Park Ridge City Zoning Code
APPENDIX F
RECOMMENDED PLANT MATERIALS
Recommended Plant Materials for the City of Park Ridge
| Canopy Trees | |
| Acer nigrum | Black Maple |
| Acer saccharum | Sugar Maple |
| Acer miyabei | Miyabei Maple |
| Aesculus glabra | Ohio Buckeye |
| Alnus glutinosa | Black Adler |
| Betula alleghaniensis | Yellow Birch * Spring plant only |
| Carya cordiformis | Bitternut Hickory |
| Carya ovata | Shagbark Hickory |
| Catalpa speciosa | Catalpa |
| Celtis occidentalis | Hackberry |
| Ceridiphyllum japonicum | Katsura Tree |
| Corylus colurna | Turkish Hazel |
| Diospyros virginiana | Persimmon |
| Fagus grandiflora | Beech |
| Ginkgo biloba | Ginkgo |
| Gleditsia triacanthos | Honeylocust |
| Gymnocladus dioicus | Kentucky Coffeetree |
| Juglans cinerea | Butternut |
| Larix laricina | Tamarack |
| Liquidambar styraciflua | Sweetgum |
| Liriodendron tulipifera | Tulip Tree |
| Nyssa sylvatica | Black Tupelo |
| Metasequoia glyptostroboides | Dawn redwood |
| Ostrya virginiana | American Hophornbeam, Ironwood |
| Quercus acutissima | Sawtooth Oak |
| Quercus alba | White Oak |
| Quercus bicolor | Swamp White Oak |
| Quercus ellipsoidalis | Hill's Oak |
| Quercus imbricaria | Shingle Oak |
| Quercus macrocarpa | Bur Oak |
| Quercus muhlenbergii | Chinquapin Oak |
| Quercus robur | English Oak |
| Quercus rubra | Red Oak |
| Taxodium distichum | Bald Cypress |
| Tilia americana | American Linden |
| Tilia cordata | Littleleaf Linden |
| Tilia tomentosa | Silverleaf Linden |
| Ulmus (species) | Elm (Hybrids) |
| Zelkova serrata | Japanese Zelkova |
| Understory Trees | |
| Acer buergerianum | Trident Maple |
| Acer campestre | Hedge Maple |
| Acer ginnala | Amur Maple |
| Acer griseum | Paperbark Maple |
| Acer tataricum | Tatarian Maple |
| Amelanchier (species) | Serviceberry |
| Asimina triloba | Pawpaw |
| Carpinus caroliniana | American Hornbeam, Blue Beech, Musclewood |
| Cercis canadensis | Redbud |
| Chionanthus virginicus | White Fringetree |
| Cladrastris kentukea | Yellowwood |
| Cornus mas | Cornelian Cherry Dogwood |
| Cornus alternifolia | Pagoda Dogwood |
| Cornus florida | Flowering Dogwood |
| Crataegus mollis | Downy Hawthorn |
| Halesia carolina | Carolina Silverbell |
| Koelreuteria paniculata | Goldenraintree |
| Larix decidua | European Larch |
| Magnolia acuminata | Cucumber Tree Magnolia |
| Magnolia loeberni | Loebner Magnolia |
| Magnolia soulangiana | Saucer Magnolia |
| Magnolia stellata | Star Magnolia |
| Magnolia virginiana | Sweet Bay Magnolia |
| Malus (species) | Disease Resistant Crabapple |
| Prunus maackii | Amur Chokecherry |
| Prunus virginiana | Canada Red Chokeberry |
| Sassafras albidum | Sassafras |
| Syringa reticulata | Japanese Tree Lilac |
| Syringa pekinesis | Peking Lilac |
| Shrubs | |
| Amelanchier (species) | Serviceberry |
| Amorpha canescens | Lead Plant |
| Amorpha fruticosa | Desert False Indigo |
| Aronia melanocarpa | Black Chokeberry |
| Aronia arbutifolia | Red Chokeberry |
| Azalea (species) | Azalea |
| Berberis (species) | Barberry |
| Ceanothus americanus | New Jersey Tea |
| Chaenomeles (species) | Flowering Quince |
| Clethra alinfolia | Summersweet Clethra |
| Comptonia peregrina | Sweetfern |
| Cornus obliqua | Pale Dogwood |
| Cornus racemosa | Gray Dogwood |
| Cornus rugosa | Roundleaved Dogwood |
| Cornus stolonifera (sericea) | Red-osier Dogwood |
| Corylus americana | American Hazelnut |
| Cotinus coggygria | Smoke Tree |
| Cotoneaster dammeri | Cotoneaster |
| Deutzia gracilis | Slender Deutzia |
| Diervilla lonicera | Dwarf Honeysuckle |
| Euonymus alata | Burning Bush |
| Euorymus alatus | Dwarf Winged Euonymus |
| Forsythia (species) | Forsythia |
| Fothergillia (species) | Fothergilla |
| Hamamelis vernalis | Vernal Witch Hazel |
| Hamamelis virginiana | Common Witch Hazel |
| Hydrangea (species) | Hydrangea |
| Hypercium (species) | St. John's Wort |
| Ilex verticillata | Winterberry Holly |
| Kerria japonica | Japanese Kerria |
| Lindera benzoin | Spicebush |
| Lonicera dioica | Red Honeysuckle |
| Lonicera prolifera | Yellow Honeysuckle |
| Myrica pensylvanica | Northern Bayberry |
| Physocarpus opulifolius | Ninebark |
| Ptelea trifoliata | Wafer Ash |
| Rhododendron 'PJM' | 'PJM' Rhododendron |
| Rhus aromatica | Fragrant Sumac |
| Rhus copallina | Shining Sumac |
| Rhus glabra | Smooth Sumac |
| Rhus typhina | Staghorn Sumac |
| Rosa blanda | Early Wild Rose |
| Rosa carolina | Pasture Rose |
| Rosa setigera | Illinois Rose |
| Sambucus canadensis | Elderberry |
| Sambucus pubens | Red Berried Elderberry |
| Shepherdia canadensis | Buffalo Berry |
| Spirea (species) | Spirea |
| Staphylea trifolia | Bladdernut |
| Stephanandra incisa | Cutleaf Stephanandra |
| Symphoricarpos albus | Snowberry |
| Syringia (species) | Lilac |
| Viburnum acerifolium | Maple-leaf Viburnum |
| Viburnum dentatum | Arrow-wood |
| Viburnum lentago | Nannyberry |
| Viburnum plicatum var. | Doublefile Viburnum |
| Viburnum prunifolium | Black Haw |
| Weigela (species) | Weigela |
Invasive, Non-Native Plants that Should Not be Planted
| Prohibited Trees and Shrubs | |
| Acer negundo | Boxelder |
| Acer saccharinum | Silver Maple |
| Ailanthus altissima | Tree-of-heaven |
| Albizia julibrissin | Mimosa |
| Cichorium intybus | Chicory |
| Elaeagnus umbellata | Autumn Olive |
| Hibiscus trionum | Flower-of-the-hour |
| Lonicera X bella | Hybrid Honeysuckle |
| Lonicera japonica | Japanese Honeysuckle |
| Lonicera maackii | Amur Honeysuckle |
| Lonicera morrowii | Morrow's Honeysuckle |
| Morus alba | White Mulberry |
| Morus rubra | Red Mulberry |
| Paulownia tomentosa | Princesstree |
| Populus alba | White Poplar |
| Populus deltoides | Cottonwood |
| Rhamnus cathartica | Common Buckthorn |
| Rhamnus frangula | Smooth Buckthorn |
| Ulmus pumila | Siberian Elm |
| Prohibited Herbaceous Plants | |
| Alliaria officinalis | Garlic Mustard |
| Alliaria petiolata | Garlic Mustard |
| Aster sagittifolius drummondii | Drummond's Aster |
| Carduus nutans | Nodding Musk Thistle |
| Celastrus orbiculatus | Oriental Bittersweet |
| Chrysanthemum leucanthemum pinnatifidum | Oxeye Daisy |
| Cirsium arvense | Canada Thistle |
| Cirsium vulgare | Bull Thistle |
| Coronilla varia | Crown Vetch |
| Daucus carota | Wild Carrot |
| Dioscorea batatas | Chinese Yam |
| Dipsacus laciniatus | Cutleaf Teasel |
| Dipsacus sylvestris | Common Teasel |
| Euphorbia esula | Leafy Spurge |
| Galinsoga ciliata | Peruvian Daisy |
| Geum canadense | White Avens |
| Glechoma hederaca | Creeping Charlie |
| Hesperis matronalis | Dames Rocket |
| Lespedeza cuneata | Sericea Lespedeza |
| Lotus corniculatus | Bird's-foot Trefoil |
| Lychnis alba | White Campion |
| Lythrum salicaria | Purple Loosestrife |
| Lysimachia nummularia | Moneywort |
| Melilotus alba | White Sweetclover |
| Melilotus officinalis | Yellow Sweetclover |
| Microstegium vimineum | Eulalia, Japanese Grass |
| Myriophyllum spicatum | Eurasian Watermilfoil |
| Oenothera biennis | Evening Primrose |
| Pastinaca sativa | Parsnip |
| Phalaris arundinacea | Reed Canarygrass |
| Phragmites australis | Common Reed |
| Phytolacca americana | Pokeweed |
| Polygonum cuspidatum | Japanese Knotweed |
| Prunella vulgaris | Common Selfheal |
| Prunus serotina | Wild Black Cherry |
| Pueraria lobata | Kudzu |
| Sanicula gregaria | Clustered Black Snakeroot |
| Solanum americanum | Black Nightshade |
| Solanum carolinense | Horsenettle |
| Solanum dulcamara | Climbing Nightshade |
| Sorghum halepense | Johnsongrass |
| Taraxacum officinale | Dandelion |
| Tragopogon pratensis | Common Goat's Beard |
| Verbascum blattaria | Moth Mullein |
| Verbascum thapsus | Common Mullein |
| Wisteria sinensis | Chinese wisteria |