Trees suited to our area

Common Name	Crown Habit	Diameter in feet	Primary use	Remarks
Emerald Luster Norway Maple	Rounded	40	Landscape (street)	A variety of the standard Norway Maple that withstands leaf scorch.
Autumn Blaze Maple	Rounded	40	Landscape (streets)	Similar to Celebration Maple; red fall color.
Northern Catalpa	Irregular	40	Park (landscape)	Not for formal landscapes; profuse flowers; weak branches; large seeds; specimen tree
Common Hackberry	Spreading	55	Landscape	Excellent tree for difficult sites; sensitive to herbicides; native tree.
Autumn Purple White Ash	Spreading	45	Landscape (streets)	Good fall coloration; susceptible to borers.
Green Ash	Spreading	45	Multiple (street)	Native tree; avoid heavy clay soils; sensitive to herbicide; susceptible to borers.
Marshall's Seedless Ash	Spreading	45	Multiple (street)	More vigorous and has less insect problems than the species; no seeds.
Patmore Seedless Ash	Spreading	45	Multiple (streets)	More upright, uniform and symmetrical than Marshall's Seedless Ash.
Green Glory Thornless Honeylocust	Spreading	55	Multiple (streets)	Fast growing; insect resistant; seedless; retains leaves into fall.
Imperial Thornless Honeylocust	Spreading	60	Multiple (streets)	Native Nebraskan; very adaptable to all sites; shortest of varieties.
Shademaster Thornless Honeylocust	Spreading	55	Multiple (streets)	Most commonly planted honeylocust; seedless; dark foliage.
Skyline Thornless Honeylocust	Pyramidal	55	Landscape (streets)	More compact crown formation; good selection; dark foliage.
Kentucky Coffeetree	Spreading	55	Landscape (streets)	Good native tree; large seed pods; pest resistant; good fall color.
Black Walnut	Spreading	55	Park (wildlife)	Prefers rich, loamy soil; a good wildlife tree; native tree.
London Planetree	Spreading	55	Landscape (streets)	Large spreading tree; nice winter bark may be adaptable to western Nebraska; Plant a specimen tree.
Eastern Cottonwood	Spreading	80	Park	Very large native tree; seedless varieties available; avoid 'Siouxland' variety.
Swamp White Oak	Ascending	50	Landscape (streets)	An excellent selection; good on poor drained or compacted soils.
Bur Oak	Spreading	70	Multiple (streets)	Very large, spreading native oak; good strong branch structure.
Red Oak	Spreading	75	Multiple (streets)	Excellent fall color; pest resistant; possibly the best native tree.
Cardinal Royal Willow	Rounded	45	Landscape	Good for wet sites where little else will grow.
Tristis Willow	Rounded	45	Landscape	Good on wet sites.
Baldcypress	Pyramidal	30	Landscape	Good on compacted sites; avoid basic soils; deciduous conifer.
American Linden	Spreading	65	Multiple (streets)	Fragrant flowers in spring; nice for shade or as a street tree.
Redmond Linden	Pyramidal	50	Landscape	Pyramidal form; pest resistant.
Littleleaf Linden	Rounded	40	Landscape	Small leaves; formal shape; pest resistant.
Greenspire Littleleaf Linden	Pyramidal	40	Landscape	Pyramidal form.
Liberty American Elm	Spreading	60	Street (landscape)	A new disease resistant elm.
Baumann Horsechestnut	Rounded	40	Landscape (streets)	Double white flowers; very beautiful tree; no fruit.
River Birch	Spreading	30	Landscape (streets)	Excellent tree for multiple purposes; lower branches weep; will tolerate wet soil.
Niobrara	Spreading	40	Landscape	Native Nebraskan selection; may be more adaptable; hard to find commercially; subject to borer.
European White Birch	Weeping	30	Landscape	Lovely weeping habit; white bark; chlorosis and borers can be a problem; does well in western Nebraska.
Russian Olive	Spreading	25	Screen	Good as a living barrier; nice silver summer leaf color; canker a problem.
Ginkgo (Maidenhair Tree)	Spreading	45	Landscape (streets)	Very resistant to pests; unusual leaves; male preferred (female seed malodorous).
Amur Corktree	Spreading	30	Landscape	A good specimen tree with unusual bark and attractive leaves.
Sargeant Cherry	Oval	30	Landscape	One of the best large cherry trees for general landscape use.
Aristocrat Callery Pear	Pyramidal	35	Multiple	Lustrous dark green leaves; white flowers; good selection.
Chanticleer Callery Pear	Pyramidal	35	Multiple	Profuse white flowers.
European Mountainash	Spreading	30	Landscape	Bright Orange berries; grows better in western Nebraska.
Flame Amur Maple	Spreading	20	Landscape (groups)	Outstanding red fall color; good on difficult sites; drought tolerant.
Water Birch	Spreading	20	Landscape	Handsome, reddish brown bark; nice tree; especially good for western Nebraska.
Flowering Dogwood	Spreading	10	Landscape	Must have protection.
Corneliancherry Dogwood	Rounded	15	Landscape (screen)	Large shrub or small tree; good for foundation planting; attractive bark.
Thornless Cockspur Hawthorn	Rounded	20	Landscape	White flowers; good on difficult sites; good screen/border plant.
English Hawthorn	Rounded	20	Landscape	Flowers in spring; persistent fruit; good screen plant.
Washington Hawthorn	Rounded	25	Screen (landscape)	Dense crown with spurs, good fruit, showy fruit, and fall color.
Lavalle Hawthorn	Rounded	20	Landscape	Dense crown with orange to red fall color; good screen/border plant.
Indian Summer Flowering Crab	Rounded	15	Landscape	Red flowers; good selection.
Prairiefire Flowering Crab	Rounded	20	Landscape	Dark pink flowers; upright habit; very disease resistant.
Spring Snow Flowering Crab	Spreading	25	Landscape	Profuse white flowers; a sterile selection.
Colorado Spruce	Pyramidal	30	Landscape	Variable in color; slow growing.
Scotch Pine	Pyramidal	45	Landscape (groups)	Mature tree has orange bark; small cones; picturesque crown.