Recommended Boulevard Trees

Recommended Boulevard Trees
The following trees are those varieties we feel are best suited to boulevard conditions in Eau Claire. However, a list of recommended trees is no more than a list of trees with the fewest faults.

Skyline - Honey Locust Imperial - Honey Locust Shademaster - Honey Locust Sunburst - Honey Locust Norway Maple Sugar Maple Red Maple Turkish Filbert Northern Pin Oak	Kentucky Coffee Tree Ginkgo Swamp White Oak American Linden Greenspire Linden Horse Chestnut(Bauman) Homestead Katsura
American Elm (disease resistant variety) Liberty Accolade Prospector

If you are planting a small area or have overhead power lines, you must select from this list:

Japanese Tree Lilac
Thornless Hawthorne
Serviceberry
Amur Maple (Tree Form)
Ivory Silk Lilac
Upright Flowering Crab (disease resistant)
Tartarian Maple

Prohibited boulevard trees:
Because they have various characteristics that are objectionable, the following trees are NOT permitted to be planted on any boulevard within the city limits of Eau Claire: (Ord. 8.20.100)

Pine
Spruce
Yew
Larch
Juniper
Fir
Apple
Native Honey Locust
Poplar
Catalpa
Mulberry
Hickory
Butternut
Arborvitae

Willow
Birch
Pear
Plum
Cherry
Cottonwood
Aspen
Silver Maple
Black Walnut
Douglas Fir
Black Locust
Russian Olive
Flowering Crab
(except upright crabs)

Totally prohibited trees:
Because of severe problems with disease or other detrimental problems, the following kinds of trees are NOT permitted to be planted either on the boulevard or ANYWHERE on private or public lands in the City of Eau Claire: (Ord. 8.20.100)

Chinese Elm
Siberian Elm
Boxelder
Cottonwood

Recommended Boulevard Trees

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