Performance of shade trees in New England Hurricane 1938 in descending order of resistance (from Chadwick, 1939).
| Name and comments |
|---|
| Ginkgo blloba, ginkgo |
| Liquidambar styraciflua, sweetgum |
| Fagus grandiflora, American beech |
| Gleditsia triacanthos, honeylocust |
| Platanus occidentalis, sycamore, broken limbs. |
| Quercus coccinea, scarlet oak |
| Quercus palustris, pin oak |
| Quercus alba, white oak, uprooted in woods |
| Acer platanoides, Norway maple, little damage |
| Robinia pseudoacacia, black locust, windthrown |
| Aesculus glabra, Ohio buckeye, broken limbs and trunk |
| Ulmus pumila, Chinese elm, severe limb breakage |
| Liriodendron tulipitera, poplar, broken limbs, windthrown |
| Fraxanus americana, white ash, windthrown |
| Acer rubrum, red maple, severe breakage |
| Aesculus hippocastanum, horse chestnut, broken limbs |
| Acer saccharum, sugar maple, windthrown, breakage |
| Salix spp., willow, windthrown, breakage |
| Ulmus americana, American elm, windthrown, split crotches |
| Acer saccharinum, silver maple, severe breakage, windthrown |