Recommended Street Trees
A healthy tree starts with selecting the correct type for your situation. Below is a listing of recommended street trees for Albany. You can sort using some of the columns by clicking on the column heading.
All Trees | Show only trees recommended for under powerlines
| Name | Cultivar | Height (ft.) | Width (ft.) | Planting Strip Width (ft.) |  | Comments | ||
| 6'+ | 6'-4' | 4'-3' | ||||||
| Ash, Flowering Fraxinus ornus | 30 | 15 | X | X | X | X | Summer flowering | |
| Ash, Golden Desert Fraxinus oxycarpa | Aureafolia | 20 | 18 | X | X | X | X | Relatively horizontal branch structure |
| Beech, Tricolor Fagus sylvatica | Purpurea Tricolor | 30 | 20 | X | X | X | X | Difficult to establish. Slow growing. Good canopy tree. |
| Box elder Acer negundo | Flamingo | 20 | 15 | X | X | X | X | Male selection |
| Cherry Prunus x hillieri | Cascade Snow | 25 | 20 | X | X | X | X | White flowers, upright growth, disease resistant |
| Cherry Prunus serrulata | Kwanzan | 30 | 20 | X | X | X | Upright growth habit, pink flower | |
| Cherry Prunus incisa x campanulata | Okame | 25 | 20 | X | X | X | X | Pink flower |
| Cherry Prunus serrulata | Royal Burgundy | 20 | 15 | X | X | X | X | Red foliage, pink flower |
| Cherry Prunus x hillieri | Spire | 30 | 10 | X | X | X | X | Columnar, good for tight spaces |
| Cherry, Sargent Prunus sargentii | 30 | 30 | X | X | X | Pink flower, good fall color | ||
| Crabapple Malus sp. | Centurion | 20 | 15 | X | X | X | X | Red flowers, upright growth |
| Crabapple Malus sp. | Prairifire | 20 | 20 | X | X | X | X | Very pink flowers, red fruit |
| Crabapple Malus sp. | Professor Sprenger | 20 | 20 | X | X | X | X | White flowers, upright branching |
| Crabapple Malus sp. | Red Jewel | 15 | 12 | X | X | X | X | Very red persistent fruit, white flowers |
| Crabapple Malus sp. | Sentinel | 20 | 12 | X | X | X | X | Pink to white flowers, very columnar |
| Crabapple Malus sp. | Snowdrift | 20 | 20 | X | X | X | X | White flowers, round growth habit |
| Crabapple Malus sp. | Sugar Tyme | 15 | 15 | X | X | X | X | Very good for disease resistance, white flowers |
| Crabapple, Flowering Malus sp. | Adirondack | 18 | 10 | X | X | X | X | Good columnar variety, good disease resistance |
| Dogwood, Kousa Cornus kousa | Many cultivars | 20 | 20 | X | X | X | X | Low branching, the kousa hybrid selections are the best choices, Constellation, Aurora, and Stellar Pink. All are resistant to anthracnose. |
| Dogwood, Pink Cornus florida | Pink Flowering Dogwood | 20 | 20 | X | X | X | X | Low branching, susceptible to anthracnose infections. |
| Goldenrain Koelreuteria paniculata | 30 | 30 | X | X | X | Beautiful yellow flowering tree, very adaptable | ||
| Hawthorn, Paul's Scarlet Crateagus laevigata | Paul's Scarlet | 25 | 20 | X | X | X | X | Scarlet flower, hardy tree |
| Hawthorn, Washington Crataegus phaenopyrum | 25 | 20 | X | X | X | X | Orange fruit | |
| Hornbeam, American Carpinus caroliniana | 25 | 20 | X | X | X | X | Difficult to transplant, dig in spring | |
| Lilac, Japanese Tree Syringa reticulata | Ivory Silk | 20 | 15 | X | X | X | X | All Japanese Lilac are susceptible to bacterial blight, caution |
| Magnolia hybrid Magnolia hybrids | Galaxy | 30 | 15 | X | X | X | X | A bit messy when flowers drop off |
| Magnolia hybrid Magnolia hybrids | Merril | 25 | 25 | X | X | X | Yellow fall color, large white flower | |
| Magnolia, Star Magnolia stellata | cultivars are rare | 15 | 10 | X | X | X | X | Tree form stellata, difficult to find. |
| Maple Acer ginnala | Flame | 20 | 20 | X | X | X | X | Great fall color, but variable growth habit and lots of seeds |
| Maple Acer campestre | Hedge | 30 | 30 | X | X | X | A tough tree with corky bark | |
| Maple Acer griseum | Paperbark | 25 | 20 | X | X | X | X | Great bark, leaves in summer and fall |
| Maple Acer buergeranum | Trident | 20 | 20 | X | X | X | X | Lovely fall color |
| Maple, Norway Acer platanoides | Crimson Sentry | 25 | 15 | X | X | X | X | Great tree, most resistant to trunk scald of Norways |
| Maple, Norway Acer platanoides | Globosum | 15 | 18 | X | X | X | X | The original lollipop tree, best in very formal situations, can block vision if branched too low |
| Pear, Callery Pyrus calleryana | Autumn Blaze | 30 | 25 | X | X | X | Many nurseries reluctant to grow due to horizontal branch habit causing major shipping and handling breakage problems. | |
| Persian Parrotia Parrotia persica | 30 | 20 | X | X | X | X | Excellent, many fine attributes…bark, fall color | |
| Pistachio, Chinese Pistachio | 30 | 25 | X | X | X | A very good urban tree, although hard to find | ||
| Redbud, Eastern Cercis canadensis | several cultivars | 25 | 30 | X | X | X | X | Beautiful small flowering tree, but can experience a lot of branch breakage, die back, and is susceptible to Verticillium |
| Serviceberry Amelanchier laevis | 25 | 15 | X | X | X | X | More resistant to rust, native. | |
| Snowbell Styrax japonica | 25 | 25 | X | X | X | X | Beautiful small tree, early summer flowers | |
| Sourwood Oxydendrum arboreum | 20 | 15 | X | X | X | X | Temperamental tree, difficult to establish | |
| Stewartia, Japanese Stewartia pseudocamellia | 30 | 20 | X | X | X | X | Great tree with white camellia-like flowers and red fall color | |
| Yellowwood Cladrastis kentukea | cultivars rare | 30 | 40 | X | X | X | White and fragrant flowers | |
