Tree Selection Tool

The searchable list of tree species in the Vermont Tree Selection Tool is intended for managed landscapes in residential and urban settings.

This list of tree species is not intended for riparian tree plantings, ecological restoration in or adjacent to natural forests, rural roadside reforestation, or landscape plantings around solar developments. See the Planting Guidelines for Agency of Natural Resources Lands (published February 2025) for current information on planting projects involving research, erosion control, landscaping near natural areas, restoration, and species adaptation.

For more information about the Guiding Principles for Tree Planting in Vermont's urban and managed spaces, read pages 1-3 of the Vermont Tree Selection Guide.

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Alkaline Soil Tolerance

Drought Tolerance

Poor Drainage Tolerance

Salt Tolerance

Shade Tolerance

Scientific Name	Common Name	Cultivar	Mature Height	Crown Spread	Form
A. rubrum	Red Maple	Autumn Radiance®	50 feet	40 feet	Upright oval
A. rubrum	Red Maple	'Bowhall'	50 feet	15 feet	Columnar
A. rubrum	Red Maple	'Autumn Flame'	50 feet	30 feet	Round
A. rubrum	Red Maple	Northwood ®	50 feet	35 feet	Upright oval
A. rubrum	Red Maple	Scarlet Jewell TM	70 feet	30 feet	Upright oval
A. rubrum	Freeman Maple	Red Pointe®	45 feet	30 feet	Pyramidal
A. rubrum	Red Maple	Red Sunset®	50 feet	40 feet	Upright oval
A. saccharum	Sugar Maple	'Bonfire'	65 feet	50 feet	Upright oval
A. saccharum	Sugar Maple	Fall Fiesta®	75 feet	50 feet	Round
A. saccharum	Sugar Maple	'Legacy'	50 feet	35 feet	Upright oval
A. saccharum	Sugar Maple	Green Mountain®	70 feet	45 feet	Upright oval
A. x freemanii	Freeman Maple	'Sienna Glen'	40 feet	40 feet	Pyramidal
A. x freemanii	Freeman Maple	Autumn Blaze® 'Jeffersred'	50 feet	40 feet	Upright oval
A. x grandiflora	Serviceberry (pink)	'Robin Hill'	25 feet	18 feet	Upright oval
Abies balsamea var phanerolepis	Canaan Fir		75 feet	25 feet	Pyramidal
Abies concolor	White Fir		50 feet	25 feet	Pyramidal
Abies fraseri	Fraser Fir		40 feet	25 feet	Pyramidal
Acer campestre	Hedge Maple		30 feet	30 feet	Round
Acer griseum	Paperbark Maple	'Ginzam' (Gingerbread TM)	25 feet	25 feet	Upright oval
Acer miyabei	Miyabe Maple	State Street TM ('Morton')	40 feet	40 feet	Upright oval
Acer rubrum	Red Maple		75 feet	40 feet	Upright oval
Acer saccharinum	Silver Maple		70 feet	50 feet	Vase
Acer saccharum	Sugar Maple		75 feet	50 feet	Upright oval
Acer triflorum	Three-flower Maple		30 feet	30 feet	Round
Acer x freemanii	Freeman Maple	'Armstrong'	60 feet	20 feet	Columnar
Aesculus glabra	Ohio Buckeye (yellow)		60 feet	40 feet	Round
Aesculus hippocastanum	Horsechestnut (white)	'Baumanii'	75 feet	70 feet	Upright oval
Aesculus x arnoldiana	Arnold Buckeye (yellow/gold)		75 feet	25 feet	Round
Aesculus x carnea	Ruby Red Horsechestnut (red)	'Briotii'	40 feet	40 feet	Pyramidal
Amelanchier laevis	Cumulus Serviceberry (white)	'Cumulus'	10 feet	8 feet	Columnar
Amelanchier x grandiflora	Apple Serviceberry (white)	'Autumn Brilliance'	25 feet	25 feet	Upright oval
B. nigra	River Birch	'Cully' Heritage®	50 feet	35 feet	Upright oval
Betula alleghaniensis	Yellow Birch		75 feet	60 feet	Round
Betula nigra	River Birch	'Little King' Fox Valley ®	15 feet	15 feet	Upright oval
Betula papyrifera	Paper Birch		70 feet	45 feet	Upright oval
C. canadensis	Eastern Redbud (white)	'Alba'	25 feet	25 feet	Spreading
C. canadensis	Eastern Redbud (rose)	'Northland Strain'	25 feet	25 feet	Spreading
C. caroliniana	American Hornbeam/Musclewood	Firespire TM ('J.N. Upright')	30 feet	15 feet	Upright oval
C. mas	Corneliancherry Dogwood (yellow)	'Redstone'	25 feet	20 feet	Round
C. occidentalis	Common Hackberry	'Prairie Pride'	55 feet	50 feet	Round
C. occidentalis X C. laevigata	Magnifica Suger Hackberry	Magnifica'	50 feet	40 feet	Upright oval
Carpinus betulus	European Hornbeam	'Fastigiata'	35 feet	20 feet	Upright oval
Carpinus caroliniana	American Hornbeam/Musclewood		30 feet	25 feet	Upright oval
Carya ovata	Shagbark Hickory		80 feet	35 feet	Upright oval
Catalpa speciosa	Northern Catalpa (white)		60 feet	40 feet	Upright oval
Celtis occidentalis	Common Hackberry		60 feet	50 feet	Round
Cercidiphyllum japonicum	Katsuratree		60 feet	35 feet	Upright oval
Cercis canadensis	Eastern Redbud (pink)		25 feet	25 feet	Spreading
Cladrastis kentukea	Yellowwood (white)		50 feet	55 feet	Round
Cornus kousa	Kousa Dogwood (white)		30 feet	25 feet	Spreading
Cornus mas	Corneliancherry Dogwood (yellow)	'Golden Glory'	20 feet	20 feet	Upright oval
Corylus colurna	Turkish Filbert		50 feet	30 feet	Pyramidal
Crataegus crus-galli var. inermis	Thornless Cockspur Hawthorn (white)	Cruzam' Crusader TM	25 feet	25 feet	Spreading
Crataegus viridis	Winter King Hawthorn (white)	'Winter King'	25 feet	25 feet	Round
Crateagus phaenopyrum	Washington Hawthorn (white)	'Washington Lustre®'	25 feet	25 feet	Round
Fagus sylvatica	European Beech	'Riversii'	50 feet	40 feet	Upright oval
G. biloba	Ginkgo	'Magyar'	50 feet	25 feet	Upright oval
G. biloba	Ginkgo	Princeton Sentry®	60 feet	25 feet	Columnar
G. dioicus	Kentucky coffeetree		50 feet	40 feet	Round
G. triacanthos	Honey Locust	'Sunburst'	35 feet	30 feet	Pyramidal
G. triacanthos	Honey Locust	'Skyline'	45 feet	35 feet	Pyramidal
G. triacanthos	Honey Locust	'Shademaster'	45 feet	35 feet	Round
G. triacanthos	Honey Locust	'Moraine'	40 feet	50 feet	Round
G. triacanthos	Honey Locust	'Imperial'	30 feet	35 feet	Round
Ginkgo biloba	Ginkgo	'Autumn Gold'	50 feet	30 feet	Upright oval
Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis	Honey Locust	'Halka'	40 feet	40 feet	Round
Gymnocladus dioicus	Kentucky Coffeetree		70 feet	50 feet	Round
Halesia carolina	Carolina Silverbell (white)		35 feet	25 feet	Round
Hamamelis virginana	Whitchhazel (yellow)		25 feet	20 feet	Round
Hydrangea paniculata	Panicle Hydrangea		20 feet	20 feet	Vase
Juglans nigra	Black Walnut		75 feet	60 feet	Round
Juniperus virginiana	Eastern Red Cedar		50 feet	20 feet	Pyramidal
Larix decidua	European/Common Larch		75 feet	30 feet	Pyramidal
Larix laricina	Eastern Larch		80 feet	30 feet	Pyramidal
Liquidambar styraciflua	American Sweetgum	'Moraine'	60 feet	35 feet	Upright oval
M. spp.	Crabapple (white)	Red Jewel™	15 feet	12 feet	Round
M. spp.	Crabapple (white)	'Hargozam' Harvest Gold ®	30 feet	20 feet	Round
M. spp.	Crabapple (rose-red)	'Purple Prince'	20 feet	20 feet	Round
M. stellata	Star Magnolia (white)	'Centennial'	25 feet	15 feet	Pyramidal
M. stellata	Star Magnolia (white)	'Royal Star'	10 feet	15 feet	Pyramidal
M. x loebneri	Loebner Magnolia (pink)	'Leonard Messel'	20 feet	18 feet	Round
Maackia amurensis	Amur Maackia (white)		25 feet	25 feet	Round
Magnolia acuminata	Cucumbertree Magnolia (green-yellow)		80 feet	60 feet	Round
Magnolia stellata	Star Magnolia (white)		25 feet	15 feet	Pyramidal
Magnolia x loebneri	Loebner Magnolia (white)	'Merrill'	25 feet	25 feet	Upright oval
Malus sargentii	Sargent Crabapple (white)		15 feet	12 feet	Round
Malus spp.	Crabapple (red-pink)	'Donald Wyman'	20 feet	25 feet	Round
Metasequoia glyptostroboides	Dawn Redwood		100 feet	50 feet	Pyramidal
Ostrya virginiana	Hophornbeam		45 feet	30 feet	Round
P. x acerifolia	London Planetree	ExclamationTM 'Morton Thornhill'	60 feet	45 feet	Round
Parrotia persica	Persian Ironwood		40 feet	30 feet	Round
Picea abies	Norway Spruce		60 feet	30 feet	Pyramidal
Picea glauca	White Spruce		60 feet	20 feet	Pyramidal
Picea omorika	Serbian Spruce		60 feet	25 feet	Pyramidal
Pinus strobus	Eastern White Pine		80 feet	40 feet	Pyramidal
Platanus occidentalis	Sycamore		100 feet	80 feet	Round
Platanus x acerifolia	London Planetree	'Bloodgood'	85 feet	70 feet	Round
Prunus maackii	Amur Chokecherry (white)		35 feet	35 feet	Round
Prunus sargentii	Sargent Cherry (pink)	'Columnaris'	35 feet	15 feet	Columnar
Prunus sargentii x P. subhirtella	Accolade Flowering Cherry (pink)	'Accolade'	35 feet	20 feet	Round
Q. robur	English Oak	Pyramich' Skymaster®	50 feet	25 feet	Columnar
Quercus alba	White Oak		60 feet	60 feet	Round
Quercus bicolor	Swamp White Oak		60 feet	60 feet	Round
Quercus imbricaria	Shingle Oak		60 feet	60 feet	Pyramidal
Quercus macrocarpa	Bur Oak		80 feet	90 feet	Round
Quercus robur	English Oak	'Fastigiata'	50 feet	15 feet	Columnar
Quercus rubra	Northern Red Oak		75 feet	60 feet	Round
Quercus x.	Kindred Spirit Hybrid Oak	'Nadler' Kindred Spirit®	30 feet	10 feet	Columnar
Quercus x. warei	Regal Prince Hybrid Oak	'Long' Regal Prince®	50 feet	20 feet	Columnar
Styphnolobium japonicum (cont.)	Scholar-tree(white)	'Regent'	50 feet	45 feet	Round
Styphnolobium japonicum (Sophora japonica)	Scholar-tree (white)	'Princeton Upright'	40 feet	50 feet	Round
T. americana	American Linden , Basswood (yellow)	'Bailyard' (Frontyard®)	75 feet	40 feet	Upright oval
T. americana	American Linden, Basswood (yellow)	'Redmond'	60 feet	30 feet	Pyramidal
T. cordata	Littleleaf Linden (yellow)	'Greenspire'	45 feet	30 feet	Pyramidal
T. occidentalis	White Cedar	'Techny'	15 feet	10 feet	Pyramidal
T. occidentalis	White Cedar	Smaragd' ('Emerald')	15 feet	4 feet	Pyramidal
T. occidentalis	White Cedar	Nigra'	20 feet	8 feet	Pyramidal
T. tomentosa	Silver Linden (yellow)	'Green Mountain'	60 feet	40 feet	Pyramidal
T. tomentosa	Silver Linden (yellow)	Satin Shadow® 'Sashazam'	50 feet	40 feet	Pyramidal
Taxodium distichum	Baldcypress		70 feet	30 feet	Pyramidal
Thuja occidentalis	White Cedar		60 feet	15 feet	Pyramidal
Thuja x.	Hybrid White Cedar	'Green Giant'	60 feet	20 feet	Pyramidal
Tilia americana	American Linden, Basswood (yellow)	Legend®	55 feet	35 feet	Pyramidal
Tilia cordata	Littleleaf Linden (yellow)	'Glenleven'	50 feet	35 feet	Upright oval
Tilia tomentosa	Silver Linden (yellow)		70 feet	55 feet	Pyramidal
Tilia x euchlora	Crimean Linden (yellow-white)		60 feet	30 feet	Upright oval
Tsuga canadensis	Eastern Hemlock		70 feet	35 feet	Pyramidal
U. americana	American Elm	'Princeton'	60 feet	40 feet	Vase
U. americana	American Elm	New Harmony'	50 feet	50 feet	Vase
U. x spp.	Elm	'New Horizon'	50 feet	25 feet	Vase
U. x spp.	Elm	'Frontier'	35 feet	25 feet	Vase
U. x spp.	Elm	'Patriot'	70 feet	50 feet	Vase
Ulmus americana	American Elm	'Jefferson'	50 feet	50 feet	Vase
Ulmus x spp.	Elm	Accolade® 'Morton'	70 feet	50 feet	Vase
Viburnum prunifolium	Blackhaw Viburnum (white)		30 feet	15 feet	Round
Z. serrata	Japanese Zelkova	'Musashino'	45 feet	15 feet	Columnar
Z. serrata	Japanese Zelkova	Village GreenTM	40 feet	40 feet	Vase
Zelkova serrata Japanese Zelkova	Japanese Zelkova	'Green Vase'	70 feet	50 feet	Vase

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