Recommended Street Trees
Town of Carbondale
Town of Carbondale would like to thank The Municipal Tree Restoration Program and the Directory of Landscape Tree Cultivars Project, with support of the U.S. D.A. Forest Service and the State & Private Forestry for the publication of the Carbondale Recommended Street Trees. Please click here for acknowldegements.
Large Trees (Spacing 35’ to 45’):
Green Ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica:
‘Marshall Seedless’
‘Patmore’
‘Summit’
Maintenance Potential: High
White Ash:
Fraxinus americana
‘Autumn Purple’
Maintenance Potential: High
Honeylocust:
Gleditsia triacanthos inermis
‘Skyline’
‘Halka’
‘Shademaster’
‘Imperial’
‘Sunburst’
Kentucky Coffeetree:
Gymnocladus dioica
Norway Maple:
Acer platanoides
‘Fairview’
‘Emerald Queen’
‘Deborah’
‘Royal Red’
Autumn Blaze Maple:
Acer x freemanii ‘Jeffersred’
‘Autumn Blaze’
Hybrid Norway Maple
Acer truncatum x acer platanoides
‘Norwegian Sunset’
Bur Oak:
Quercus macrocarpa
Swamp White Oak:
Quercus bicolor
English Oak:
Quercus robur
Medium Trees (Spacing 25’ to 35’):
Littleleaf Linden:
Tilia Cordata
‘Greenspire’
‘Glenleven’
American Linden:
Tilia americana
‘Redmond’
Mayday
Prunus padus
English Oak:
Quercus robur
Fastigiate
Small Trees (Spacing 12’ to 20’):
Canada Red Chokecherry:
Prunus Virginia
‘Shubert’
Amur Chokecherry*
Prunus maackii
Flowering Crab:
Malus spp.
‘Spring Snow’
‘Radiant’
‘Hopa’
‘Dolgo’
Flowering Crab:*
Malus ioensis
‘Bechtel’
Thornless Cockspur Hawthorn:
Crataegus crus-galli inermis
Japanese Tree Lilac:
Syringa reticulata
European Mountain Ash
Sorbus aucuparia
Oak Leaf Mountain Ash
Sorbus hybrida
Flowering Plum
Prunus cerasiera
‘Newport’
‘Mount St. Helens’
Specialty Trees:
Amur Maple (single stem):
Acer ginnala
Tartarian Maple
Acer tatarian
Trees Which Are Not Acceptable for Street Use:
Aspen
Populus tremuloides
Silver Maple
Acer saccharinum
Box elder
Acer negundo
Cottonwood
Populus angustafoilia
Russian Olive
Elaeagnus angustifolia
Siberian Elm
Ulmus pumila
Thorny Trees
Conifers
Multiple Stemmed Trees
Fruit Trees
Note: There are many trees in our Zone 3 which can be planted on private property. Contact your local nursery for recommendations.
Acknowledgments: StreetTree Fact Sheet - 1989
Editors:
Henry D. Gerhold
Willet N. Wandell
Norma L. Lacasse
Richard D. Schein
Representation of the agency and participating states on the organizing committee;
Illinois - Michael Reichenbach
Maryland - George Gilmore
New Jersey - G. Lester Alpaugh
Ohio - Andrew P. Todd
Pennsylvania - Ronald K. Root
Forest Service - Clyde M. Hunt