Landscape Trees By Scientific Name A-C

Scientific Name	Common Name	Comments
Acer palmatum var. atropurpureum	Redleaf Japanese Maple	Size: typically small tree (8' to 15') Flowers & fruits: not significant Fall color: depending on cultivar, can be colorful Culture: avoid windy sites: requires moist soil especially in summer. Typically not well suited to full sun in Arkansas Uses: specimen in landscapes Cultivars: variety atropurpureum is a large group of red foliage forms. Cultivars include: 'Bloodgood', 'Trompenberg'
Acer palmatum var. dissectum	Cutleaf Japanese Maple	Culture: avoid windy sites: requires moist soil especially in summer. Typically not well suited to full sun in Arkansas Uses: specimen in landscapes Cultivars: variety dissectum is a large group of cutleaf forms; Cultivars include: 'Tamukeyama', 'Garnet', 'Crimson Queen', ‘Burgundy Lace’
Acer platanoides	Norway Maple	Size: medium sized shade tree (60'); fast growing Flowers & fruits: not significant Fall color: none Culture: tolerant of soil type. Best in full sun. Use: street tree, lawn shade tree Cultivars include: 'Crimson King', 'Columnare', 'Globosum', 'Schwedleri' More common in Northwest Arkansas
Acer rubrum	Red Maple	Size: medium sized shade tree (60'); fast growing Flowers & fruits: although small, add distinctive red color to landscape in early spring Fall color: variable (reason for cultivars) but excellent; typically red Culture: tolerant of soil type. Fast growing Uses: street tree, lawn shade tree Cultivars include: 'October Glory', 'Red Sunset', 'Autumn Flame' Native from Florida to Canada in riverbottoms
Acer saccharinum *	Silver Maple *	Size: large sized shade tree (80'); very fast growing Flowers & fruits: not significant Fall color: fair, yellowish Culture: tolerant of site conditions Use: typically not recommended for landscapes (brittle, weak wooded)
Acer saccharum	Sugar Maple	Size: medium to large sized shade tree (65' tall by 55' wide) Flowers & fruits: not significant Fall color: exceptional orange/red fall color Culture: best in moist, rich soil. Intolerant of heat and dry sites. Typically best suited in Northwest Arkansas Use: shade tree in Northwest Arkansas Cultivars: ‘Legacy’, ‘John Pair’
Aesculus pavia	Red Buckeye	Size: large shrub or small tree (12' tall by 12' wide) Flowers & fruits: showy terminal red flowers in April. Buckeye fruit Fall color: none Culture: partial shade. Rich, moist soils Use: understory plant, good for woodland gardens Native to Arkansas woodlands
Albizia julibrissin *	Mimosa; Silk Tree *	Size: small flowering tree (20' tall); fast growing Flowers: very attractive, light to deep pink all summer. Flower brush-like Fruit: 6-8” long pod Fall color: none Culture: full sun. Tolerant of site conditions Use: typically not recommended for landscapes (brittle; short-lived; weedy)
Amelanchier canadensis	Shadblow; Serviceberry; Juneberry	Size: large multi-stemmed shrub or small, upright tree (15' to 20' tall) Flowers: early spring, white Fruit: June, red-purple, edible Fall color: maroon Culture: partial shade to shade. Requires rich, moist soil Use: understory or woodland plant
Betula nigra	River Birch	Size: small sized tree (35' tall by 25' wide) Flowers & fruit: not significant Fall color: yellowish Beautiful exfoliating bark Culture: very adaptable Disease/insect: none significant. Avoid alkaline soils (iron chlorosis) Use: small landscape tree typically selected for attractive bark Cultivars: Heritage™ (salmon white bark), Dura-Heat™ Misc: lowland species, native to Arkansas
Carpinus betulus 'Fastigiata'	European Hornbeam; Fastigiate	Size: small sized tree (20' tall by 8' wide) Flowers & fruit: not significant Fall color: yellowish, like a hickory Culture: adaptable Disease/insect: none significant Use: good urban tree
Carya illinoinensis	Pecan	Size: medium to large sized tree (65' tall by 75' wide). Often a symmetrical, cascading vase shape Flowers: not significant and messy Fruits: edible pecan. Takes 8 to 12 years before they fruit Fall color: fair. Sometimes a deep yellow Culture: fairly adaptable Insect/disease: fall webworm Use: not typically used in highly maintained landscapes
Catalpa speciosa	Northern Catalpa	Size: medium sized tree (45' tall by 30' wide) Flowers: beautiful white flowers in May Fruit: cigar shaped pod. Messy Fall color: none. Leaves distinctive heart shaped leaves Culture: adaptable Use: rarely used in well maintained landscapes since weak wooded, messy leaves and fruits Actually one of two species in the state. The other is C. bignonioides (Southern Catalpa) which flowers 2-3 weeks later.
Cedrus deodara	Deodar Cedar	Size: needle evergreen (55' tall by 50' wide) Flowers: not significant Fruit: beautiful cone Culture: full sun. Best in rich, moist soil. Provide adequate water. Less cold hardy than C. atlantica Use: specimen
Celtis laevigata	Southern Hackberry; Sugar Hackberry	Size: medium sized tree (50' tall by 50' wide) Flowers: not significant Fruit: small 'berry', birds love Fall color: not significant Bark: distinctive gray, warty branches Culture: very adaptable Disease/insect: Asian woolly hackberry aphid Use: native; rarely planted in landscapes. Weak wooded
Cercis canadensis	Eastern Redbud	Size: small sized tree (18' tall by 18' wide) Flowers: very attractive pink-purple (white form 'Alba' also available but not as common) flowers early spring Fruit: small pod Fall color: none Culture: best in partial shade; best with constant moisture Disease/insect: none significant. Occasional canker Use: specimen small flowering tree; woodland Cultivars ‘Oklahoma’ (texensis) more drought tolerant, ‘Alba’ (white flowered form), 'Forest Pansy' (purple leaves)
Chionanthus virginicus	Fringetree: Grancy Gray-beard	Size: large shrub/small-sized tree (20' tall by 20' wide) Flowers: dramatic lacy white flowers mid-April Fruit: not significant. Dark blue drupe Fall color: none Culture: adaptable. Even flowers well in shade Disease/insect: none Uses: woodland landscape Native
Cornus florida	Eastern Flowering Dogwood	Size: small sized tree (15' tall by 20' wide) Flowers: exceptional flower (bracts) display in early spring Fruits: noticeable red fruits in spring Fall color: attractive maroon Culture: best in partial shade and adequate moisture during Arkansas summer months Disease/insect: leaf spots Uses: small flowering tree, woodland Cultivars: many for larger bracts and bract color (pink)
Cornus kousa	Kousa Dogwood	Size: small sized tree (18' tall by 22' wide) Flowers: 3 to 4 weeks after C. florida. Bract is pointed in contrast to C. florida (notched) Fruit: red, looks like a strawberry Fall color: nice orange /red fall color Culture: slightly more tolerant of heat than C. florida Disease/insect: none serious Uses: small flowering tree
Crataegus phaenopyrum	Washington Hawthorn	Size: small sized tree (20' tall by 12' wide) Flowers: attractive white flowers April Fruit: showy red fruits in fall and winter Fall color: maroon fall color Culture: full sun. Adaptable to soils Disease/insect: cedar apple rust (Less susceptible to rust than other hawthorns, but still a concern) Uses: specimen More common in Northwest Arkansas