Table 1
Table 1. Relative Rating for Eight Factors of Selection of Trees | ||||||||
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Legend: ++ excellent + good - poor -- very poor | ||||||||
Common Name | Scientific Name | Freedom from Insect Pests | Freedom from Disease Problems | Resistance to Storm Drainage | Will Grow on Poorly Drained Soil | Will Grow in Hot Dry Areas | Easy to Transplant | Withstand City Conditions |
Norway maple* | Acer platanoides | + | + | + | - | - | + | + |
Red maple | Acer rubrum | + | + | - | ++ | - | + | - |
Sugar maple | Acer saccharum | - | - | + | - | - | + | -- |
Silver maple | Acer saccharinum | + | + | -- | ++ | - | + | - |
Horse chestnut | Aesculus hippocastanum | + | + | - | - | - | - | - |
Green ash | Fraxinus pennsylvanica | -- | + | + | + | ++ | + | + |
White ash | Fraxinus americana | -- | + | + | + | - | + | + |
Honey locust | Gleditsia triacanthos | -- | + | + | + | ++ | + | + |
Sweet gum | Liquidambar styraciflua | + | - | + | ++ | - | - | + |
Tuliptree | Liriodendron tulipifera | + | + | - | -- | -- | - | + |
Sycamore | Platanus occidentalis | + | -- | + | ++ | + | + | + |
White oak | Quescus alba | + | ++ | ++ | - | ++ | -- | + |
Red oak | Quercus rubra | + | + | ++ | + | + | - | + |
Pin oak | Quercus palustris | + | + | ++ | + | - | + | + |
Chinese pistache | Pistacia chinensis | ++ | ++ | + | + | ++ | ++ | ++ |
Bald cypress | Taxodium distichum | ++ | ++ | + | ++ | + | -- | + |
River birch | Betula nigra | + | ++ | + | ++ | - | + | + |
European white birch | Betula pendula | -- | + | + | + | - | + | - |
Yellowwood | Cladrastis lutea | ++ | ++ | + | - | + | -- | + |
Ginkgo | Ginkgo biloba | ++ | ++ | ++ | - | + | + | ++ |
Black gum | Nyssa sylvatica | ++ | ++ | + | + | - | -- | - |
Japanese pagodatree | Sophora japonica | ++ | + | + | - | + | + | ++ |
Linden | Tilia sp. | + | + | + | - | + | + | ++ |
Japanese zelkova | Zelkova serrata | + | + | + | + | + | + | ++ |
Amur maple | Acer ginnala | + | + | + | + | ++ | ++ | ++ |
Lacebark elm | Ulmus parvifolia | ++ | ++ | ++ | + | ++ | ++ | ++ |
Japanese maple | Acer palmatum | + | + | + | - | -- | + | - |
Your local nursery will probably not stock all of the species included in this list. However, they will generally be able to obtain a specimen for you if given enough time. *Though commonly available, this plant is considered to be an invasive alien species. |