Morrisville UDO Administrative Manual - July 2016

Part 4 Appendices 4.3 Plant Lists

Wake County Historic Landmarks

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Capital Area Preservation P.O. Box 28072 Capitol Station Raleigh, NC 27611-8072 Fax: 919.834.7314

Gary Roth President and CEO Phone: 919.833.6404 capgroth@aol.com

Wake County Sedimentation and Erosion Control

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Wake County Environmental Services

Betsy Pearce 919.868.6414 betsy.pearce@wakegov.com

Water Quality Division 336 Fayetteville Street Raleigh, NC 27602

4.3. PLANT LISTS These lists are intended to help developers comply with the UDO’s buffer and landscaping standards. They identify tree species selected for their hardiness, growth rate, ability to withstand adverse conditions, natural diversity and beauty, and general local availability. This list is not comprehensive and an applicant can request to use alternative vegetation.

Recommended Trees and Shrubs

Shade Trees – Deciduous, over 35 Feet Mature Height

Botanical Name

Common Name Height Spread Light Required Growth Rate

Notes

Acer platanoides

Norway Maple

40-50'

30' Full Sun/Light Shade

Medium

Not a good street tree

Acer rubrum

Red Maple

40-60'

40' Full Sun/Light Shade

Fast

Many different cultivars

Acer saccarum

*Sugar Maple

60-70'

40' Full Sun/Light Shade

Slow

Beautiful Fall color

Betula nigra

River Birch

40-70' 40-60' Full Sun/Light Shade

Fast

Tolerates wet areas, multi-stem

*European Hornbeam

Carpinus betulus

40-60' 30-40' Full Sun/Light Shade Slow-Medium Withstands heavy pruning

Fraxinus pennsylvanica *Green Ash

50-60' 25'-30'

Full Sun

Fast

Coarse appearance in winter

Ginkgo biloba

*Ginkgo

50-80' 30-40'

Full Sun

Slow-Medium

Plant male trees

Gleditsia triacanthos Honeylocust

30-70' 30-70'

Full Sun

Fast

Short trunk

Needs large area for root system

Liquidambar styaciflua Fruitless Sweetgum

60-75' 40-50'

Full Sun

Medium-Fast

Liriodendron tulipifera Tulip Poplar

70-90' 35-50'

Full Sun

Fast

Plant in large, open areas

Platanus x acerifolia London Planetree

70-100' 65-80' Full Sun/Light Shade

Medium

Plant in large, open areas

Sheds a lot of debris: fruit, twigs

Platanus occidentalis

Sycamore

75-100' 75-100' Full Sun/Light Shade

Fast

Quercus acutissima

*Sawtooth Oak

35-45' 35-45' Full Sun/Light Shade

Medium

Prefers well-drained soils

Quercus palustris

*Pin Oak

60-70' 25-40' Full Sun/Light Shade

Fast

Tolerates wet soils

Quercus phellos

*Willow Oak

60-80' 30-40'

Sun

Fast

Prefers well-drained soils

Quercus rubra

*Red Oak

60-75' 40-50'

Full Sun

Fast

Prefers well-drained soils

Tilia cordata

*LittleLeaf Linden

60-70' 30-45'

Full Sun

Medium

Great city/street tree

Ulmus parvifolia

*Chinese Elm

40-50' 40-50' Full Sun/Light Shade Moderate

Great in urban areas

Zelkova serrata

*Japanese Zelkova 50-80' 50-80' Full Sun/Light Shade

Medium

Great city/street tree

*Denotes trees that are well suited as street trees.

Shade Trees - Evergreen, over 35 Feet Mature Height

Botanical Name

Common Name Height Spread Light Required Growth Rate

Notes

Cedrus deodara

Deodar Cedar

40-70' 30-40' Full Sun/Part Shade

Medium

Pyramidal growth

Morrisville, NC

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