Recommended Tree List

Rutherford Shade Tree Commission Recommended List of Shade and Ornamental Street Trees

Small Trees for under power lines:

Grow no greater than 30’ tall at maturity

• Acer Buergeranum—Trident Maple
• Acer Tararicum—Amur Flame Maple
• Amelanchier Grandiflora—Serviceberry Single Stem
• Cercis Canadensis—Redbud
• Crataegus Inermis—Thornless Hawthorne
• Prunus Serrulata—Ornamental Cherry, Okame, Kwanzan, Yoshino
• Pyrus Calleryana—Ornamental Pear, Cleveland Select, Aristocrat, Redspire, Chanitcleer
• Syringa Reticulata—Ivory Silk Lilac

Medium Trees 30’-40’ tall at maturity

• Aesculus x Carnea—Horsechestnut
• Acer Plataniodes—Norway Crimson King Maple
• Carpinus Betulus—European Hornbeam
• Cladrastis Kentukea—Yellowwood
• Gleditsia Triacanthos—Thornless Honeylocust

Large Trees: Over 45’ Tall at maturity:

• Acer Rubrum–Red Sunset, Autumn Blaze, October Glory
• Acer Saccharum—Sugar Maple
• Ginkgo Biloba (male only)—Maidenhair Tree
• Quercus Rubra—Red Oak
• Ulmus Americana—American Elm, Valley Forge, Bosque,
• Zelkova Serrata—Green Vase