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Recommended Trees

At the request of the Urbandale Tree Board, the State Forester from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources recently conducted a survey of trees in Urbandale.  As a result of the tree inventory, the following trees were recommended in order to maintain a healthy and desirable variety of trees. This list is provided as a general guideline, as there are other trees with desirable characteristics

Common Tree Names
American Hophornbeam (Ironwood)
American Hornbeam
American Linden / Basswood
Bald Cypress
Black Hills Spruce
Black Maple
Bur Oak
Butternut
Clump River Birch
Colorado Blue Spruce
Eastern Redbud
Eastern White Pine
Freeman Maple (Autumn Blaze)
Ginko (male)
Golden Locust
Greenspire Linden (Little Leaf)
Hackberry
Ironwood
Kentucky Coffeetree
American Liberty Elm
Northern Catalpa
Northern Pecan
Northern Red Oak
Ohio Buckeye
Red Maple
Redmond Linden (American Linden or American Basswood)
Shagbark Hickory
Shellbark Hickory
Sugar Maple
Swamp White Oak
Sycamore
White Fir
White Oak

Common Bushes & Shrubs

American Hazelnut
American Plum
Arrowwood
Burning Bush

Nanny Berry
Paw Paw
Persimmon
Redosier Dogwood

For more information, visit the Iowa State University Extension's Index of Common Trees.

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