Plant a Tree Approved Tree Species

The following trees have been selected as suitable for Cedar Falls and are approved for the Plant a Tree discount.

 

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Shade Trees

Variety	Species
Birch (Heritage)	Betula Nigra
Birch (River)	Betula Nigra
Blue Beech	Carpinus caroliniana
Catalpa	Catalpa
Elm (Dutch Elm Resistant)	Ulmus
Ginkgo	Ginkgo
Hackberry	Celtis occidentalis
Honeylocust (thornless)	Gleditsia triacanthos
Ironwood	Olneya tesota
Kentucky Coffeetree	Gymnocladus dioicus
Linden (Japanese Beetle resistant)	Tilia
Maple (all species excluding Autumn Blaze)	Acer rubrum, saccharum, platanoides, freemanii
Oak - Bur	Quercus macrocarpa
Oak - Red	Quercus rubra
Oak - Northern Pin	Quercus ellipsoidalis
Oak - Heritage	Quercus macdanielii
Oak - Swamp White	Quercus bicolor
Oak - White	Quercus alba
Quaking Aspen	Populus tremuloides
Siouxland & Norester	Populus deltoides
Sycamore	Plantanus occidentalis
London Planetree	Plantanus acerifolia
Tuliptree	Liriodendron tulipifera
Trukish Filbert	Corylus corlurna
Yellowwood	Cladrastis kentukea

 

Low-Growing Trees

Variety	Species
Crabapple	Malus
Japanese Maple (Emperor or Zone 4 rated)	Acer palmatum
Japanese Tree Lilac	Syringa reticulata
Mountain Ash (Emerald Ash Borer resistant)	Sorbus
Ohio Buckeye	Aesculus glabra
Redbud (Eastern)	Cercis
Serviceberry	Amelanchieralnifola grandiflora

 

Conifer

Variety	Species
Arborvitae (3' minimum height at time of purchase)*	Thuja occidentalis
Bald Cypress	Taxodium distichum
Cedar (Eastern Red)	Juniperus virginiana
Dawn Redwood	Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Fir (Concolor)	Abies
Juniper (3' minimum height at time of purchase)*	Juniperus scopulorum
Pine - Eastern White	Pinus strobus
Pine - Ponderosa	Pinus ponderosa
Spruce - Black Hills*	Picea glauca
Spruce - Blue*	Picea Pungens
Spruce - Norway*	Picea abies
Spruce - Serbian*	Picea omorika

Juniper, Spruce and Arborvitae species must grow 20' or taller.