§ 520.080. Trees Which May Be Planted On Public Land.  


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  • The following list of trees may be planted on public land:
    American Ash: Medium textured tree, wine or yellow fall color.
    Bald Cypress: Evergreen-like deciduous tree, short needles (may be grown with or without lower limbs).
    Cucumber Tree: Coarse texture, yellowish fall color.
    Ginkgo: Medium texture, slow growth, yellow fall color. Plant male trees only.
    Green Ash: Medium texture, yellow fall color.
    Hackberry: Medium texture, yellowish fall color.
    Honey Locust: Fine textured foliage, turns yellow in fall, available in thornless, seedless varieties.
    Little-Leaf Linden: Medium texture, symmetrical shape, fragrant spring flowers.
    Norway Maple: Medium texture, dark green foliage, casts very dense shade.
    Red Maple: Medium texture, red to yellow fall color.
    Red Oak: Medium texture, reddish fall color.
    River Birch: Medium texture, yellowish in fall, flaky brown bark.
    Sugar Maple: Medium texture, slow growing, yellow to crimson fall colors.
    Sweetgum: Medium texture, yellow to maroon fall colors, develops hard, spiny fruit at age ten (10) to fifteen (15) years.
    Tulip Tree: Medium texture, greenish yellow spring flowers, clear yellow fall color.
R.O. 2010 §520.080; CC 1975 §1121.41; 2nd Ser. Ord. No. 48 §1, 9-2-1975