Table 1

Table 1. Relative Rating for Eight Factors of Selection of Trees
Legend: ++ excellent + good - poor -- very poor
Common Name	Scientific Name	Freedom from Insect Pests	Freedom from Disease Problems	Resistance to Storm Drainage	Will Grow on Poorly Drained Soil	Will Grow in Hot Dry Areas	Easy to Transplant	Withstand City Conditions
Norway maple*	Acer platanoides	+	+	+	-	-	+	+
Red maple	Acer rubrum	+	+	-	++	-	+	-
Sugar maple	Acer saccharum	-	-	+	-	-	+	--
Silver maple	Acer saccharinum	+	+	--	++	-	+	-
Horse chestnut	Aesculus hippocastanum	+	+	-	-	-	-	-
Green ash	Fraxinus pennsylvanica	--	+	+	+	++	+	+
White ash	Fraxinus americana	--	+	+	+	-	+	+
Honey locust	Gleditsia triacanthos	--	+	+	+	++	+	+
Sweet gum	Liquidambar styraciflua	+	-	+	++	-	-	+
Tuliptree	Liriodendron tulipifera	+	+	-	--	--	-	+
Sycamore	Platanus occidentalis	+	--	+	++	+	+	+
White oak	Quescus alba	+	++	++	-	++	--	+
Red oak	Quercus rubra	+	+	++	+	+	-	+
Pin oak	Quercus palustris	+	+	++	+	-	+	+
Chinese pistache	Pistacia chinensis	++	++	+	+	++	++	++
Bald cypress	Taxodium distichum	++	++	+	++	+	--	+
River birch	Betula nigra	+	++	+	++	-	+	+
European white birch	Betula pendula	--	+	+	+	-	+	-
Yellowwood	Cladrastis lutea	++	++	+	-	+	--	+
Ginkgo	Ginkgo biloba	++	++	++	-	+	+	++
Black gum	Nyssa sylvatica	++	++	+	+	-	--	-
Japanese pagodatree	Sophora japonica	++	+	+	-	+	+	++
Linden	Tilia sp.	+	+	+	-	+	+	++
Japanese zelkova	Zelkova serrata	+	+	+	+	+	+	++
Amur maple	Acer ginnala	+	+	+	+	++	++	++
Lacebark elm	Ulmus parvifolia	++	++	++	+	++	++	++
Japanese maple	Acer 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.