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Plant Species : <br /> The following is a list of recommended tree and shrub species for use in Economic Development Districts : <br /> Large Deciduous Trees Small Deciduous Trees <br /> Scientific Name Common Name Scientific Name Common Name <br /> Acer Rubrum Red Maple Pyrus calleryana Bradford Callery Pear <br /> Quercus phellos Willow Oak Lagerstroemia indica Crape Maple <br /> Liquidambar styraciflua Sweet Gum Betula algra River Birch <br /> Ulmus americana American Elm Cornus florida Flowering Dogwood <br /> Platanus occidentalis Sycamore Malus hybrids Flowering Crabapple <br /> Acer saccharinum Silver Maple Prunus cerasifera Purple Leaf Plum <br /> Atropurpurea ' <br /> Salix babylonica Weeping Willow Prunus serrulata Japanese Cherry <br /> Fraxinus americana White Ash Acer palmatum Japanese Maple <br /> Quercus coccinea Scarlet Oak Cupressus sempervirens Leyland Cypress <br /> Gleditsia triancanthos Honeylocust Albizia julibrissin Mimosa <br /> Acer saccharum Sugar Maple <br /> Zelkova serrata Japanese Zelkova Small Evergreen Trees <br /> Scientific Name Common Name <br /> Large Evergreen Trees Prunus caroliniana Carolina Cherry Laurel <br /> Scientific Name Common Name Ilex opaca ' Savannah Savannah Holly <br /> Pinus taeda Loblolly Pine <br /> Juniperus virginiana Eastern Red Cedar Deciduous Shrubs 6A2 feet <br /> Magnolia grandiflora Southern Magnolia Scientific Name Common Name <br /> Pinus strobus White Pine Cortaderia selloana Pampras Grass <br /> Cedrus deodara Deodar Cedar Forsythia intermedia Border Forsythia <br /> Tsuga canadenis Canadian Hemlock Euonymus alatus Winged Euonymus <br /> Viburnum dilatatum , Linden Viburnum <br /> Evergreen Shrubs 6 .12 feet <br /> Scientific Name Common Name Deciduous Shrubs 4-6 feet <br /> Myrica cerifera Wax Myrtle Scientific Name Common Name <br /> Photinia glabra Red Tip Photinia Berberis thunbergil Japanese Barberry <br /> Osmanthus fortunei Fortune Tea Olive Spiraea cantoniensis Reeves Spirea <br /> Ligustrum japonicum Japanese Privet Hamamelis vernalis Vernal Witch Hazel <br /> Ligustrum lucidum Glossy Rivet <br /> Ilex cornuta " Burfordi " Burford Holly Evergreen Shrubs 4 -6 feet <br /> Prunus laurocerasus English Laurel Scientific Name Common Name <br /> Cleyera japonica Cleyera Ilex cornuta ' burfordii Nana ' Dwarf Burford Holly <br /> Ilex cornuta Chinese Holly Juniperus chinensis pfitzeriana Pfitzer Juniper <br /> Camellia sasanqua Sasanqua Camellia Abelia grandiflora Glossy Abelia <br /> Ilex vomitoria Vaupon Holly Ilex crenate ' Hetzi ' Hetzi Japanese Holly <br /> Osmanthus heterophylls Holly Osmanthus Prunus laurocerasus English Laurel <br /> augustifolia <br /> Elaeagnus pungens Thorny Elaeagnus Nandina domestica Nandina <br /> Ligustrum senense " Variegata " Varigated Privet Aucuba japonica Japanese Aucuba <br /> Fatsia japonica Japanese Fatsia <br /> Evergreen Shrubs 14 feet Gardenia jasminoides Cape Jasmine <br /> Scientific Name Common Name. Rhododendron hybrida Hybrid Rhododendron <br /> Juniperus horizontalis Parsons Juniper Ilex crenata ' Rotundifloia ' Roundleaf Japanese Holly <br /> ' Parsons ' <br /> Ilex vomitoria ' Nana ' Dwarf Vaupon Holly <br /> Juniperus horizontalis Andorra Juniper' Plumosa ' Deciduous Shrubs <br /> Azalea obtusum Kurume Azalea Scientific Name Common Name <br /> Nandina domestica ` Nana ' Dwarf Nandina Euonymus alatus ' Compaactus ' Dwarf Winged <br /> Ilex cornuta ' Rotunda ' Dwarf Horned Holly Euonymus Hydrangea Snowhill Hydrangea <br /> arborescens ' Grandflora ' <br /> Chamaecyparis obtusa ' Nana Dwarf Hinoki Cyress <br /> Gracillis ' <br /> Ilex crenata ' Helleri ' Dwarf Hinoki Cyress <br /> Ilex crenata ' Stokes ' Stokes Japanese Holly <br /> Pinus mugo ' Compacta ' Mugo Pine <br /> Yucca filamentosa Adam ' s Needle Yucca <br /> Juniperus chinensis pfitzriana Dwarf Pfitzer Juniper <br /> ' Nana ' <br /> Leucothoe fontanesiana Drooping Leucothoe <br />