1. Crestwood + Casey Trees
Trees for Crestwood
Community Tree Planting (CTP)
Height
Spread 1
Willow Oak
Quercus phellos
40-60’
30-40’ 2
Red Maple
Acer rubrum 3
River Birch
Betula nigra
40-70’ 4
American Sweetgum
Liquidambar styraciflua
60-70’
45’ 5
Black Tupelo (Black Gum)
Nyssa sylvatica
30-50’
20-30’ 6
White Oak
Quercus alba
50-80’ 7
Northern Red Oak
Quercus rubra
60-75’ 8
American Beech
Fagus grandifolia
50-70’
Canopy Trees
Evergreen Trees 9
American Holly
Ilex opaca
40-50’
18-40’
Understory Trees 10
Serviceberry
Amelanchier spp.
15-25’
15’ 11
Redbud
Cercis canadensis
20-30’
25-35’ 12
White Fringe Tree
Chionanthus virginicus L.
12-20’
Crestwood Contact
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2. 1. Willow Oak, Quercus phellos Canopy Tree
Height: 40 to 60’
Spread: 30 to 40’
Medium to large tree
Foliage:
Light to bright green in summer and yellow, yellow-brown and russet in fall
Characteristics:
Handsome oak with willow-like leaves
Best oak for overall texture and form
Fruit:
Small, round acorn about ½ inch long with a shallow, saucer-like cup
Note:
Prefers acid soil and full sun
Relatively fast-growing, tolerating poorly drained soil

3. 2. Red Maple, Acer rubrum Canopy Tree
Height: 40 to 60’
Spread: less than or equal to height
Medium to large tree
Foliage:
Green stems turn red in winter, new leaves are red-tinged, turning to green
Fall color is deep red or yellow with red flowers
Characteristics:
Brings color to your landscape year-round
Excellent for lawns, parks, or streets
Fruit:
Fruit is a red double samara
Both the flowers are fruit are seen first in the spring before any other species flower or leaf out
Note:
Fast growing and tolerant of many soils

4. 3. American Sweetgum, Liquidambar styraciflua Canopy Tree
Height: 60 to 70’
Spread: 45’
Large tree
Foliage:
Leaves turn yellow-purple-red in the fall, and stay on the tree quite late
Characteristics:
Deep, glossy green star-shaped leaves mark the Sweetgum
Its shape is pyramidal, becoming more rounded with age
Fruit:
Woody multiple capsule 2 to 4 cm, popularly called a “gumball”
Note:
Avoid polluted sites

5. 4. River Birch, Betula nigra Canopy Tree
Height: 40 to 70’
Spread: 40 to 60’
Medium to large tree
In the wild, they can grow up to 90’ in height
Foliage:
Leaves are a lustrous green in the spring and summer, turning yellow in the fall
Characteristics:
Known for its peeling colored bark
Bark contains a combination of colors including cream, salmon, orange-brown and cinnamon brown
Fruit:
Cone, a little over an inch long, filled with hairy seeds
Note:
Handsome specimen tree

6. 5. Black Tupelo, Nyssa sylvatica Canopy Tree
Height: 30 to 50’
Spread: 20 to 30’
Medium to large tree
Foliage:
Summer leaves are a dark green with a high-gloss appearance
The most spectacular part of this tree is the fall foliage with many shades of yellow, orange, bright red, purple or scarlet that may appear on the same branch
Characteristics:
One of the most attractive native trees around
Bark matures to medium gray and resembles alligator hide
Fruit:
Bluish-black and is loved by many birds
Note:
Prefers well-drained, acid soils, and full sun to partial shade

7. 6. White Oak, Quercus alba Canopy Tree
Height: 50 to 80’
Spread: 50 to 80’
Large tree
Foliage:
In late autumn, leaves turn a deep red and drop, or on younger trees the leaves remain throughout winter
Flowers appear with the leaves in mid-spring
Characteristics:
The white oak has whitish or ashy gray bark, varying from scaly on smaller stems to irregularly platy or blocky on large stems
Fruit:
Acorn no longer than 1”

8. 7. Northern Red Oak, Quercus rubra Canopy Tree
Height: 60 to 75’
Spread: 45’
Large tree
Foliage:
Bristle-tipped leaves turn red in the fall
The leaves have 7 to 11 waxy lobes
Characteristics:
Valuable fast-growing oak for lawns, parks, golf courses and commercial area
Often used as a street tree in Urban areas throughout the Midwest and East
Fruit:
Nut, solitary or paired, ¾ to 1” long, variable in shape, but usually subglobose, enclosed at the base in a flat, thick, saucer-like cap; acorns mature and fall early
Note:
A good street tree, tolerates pollution and compacted soil

9. 8. American Beech, Fagus grandifolia
Canopy Tree
Height: 50 to 70’
Spread: 50 to 70’
Large tree
Foilage:
Leaves emerge in late spring, changing from shimmering green to lustrous dark green to golden bronze in the fall
Characteristics:
Smooth bark
A beautiful native tree
Fruit:
A three-winged nut (edible), enclosed by a prickly covering, 2 cm long
Note:
Plant in well-drained, aerated soil

10. 9. American Holly, Ilex opaca Evergreen Trees
Height: 40 to 50’
Spread: 15 to 30’
Medium tree
Foliage:
The leaves are simple, alternate, and have an elliptical shape.
Known for its sharp, pointy dark green leaves
Fruit:
Fruits are a berry-likes, dull red rounded drupe that mature in October and persist into winter
Note:
Appreciated for its overall geographic adaptability
Not often available in large landscape sizes in commerce due to its slow growth

11. 10. Serviceberry, Amelanchier spp.
Understory Trees
Height: 15 to 25’
Spread: 15’
Small to medium tree
Foliage:
Flowers very early in the spring, usually ahead of other spring-flowering foliage
Has a striking display of yellow to red foliage, with deep color saturation
Characteristics:
Perfect for naturalistic plantings
It is multi-stemmed, upright, and blooms in early spring with petite, slightly fragrant, white flower clusters
Fruit:
The purplish-blue fruit is delicious in pies and jams and very attractive to birds.
Note:
The serviceberry is easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. It is tolerant of a somewhat wide range of soils, but prefers moist, well-drained loams

12. 11. Redbud, Cercis canadensis
Understory Tree
Height: 20 to 30’
Spread: 25 to 35’
Medium tree
Foliage:
Purplish-pink buds occur along the branches in early march
Dark green, heart-shaped leaves turn a nice yellow fall color
Characteristics:
It generally has a short, often twisted trunk and spreading branches
The bark is dark in color, smooth, later scaly with ridges somewhat apparent, sometimes with maroon patches
The leaves are alternate, simple, heart shaped
Fruit:
Flat reddish-brown pods about 1 cm wide and 10 cm long
Note:
Tolerant of a wide range of site conditions

13. 12. White Fringe Tree, Chionanthus virginicus L. Understory Tree
Height: 12 to 20’
Spread: 12 to 20’
Medium tree
Foliage:
Dark-green, glossy foliage
Not reliable for fall color
Characteristics:
Shrub or small tree with short trunk, narrow, oblong crown, and showy masses of fragrant, lacy, white flowers
Fruit:
Dark-blue, grape-like clusters of fruits are produced from female blossoms, usually hidden by the foliage
Note:
This species is quite tough and tolerates drought as well as wet soils; will grow in full sun or part shade