§ 85-846. Preferred and prohibited tree species.

The following sets forth the list of preferred tree species as referred to in § 85-843 of this chapter.

A. 

Preferred tree species list. The following preferred trees shall be used in compliance with Town of Brookhaven street tree standards and specifications (Other trees may be permitted, except such trees that are prohibited, subject to the approval of the Planning Board.):

Acer buergeranum	Trident Maple
Acer Campestre	Hedge Maple
Acer Ginnala Amur	Maple
Acer rubrum var.	Red Maple
Acer saccharum var.	Sugar Maple
Acer pseudoplatanus	Sycamore Maple
Acer tataricum	Tatarian Maple
Acer truncatium	Shanting Maple
Amelanchier ssp.	Serviceberry cumulus Autumn Sunset
Carpinus betulus	European Hornbeam
Carpinus caroliniana	American Hornbeam
Carya illinoiensis	Pecan
Celtis occidentalis	Hackberry
Cladrastis lutea	American Yellowwood
Corylus colurna	Turkish Filbert
Crataegus crus-galli inermis	Thornless Cockspur Hawthorn
Crataegus punctata inermis	Thornless Ohio Pioneer Hawthorn
Eucommia ulmoides	Hardy Rubber Tree
Ginkgo biloba	Ginkgo (male, seedless)
Gleditsia triacanthos inermis var.	Thornless Honeylocust (resistant cultivars only)
Gymnocladus dioicus	Kentucky Coffeetree
Koelreuteria paniculata	Golden raintree
Liquidambar styriciflua	Sweetgum
Lirodendren tulipfera	Tulip Tree
Maackia amurensis	Amur Maackia
Malus ssp.	Crabapple (disease-resistant cultivars only)
Nyssa sylvatica	Tupelo
Ostrya virginiana	American Hophornbeam
Plantanus x acerfolia	London Planetree
Prunus ssp.	Flowering Cherry (less than 35 feet tall), i.e., 'Accolade,' 'Kwanzan,' 'Schubert'
Prunus sargentii 'Columnaris'	Columnar Sargent Cherry
Pyrus calleryana	Callery Pear Aristocrat, 'Chanticleer,' 'Cleveland Select' (not the cultivar 'Bradford')
Quercus acuttissimas	Sawtooth Oak
Quercus bicolor	Swamp White Oak
Quercus borealis	Northern Red Oak
Quercus imbricaria	Shingle Oak
Quercus macrocarpa	Bur Oak
Quercus muhlenbergi	Chinquapin Oak
Quercus phellos	Willow Oak
Quercus robur	English Oak
Sophora japonica	Japanese Pagoda tree
Syringa reticulate	Japanese Tree Lilac
Tilia Americana	American Linden
Tilia cordata var.	Little Leaf Linden
Tilia tomentosa	Silver Linden
Ulmus carpinus var. buisman	Buisman Elm
Ulmus parvifolia	Chinese Elm
Ulmus	Elm hybrids (Dutch-elm-resistant cultivars), i.e., 'Urban,' 'homestead,' 'Pioneer,' 'Sapporo Autumn Gold'
Zelkova serrata	Japanese Zelkova

B. 

Prohibited street trees. The following trees shall be prohibited: Ailanthus, White and Silver Birch, Box Elder, Catalpa, Cottonwood, Siberian Elm, Franxinus Americana var. (White Ash), Franxinus pennsylvanica lanceolata var (Green Ash), "Franxinus quandrangulata (Blue Ash), Fruit" trees, Silver Maple, Mimosa, Pin Oak, Russian Olive, Poplar, weeping trees, willows, shrubs, all evergreens.

Amended 5-23-2019 by L.L. No. 13-2019, effective 6-3-2019