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Recommended Tree Selections

The Vestavia Hills Tree Commission recommends the following trees for Vestavia Hills, Alabama.

The categories of tall, medium and small are approximate; the tree's age, variety and growing conditions all affect its height. For guidance on placing trees according to size, see Proper Places for Trees Around Homes.

The symbol to the left of the tree tells you which trees are noted for:
Flowering Flowers
Fall ColorFall color
EvergreenEvergreen foliage

TALL TREES

Trees that grow to at least 60 feet (20M)

Common Name Scientific Name
Fall Color American Beech Fagus grandifolia
Baldcypress Taxodium distichum
Fall Color Black Gum Nyssa sylvatica
Black Oak Quercus velutina
Evergreen Canadian Hemlock Tsuga canadensis
Chestnut Oak Quercus prinus
Evergreen Loblolly Pine Pinus taeda
Evergreen Longleaf Pine Pinus palustris
Maidenhair Tree Gingko biloba
Nuttal Oak Quercus nuttallii
Post Oak Quercus stellata
Overcup Oak Quercus lyrata
Red Maple Acer rubrum
River Birch Betula nigra
Sawtooth Oak Quercus acutissima
Fall Color Scarlet Oak Quercus coccinea
Fall Color Shumard's Red Oak Quercus shumardii
Southern Red Oak Quercus falcata
Swamp Chestnut Oak Quercus michauxii
Tulip Poplar Liriodendron tulipifera
Fall Color Water Oak Quercus nigra
White Ash Fraxinus americana
White Oak Quercus alba
Willow Oak Quercus phellos

MEDIUM TREES

Trees that grow to 40 feet (12 M) to 60 feet (20 M)

Common Name Scientific Name
Evergreen American Holly Ilex opaca
Chinese Elm Ulmus parvifolia
Chinkapin Oak Quercus muehlenbergii
Japanese Zelkova Zelkova serrata
Live Oak Quercus virginiana
Sassafras Sassafras albidum
Flowering Tree Silverbell Halesia carolina
Flowering Tree Southern Magnolia Magnolia grandiflora
Fall Color Southern Sugar Maple Acer barbatum
Fall Color Sugar Maple Acer saccharum
Black Walnut Juglans nigra
White Pine Pinus strobus

SMALL TREES

Trees that grow up to 20 feet (6 M)

Common Name Scientific Name
Chalk Maple Acer Leucoderme
Chinkapino Castanea pumelia
Flowering Tree Crabapple Malus spp.
Flowering Tree Crape-myrtle Lagerstroemia indica
Deciduous Holly Ilex decidua
Flowering TreeFall Color Dogwood Cornus florida
Flowering Tree Flowering Cherry Prunus spp.
Fringetree Chionanthus virginicus
Flowering Tree Hawthorn Crataegus spp.
Evergreen Holly Ilex spp.
Fall Color Japanese Maple Acer palmatum
Flowering Tree Kousa Dogwood Cornus kousa
Red Buckeye Aesculus pavia
Flowering Tree Redbud Cercis canadensis
Rusty Black Haw Viburnum rufidulum
Flowering Tree Saucer Magnolia Magnolia soulangiana
Fall Color Sourwood Oxydendrum  arboreum
Trident Maple Acer buergerianum

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