|
Common
name
|
Scientific
name
|
Potential
problems
|
| American
elm |
Ulmus
americana |
Dutch elm
disease |
| Black
locust |
Robinia
pseudoacacia |
Brittle
wood; susceptible to leaf miner and cankers, produces root suckers |
| Black
cherry |
Prunus
serotina |
Messy fruit;
susceptible to insects |
| Black
walnut |
Juglans
nigra |
Difficult
to grow plants under due to a toxin (jugalone) produced in the leaves;
anthracnose can defoliate the tree |
| Box
elder |
Acer
negundo |
Weak wood;
short lived; female tree attracts boxelder bugs |
| Catalpa |
Catalpa
species |
Messy flowers
and seed pods |
| Empress
tree |
Paulownia
tomentosa |
Excessively
volunteers |
| Golden
chain tree |
Laburnum anagyroides |
Environmental
stress |
| Mimosa |
Albizia julibrissin |
Weak,
fast growth; susceptible to mimosa wilt |
| Mountain-ash |
Sorbus
species |
Not tolerant
to heat; damage from sawflies, borers, scale, and fire blight |
| Mulberry |
Morus
species |
Messy fruit |
| Siberian
elm |
Ulmus
pumila |
Brittle
wood; reseeds and suckers; short lived; insect prone |
| Silver
maple |
Acer
saccharinum |
Brittle
wood, shallow surface roots, susceptible to insects |
| Sycamore |
Platanus
occidentalis |
Brittle
wood; surface roots; susceptible to anthracnose |
| Tree
of heaven |
Ailanthus altissima |
Volunteers;
disagreeable odor |
| White
pine |
Pinus
strobus |
Air pollution;
does not tolerate poor drainage and high temperatures of coastal
plain and piedmont |
