Subpart F. Landscaping Recommended Species List

Table 5.5 Recommended 1 Large Deciduous Trees

Scientific Name

Common Name

Aesculus hippocastanum

Common Horsechestnut

Acer buergeranum

Trident Maple

Acer griseum

Paperbark Maple

Acer palmatum

Japanese Maple

Acer rubrum

Red Maple

Acer saccharum

Sugar Maple

Amelanchier canadensis

Serviceberry

Betula nigra

River Birch

Betula papyrifera

Paper Birch

Carya ovata

Shagbark Hickory

Carya glabra

Pignut Hickory

Carya cordiformis

Hackberry

Cercidiphyllum japonicum

Katsura Tree

Cladastris lutea

Yellowwood

Fagus grandiflora

American Beech

Fraxinus americana

White Ash

Fraxinus pennsylvanica

Green Ash

Gingko biloba

Gingko (male only)

Gymnocladus dioicus

Kentucky Coffeetree

Liquidambar rotundiloba

Fruitless Sweetgum

Liriodendron tulipifera

Tulip Poplar

Maackia amurensis

Amur Maackia

Nyssa sylvatica

Black gum

Oxydendron arborea

Sourwood

Platanus occidentalis

Sycamore

Quercus accustissima

Sawtooth Oak

Quercus alba

White Oak

Quercus bicolor

Swamp White Oak

Quercus coccinea

Scarlet Oak

Quercus falcata

Southern Red Oak

Quercus laurifolia

Laurel Oak

Quercus nigra

Water Oak

Quercua palustris

Pin Oak

Quercus phellos

Willow Oak

Quercua rubra

Red Oak

Quercus shumardi

Shumard Oak

Salix babylonica

Weeping Willow

Taxodium distichum

Bald Cypress

Tilia americana

American Linden

Tilia cordata

Littleleaf Linden

Ulmus alata

Winged Elm

Zelkova serrata

Japanese Zelkova

1 Species which are not included on the recommended species list may be used, but the applicant must show that the plant materials meet the standards of Article V and are appropriate for the area.

Table5.6 Recommended 1 Small Deciduous Trees

Scientific Name

Common Name

Acer campestre

Hedge Maple

Carpinus caroliniana

American Hornbeam

Cercis canadensis

Redbud

Cornus florida

Dogwood

Cornus kousa

Kousa Dogwood

Cornus mas

Corneliancherry Dogwood

Cornus amomum

Silky Dogwood

Chionanthus virginicus

Fringetree

Crataegus phaenopyrum

Washington Hawthorne

Halesia tetraptera

Mountain Silverbell

Hamamelis mollis

Chinese Witchhazel

Hamamelis vernalis

Vernal Witchhazel

Koelreutaria paniculata

Golden Rain-tree

Ostrya virginiana

Ironwood

Prunus serrulata ‘Kwanzan’

Kwanzan Cherry

Prunus subhirtella ‘Pendula’

Weeping Cherry

Prunus yedoensis

Yoshino Cherry

Prunus caroliniana

Carolina Cherry Laurel

Rhus typhina

Staghorn Sumac

Stewartia koreana

Korean Stewartia

Styrax japonicus

Japanese Snowball

1 Species which are not included on the recommended species list may be used, but the applicant must show that the plant materials meet the standards of Article V and are appropriate for the area.

Table 5.74 Recommended 1 Evergreen Trees

Scientific Name

Common Name

Chamaecyparis obtuse*

Hinoki Falsecypress

Chamaecyparis pisifera*

Japanese Falsecypress

Cryptomeria japonica*

Japanese Cryptomeria

Cupressocyparis leyandii*

Leyland Cypress

Juniperus Virginiana*

Eastern Red Cedar

Magnolia grandiflora*

Southern Magnolia

Magnolia grandiflora ‘Little Gem’*

Little Gem Magnolia

Picea abies*

Norway Spruce

Pinus strobus

White Pine

Pinus echinata

Short-leaf Pine

Pinus taeda

Loblolly Pine

Pinus virginiana

Virginia Pine

Thuja occidentalis*

American Arborvitae

Tsuga Canadensis*

Eastern Hemlock

Tsuga Caroliniana*

Carolina Hemlock

1 Species which are not included on the recommended species list may be used, but the applicant must show that the plant materials meet the standards of Article V and are appropriate for the area.

* Plants that are conical evergreens.

Table 5.8 Recommended 1 Deciduous Shrubs

Scientific Name

Common Name

Abelia grandiflora

Glossy Abelia

Callicarpa americana

Amercian Beautyberry

Calycanthus floridus

Common Sweetshrub

Chaenomeles speciosa

Flowering Quince

Clethra alnifolia

Sweet Pepperbush

Cornus sericea

Redosier Dogwood

Forsythia x intermedia

Border Forsythia

Fothergilla gardenia

Dwarf Fothergilla

Fothergilla major

Fothergilla

Hydrangea species

Hydrangea

Ilex verticullata

Winterberry

Itea virginiana

Virginia Sweetspire

Nandina domestica

Nandina

Rhododendron species

Azaleas

Spirea species

Spireas

Viburnum species

Viburnums

1 Species which are not included on the recommended species list may be used, but the applicant must show that the plant materials meet the standards of Article V and are appropriate for the area.

Table 5.9 Recommended 1 Evergreen Shrubs

Scientific Name

Common Name

Buxus sempervirens

Common Boxwood

Ilex species

Hollies

Juniperus chinensis pfitzeriana

Pfitzer Juniper

Juniperus chinensis hetzi

Hetzi Juniper

Leucothoe fontanesia

Drooping Leucothoe

Mahonia beleai

Leatherleaf Mahonia

Pieris floribunda

Mountain Pieris

Pieris japonica

Japanese Pieris

Prunus laurocerasus ‘Otto Luyken’

Otto Luyken Laurel

Prunus laurocerasus ‘Schipkaensis’

Schip Laurel

Prunus laurocerasus ‘Zabeliana’

Zabel Laurel

Pyracantha coccinea

Scarlet Firethorn

Rhododendron species

Rhododendrons

Taxus species

Yews

Viburnum x pragense

Prague Viburnum

Viburnum rhytidophyllum

Leatherleaf Viburnum

1 Species which are not included on the recommended species list may be used, but the applicant must show that the plant materials meet the standards of Article V and are appropriate for the area.

Table 5.10. Holly Species that May Be Used for Screening1

Scientific Name

Common Name

Ilex x ‘Mary Nell’

Mary Nell Holly

Ilex x ‘Nellie R. Stevens’

Nellie R. Stevens Holly

Ilex species

Red Holly hybrids

Ilex species

Blue Holly hybrids

1 Species which are not included on the recommended species list may be used, but the applicant must show that the plant materials meet the standards of Article V and are appropriate for the area.