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