Powerline Trees Brochure
Click HERE for a PDF brochure with complete information and illustrations of the trees listed below.
Powerline-Approved Trees
- Red Buckeye
- Adirondack Crabapple
- Narragansett Crabapple
- Lipan Crape Myrtle
- Sioux Crape Myrtle
- Yuma Crape Myrtle
- Stellar Pink Flowering Dogwood
- Aurora Dogwood
- Celestial Dogwood
- Constellation Dogwoos
- Ruth Ellen Dogwood
- Chinese Dogwood
- Chinese Fringetree
- Japanese Apricot
- Flowering Apricot
- Alba Apricot
- Alba Plena Apricot
- Benishidare Apricot
- Yoshino Flowering Cherry
- Kwanzan Flowering Cherry
- Greenleaf American Holly
- Warren Red Holly
- Jane Magnolia
- Flame Amur Maple
- Japanese Maple
- Forest Pansy Redbud
- Oklahoma Redbud Blackhaw
- Plum Leaf Viburnum
Nashville Tree Foundation works to preserve and enhance Nashville's urban forest by educating the public, planting trees in urban areas, identifying the oldest and largest trees in Davidson County, and designating arboretums.
Neil Park on Wedgewood Avenue is a showcase of powerline-approved trees.
Powerline-Approved Trees Program
With the assistance of Nashville Electric Service, Metro Tree Advisory Committee has compiled a list of trees that can be planted under powerlines without requiring trimming.
These powerline-approved trees include more than two dozen species and cultivars that at maturity have an average height of 20 feet. (Individual trees may exceed this height under optimal conditions.) These trees usually will not require pruning to reduce height.
Trees on this list are suitable for planting under powerlines at the front and sides of houses. Before you plant trees and shrubs under powerlines in areas inaccessible from a driveway, please contact Nashville Electric Service.