Qualifying Trees
Leaves for NeighborhoodsSome trees are native to Montgomery County; and Maryland. Native tree species in this list are preferred to non-native, invasive tree species. As you select one or more trees for your yard, please choose from this list:
COMMON NAME |
SCIENTIFIC NAME | SUITABLE HABITAT (see key*) |
|---|---|---|
| ash, white | Fraxinus americana |
O or S, DR, RW |
| ash, green | Fraxinus pennsylvanica |
M, DR, RW |
| beech, American | Fagus grandifolia |
O or S, RW, M, R, DR |
| birch, river | Betula nigra |
O or S, (O preferred), R, DR |
| cedar, eastern red | Juniperus virginiana |
O, DR, U |
| cedar, northern white | Thuja occidentalis |
O or S, W, R (native to Potomac, neutral swamps or lime outcrops) |
| cherry, black | Prunus serotina |
O or S, DR, U, UW |
| cherry, choke | Prunus virginiana |
O or S, R, M, RW |
| chestnut, American | Castanea dentate |
O or S, D, UW, U, DR (poor, dry or acid soils) |
| cottonwood | Populus deltoids |
O or S, R, DR, M, RW |
| dogwood, flowering | Cornus florida |
O or S, R, DR, M, UW, U |
| elm, slippery | Ulmus rubra |
O or S, RW, D, U, UW (limestone outcrops) |
| elm, American | Ulmus americana |
O or S, R, DR, M, RW |
| gum, black | Nyssa sylvatica
|
O or S, R, M, W, RW |
| hemlock | Tsuga canadensis |
O or S, M, R, U, UW
|
| hickory, swamp or bitternut | Carya cordiformis |
O or S, RW, M |
| hickory, shagbark | Carya tomentosa |
O or S, UW or RW, M, DR
|
| hickory, pignut | Carya glabra |
O or S
|
| holly, American | Ilex opaca |
O or S, UW, RW, DR, M, R (headwaters)
|
| hornbeam, American | Carpinus caroliniana |
O or S, UW, RW, R, DR, M, W |
| hornbeam, hop | Ostrya virginiana |
O or S, UW, RW, R, DR, M |
| locust, black | Robinia pseudo-Acacia |
O or S, U, UW, DR (roadsides, fields, pastures) |
| magnolia, southern | Magnolia grandiflora |
O or S, U, UW, DR |
| maple, red | Acer rubrum |
O or S, UW, RW, M, W, R
|
| oak, black | Quercus velutina |
O or S, D, M, RW, UW
|
| oak, blackjack | Quercus marilandica |
O or S, D, U (sandy or shaly soils) |
| oak, chestnut | Quercus prinus |
O or S, U, D (rocky upland soils) |
| oak, pin | Quercus palustris |
O or S, W, M, R, RW, U |
| oak, post | Quercus stellata |
O or S, D, U (poor soils) |
| oak, red | Quercus rubra |
O or S, U, UW, DR |
| oak, scarlet | Quercus coccinea |
O or S, D, U |
| oak, shingle | Quercus imbricaria |
O or S, R, RW, M, DR |
| oak, swamp white oak | Quercus bicolor |
O or S, W, M, R, RW, U
|
| oak, white | Quercus alba |
O or S, RW, M, W, UW, U, R, W
|
| oak, willow | Quercus phellos |
O or S, DR, M, R, W |
| paw paw | Asimina triloba |
O or S, DR, R, M |
| redbud, Eastern | Cercis canadensis |
S, DR, UW, R, M, RW
|
| sycamore, American | Platanus occidentalis |
O or S, DR, U, UW, R, W, M
|
| walnut, black | Juglans nigra |
O or S, DR
|
| walnut, butternut or white | Jugians cinerea |
O or S, DR, R |
| *Suitable Habitat keys: D: dry soils DR: well drained riparian habitat M: moist or saturated soils some of the growing season O: requires open, sunny areas or canopy gaps R: riparian habitat or bottomlands RW: rich, moist woodlands (bottomlands) S: shade tolerant U: upland, open areas (such as pasture) UW: upland woods W: wetlands, very saturated soils |
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Montgomery County Planning Department