Street Trees are trees acceptable for planting in planter strips. Street trees should be large shade trees that adapt well to a street tree application. Street trees may not be planted in planter strips that are less than 72” wide. The planting of any street trees must be done under the direction of the Director of Parks and Recreation.
General Regulations
Street trees should only be planted in planted strips that are a minimum of 6 feet wide.
Street trees planted in planter strips less than 6 feet wide are subject to removal if they block sidewalk access, block traffic access, raise the sidewalk or curb, or cause public safety problems.
All street trees are to be planted, pruned, and/or removed by City Urban Forestry staff.
Street trees should only be of approved species.
Any trees planted under power lines must be power line approved species.
Acceptable Species
Cultivars of the listed species may be used.
Ash Trees
Common Name
Botanical Name
Oregon Ash
Fraxinus latifolia
White Ash
Fraxinus americana
Cypress Trees
Common Name
Botanical Name
Bald Cypress
Taxodium distichum
Elm Trees
Common Name
Botanical Name
Accolade Elm
Ulmus x ‘Accolade’
American Elm
Ulmus americana
Danada Charm Elm
Ulmus x ‘Danada Charm’
Frontier Elm
Ulmus x ‘Frontier’
Lacebark Elm
Ulmus parvifolia
New Horizon Elm
Ulmus x ‘New Horizon’
Pioneer Elm
Ulmus x ‘Pioneer’
“Prospector Elm”
Ulmus x ‘Prospector’
Triumph Elm
Ulmus x ‘Triumph’
Linden Trees
Common Name
Botanical Name
American Linden
Tilia americana
Crimean Linden
Tilia x euchlora
Silver Linden
Tilia tomentosa
Maple Trees
Common Name
Botanical Name
Black Maple
Acer nigrum
Hedge Maple
Acer campestre
Norwegian Sunset Maple
Acer truncatum x Acer platanoides
State Street Maple
Acer miyabei
Oak Trees
Common Name
Botanical Name
Bur Oak
Quercus macrocarpa
Chinkapin Oak
Quercus muhelenbergii
Swamp White Oak
Quercus bicolor
Miscellaneous Trees
Common Name
Botanical Name
Amur Corktree
Phellodendron amurense
Amur Maackia
Maackia amurensis
Autumn Splendor Horsechestnut
Aesculus x arnoldiana
Black Locust
Robinia pseudoacacia
European Beech
Fagus sylvatica
Hackberry
Celtis occidentalis
Hardy Rubber Tree
Eucommia ulmoides
Japanese Pagoda Tree
Sophora japonica
Japanese Zelkova
Zelkova serrata
Kentucky Coffee Tree
Gymnocladus dioicus
Sugarberry
Celtis laevigata
Tulip Tree
Liriodendron tulipife
Power Lines and Street Trees
The following area acceptable Street Tree are acceptable for planting under power lines.
Trees planted under power lines may not achieve a mature height of more than 25 feet.
Street Trees are trees acceptable for planting in planter strips. Street trees should be large shade trees that adapt well to a street tree application. Street trees may not be planted in planter strips that are less than 72” wide. The planting of any street trees must be done under the direction of the Director of Parks and Recreation.