APPENDIX G

TREE SPECIES FOR NEW YORK STATE

CONTENTS Page

List of Tables and Figures Trees Suitable for Landscape and Conservation Plantings in New York ......................................................................... G.1 Tree Planting Procedure .................................................................................................................................................... G.8 Susceptibility of Tree Species to Compaction ................................................................................................................. G.9 Size and Weight of Earth Ball Required to Transplant Wild Stock ................................................................................. G.9

List of Tables and Figures

Table Title Page

G.1 Trees Suitable for Landscape and Conservation Plantings in New York .............................................. G.1

G.2 Susceptibility of Tree Species to Compaction ...................................................................................... G.9

G.3 Size and Weight of Earth Ball Required to Transplant Wild Stock ...................................................... G.9

Figure Title Page

G.1 New Tree Planting Procedure ............................................................................................................... G.8

Table G.1 Trees Suitable for Landscape and Conservation Plantings in New York

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Figure G.1

New Tree Planting Procedure

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Table G.2 Susceptibility of Tree Species to Compaction1

Resistant:

Box elder……………… Acer negundo Willows………………… Salix spp. Green ash…………….. Fraxinus pennsylvanica Honey locust…………… Gleditsia triacanthos Red elm……………….. Ulmus rubra Eastern cottonwood……. Populus deltoides Hawthornes…………… Crataegus spp. Swamp white oak………. Quercus bicolor Bur oak……………….. Quercus macrocarpa Hophornbeam…………… Ostrya virginiana Northern white cedar…. Thuja occidentalis

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Red maple……………. Acer rubrum Sweetgum………………. Liquidambar styraciflua Silver maple………….. Acer saccharinum Norway maple…………. Acer platanoides Hackberry……………. Celtis occidentalis Shagbark hickory………. Carya ovata Black gum…………… Nyssa sylvatica London plane………….. Platanus x hybrida Red oak……………… Quercus rubra Pin oak…………………. Quercus palustris Basswood……………. Tilia americana

Susceptible:

Sugar maple……………. Acer saccharum Austrian Pine…………… Pinus nigra White pine……………… Pinus strobus White ash………………. Fraxinus americana Blue spruce…………….. Picea pungens Paper birch…………….. Betula papyrifera White oak……………… Quercus alba Moutain ash……………. Sorbus aucuparia Red pine……………….. Pinus resinosa Japanese maple………… Acer palmatum 1 If a tree species does not appear on the list, insufficient information is available to rate it for this purpose.

Table G.3 Size and Weight of Earth Ball Required to Transplant Wild Stock

(American Standards for Nursery Stock)

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