Acceptable Tree Species
*Please note that this list contains both native and non-native trees. Certain regulations require the use of native trees. For a more comprehensive list of native plants visit the Chesapeake Bay Native Plant Center website.
Large Canopy Trees
American beech (Fagus grandifolia)
American elm (Ulmus americana)
American linden (Tilia americana)
American sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua)
American sycamore (Platanus occidentalis)
Baldcypress (Taxodium distichum)
Black walnut (Juglans nigra)
Chestnut oak (Quercus montana)
Freeman maple (Acer x freemanii)
Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis)
Kentucky coffeetree (Gymnocladus dioicus)
Lacebark elm (Ulmus parvifolia)
Littleleaf linden (Tilia cordata)
London plane tree (Platanus x acerifolia)
Northern red oak (Quercus rubra)
Pin oak (Quercus palustris)
Red maple (Acer rubrum)
Scarlet oak (Quercus coccinea)
Southern red oak (Quercus falcata)
Sugar maple (Acer saccharum)
Swamp white oak (Quercus bicolor)
Tamarack (Larix laricina)
Tuliptree (Liriodendron tulipifera)
White oak (Quercus alba)
Willow oak (Quercus phellos)
Small/Medium Canopy Trees
American hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana)
American hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana)
Black gum (Nyssa sylvatica)
Chinkapin oak (Quercus muehlenbergii)
Common persimmon (Diospyros virginiana)
Crabapple (Malus)
Eastern redbud (Cercis canadensis)
Flowering cherry (Prunus serrulata)
Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida)
Gingko (male) (Gingko biloba)
Goldenrain tree (Koelreuteria paniculata)
Hawthorn (Crataegus)
Hedge maple (Acer campestre)
Honeylocust (Gleditsia triacanthos)
Japanese pagoda tree (Sophora japonica)
Japanese zelkova (Zelkova serrata)
Pagoda dogwood (Cornus alternifolia)
Pawpaw (Asimina triloba)
Purpleleaf plum (Prunus cerasifera)
River birch (Betula nigra)
Sassafras (Sassafras albidum)
Serviceberry (Amelanchier)
Sourwood (Oxydendrum arboreum)
Sweetbay magnolia (Magnolia virginiana)
Trident maple (Acer buergerianum)
White fringetree (Chionanthus)
Yellowwood (Cladrastis kentukea)
Evergreens
American holly (Ilex opaca)
Arborvitae (Thuja occidentalis)
Atlantic white cedar (Chamaecyparis thyoides)
Blue spruce (Picea pungens)
Dawn redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides)
Deodar cedar (Cedrus deodara)
Eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana)
Eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis)
Norway spruce (Picea abies)
Pitch pine (Pinus rigida)
Southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora)
Virginia pine (Pinus virginiana)