TREES BEST ADAPTED FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES

NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES Shade trees for suburban homes:

Evergreen:

Canada hemlock Colorado blue spruce Eastern white pine Nikko fir White fir In northern part only Balsam fir White spruce Deciduous:

American hornbeam American mountain-ash American yellowwood European beech European linden Littleleaf linden Norway maple Panicled goldenrain-tree Pin oak Scarlet oak Schwedler maple Silver linden Sugar maple Sweetgum Tuliptree White oak Roadside, boulevard, and avenue trees:

Evergreen:

Canada hemlock Eastern white pine Red pine Deciduous: American linden American yellowwood Black tupelo Common hackberry Ginkgo (staminate form)

London planetree Northern red oak Norway maple Pin oak Red maple Scarlet oak Silver linden Schwedler maple Sugar maple Sweetgum Tuliptree Street trees:

Evergreen:None Deciduous:

Ailanthus (pistillate form)

Amur corktree Ginkgo (staminate form)

London planetree Norway maple Pin oak Thornless common honeylocust Tuliptree Park and garden trees (see also Shade and Roadside trees)

Evergreen:

Common Douglas-fir Oriental spruce Red pine Deciduous:

Amur corktree Bolleana poplar Common horsechestnut Cutleaf weeping birch Eastern black walnut English elm Golden weeping willow Japanese pagodatree Kentucky coffeetree Paper birch Rock elm Scotch elm Silverpendent linden Weeping silverpendent linden White ash White oak Trees with autumn color:

American hornbeam (orange, scarlet)

American yellowwood (yellow)

Black tupelo (scarlet)

Ginkgo (yellow)

Northern red oak (red)

Norway maple (yellow)

Pin oak (scarlet, dark red)

Red maple (orange, red, scarlet)

Scarlet oak (scarlet, dark red)

Sugar maple (yellow, orange, scarlet)

Sweetgum (red, scarlet)

Tuliptree (yellow)

Trees with conspicuous flowers:

American mountain-ash (white)

American yellowwood (white)

Common horsechestnut (pinkish white)

Japanese pagodatree (yellowish white)

Panicled goldenrain-tree (yellow)

Red maple (red)

Sugar maple (yellowish green)

Tuliptree (greenish yellow)