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Table 1

Table 1. Relative Rating for Eight Factors of Selection of Trees
Legend:   ++ excellent    + good    - poor    -- very poor
Common NameScientific NameFreedom from Insect PestsFreedom from Disease ProblemsResistance to Storm DrainageWill Grow on Poorly Drained SoilWill Grow in Hot Dry AreasEasy to TransplantWithstand City Conditions
Norway maple*Acer platanoides+++--++
Red mapleAcer rubrum++-++-+-
Sugar mapleAcer saccharum--+--+--
Silver mapleAcer saccharinum++--++-+-
Horse chestnutAesculus hippocastanum++-----
Green ashFraxinus pennsylvanica--+++++++
White ashFraxinus americana--+++-++
Honey locustGleditsia triacanthos--+++++++
Sweet gumLiquidambar styraciflua+-+++--+
TuliptreeLiriodendron tulipifera++------+
SycamorePlatanus occidentalis+--++++++
White oakQuescus alba+++++-++--+
Red oakQuercus rubra++++++-+
Pin oakQuercus palustris+++++-++
Chinese pistachePistacia chinensis++++++++++++
Bald cypressTaxodium distichum++++++++--+
River birchBetula nigra++++++-++
European white birchBetula pendula--+++-+-
YellowwoodCladrastis lutea+++++-+--+
GinkgoGinkgo biloba++++++-++++
Black gumNyssa sylvatica++++++----
Japanese pagodatreeSophora japonica++++-++++
LindenTilia sp.+++-++++
Japanese zelkovaZelkova serrata++++++++
Amur mapleAcer ginnala++++++++++
Lacebark elmUlmus parvifolia+++++++++++++
Japanese mapleAcer palmatum+++---+-
Your local nursery will probably not stock all of the species included in this list. However, they will generally be able to obtain a specimen for you if given enough time.
*Though commonly available, this plant is considered to be an invasive alien species.