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University of Illinois Extension - Selecting Trees for Your Home
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Specimen

American Beech
Fagus grandifolia

American Linden, Basswood
Tilia americana

American Yellowwood
Cladrastis kentuckea or Cladrastis lutea

Amur Chokecherry
Prunus maackii

Amur Maackia
Maackia amurensis

Asian White Birch
Betula platyphylla

Austrian Pine
Pinus nigra

Baldcypress
Taxodium distichum

Black Gum, Sour Gum, Black Tupelo
Nyssa sylvatica

Bur Oak
Quercus macrocarpa

Callery Pear
Pyrus calleryana

Canada Hemlock
Tsuga canadensis

Carolina Silverbell
Halesia tetraptera or Halesia carolina

Cherry Plum
Prunus cerasifera

Chinese Chestnut
Castanea mollissima

Chinese Elm, Lacebark Elm
Ulmus parvifolia

Cockspur Hawthorn
Crataegus crus-galli

Colorado Spruce
Picea pungens

Common Horsechestnut
Aesculus hippocastanum

Corneliancherry Dogwood
Cornus mas

Crabapple
Malus species and hybrids

Dawn Redwood
Metasequoia glyptostroboides

Douglasfir
Pseudotsuga menziesii

Downy Hawthorn
Crataegus mollis

Eastern Arborvitae, American Arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis

Eastern Larch, Tamarack
Larix laricina

Eastern Red Cedar
Juniperus virginiana

Eastern Redbud
Cercis canadensis

Eastern White Pine
Pinus strobus

European Alder
Alnus glutinosa

European Beech
Fagus sylvatica

European Birdcherry
Prunus padus

European Mountainash
Sorbus aucuparia

European or Common Larch
Larix decidua

European White Birch
Betula pendula

Flowering Dogwood
Cornus florida

Ginkgo
Ginkgo biloba

Gray Birch
Betula populifolia

Green Hawthorn
Crataegus viridis

Japanese Pagodatree, Chinese Scholartree
Sophora japonica

Japanese Tree Lilac
Syringa reticulata

Japanese Zelkova
Zelkova serrata

Katsuratree
Cercidiphyllum japonicum

Kentucky Coffeetree
Gymnocladus dioica

Korean Mountainash
Sorbus alnifolia

Kousa Dogwood
Cornus kousa

Lacebark Pine
Pinus bungeana

Limber Pine
Pinus flexilis

Littleleaf Linden
Tilia cordata

Loebner Magnolia
Magnolia x loebneri

London Planetree
Platanus x acerifolia

Miyabe Maple
Acer miyabei

Northern Catalpa
Catalpa speciosa

Northern Pin Oak
Quercus ellipsoidalis

Norway Maple
Acer platanoides

Norway Spruce
Picea abies

Ohio Buckeye
Aesculus glabra

Pagoda Dogwood
Cornus alternifolia

Panicled Golden Raintree
Koelreuteria paniculata

Paper Birch
Betula papyrifera

Paperbark Maple
Acer griseum

Pawpaw
Asimina triloba

Pin Oak
Quercus palustris

Red Buckeye
Aesculus pavia

Red Horsechestnut
Aesculus x carnea

Red Maple
Acer rubrum

Red Oak
Quercus rubra

Red Pine
Pinus resinosa

River Birch
Betula nigra

Sargent Cherry
Prunus sargentii

Saucer Magnolia
Magnolia x soulangiana

Scots Pine
Pinus sylvestris

Serbian Spruce
Picea omorika

Shagbark Hickory
Carya ovata

Shellbark Hickory
Carya laciniosa

Shingle Oak
Quercus imbricaria

Silver Linden
Tilia tomentosa

Southern Catalpa
Catalpa bignonioides

Star Magnolia
Magnolia stellata

Sugar Maple
Acer saccharum

Swamp White Oak
Quercus bicolor

Sweet Gum
Liquidambar styraciflua

Swiss Stone Pine
Pinus cembra

Sycamore
Platanus occidentalis

Tuliptree
Liriodendron tulipifera

Turkish Filbert
Corylus colurna

Washington Hawthorn
Crataegus phaenopyrum

Weeping Higan Cherry
Prunus subhirtella var. pendula

Western Arborvitae, Giant Arborvitae
Thuja plicata

White Fir, Concolor Fir
Abies concolor

White Fringetree
Chionanthus virginicus

White Oak
Quercus alba

White Spruce
Picea glauca

White Willow
Salix alba

Yellow Buckeye
Aesculus flava or Aesculus octandra