sweet gum
Liquidambar styraciflua
Low-maintenance deciduous tree native from Connecticut to Florida west to Missouri south Central America. Excellent … Continued
browsing: trees — shade
Generally, trees are over 20′ tall and have woody, bark-covered trunks more than 2 inches in diameter at 4.5 feet about the ground. Ornamental trees have showy blooms, branches or trunks and grow no higher than 25-30′ tall. Shade trees grow three to four times that height. Find native trees on the native plant list.
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dawn redwood
Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Fast growing deciduous conifer grows 75-100’ or taller and 15-25’ wide with a pyramidal shape. … Continued
Osage orange (fruitless, thornless)
Maclura pomifera 'White Shield'
Both fruitless and thornless, this tough Midwest native was found in western Oklahoma by plantsman … Continued
London plane tree
Platanus x acerifolia
‘Bloodgood’ Widely planted street tree discovered in London where the new hybrid first appeared around … Continued
American sycamore
Platanus occidentalis
Easily grown in average, medium to wet, well-drained soils in full sun. Prefers rich, humusy, … Continued
cottonwood
Populus deltoides
State tree of Kansas! Broad open crown of widely spreading branches covered in lustrous, bright … Continued
black cherry
Prunus serotina
This native ranges from southeastern Canada through the eastern US, and west to Texas. White … Continued
sassafras
Sassafras albidum
Trees have three distinctly different 3-5” long leaves: three-lobed, mitten-shaped, and simple, that turn red, … Continued
Japanese pagoda tree
Styphnolobium japonicum
A revered tree in the Far East, planted for their beautiful fragrant flowers and delicate … Continued
bald cypress
Taxodium distichum
In its native swamp habitat, bald cypress raises conical “knees” from its roots to access … Continued
linden
Tilia cordata
‘Greenspire’ A transplant from Europe, where it has been put to use as a shade … Continued
American elm
Ulmus americana
‘Valley Forge’ is a Dutch elm disease tolerant selection introduced after 20 years of research. … Continued