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Iva frutescens Marsh elder


Rubus pensilvanicus Pennsylvania blackberry


Sambucus canadensis Elderberry


o STREET TREES have become part of the fabric of New York City. A tree-lined


street improves the overall health of a neighborhood and helps to beautify a


concrete landscape. The conditions that street trees grow in are harsh and


although the design of tree pits are improving, there are critical characteristics


that a species must have to survive. Trees on the roadside have to endure salt


spray and drought conditions. The open surface area on the ground that is


permeable to water is limited in a tree pit, but with the addition of planted herbs


and grasses , soil and moisture will be retained in the pit. Even trees that have a


larger surface area of lawn, in a median or a Greenstreet, will still benefit from


being drought tolerant considering the runoff that occurs and the contained


planting bed.


Examples Include: Numerous streets throughout the city.


Recommended Plants:


Graminoids


Carex blanda Eastern woodland sedge


Eragrostis spectabilis Purple lovegrass


Juncus tenuis Path rush


Panicum virgatum Switchgrass


Schizachyrium scoparium Little bluestem


Forbs


Ageratina altissima White snakeroot


Asclepias syriaca Common milkweed


Geum canadense White avens


Oenothera biennis Common evening primrose


Solidago sempervirens Seaside goldenrod


Symphyotrichum pilosum Hairy white oldfield aster


Shrubs


Gaylussacia baccata Black huckleberry


Ilex glabra Inkberry


Morella pensylvanica Northern bayberry


Photinia pyrifolia Red chokeberry


Prunus maritima Beach plum


Rhus copallina Winged sumac


Rhus glabra Smooth sumac


Rhus typhina Staghorn sumac

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