Mid-Story/Mid-Canopy Trees
MID-STORY/MID-CANOPY TREES (approx. 900 sq. ft. of canopy at maturity): Mid-canopy trees generally reach a diameter-at-breast-height (DBH) of 10 - 25 inches and a height of 30 - 60 feet when fully grown. Per the tree ordinance, to get recompense credit in Atlanta, GA, the spacing requirement for planting is a minimum of 25 feet on center, between both existing and replacement trees.
- *Maple, Chalk Acer leucoderme
- *Maple, Red Acer rubrum
- *Maple, Southern Sugar Acer barbatum
- *Mulberry, Red Morus rubra
- *Oak, Chinkapin Quercus myehlenbergi
- *Oak, Georgia Quercus georgiana
- Oak, Laurel Quercus laruifolia
- Oak, English Quercus robur
- *Persimmon, Common Diospyros virginiana
- Poplar, Lombardy Popuus nigra var.italica
- Poplar, White Populus alba
- *River Birch Betula nigra
- *Willow, Black Salix nigra
- *Yellowwood, American Cladrastis kentukea
- *American Hophornbeam Ostrya virginiana
- Baldcypress Taxodium distichum
- *Blackgum (Tupelo) Nyssa sylvatica
- Buckeye, Red Aesculus pavia
- Dawn Redwood Metasequoia glyptostroboides
- Elm, Chinese (Lace Bark) Ulmus parvifolia
- Elm, Siberian Ulmus pumila
- *Hophornbeam Ostrya virginiana
- *Hornbeam, American. (Ironwood)
- Carpinus Caroilniana
- Hornbeam, European Carpinus betulus
- Japanese Pagodatree Sophora japonica
* Asterisk denotes that the tree is native to the Piedmont region of Georgia (which includes Atlanta).
