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STREET TREE SPECIES LIST
EXOTIC SPECIES
Botanical Name Common
Name
Mature
Height
Acer Palmatum
‘Bloodgood’
Maple
6-8m
Acer campestre
Field Maple
10m+
Acer cissifolium
Japanese
6-10m
vineleaf Maple
Acer davidii
Snake bark
Maple
10m+
Acer henryi
Henry’s Maple
6-10m
Acer japonicum
Fullmoon
Maple
3-6 m
Acer japonicum
aconitifolium
Lace leaf
fullmoon
Maple
3-6 m
Acer palmatum
‘Senkaki’
Maple
3-6m
Acer platanoides
v. palmatifidum
Norway maple
5-10 m
Acer Red
Palmatum
‘Emperor’
Maple
6-10m
Acer rubrum
American
Maple
12m+
Acer Palmatum
‘Shindishojo’
Japanese
Maple
2-4m
Acer
sieboldianum
Siebolds
Maple
3-8m
Acer triflorum
Three flowered 5-10m
Maple
Aesculus carnea
briottii
Ruby Red
Horsechestnut
15m+
Carpinus
betulus
‘Fastigata’
Upright
Hornbeam
10m
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tolerant
Description
Broadly columnar, deciduous.
Brilliant red autumn colour.
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Hardy, deciduous. Leaves shaped
like a trident.
Broadly columnar. Multiple autumn
colour, deciduous.
Interesting feature of bark during
the winter months. Deciduous.
Broadly columnar, deciduous. New
leaves pinkish with 3 leaflets.
Broadly spreading, deciduous.
Purple-red flowers before the
leaves.
Broadly spreading, deciduous.
Striking red stems and twigs after
leaf fall.
Broadly spreading, deciduous.
Small tree.
Broadly columnar, deciduous.
Brilliant red colour.
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Red foliage, columnar habit,
deciduous.
Red spring foliage, deciduous.
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Erect growing small deciduous tree.
Suits small spaces, very cold hardy,
prefers moist sites.
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Broadly spreading, deciduous.
Grey-brown bark peeling vertically.
Small yellow flowers in spring.
Recommended for streets due to
the prickly seedpods being nearly
absent on this cultivar. Deciduous.
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Upright form. Proven species for
streets, very hardy. Deciduous.
STREET TREE SPECIES LIST
EXOTIC SPECIES
Botanical Name Common
Name
Mature
Height
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tolerant
Description
Cercis racemosa
Chain flowered 5m
Redbud
Upright growth, deciduous. Pink
flowers in long hanging racemes.
Cornus kousa
‘Chinensis’ and
Cornus florida
Dogwood
5-10m
Beautiful flowering trees.
Deciduous.
Corylopsis
griffithii
Himalayan
winterhazel
2-4m
Ginkgo biloba
‘Fastigiata’
(Male Only)
Ginkgo
15m+
Lagerstroemia
indica
Crepe Myrtle
4-6m
Bark and flower display, deciduous.
Liriodendron
chinensis
Chinese tulip
15m+
Broadly columnar, large tree,
deciduous.
Liriodendron
Chinensis
‘Fastigiata’
Chinese tulip
15m+
Magnolia
Stellata and
varieties
Star Magnolia
10m+
Magnolia
doltsolpa
Sweet
Michelia
10m
Magnolia
doltsolpa
‘lemon fragrant’
Sweet Michelia 10m
Nyssa sylvatica
Tupelo
8-10m
Olea europaea
Olive
6-8m
Parrotia persica
Persian
iron-wood
6-8m
Prunus Yedoensis Flowering
‘Awanui’
Cherry
6-10m
Prunus Shimidsu
sakura
Asahi Boton
Cherry
6-10m
Quercus cercis
Turkey Oak
15m+
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Broadly upright and deciduous. New
leaves purplish, creamy yellow
flowers in Spring .
Uprtight form, deciduous. Yellow
folliage in spring.
Compact upright form. Large tree,
deciduous.
Late winter/early spring flowering,
decidous.
Flowering, mostly evergreen.
Flowering. Fragrant, mostly
evergreen.
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Hardy tree for wet sites. Brilliant red
autunm c olour, deciduous.
Relatively compact, takes pruning
well, mostly evergreen.
Hardy, interesting bark features and
structure, deciduous.
Spring flowering, bird attractant,
deciduous.
Spring flowering, bird attractant,
deciduous.
Character areas, large tree,
deciduous.
STREET TREE SPECIES LIST
EXOTIC SPECIES
Botanical Name Common
Name
Mature
Height
Tilia nobilis
15m+
Linden tree
Zelkova serrata
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tolerant
Description
Broadly columnar, deciduous.
Sweeping form.
10m
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Broadly spreading. Elm Like,
deciduous.
NATIVE SPECIES
Botanical Name Common
Name
Mature
Height
Knightea excelsa
Rewarewa
15m+
Laurelia novae-zealandiae
Pukatea
15m+
Nestegis cunning- Black Maire
hamii
15+
Nestegis lanceolata
10m+
White Maire
Nothofagus fusca Red Beech
15m+
Nothofagus solandri
15m+
Black Beech
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tolerant
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Description
Upright form, gully and river link,
evergreen.
Peat soil areas, wetter soils,
protection for establishment, large
tree when mature, evergreen.
Slow growing hardy, large specimen
tree. Evergreen.
Handsome tree with narrow leaves,
evergreen.
Hardy, Interesting form, layered
branchlets, evergreen.
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Long lived hardy tree, minimal leaf
drop, evergreen.
Pennantia corym- Kaikomako
bosa
6-10m
Podocarpus
totara
Totara
15m+
Large tree, long lived, food source
for birds, evergreen.
Sophora microphylla
Kowhai
6-10m
Flowers , gully links , bird attractant,
mostly evergreen.
Weinmannia
racemosa
Kamahi
6 - 10m
Hardy, massess of flowers,
evergreen.
Vitex lucens
Puriri
15m+
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Masses of white flowers, bird
attractant, gully links, divericating
form when juvenile, evergreen.
Native evergreen. Winter food for
wood pigeons.