Low intensity:
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1 canopy tree
2 ornamental trees*
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Medium intensity:
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1 canopy tree
2 ornamental trees
2 evergreen trees
(5 shrubs)**
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High intensity:
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5 evergreen trees
2 ornamental trees
1 canopy tree
(10 shrubs)**
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*
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In the low-intensity buffer, one evergreen tree
may be substituted for one of the required ornamental trees, at the
applicant's discretion.
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**
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The Township may waive the shrub requirement
or substitute shrubs for evergreen trees at the rate of one evergreen
tree per five shrubs.
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Number of Trees
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Minimum Number of Tree Species
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Maximum % of Any One Species
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0 to 5
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1
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100%
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6 to 15
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2
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50%
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16 to 30
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3
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40%
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31 to 50
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4
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30%
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51+
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6
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20%
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Scientific Name
|
Common Name
|
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Shade or Canopy Trees:
Suitable for street trees or parking lots as
well as for buffers and screens. (Minimum mature height: 30 feet or
more.)
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Acer rubrum
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Red maple (native)
|
Celtis sp.
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Hackberry (native)
|
Cladrastis lutea
|
Yellow wood (native)
|
Corylus colurna
|
Turkish filbert
|
Fraxinus pennsylvania (v. lanceolata)
|
Marshall's seedless ash (native)
|
Ginkgo biloba
|
Ginkgo (male only)
|
Gleditsia triacanthos (inermis)
|
Thornless honey locust
|
Koelreuteria paniculata
|
Golden rain tree
|
Quercus bicolor
|
Swamp white oak (native)
|
Quercus borealis
|
North red oak (native)
|
Quercus coccinea
|
Scarlet oak (native)
|
Quercus imbricaria
|
Shingle oak (native)
|
Quercus phellos
|
Willow oak (native)
|
Quercus prinus
|
Chestnut oak (native)
|
Quercus rubra
|
Red oak (native)
|
Robina pseudoacacia
|
Black locust (native)
|
Sophora japonica
|
Japanese pagodatree
|
Tilia americana
|
American linden (native)
|
Tilia cordata
|
Littleleaf linden
|
Tilia tomentosa
|
Silver linden
|
Ulmus parvifolia
|
Chinese lacebark elm
|
Zelkova serrata
|
Japanese zelkova
|
Shade or Canopy Trees:
Suitable for property line buffers and nonvehicular
use areas only. (Minimum mature height: 30 feet or more.)
| |
Acer saccharum
|
Sugar maple (native)
|
Betula lenta
|
Sweet birch (native)
|
Betula nigra
|
River birch (native)
|
Carya ovata
|
Shagbark hickory (native)
|
Carya sp.
|
Hickory (native)
|
Fagus grandifolia
|
American beech (native)
|
Fraxinus americana
|
White ash (native)
|
Liriodendron tulipifera
|
Tulip tree (native)
|
Metasequoia glypostroboides
|
Dawn redwood
|
Ostrya virginiana
|
Hop-hornbeam (native)
|
Phellodendron amurense
|
Amur corktree
|
Prunus virginiana
|
Chokecherry (native)
|
Quercus alba
|
White oak (native)
|
Quercus coccinea
|
Scarlet oak (native)
|
Quercus palustris
|
Pin oak (native)
|
Quercus vellutina
|
Black oak (native)
|
Sassafras albidum
|
Sassafras (native)
|
Ornamental Trees:
Suitable for property line buffers or site element
screens. (Minimum mature height: 15 feet or more.)
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Amelanchier canadensis
|
Serviceberry (native)
|
Cercis canadensis
|
Redbud (native)
|
Chionanthus virginicus
|
Fringetree (native)
|
Cornus kousa
|
Japanese dogwood
|
Cornus mas
|
Cornelian-cherry dogwood
|
Crataigus cv. toba
|
Toba hawthorn
|
Crataegus mollis
|
Downy hawthorn
|
Crataegus oxycantha
|
English hawthorn
|
Crataegus phaenopyrum
|
Washington hawthorn
|
Halesia carolinia
|
Silverbells (native)
|
Hamamelis virginiana
|
Witch hazel (native)
|
Koelreuteria panicultata
|
Golden rain tree
|
Laburnum vossi
|
Goldenchain
|
Magnolia virginiana
|
Sweetbay magnolia (native)
|
Malus sp.
|
Crabapple species (native)
|
Oxydendrum arboreum
|
Sourwood (Native)
|
Prunus sargentii
|
Sargent cherry
|
Prunus serrulata cv. kwanzan
|
Kwanzan cherry
|
Pyrus calleryana cv. bradford
|
Bradford pear
|
Pyrus calleryana cv. redspire
|
Redspire pear
|
Sorbus aucuparia
|
European mountain ash
|
Styrax japonica
|
Japanese snowbell
|
Syringa amurensis japonica
|
Japanese tree lilac
|
Large Deciduous Shrubs:
Suitable for use in property line buffers or
site element screen (not clipped hedges).
| |
Aronia arbutifolia
|
Black chokeberry (native)
|
Calycanthus floridus
|
Sweet shrub (native)
|
Cephalanthus occidentalis
|
Buttonbush (native)
|
Clethra acuminata
|
Summersweet (native)
|
Cornus sericea
|
Red osier dogwood (native)
|
Enkianthus campanulatus
|
Redvein enkianthus
|
Euonymus alatus
|
Burning bush
|
Forsythia sp.
|
Forsythia
|
Fothergilla major
|
Large fothergilla (native)
|
Ilex verticillata
|
Winterberry (native)
|
Lindera benzoin
|
Spicebush (native)
|
Lonicera sp. (shrubbery var.)
|
Honeysuckle bush
|
Myrica pennsylvanica
|
Bayberry (native)
|
Philadelphus sp.
|
Mock orange
|
Physocarpus opulifolius
|
Common ninebark
|
Sambucus canadensis
|
Elderberry (native)
|
Spirea nipponica
|
Snow mound spirea
|
Vaccinium corymbosum
|
Blueberry (native)
|
Viburnum dentatum
|
Arrowwood (native)
|
Viburnum lentago
|
Nannyberry (native)
|
Viburnum prunifolium
|
Black haw (native)
|
Viburnum sp.
|
Other large viburnums
|
Viburnum trilobum
|
American cranberry (native)
|
Deciduous or Evergreen Shrubs:
Suitable for clipped hedges in property line
buffers or site element screens. (Minimum mature height: four feet
or more.)
| |
Acanthopanax pentaphyllus
|
Five leaf aralia
|
Aronia arbutifolia
|
Black chokeberry (native)
|
Cornus mas
|
Cornelian-cherry dogwood
|
Cotoneaster salicifolia
|
Willowleaf cotoneaster
|
Euonymus alatus
|
Winged euonymus
|
Euonymus alatus campactus
|
Dwarf winged euonymus
|
Euonymus fortuneii vegetus sarcoxie
|
Big leaf wintercreeper
|
Ilex crenata compacta
|
Compact japanese holly
|
Ilex glabra
|
Inkberry (native)
|
Ilex crenata hetzi
|
Hetz holly
|
Juniperus chinensis glauca hetzi
|
Hetz blue juniper
|
Juniperus chinensis glauca hetzi pfitzeriana
compacta
|
Compact pfitzer juniper
|
Ligustrum ibolium
|
Ibolium privet
|
Lonicera fragrantissima
|
Winter honeysuckle
|
Philadelphus lemoinei
|
Mock orange
|
Ribes alpinum
|
Currant
|
Taxus brownii
|
Brown's yew
|
Taxus canandensis
|
Canada yew
|
Taxus densiformis
|
Dense yew
|
Taxus media hatfielde
|
Hatfield yew
|
Viburnum dentatum
|
Arrowwood (native)
|
Viburnum lentago
|
Nannyberry (native)
|
Viburnum opulus
|
European cranberrybush
|
Viburnum prunifolium
|
Black haw (native)
|
Thuja sp.
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Arborvitae
|
Evergreen Shrubs:
Suitable for site element screens. (Minimum
mature height: four feet.)
| |
Azalea — evergreen species must reach
three-foot height
|
Azalea
|
Chamaecyparis obtusa
|
Chamaecyparis
|
Chamaecyparis pisifera
|
Chamaecyparis
|
Ilex crenata "hetzi"
|
Japanese holly
|
Ilex glabra
|
Inkberry (native)
|
Ilex mesevvea
|
Blue holly series
|
Juniperus chinensis glauca hetzi
|
Hetz blue juniper
|
Kalmia latifolia and cvs
|
Mountain laurel (native)
|
Leucothoe fontanessiana
|
Leucothoe
|
Pierris floribunda
|
Mountain andromeda (native)
|
Pieris japonica
|
Japanese andromeda
|
Rhododendron sp.
|
Various large rhododendrums
|
Taxus sp.
|
Yew
|
Thuja sp.
|
Arborvitae
|
Viburnum rhytidophillum
|
Leatherleaf viburnum
|
Evergreen Trees:
Suitable for property line buffers or site element
screens. (Minimum mature height: 20 feet.)
| |
Abies concolor
|
White fir
|
Ilex opaca
|
American holly (native)
|
Picea abies
|
Norway spruce
|
Picea omorika
|
Siberian spruce
|
Picea pungens
|
Colorado spruce
|
Pinus storbus
|
White pine (native)
|
Pinus thunbergii
|
Japanese black pine
|
Pseudotsuga menziesii
|
Douglas fir
|
Tsuga canadensis
|
Canadian hemlock (native)
|
Tsuga caroliniana
|
Carolina hemlock (native)
|
Canopy Trees:
Suitable for stormwater detention basins.
| |
Acer rubrum+
|
Red maple
|
Acer saccrarinum*
|
Silver maple
|
Betula nigra*
|
River birch
|
Fraxinus americana*
|
White ash
|
Ilex opaca*
|
American holly
|
Liquidamber styrciflua+
|
Sweet gum
|
Nyssa sylvatica*
|
Black gum
|
Quercus phellos*
|
Willow oak
|
Quercus bicolor+
|
Swamp white oak
|
Quercus palustris*
|
Pin oak
|
Taxodium distichum+
|
Bald cypress
|
Deciduous/Evergreen Ornamental Trees:
Suitable for stormwater detention basins.
| |
Amerlanchier canadensis*
|
Shadblow serviceberry
|
Carpinus carolinia*
|
Ironwood
|
Chionanthus virginicus*
|
Fringetree
|
Magnolia virginiana*
|
Sweetbay
|
Salix caprea+
|
Willow sp.
|
Salix discolor+
|
Willow sp.
|
Thuja occidentalis cv. nigra*
|
Arborvitae
|
Deciduous/Evergreen Shrubs:
Suitable for stormwater detention basins.
| |
Aronia arbutifolia+
|
Red chokeberry
|
Caly canthus florida*
|
Sweet shrub
|
Cephalanthus occidentalis+
|
Button bush
|
Clethra alnifolia+
|
Summersweet
|
Cornus amomum+
|
Silky dogwood
|
Cornus serica+
|
Red-stem dogwood
|
Hamamelis virginiana*
|
Witch hazel
|
Ilex glabra+
|
Inkberry
|
Ilex verticillata+
|
Winterberry
|
Lindera benzoin*
|
Spice bush
|
Myrica cerifera*
|
Southern bayberry
|
Myrica pennsylvanica+
|
Northern bayberry
|
Rhododendron nudiflorum+
|
Pinxterbloom azalea
|
Rhododendron viscosum+
|
Swamp azalea
|
Sambuses canadensis*
|
Elderberry
|
Viburnum cassanoides*
|
Wither rod
|
Viburnum dentatum+
|
Arrow wood
|
Viburnum lentago*
|
Nannyberry
|
Viburnum tribolum*
|
American cranberry
|
Herbaceous Perennials:
Suitable for stormwater detention basins.
| |
Aster novae angliae*
|
New England aster
|
Chrysanthemum lencanthemem*
|
Ox-eye daisy
|
Echinacea purpurea*
|
Purple cornflower
|
Eupatorium dubium+*
|
Joe pye weed
|
Eupatorium fistulosum+*
|
Hollow joe pye weed
|
Hemerocallis sp.*
|
Day lily
|
Hesperis matronalis*
|
Dames rocket
|
Hibiscus moshentos+
|
Rose mallow
|
Iris pseudocaris+*
|
Yellow iris
|
Iris vericolor+
|
Blue flag
|
Lobelia cardinalis+*
|
Cardinal flower
|
Lobelia siphilitica+*
|
Blue lobelia
|
Monarda didyma*
|
Bee balm
|
Panicum virgatum+*
|
Switchgrass
|
Pharlaris arundinacae*
|
Canary reed grass
|
Rudbeckia sp.*
|
Black-eyed susan
|
Scirpus acutus+
|
Hardstem bulrush
|
Spartina alternifolia+
|
Cordgrass
|
Typha angustifolia+
|
Narrowleaved cattail
|
Typha latifolia+
|
Common cattail
|
Vernonia noveboracensis+*
|
New York iron weed
|
*
|
Suitable for usually well-drained areas that
may be subject to occasional flooding.
|
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+
|
Suitable for permanently wet areas.
|