Morrisville UDO Administrative Manual, version August 1, 2018

Part 4 Appendices 4.3 Plant Lists

Trees

Evergreen or Deciduous

Botanical Name

Common Name

Height Light Required Growth Rate

Notes

Pods can become a litter problem. Late to leaf-out in spring.

Slow to Moderate

Gymnocladus dioicus Kentucky Coffeetree

D

60'-75'

Sun

Common Seabuckthorn

Hippophae rhamnoides

D

12'-30'

Sun

Moderate Excellent fruit interest in winter.

Nellie R. Stevens Holly

Ilex x. Nellie R. Stevens

E

15'-25'

Sun

Fast

Excellent screening plant.

Very slow-growing tree. Valued mostly for its wood and nut crop.

Juglans nigra

Black Walnut

D

50-75'

Sun

Slow

Yellow flowers in summer. Somewhat weak branch structure.

Moderate to Fast

Koelreuteria paniculata Goldenraintree

D

30'-40'

Sun

A favorite multi-stem summer flowering small tree. Numerous cultivars available. Fruit can become quite a nuisance. “Rotundiloba” is becoming a popular cultivar. Not recommended for small residential setting. Thorns can be quite painful. A favorite evergreen that needs plenty of room. Best to leave lower branches. Somewhat messy tree- large coarse leaves - abundant fruiting capabilities. Blue-gray foliage - many cultivars available. Not a great ornamental but a functional evergreen screen. Excellent fall color. Resistant to most insects and diseases. Good medium-sized evergreen tree for shaded spaces. Atropurpurea is most popular variety because of purple foliage. Popular fast-growing early- blooming medium-sized tree. Nice clean oak. For lawns or large planters. Shrubby type oak often growing in poor, sandy soils. A good shade tree for poor soils. Nondescript characteristics. Survives in worst locations and conditions. Several varieties are quite acceptable. Good open area tree. Not recommended for small occupied spaces. Best of lindens which tolerate adverse conditions.

Lagerstroemia indica Crape Myrtle

D

15-20'

Sun

Moderate

Liquidambar styraciflua Sweetgum

D

50-75'

Sun

Moderate

Maclura pomifera

Osageorange

D

20'-40'

Sun

Fast

Sun to Partial Shade

Magnolia grandiflora Southern Magnolia

E

60-70'

Moderate

Full Sun to Light Shade

Morus alba

White Mulberry

D

30-50'

Fast

Slow to Moderate

Picea pungens

Colorado Spruce

E

30'-60'

Sun

Pinus virginiana

Virginia Pine

E

15'-40'

Sun

Moderate

Pistachia chinenss

Chinese Pistache

D

30'-35'

Sun

Moderate

Carolina Cherry Laurel

Prunus caroliniana

E

20-30'

Shade

Fast

Prunus cerasifera

Cherry Plum

D

15'-30'

Sun

Fast

Pyrus calleryana Bradford

Bradford Pear

D

35-50'

Sun

Fast

Moderate to Fast

Quercus acutissima

Sawtooth Oak

D

35-50'

Sun

Quercus marilandica Blackjack Oak

D

30-40'

Sun

Slow

Quercus stellata

Post Oak

D

40'-50'

Sun

Slow

Robinia pseudoacacia Black Locust

D

30'-50'

Sun

Fast

Japanese Pagodatree

Moderate to Fast

Sophora japonica

D

50'-75'

Sun

Tilia tomentosa

Silver Linden

D

50'-70'

Sun

Moderate

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