Recommended Trees
for Middle Tennessee
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Canopy Trees
(Over 30 feet tall)
Florida Maple/Southern Sugar Maple; Acer barbatum
Black Maple; Acer nigrum
Sugar Maple; Acer saccharum
Ohio Buckeye; Aesculus glabra
Yellow Buckeye; Aesculus flava
Common Alder/Black Alder; Alnus glutinosa
River Birch; Betula nigra
Katsura Tree; Cercidiphyllum japonicum
American Yellowwood; Cladrastis kentukea
Common Persimmon; Diospyros virginiana
Hardy Rubber Tree; Eucommia ulmoides
Honeylocust; Gleditsia triacanthos
Kentucky Coffeetree; Gymnocladus dioicus
Yellow Poplar/Tuliptree/Tulip Poplar; Liriodendron tulipifera
Dawn Redwood; Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Black Gum/Black Tupelo; Nyssa sylvatica
Amur Corktree; Phellodendron amurense
London Planetree; Platanus x acerifolia
Sawtooth Oak; Quercus acutissima
Swamp White Oak; Quercus bicolor
Scarlet Oak; Quercus coccinea
Southern Red Oak; Quercus facata
Cherrybark Oak; Quercus facata var pagodafolia
Overcup Oak; Quercus lyrata
Shingle Oak; Quercus imbricaria
Chinkapin Oak; Quercus muehlenbergii
Nuttall Oak; Quercus nuttallii
Willow Oak; Quercus phellos
Chestnut Oak; Quercus prinus
English Oak; Quercus robur
Shumard Oak; Quercus shumardii
Bald Cypress; Taxodium distichum
American Basswood; Tilia americana
Littleleaf Linden; Tilia cordata
Silver Linden; Tilia tomentosa
Winged Elm; Ulmus alata
American Elm; Ulmus americana
Chinese Elm; Ulmus parvifolia
Slippery Elm; Ulmus rubra
September Elm; Ulmus serotina
Japanese Zelkova; Zelkova serrata
Japanese Cedar; Cryptomeria japonica
American Holly; Ilex opaca
Eastern Red Cedar; Juniperus virginiana
Southern Magnolia; Magnolia grandiflora
Norway Spruce; Picea abies
Shortleaf Pine; Pinus echinata
Scots Pine; Pinus sylvestris
Japanese Black Pine; Pinus thunbergiana
Understory Trees
(15 to 30 feet tall)
Trident Maple; Acer buergeranum
Hedge Maple; Acer campestre
Amur Maple; Acer ginnala
Paperbark Maple; Acer griseum
Japanese Maple; Acer palmatum
Red Buckeye; Aesculus pavia
Serviceberry; Amelanchier arborea
American Hornbeam; Carpinus caroliniana
Eastern Redbud; Cercis canadensis
Chinese Fringetree; Chioanthus retusus
White Fringetree; Chioanthus virginicus
Flowering Dogwood; Cornus florida
Kousa Dogwood; Cornus kousa
Washington Hawthorn; Crataegus phaenopyrum
Green Hawthorn; Crataegus viridus
Franklin Tree; Franklinia alatamaha
Saucer Magnolia; Magnolia x soulangiana
Star Magnolia; Magnolia stellata
Sweetbay Magnolia; Magnolia virginiana
Crabapples; Malus cultivars/varieties
Apples (Heirloom); Malus domestica
American Hophornbeam; Ostrya virginiana
Chinese Pistache; Pistacia chinensis
American Plum; Prunus americana
Chickasaw Plum; Prunus augustifolia
Japanese Flowering Apricot; Prunus mume
Flowering Cherry; Prunus serrulata
Yoshino Cherry; Prunus x yedoensis
Fruiting Pear; Pyrus communis
Japanese Snowbell; Styrax japonicus
Japanese Lilac Tree; Syringa reticulata
Foster’s Holly; Ilex x attenuata ‘Fosteri’
Burford Holly; Ilex cornuta ‘Burfordi’
Nellie R. Stevens Holly; Ilex x ‘Nellie R. Stevens’
Cherry Laurel; Prunus caroliniana