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<br />COMMON NAME <br /> <br />BOTANICAL NAME <br /> <br />WATER <br />REQ, <br /> <br />MTCE. AESTHETIC <br />REQ, CHARACTER <br /> <br />PROBLEMS- <br />COMMENTS <br /> <br />DECIDUOUS TREES <br /> <br />Boxsldsr <br /> <br />Western Catalpa <br /> <br />Common Hackberry <br /> <br />Acer negundo <br /> <br />Catalpa speciosa <br /> <br />Celtis occidentalis <br /> <br />L <br /> <br />VL-L.M <br /> <br />NOTE: Crossover species; tolerant of all three irrigation levels <br /> <br />Eastern Redbud <br /> <br />Russian Hawthorne <br /> <br />Cockspur Hawthorne <br /> <br />Cercis canadensis <br /> <br />Crataegus ambigua <br /> <br />Crataegus crus-galli <br /> <br />L <br /> <br />VL-L <br /> <br />L-M <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br />Boulder beelles; brinle wood;suckers; <br />becomes straggly without annual .. <br />pruning; drought reslstanr;hardy on poor <br />sites but prefers well-drained shes; <br />most agresslve of maples In maintaining <br />hseK under unfavorable conditions; fast <br />growing, but short lived. <br /> <br />J:igjgbt: 40-50' Rapid growth;heat and drought tolerant;good <br />Flowers: showy whhe flowers In mid- for windbreaks <br />June;cigar-Iike pods from fall into winter <br />Fall Color: Yellow <br />I:lill: Tall, narrow, pyramidal form <br /> <br />J:igjgbt: 50-75' <br />Fall Color: dull pale yellow <br />I:lill: widespreading, rarher <br />open, Irregular form <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />1:Wlb1: 30-50' <br />FaH color: Yellow <br />.J::IlIbi1: Round-topped, branches <br />spreading and sometimes pen- <br />dulous;straighttrunk <br /> <br />One of the hardiest trees for the Rocky <br />Mountain area; Drought resistant; <br />toleratesalkaline soils; subjeclto crown <br />galls <br /> <br />J:igjgbt: 20-30' Slow growth;good accent tree <br />Flowers: clusters of pink flowers in <br />mid-May, followed by smal pea pods <br />Fall Color: ye/Iow;pea pods rurn red- <br />bronze In fall-winter <br />I:lill: slender, graceful, irregular <br />form;;ascending branches form a <br />spreading crown <br /> <br />lW9b1: 15-25' <br />Flowers: large white spring flowers <br />Fall Color: scarlet; red fruit remains <br />on most of winter <br />I:lill: Vase-shaped habh with a <br />twisting characteristic of a handsome tree <br /> <br />Thorns can 'collect' trash; hardy, <br />drought tolerant; good for hedges <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />J:igjgbt: 25-30' <br />Flowers: large whhe spring flowers <br />Fall Color: orange to scarlet; <br />red fruh in the fall <br />I:lill: rounded crown, wide-spreading <br />and densely branched <br /> <br />Thorns can 'collect' trash <br />hardy; drought tolerant <br /> <br />25. <br />