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Types
of BOULEVARD Trees
Approved for Frontier
Place
For new
plantings and replacement plantings,
these trees are best suited for the boulevards**
of Frontier Place
(Monaca, Frontier, Cherokee, Shawnee, Seminole, Mohawk)
These trees
are chosen because they are on the City of Erie Urban Forest Committee recommended list,
they are native to the region, and they are
similar in character and type that to what is currently planted in our boulevards –
therefore ensuring the ongoing continuity and appearance of our Drives.[1] Some of
these come in shrub form, please use TREE FORM. Use healthy specimens.
American
Name |
Latin
Name |
Mature
Height |
Height
|
Foliage |
Serviceberry |
Amelanchier
arborea, A. cacadensis, |
15’
to 30’ |
20’ |
For
example, ‘Princess Diana’: Green lustrous leaves, turn brilliant orange to red
in fall and persist well. Reliable, abundant white blossoms, red to purple berries are
showy and edible, readily consumed by birds. Mod. growth rate. |
Eastern
Redbud |
Cercis
canadensis |
25’
to 30’ |
20’ |
Heart-shaped
leaves reddish at emergence, becoming dark green, and yellow in the fall. Reddish purple
buds open to rosy pink before leaves appear. |
Fringe
Tree |
Chionanthus
virginicus |
15’
to 30’ |
20’ |
Clusters
of fleecy white flowers with a spicy fragrance blanket the tree for about 2 weeks in the
late spring or early summer. Prefers more sun. Slow grower. |
Witch
Hazel |
Hamamelis
x intermedia, |
15’
to 20’+ |
15’ |
Rounded
leaves turn red or gold in fall. |
Hamamelis
vernalis |
10’+ |
Cultivars
differ in flower color, time of bloom, and fragrance. |
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Gray
Dogwood |
Cornus
racemosa |
12’
to 15’ |
12’ |
Glossy,
dark green leaves turning to burgundy in the fall. Creamy-white clusters of flowers.
Small, luminous white berries. |
Roughleaf
Dogwood |
Cornus
drummondii |
~15 |
15’ |
Deep
purplish red in early fall. Tiny white flowers and white fruits. |
Winter
King Hawthorne |
Crataegus
viridis |
25’
to 30’ |
20’ |
White
flowers in the late spring, glossy green foliage in summer turning red in the fall with
bright red-orange berries. |
We want to
avoid planting future problems:
Look for small to medium size native trees which grow well in under story conditions.
**For the
BOULEVARDS OF WEST 6TH STREET: Use the taller trees from the Approved Tree Lawn
Tree list.
**For the BOULEVARDS OF SOUTH SHORE DRIVE: Use the
taller trees from the Approved Tree Lawn Tree list as well as Spruce, Dawn Redwood
(Metasequoia glyptostroboides), Blackgum or Black Tupelo (Nyssa sylvatica), Ginko (Autmun
Gold Ginkgo) (Ginkgo biloba), Canadian Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis).
If you have a question or
idea, please call a
Frontier Improvement Association board member or the City Arborist.
[1] Information in the chart from the Pennsylvania State University, Municipal Tree Restoration Program, School of Forest Resources (2001).