London Planetree
#6544 | Platanus x acerifolia
Look for: Olive-green to creamy bark color
Origin: North American-Asia
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Yellow Buckeye
#6081 | Aesculus flava
Look for: Gray/brown bark with flat plates comprising old trunks, dark green leaves (5-leaflets)
Origin: Eastern North America
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Katsuratree
#6094 | Cercidiphyllum japonicum
Look for: Brown, slightly shaggy bark on older trunks, 2-4 inch broad ovate dark-bluish leaves
Origin: China/Japan
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Umbrella Pine
#5617 | Sciadopitys verticillata
Look for: Rich Orangish to reddish brown bark, glossy dark green whorls of 20-30 linear flat leaves
Origin: North American-Asia
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Japanese Pagoda Tree
#5502 | Styphnolobium japonicum
Look for: Pinnate leaves (to 10” long), each with 7-17 oval, lustrous, dark green leaflets.
Origin: China/Korea
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Chinese Quince
#5503 | Pseudocydonia sinensis
Look for: Mosaic green/brown bark with 2.5-4.5 inch oval dark green (above), pale green (below) leaves
Origin: China
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Shingle Oak
#5507 | Quercus imbricaria
Look for: Gray-brown bark with low ridges seperated by shallow furrows, Oblong dark green (above), pale green (below) leaves
Origin: Eastern and central United States
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Chinese Elm
#5257 | Ulmus parvifolia
Look for: Mottled bark, exfoliating in irregular patches, short .75-2.5 inch dark green leaves, late-summer flowers/fruit
Origin: China, Korea, Japan
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Common Hackberry
#10429 | Celtis occidentalis
Look for: Narrow corky projecting ridges on bark, bright green 2-5 inch ovate leaves
Origin: Central and northeastern North America
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White Oak
#5266 | Quercus alba
Look for: Light-ashy bark with narrow ridges, obovate 4-8.5 inch bluish-green leaves
Origin: Eastern United States
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Black Tupelo
#5270 | Nyssa sylvatica
Look for: Dark gray/brown with irregular ridges/alligator hide appearance, Ovate dark 3-6 inch green leaves
Origin: Eastern North America
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Panicled Goldenraintree
#6544 | Platanus x acerifolia
Look for: Light gray/brown trunk, bipinnately compound, 6-18 inch long with 7-15 rich green leaflets, incisely lobed
Origin: China, Korea, Japan
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Japanese Maple cultivar
#5539 | Acer palmatum
Look for: Simple 2-5 inch long/wide with deeply 5- to 7- to 9-lobed, leaves emerge early
Origin: China, Korea, Japan
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European Beech cultivar
#6372 | Fagus sylvatica
Look for: 2-4" long elliptic dark green leaves, smooth gray bark with elephant hide appearance
Origin: Central/southern Europe
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Seven-son Flower
#6417 | Heptacodium miconioides
Look for: 3-6 inch ovate-lanceolate dark green leaves, gray-brown exfoliating bark
Origin: China
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Sassafras
#6751 | Sassafras albidum
Look for: Ovate to elliptic 3-7 inch medium green leaves, mitten-shaped, Mahogany-brown, deeply-ridged bark
Origin: Eastern North America
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Cucumbertree Magnolia
#6780 | Magnolia acuminata
Look for: Oblong-ovate 4-10 inch dark green leaves, relatively smooth gray-brown bark
Origin: Eastern North America
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American Sweetgum
#6912 | Liquidambar styraciflua
Look for: 5- to 7- lobed leaves with oblong triangular, star-shape, fruit resembles brown spikey balls
Origin: Eastern United States, Mexico
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Weeping Japanese Pagoda
#6927 | Styphnolobium japonicum
Look for: Weeping form with pendent branches, seldom flowers
Origin: China/Korea
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Japanese White Pine
#7261 | Pinus parviflora
Look for: Brush-like tufts at the end of branches, darker gray/scaley on old trunks
Origin: Japan/Korea
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Pitch Pine
#5652 | Pinus rigida
Look for: In three's, slightly curved 3-5 inch long yellow to green needles, brownish-yellow bark
Origin: Eastern North America
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Wisconsin Weeping Willow
#5644 | Salix x blanda
Look for: Dark green, bluntly toothed leaves, stems are olive-brown
Origin: Garden
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Needle Fir
#5291 | Abies holophylla
Look for: Pointed tips and slightly grooved stems with circular leaf scars
Origin: China/Russia/Korea
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Tuliptree
#5153 | Liriodendron tulipifera
Look for: 3 to 8 inches long/wide with short acuminate lobe on each side, gray bark furrowed into close
Origin: Eastern North America
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Camperdown Elm
#5168 | Ulmus glabra
Look for: 3-7 inch obovate long double serrate dark green leaves, usually gafted 6' to 7' on understock
Origin: Scotland
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Maidenhair Tree
#5186 | Ginkgo biloba
Look for: Clusters of 3-5 fan-shaped leaves on spurs, gray-brown bark with dark furrows
Origin: Southern China
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Kentucky Coffeetree
#5179 | Gymnocladus dioicus
Look for: Bipannately compound 3' wide, 2' wide with 3-7 pairs of pinnae, dark brown bark
Origin: North America
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Canadian Hemlock
#6544 | Platanus x acerifolia
Look for: Soft, feathery evergreen needles are deep green with two parallel, whitish bands on the underside. Abundant small cones (½ to 1 inch long) that persist through winter.
Origin: Canada
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Giant Sequoia
#5050 | Sequoiadendron giganteum
Look for: Awl-shaped bluish-green needles 1/8-1/2 inches in length
Origin: California, USA
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Dawn Redwood
#5020 | Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Look for: Redish-brown straight trunk turning darker with age, deciduous, armpit-like depressions directly below branch attachments
Origin: Central, Western China
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Trident Maple
#5011 | Acer buergerianum
Look for: 3-lobed 1.5- 3.5 inch high/wide, lustrous dark green leaves, New growth often rich bronze transitions through purple to green in summer
Origin: East China, Japan
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Varied Directions European Larch
#5009 | Larix decidua
Look for: Unusual robust twigs that rise up and out, upright spreading habit of growth
Origin: Central/southern Europe
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Castor-aralia
#5110 | Kalopanax septemlobus
Look for: Palmately 5- to 7-lobed, 7-10 inch wide dark green leaves, stout yellowish prickles on young stems
Origin: Eastern Asia
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American Holly
#6638 | Ilex opaca
Look for: Dark green elipitic 1.5-3.5 inch leaves with large remote spiny teeth, evergreen
Origin: Eastern/central United States
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Common Baldcypress
#5427 | Taxodium distichum
Look for: Leaves spirally arranged around branchlets--bright yellow green in spring turning to sage green, reddish brown, fibrous bark
Origin: South-eastern United States
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Sweetbay Magnolia
#5739 | Magnolia virginiana
Look for: Glistening dark green leaves with a silver underside, creamy white flowers during May/June
Origin: Eastern United States
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Sourwood
#5809 | Oxydendrum arboreum
Look for: Lance-shaped leaves ranging from 3 to 8 inches long, small creamy-white flower clusters
Origin: Eastern and southern United States
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Japanese Raisin Tree
#5933 | Hovenia dulcis
Look for: Flat-gray bark with shallow, dark furrows and wide ridges, broad-ovate 4-6 inch green leafs
Origin: East Asia
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Fragrant Snowbell
#5926 | Styrax obassia
Look for: Fragrant, bell-shaped, white flowers are borne on 4-inch to 8-inch long chains, 8-inch long disk-shaped deep green leaves
Origin: Japan/Korea
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