A Guide to Common Landscape Tree Varieties and a Complete List of Names

Landscape trees are nursery stock used in various regions specifically for urban construction, park greening, municipal greening and other projects, to beautify scenery and green the environment. They are generally grown in nurseries in various regions and are divided into different grades according to tree form. So what common landscape trees are there? Let's take a look together below.

1. London plane

The London plane has a tall trunk, luxuriant branches and leaves, grows quickly, is easy to survive and tolerates pruning well, so it is widely planted as a street greening tree species and is also a fast-growing timber species. It has relatively strong resistance to toxic gases such as sulfur dioxide and chlorine.

2. Camphor tree

The camphor tree has a huge, umbrella-like form and can provide shade and coolness. It has a long lifespan and can grow into a towering ancient tree hundreds or thousands of years old. It has a strong ability to absorb smoke and hold dust, conserve water, fix soil and prevent sand, and beautify the environment. In addition, it is resistant to sea breeze, tolerant of smoke and dust, and resistant to toxic gases, and can absorb a variety of toxic gases, making it relatively adaptable to urban environments.

3. Goldenrain tree

The goldenrain tree has a neat form and dense, elegant branches and leaves, making it a very good shade tree and street tree species. In spring the young leaves are mostly red, and in autumn the leaves turn yellow, making it an ideal ornamental tree.

4. Dawn redwood

The dawn redwood trunk is straight and upright, tall and graceful, with emerald green foliage that turns golden yellow in autumn, making it a famous ornamental courtyard tree. Dawn redwood can be planted singly, in rows or in groups in parks, courtyards, lawns and green spaces. It can also be planted in patches to create scenic forests, and paired with evergreen groundcover plants. It can also be planted in front of buildings or used as a street tree, all with good results. Dawn redwood has a certain resistance to sulfur dioxide and is an excellent tree species for greening industrial and mining areas.

5. Ginkgo

Ginkgo is suited to growing in subtropical monsoon areas with relatively favorable water and heat conditions. It generally buds and unfolds leaves from late March to early April, flowers from early to mid-April, seeds mature from late September to early October, and leaves fall from late October to November. It is commonly used for street and garden cultivation, and is mainly distributed in Shandong, Jiangsu, Sichuan, Hebei, Hubei, Henan and other places.

6. Black locust

Black locust is not strict about soil requirements and is highly adaptable. It most prefers deep, fertile, loose and moist silty sand, sandy loam and loam. It is not sensitive to soil pH. It grows poorly on clay and coarse sandy soils where the subsoil is too sticky and hard and drainage is poor. Although it has a certain drought resistance, it often suffers dieback of shoot tips in severely dry seasons with long periods without rain. It is not tolerant of waterlogging. It fears wind. It grows quickly and is an important fast-growing tree species in the world.

7. Paper mulberry

Paper mulberry is a strongly heliophilic tree species with particularly strong adaptability and strong stress resistance. Its root system is shallow, its lateral roots are widely distributed, it grows quickly, has strong sprouting and tillering ability, and tolerates pruning. It has strong pollution resistance. It is commonly used for street, garden and shade cultivation, and is mainly distributed in the Yellow River, Yangtze River and Pearl River basin regions of China

The above is an introduction to common landscape tree varieties. Of course, China's landscape trees are not limited to the above species. Each kind of landscape tree has its own unique advantages, and landscape trees play a very important role in China's greening.

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