Recommended Urban Trees

Site Assessment and Tree Selection for Stress Tolerance

We no longer sell hard copies of Recommended Urban Trees. But you can access this publication 3 ways. All three are accessible from this page at our Woody Plants Database website.

• Search the collection of species. This link displays all the species in the collection. You can narrow your choices based on environmental, ornamental and other characteristics.
• View .html and/or .pdf versions. This link displays all of the content from the original publication chunked into smaller sections for easy viewing online.
• Download the full publication. This link will allow you to download a .zip file with .pdfs of all the sections of the publication. You can extract the files and print on demand.

Table of contents:

1. Introduction
   • Cover and acknowledgements [PDF] (~1MB)
   • About this collection [HTML] [PDF] (~.3MB)
2. Tree Data
   1. Small trees (less than 30′) suitable for city environment plantings under low overhead utility wires or in restricted spaces [HTML] [PDF] (~22MB)
   2. Medium to large trees (greater than 30′) suitable for city environment plantings [HTML] [PDF] (~44MB)
   3. Trees grouped by site or planting conditions [HTML] [PDF] (~1MB)
3. Appendices
   • Site assessment checklist  [PDF] (~.2MB)
   • Site assessment guide  [PDF] (~.2MB)
   • USDA U.S. and N.Y. zone maps  [Interactive map] [PDF] (~7MB)
   • Transplanting guide [PDF] (~.2MB)