LIQUIDAMBAR STYRACIFLUA
Common Name: Sweet Gum
Zone: 5 to 9
Habit: Tree
Family: Hamamelidaceae
Range: None
Height: 60 to 70 feet
Spread: 20 to 30 feet
Bloom Color: Greenish
Sun: Full sun
Water: Medium moisture
Maintenance: Low
QUERCUS COCCINEA
Common Name: Scarlet Oak
Hardiness Zones: 4-9
Habit: Deciduous
Growth Rate: Rapid
Site Requirements: Sun; tolerates dry, sandy soil
Texture: Medium to coarse
Form: Symmetrical in youth; round, open, spreading crown with age
Height: 50 to 80'
Width: 40 to 50'
Leaf: Alternate, simple, lustrous, dark green leaves; brilliant scarlet to red fall color
Flower/Fruit: .5 to 1" acorn
Comments: Less tolerant of adverse conditions than pin or red oak; difficult to transplant
QUERCUS PALUSTRIS
Common Name: Pin Oak
Hardiness Zones: 4-8
Habit: Deciduous
Growth Rate: Rapid
Site Requirements: Sun; range of soil types including wet soil
Texture: Medium
Form: Pyramidal; dense; pendulous lower branches; loses lower limbs with age
Height: 60 to 80'
Width: 40 to 50'
Leaf: 3 to 6" alternate, simple leaves; 5 to 7 deeply cut lobes; russet, bronze, red fall color
Flower/Fruit: .5" acorn
Comments: Young trees and lower branches of older trees hold leaves throughout winter; fibrous root system; transplants well
QUERCUS PHELLOS
Common Name: Willow Oak
Hardiness Zones: 5-9
Habit: Deciduous
Growth Rate: Moderate to rapid
Site Requirements: Sun; prefers moist well drained soil but will grow in a wide range of soil conditions including compacted soil
Texture: Fine to medium
Form: Conical in youth; rounded crown; dense
Height: 60 to 80'
Width: 30 to 40'
Leaf: 2 to 5.5" alternate, narrow, simple leaves; slightly wavy; yellow to yellow brown fall color
Flower/Fruit: .5" acorn; often alternate years of heavy bearing; not as messy as some oaks
Comments: Native; fibrous root system; easy to clean up in fall
QUERCUS RUBRA
Common Name: Red Oak
Hardiness Zones: 4-8
Habit: Deciduous
Growth Rate: Rapid
Site Requirements: Sun; well drained soil; tolerates drought and air pollution
Texture: Medium
Form: Rounded; symmetrical; flat top with age
Height: 60 to 75’
Width: 60 to 75’
Leaf: 4.5 to 8.5" alternate, simple leaves with 7 to 11 lobes; russet red to bright red fall color
Flower/Fruit: .7 to 1" acorn
Comments: Easy to transplant
SOPHORA JAPONICA "REGENT"
Common Name: Japanese Pagoda Tree or Chinese Scholar Tree
Hardiness Zones: 4-8
Habit: Deciduous
Growth Rate: Moderate to rapid
Site Requirements: Sun to partial shade; moist, well drained soil but is adoptable
Texture: Fine
Form: Upright; spreading; pendulous branches
Height: 50 to 70'
Width: 50'
Leaf: 6 to 10" alternate, pinnately compound leaves; modest yellow fall color
Flower/Fruit: Creamy, fragrant flowers in July August; long lasting cream colored seed pods
Comments: Produces light shade; withstands heat, air pollution, and drought; leguminous; good street tree