Table 1.

Tree species and cultivars requested by Ohio urban foresters and vegetation managers for planting in 2000 and 2005 in surveys from 1995 and 2000, respectively. Where data were not collected in one survey but were in another, N/A is substituted for missing data.

Scientific name^{^z}	Common name^{^y}	Expected need 2000^{^x}	Expected need 2005^{^w}
*Acer buergeranum*	Trident maple	260	194
Acer campestre	Hedge maple	603	201
Acer × freemanii (seedlings)	Freeman maple	0	222
Acer × freemanii cultivars	Freeman maple selections	229	N/A
*Acer ginnala*	Amur maple	268	N/A
Acer griseum	Paperbark maple	218	97
*Acer negundo*	Boxelder	0	N/A
Acer palmatum	Japanese maple	72	6
Acer platanoides	Norway maple (seedling)	10	584
Acer platanoides cultivars	Norway maple selections	456	N/A
*Acer rubrum*	Red maple	75	344
Acer rubrum cultivars	Red maple selections	348	N/A
*Acer saccharinum*	Silver maple	0	0
Acer saccharinum cultivars	Silver maple selections	59	N/A
*Acer saccharum*	Sugar maple	0	310
Acer saccharum cultivars	Sugar maple selections	262	N/A
Acer saccharum nigrum	Black maple	125	119
Acer tataricum	Tatarian maple	N/A	366
*Acer truncatum*	Purpleblow maple	N/A	276
Aesculus × carnea	Ruby red horsechestnut	N/A	118
*Aesculus glabra*	Ohio buckeye	38	36
Aesculus hippocastanum	Common horsechestnut	N/A	111
*Aesculus octandra*	Yellow buckeye	25	31
*Alnus glutinosa*	European alder	120	101
*Amelanchier laevis*	Allegheny serviceberry	1039	307
*Amelanchier grandiflora*	Bigleaf serviceberry	N/A	235
*Asimina triloba*	Pawpaw	41	119
Betula alleghaniensis	Yellow birch	N/A	26
Betula nigra	River birch	70	108
Betula nigra cultivars	River birch selections	94	N/A
Betula papyrifera	Paper birch	N/A	1
Betula populifolia	Grey birch	N/A	1
*Carpinus betulus*	European hornbeam	210	429
Carpinus betulus cultivars	European hornbeam selections	276	N/A
*Carya cordiformis*	Bitternut hickory	62	28
*Castanea mollissima*	Chinese chestnut	0	4
Celtis laevigata	Sugar hackberry	30	139
Celtis occidentalis	American hackberry	57	12
*Celtis reticulata*	Netted hackberry	238	143
Cercidiphyllum japonicum	Japanese katsura	180	142
*Cercis canadensis*	Eastern redbud	27	158
*Chionanthus retusus*	Oriental fringetree	72	69
*Cladrastis kentukea*	American yellowwood	N/A	136
Cornus controversa	Pagoda dogwood	25	N/A
*Cornus drummondi*	Drummond grey dogwood	60	29
Cornus florida	Flowering dogwood	9	28
Cornus kousa	Kousa dogwood (northern seed source)	105	66
*Cornus mas*	Corneliancherry dogwood	132	82
*Corylus colurna*	Turkish filbert	318	296
*Cotinus obovatus*	American smoketree	N/A	22
Crataegus crus-galli var.inermis	Thornless cockspur hawthorn	205	265
Crataegus phaenopyrum	Washington hawthorn	10	45
Crataegus punctata ‘Ohio Pioneer’	Ohio pioneer dotted hawthorn	90	90
Crataegus viridis ‘Winter King’	Winter King green hawthorn	112	25
*Diospyros virginiana*	Common persimmon	30	96
Elaeagnus angustifolia	Russian-olive	0	70
*Eucommia ulmoides*	Hardy rubbertree	194	149
*Evodia daniellii*	Korean evodia	80	217
*Fagus grandifolia*	American beech	N/A	22
Fagus sylvatica	European beech	80	83
Fraxinus americana	White ash	30	547
Fraxinus americana cultivars	White ash selections	442	N/A
Fraxinus excelsior	European ash	80	70
Fraxinus pennsylvanica	Green ash	25	577
*F. pennsylvanica* cultivars	Green ash selections	529	N/A
*Fraxinus quadrangulata*	Blue ash	167	131
Ginkgo biloba	Ginkgo	344	220
Gleditsia triacanthos	Honeylocust	145	474
Gleditsia triacanthos cultivars	Thornless honeylocust selections	623	N/A
*Gymnocladus dioicus*	Kentucky coffeetree	140	102
*Halesia carolina*	Carolina silverbell	145	51
*Halesia monticola*	Mountain silverbell	N/A	25
*Koelreuteria paniculata*	Goldenraintree (cold-hardy source)	263	185
*Liquidambar styraciflua*	Sweetgum (cold-hardy source)	156	135
Liquidambar styraciflua cultivars	Sweetgum (hardy selections)	26	N/A
Liriodendron tulipifera	Tulip poplar	40	44
Maclura pomifera	Osage-orange (thornless males)	30	154
Magnolia grandiflora	Southern magnolia	N/A	2
*Magnolia acuminata*	Cucumbertree magnolia	92	137
Magnolia × loebneri	Loebner magnolia	47	0
Magnolia × soulangiana	Saucer magnolia	40	25
Magnolia stellata	Star magnolia	5	N/A
Malus species	Crabapples	70	792
Malus × cultivars	Disease-resistant crabapples	594	N/A
Metasequoia glyptostroboides	Dawn redwood	88	55
Morus alba	White mulberry	5	21
*Nyssa sylvatica*	Blackgum	199	302
*Ostrya virginiana*	American hophornbeam	278	149
Parrotia persica	Persian parrotia	N/A	40
*Phellodendron amurense*	Amur corktree	120	242
Platanus × acerifolia	London planetree	241	268
Platanus occidentalis	Sycamore	50	42
Populus × cultivars	Poplar selections and cultivars	N/A	0
Prunus padus	European bird cherry	0	N/A
Prunus sargentii	Sargent cherry	210	64
Prunus serotina	Wild black cherry	15	62
Prunus serrulata	Oriental cherry	150	31
*Ptelea trifoliata*	Waferash	59	20
*Pterocarya fraxinifolia*	Caucasian wingnut	35	5
*Pteroceltis tartarinowii*	Tartar wingceltis	30	0
*Pterostyrax hispida*	Fragrant epaulette tree	N/A	20
Pyrus calleryana	Callery pear	80	464
Pyrus calleryana cultivars	Callery pear selections	620	N/A
*Quercus acutissima*	Sawtooth oak (cold-hardy seed source)	155	189
*Quercus alba*	White oak	151	36
*Quercus bicolor*	Swamp white oak	163	59
*Quercus coccinea*	Scarlet oak	108	20
*Quercus imbricaria*	Shingle oak	156	169
*Quercus lyrata*	Overcup oak	N/A	20
*Quercus macrocarpa*	Bur oak	86	67
Quercus marilandica	Blackjack oak	N/A	20
*Quercus muehlenbergii*	Chinquapin oak	150	132
*Quercus palustris*	Pin oak (local seed source)	64	78
*Quercus prinus*	Chestnut oak	N/A	25
*Quercus robur*	English oak	160	92
Quercus robur ‘Fastigiata’	Upright English oak	55	N/A
*Quercus rubra*	Red oak (cold-hardy seed source)	96	130
*Quercus shumardii*	Shumard oak (cold-hardy seed source)	150	75
Quercus stellata	Post oak	N/A	90
Robinia pseudoacacia	Black locust	10	80
Salix babylonica	Weeping willow	N/A	20
*Sassafrass albidum*	Sassafrass	115	129
Sophora japonica	Japanese pagodatree (cold-hardy source)	98	51
Sorbus aucuparia	European mountainash	5	20
*Stewartia pseudocamellia*	Japanese stewartia	N/A	25
Syringa pekinensis	Pekin lilac	N/A	75
*Syringa reticulata*	Japanese tree lilac	587	377
*Taxodium distichum*	Baldcypress	143	169
Tilia americana	Basswood	80	145
Tilia americana cultivars	American linden selections	115	N/A
Tilia cordata	Littleleaf linden	378	310
Tilia cordata cultivars	Littleleaf linden selections	140	N/A
Tilia mongolica	Mongolian linden	30	30
Tilia tomentosa	Silver linden	75	292
Tilia tomentosa cultivars	Silver linden selections	161	N/A
Ulmus americana cultivars	DED-tolerant American elm	159	150
*Ulmus davidiana*	David elm	15	5
Ulmus parvifolia	Lacebark elm	443	253
Ulmus wilsoniana	Wilson elm	20	50
Ulmus × cultivars	Hybrid elm selections	120	115
*Viburnum lentago*	Nannyberry	142	5
Zelkova serrata	Japanese zelkova	65	125
Zelkova serrata cultivars	Japanese zelkova selections	220	N/A
Total requests from surveys		17,842	15,842

↵^zSpecies in bold have been grown successfully under the Ohio Production System (Struve and Rhodus 1990; Struve et al. 1994).
↵^ySpecies whose common names appear in bold were described in information packages provided to urban foresters prior to responding to the survey.
↵^xValues are the sum of the 25 urban foresters responding to the survey in 1995.
↵^wValues are the sum of the 29 urban foresters responding to the survey in 2000.