman Maple	T
Acer tatarioum	Tatarian Maple	M
Aesculus x carnea ‘Brotii’	Ruby Red Horsechestnut	M
Carpinus betulus	European Hornbeam	S
Carpinus caroliniana	American Hornbeam	S
Celtis laevigata ‘All Season’	All Seasons Sugar Hackberry	T
Celtis occidentalis	Common Hackberry	T
Celtis occidentails‘ Prairie Pride’	Prairie Pride Hackberry	T
Cercidiphyllum japonicum	Katsura Tree	M
Cladrastis lutea	Yellowood	T
Corylus avellana	European Filbert	T
Corylus corlurna	Turkish Filbert	T
Crataegus (many species)	Hawthorn- County must approve variety	M
Eucomnia ulmoides	Hardy Rubber Tree	T
Ginkgo biloba (male)	Maidenhair Tree	T
Ginkgo biloba ‘Lakeview’	Lakeview Ginkgo	T
Ginkgo biloba ‘Princeton Sentry’	Princeton Sentry Ginkgo	T-N
Gleditsia triancanthos var. inermas	Thornless Honeylocust	T
Gymnocladus dioicus	Kentucky Coffeetree	T
Koelreuteria paniculata	Goldenrain Tree	M
Liquidambar styraciflua	Sweetgum	T
Liriodendron tulipifera	Tuliptree	T
Malus (many species)	Crabapple- County must approve variety	M
Metasequoia glyptostroboides	Dawn Redwood	T
Nyssa sylvatica	Black Tupelo	T
Phellodendron amurense	Amur Corktree	M
Platanus x acerifolia ‘Bloodgood’	Bloodgood London Planetree	T
Prunus sargentii ‘Columnaris’	Columnar Sargent Cherry	M-N
Prunus serrulata ‘Kwanzan’	Kwanzan Oriental Cherry	M
Pyrus betulifolia ‘Dancer’	Dancer Ornamental Pear	M
Pyrus calleryana ‘Aristocrat’	Aristocrat Callery Pear	M
Pyrus calleryana ‘Autumn Blaze’	Autumn Blaze Callery Pear	M
Pyrus calleryana ‘Chanticlear’	Chanticlear Callery Pear	M
Quercus acutissima	Sawtooth Oak	T
Quercus alba	White Oak	T
Quercus bicolor	Swamp White Oak	T
Quercus imbricaria	Shingle Oak	T
Quercus macrocarpa	Bur Oak	T
Quercus muehlenbergii	Chinkapin Oak	T
Sophora japonica	Scholartree or Pagodatree	M
Sophora japonica ‘Princeton Upright’	Princeton Upright Scholartree	M
Syringa reticulata ‘Ivory Silk’	Ivory Silk Japanese Tree Lilac	S
Syringa reticulata ‘Summer Snow’	Summer Snow Japanese Tree Lilac	S
Taxodium distichum	Baldcypress	T
Tilia cordata	Littleleaf Linden	T
Tilia cordata ‘Chancellor’	Chancellor Linden	T
Tilia cordata ‘Corzam’	Corzam Linden	M
Tilia cordata ‘Glenleven’	Glenleven Linden	T
Tilia cordata ‘Greenspire’	Greenspire Littleleaf Linden	T
Tilia tomentosa	Silver Linden	T
Ulmus	Elms (only new resistant cultivars)	T
Zelkova serrata ‘Green Vase’	Green Vase Japanese Zelkova	T
Zelkova serrata ‘Village Green’	Village Green Japanese Zelkova	T

 

* Height To Maturity Codes
S	SHORT –UP TO 25 FEET TALL
M	MEDIUM – 30 TO 45 FEET TALL
T	TALL – 50 FEET OR MORE
N	NARROW – WIDTH NO MORE THAN HALF THE HEIGHT

 

Wayne County has also provided a list of trees to avoid planting in the road right-of-way.

AVOID
SCIENTIFIC NAME	COMMON NAME	** PROBLEMS
		WW	I	D	SL	MF	SR
Acer negundo	Boxelder	x	x				x
Betula (all species)	Birch	x	x
Elaeagnus angustifolia	Russian Olive	x		x	x
Picea pungens	Blue Spruce			x
Populus (all species)	Poplar	x	x	x
Prunus cerasifera	Purple-leaf Plum		x	x	x
Salix (all species)	Willow	x	x	x
Sorbus acuparia	European Mountain Ash		x	x		x
Ulmus (most species)	Elm		x	x
Acer saccharinum	Silver Maple	x					x
Platanus occidentialis	Sycamore			x		x
Morus (all species)	Mulberry	x				x	x
Gleditisia tricanthos	Honeylocust (thorned)					x
Robina pseudoacacia	Block Locust					x	x
Ailanthus altissima	Tree of Heaven	x
Juglans (all species)	Walnut					x
Carya (all species)	Hickory					x
Quercus rubra	Red Oak			x
Quercus palustris	Pin Oak			x
Maclura pomifera	Osage Orange					x
Aesculus hippocastanum	Horsechestnut					x
Aesculus octandra	Yellow Buckeye					x
Aesculus glabra	Ohio buckeye					x
Tilia Americana	American Basswood	x

 

** Problem Codes
WW	WEAK WOODED
I	INSECT PROBLEMS
D	DISEASE PROBLEMS
SL	SHORT LIVED
MF	MESSY FRUITS
SR	SHALLOW ROOTED