Approved_Restoration_Species_2021.pdf

APPROVED TREE SPECIES FOR RESTORATION IN THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH updated August 2021

APPROVED TREE SPECIES FOR RESTORATION IN THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH

CONIFEROUS TREES – 20% of trees in a planting must be conifers.

Plant NO MORE than 30% of any plant family, NO MORE than 20% of any plant genus, and NO MORE than 10% of any plant species.

Latin Name Common Name

Native to

Northeast US Fruit/ Nut Wet Sites Upland

Tolerant of poor soil Salt Tolerant Type

Acer saccharinum Silver Maple • • tree

Acer saccharum Sugar Maple • • tree

Aesculus flava Yellow Buckeye • • tree

Aesculus parviflora Bottlebrush Buckeye • • shrub

Aesculus pavia Red Buckeye • • shrub/ tree

Alnus serrulata Hazel Alder • • shrub/ tree

Amelanchier sp. Serviceberry • • • • tree

Aronia arbutifolia Red Chokeberry • • • shrub

Aronia melanocarpa Black Chokeberry • • • shrub

Asimina triloba Pawpaw • • • tree

Betula lenta Black Birch • • • tree

Betula nigra River Birch • • tree

Betula papyrifera Paper Birch • • tree

Betula populifolia Gray Birch tree page 1 of 4 City of Pittsburgh – Department of Public Works, Forestry Division

Carya ovata Shagbark Hickory • • tree

Calycanthus floridus Sweetshrub • • shrub

Carpinus caroliniana American Hornbeam • • • tree

Castanea mollissima Chinese Chestnut • tree

Catalpa speciosa Catalpa Tree • • • tree

Ceanothus americanus New Jersey Tea • • shrub

Cephalanthus occidentalis Buttonbush • • shrub

Cercis canadensis Eastern Redbud • • tree

Chionanthus virginicus Fringe Tree • • tree

Cladrastis lutea Yellowwood • tree

Cornus alternifolia Pagoda Dogwood • • • shrub/ tree

Cornus florida Flowering Dogwood • • tree

Cornus kousa Kousa Dogwood • tree

Cornus mas Cornelian Cherry Dogwood • tree

Cornus racemosa Gray Dogwood • • • shrub

Cornus sericea Red Osier Dogwood • • shrub

Cratageus sp. Hawthorne • tree

Diospyros virginiana Persimmon • • • tree

Ginkgo biloba Ginkgo • • tree

Gymnocladus dioicus Kentucky Coffee Tree • • • • tree

Halesia carolina Carolina Silverbell • tree

Hamamelis virginiana Witch-Hazel • • shrub/ tree page 2 of 4 City of Pittsburgh – Department of Public Works, Forestry Division

Ilex verticillata Winterberry • • shrub

Juniperus virginiana Eastern Red Cedar • • • • tree

Liquidambar styraciflua Sweetgum • tree

Liriodendron tulipifera Tulip Poplar • • tree

Maclura pomifera Osage Orange • • • tree

Magnolia accuminata Cucumber Magnolia • • tree

Magnolia macrophylla Big Leaf Magnolia • • • tree

Magnolia tripetala Umbrella Magnolia • • • tree

Magnolia virginiana Sweetbay Magnolia • • • tree

Metasequoia glyptostroboides Dawn Redwood • tree

Myrica (morella) pensylvanica Bayberry • • • shrub

Nyssa sylvatica Blackgum • • • tree

Picea glauca White Spruce • • • • tree

Pinus banksiana Jack Pine • • tree

Pinus rigida Pitch Pine • • • tree

Pinus strobus Eastern White Pine • • tree

Pinus virginiana Virginia Pine • • tree

Platanus occidentalis American Sycamore • • • tree

Populus deltoides Eastern Cottonwood • • • tree

Populus grandidentata Bigtooth Aspen • • tree

Prunus serotina Black Cherry • • tree page 3 of 4 City of Pittsburgh – Department of Public Works, Forestry Division

Prunus virginiana Chokecherry • • shrub/ tree

Pseudocydonia sinensis Chinese Quince • tree

Ptelea trifolia Eastern Hoptree • • tree

Quercus alba White Oak • • tree

Quercus bicolor Swamp White Oak • • • tree

Quercus lyrata Overcup Oak • • tree

Quercus muehlenbergii Chinkapin Oak • • • tree

Quercus prinus Chestnut Oak • • tree

Rhus aromatica Fragrant Sumac • • • tree

Rhus typhina Staghorn Sumac • • tree

Rosa palustris Swamp Rose • • shrub

Salix nigra Black Willow • • tree

Sambucus canadensis Elderberry • • • shrub

Staphylea trifolia Bladdernut • • shrub/ tree

Taxodium distichum Bald Cypress • • • tree

Tilia americana American Linden • • • tree

Viburnum dentatum Arrowwood Viburnum • • shrub

Viburnum lentago Nannyberry • • • shrub

Viburnum prunifolium Blackhaw Viburnum • • shrub

Viburnum trilobum Highbush Cranberry shrub page 4 of 4 City of Pittsburgh – Department of Public Works, Forestry Division