Updated October 2012
Scientific Name | Common Name |
Acer buergerianum 1 | Trident Maple |
Acer campestre | Hedge Maple |
Acer rubrum ‘Armstrong’ | Armstrong Red Maple |
Acer rubrum ‘Columnare’ | Columnar Red Maple |
Acer rubrum ‘Northwood’ | Northwood Red Maple |
Acer rubrum ‘October Glory’ | October Glory Red Maple |
Acer rubrum ‘Red Sunset’ | Red Sunset Red Maple |
Aesculus octandra flava | Yellow Buckeye |
Aesculus x carnea | Red horsechestnut |
Aesculux x carnea ‘Briotii’ | Briotii Red horsechestnut |
Celtis occidentalis 2 | Common Hackberry |
Cercidiphyllum japonicum 3 | Katsuratree |
Corylus colurna | Turkish Filbert |
Crataegus x lavallei | Lavalle Hawthorn |
Crataegus x mordenensis ‘Toba’ | Toba Hawthorn |
Crataegus phaenopyrum | Washington Hawthorn |
Crataegus phaenopyrum ‘Fastigiata’ | Fastigiate Washington Hawthorn |
Crataegus viridis ‘Winter King’ | Winter King Hawthorn |
Fraxinus pennsylvanica ‘Marshall’s Sdls.’ | Marshall’s Seedless Green Ash |
Fraxinus pennsylvanica ‘Newport’ | Newport Green Ash |
Fraxinus pennsylvanica ‘Patmore’ | Patmore Green Ash |
Fraxinus pennsylvanica ‘Summit’ | Summit Green Ash |
Fraxinus pennsylvanica ‘Urbanite’ | Urbanite Green Ash |
Ginkgo biloba | Ginkgo |
Ginkgo biloba ‘Fastigiata’ | Fastigiate Ginkgo |
Ginkgo biloba ‘Sentry’ | Sentry Ginkgo |
Gleditsia triacanthos inermis | Thornless Honeylocust |
Gleditsia tri. in. ‘Halka’ | Halka Honeylocust |
Gleditsia tri. in. ‘Moraine’ | Moraine Honeylocust |
Gleditsia tri. in. ‘Shademaster’ | Shademaster Honeylocust |
Gleditsia tri. in. ‘Skyline’ | Skyline Honeylocust |
Gleditsia tri. in. ‘Sunburst’ | Sunburst Honeylocust |
Koelreuteria paniculata 3 | Goldenrain Tree |
Liquidambar styraciflua 1 | Sweetgum |
Maackia amurensis 3 | Amur Maackia |
Malus ‘Adams’ | Adams Crabapple |
Malus x atrosanguinea | Carmine Crabapple |
Malus baccata ‘Jackii’ | Jackii Crabapple |
Malus baccata mandshurica | Manchurian Crabapple |
Malus ‘Baskatong’ | Baskatong Crabapple |
Malus ‘Beverly’ | Beverly Crabapple |
Malus ‘Bob White’ | Bob White Crabapple |
Malus ‘Centurion’ | Centurion Crabapple |
Malus ‘Donald Wyman’ | Donald Wyman Crabapple |
Malus ‘Doubloons’ | Doubloons Crabapple |
Malus ‘Evelyn’ | Evelyn Crabapple |
Malus floribunda | Japanese Flowering Crabapple |
Malus ‘Harvest Gold’ | Harvest Gold Crabapple |
Malus hupehensis | Tea Crabapple |
Malus ‘Jewelberry’ | Jewelberry Crabapple |
Malus ‘Katherine’ | Katherine Crabapple |
Malus ‘Liset’ | Liset Crabapple |
Malus ‘Prairifire’ | Prairifire Crabapple |
Malus ‘Prince Georges’ | Prince Georges Crabapple |
Malus ‘Professor Sprenger’ | Professor Sprenger Crabapple |
Malus ‘Red Jade’ | Red Jade Crabapple |
Malus ‘Robinson’ | Robinson Crabapple |
Malus ‘Selkirk’ | Selkirk Crabapple |
Malus ‘Sentinel’ | Sentinel Crabapple |
Malus sieboldii zumi ‘Calocarpa’ | Zumi Crabapple |
Malus ‘Snowdrift’ | Snowdrift Crabapple |
Malus tschonoskii | Tschonoski Crabapple |
Malus ‘White Angel’ | White Angel Crabapple |
Malus ‘Zumirang’ | Zumirang Crabapple |
Ostrya virginiana | Hop Hornbeam |
Phellodendron amurense | Amur Cork Tree |
Platanus x acerifolia ‘Bloodgood’ | London Plane Tree |
Pyrus calleryana ‘Aristocrat’ | Aristocrat Callery Pear |
Pyrus calleryana ‘Chanticleer’ | Chanticleer Callery Pear |
Pyrus calleryana ‘Redspire’ | Redspire Callery Pear |
Quercus coccinea | Scarlet Oak |
Quercus palustris | Pin Oak |
Quercus robur | English Oak |
Quercus robur ‘Concordia’ | Golden Leaved English Oak |
Quercus robur ‘Fastigiata’ | Fastigiate English Oak |
Quercus rubra | Red Oak |
Quercus x shumardii | Shumard Oak |
Sophora japonica | Japanese Scholar Tree |
Sophora japonica ‘Fastigiata’ | Fastigiate Scholar Tree |
Syringa reticulate | Japanese Tree Lilac |
Tilia americana ‘Redmond’ | Redmond American Linden |
Tilia cordata | Littleleaf Linden |
Tilia cordata ‘Chancellor’ | Chancellor Littleleaf Linden |
Tilia cordata ‘Glenleven’ | Glenleven Littleleaf Linden |
Tilia cordata ‘Greenspire’ | Greenspire Littleleaf Linden |
Tilia tomentosa | Silver Linden |
Tilia x euchlora | Crimean Linden |
Ulmus ‘Homestead’ | Homestead Elm |
Ulmus ‘Pioneer’ | Pioneer Elm |
Ulmus ‘Urban Elm’ | Urban Elm |
Ulmus parvifolia | Lacebark Elm |
Zelkova serrata | Zelkova |
Zelkova serrata ‘Halka’ | Halka Zelkova |
Zelkova serrata ‘Village Green’ | Village Green Zelkova |
- Large caliper trees are more hardy
- Foliage can be disfigured because of gall damage
- Tends to have branches low on the trunk
Prepared by:
John Alexopoulos, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture
Mark H. Brand, Assistant Professor of Horticulture
Edward G. Corbett, Associate Professor of Ornamental Horticulture, University of Connecticut
Reviewed: Mary Concklin, UConn IPM. 2012
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