Street Tree List This list is provided as a quick referrence guide to check whether a tree is acceptable as a street tree in Denver. For a more detailed listing with descriptions of the trees, please download Denver Forestry's acceptable street tree list.   Botanical Name Common Name Acer campestre Hedge Maple Acer glabrum Rocky Mountain Maple Acer grandidentatum Bigtooth Maple Acer griseum Paperbark Maple Acer miyabei Miyabe Maple Acer nigrum Black Maple Acer pseudoplatanus Sycamore Maple Acer saccharum Sugar Maple Acer tataricum Tatarian Maple Acer triflorum Three-flower Maple Acer truncatum Shangtung Maple Aesculus flava Yellow Buckeye Aesculus glabra Ohio Buckeye Aesculus hippocastanum Common Horsechestnut Aesculus x carnea Red Horsechestnut Alnus cordata Italian Alder Alnus glutiosa Common (Black) Alder Amelanchier canadensis Shadblow Serviceberry Amelanchier x grandiflora Apple Serviceberry Carpinus betulus European Hornbeam Carpinus caroliniana American Hornbeam Carya glabra Pignut Hickory Carya ovata Shagbark Hickory Catalpa speciosa Northern Catalpa Celtis laevigata Sugar Hackberry Celtis reticulata Netleaf Hackberry Celtis occidentalis Common Hackberry Cercidiphyllum japonicum Katsuratree Cercis canadensis Eastern Redbud Corylus colurna Turkish Filbert Crataegus ambigua Russian Hawthorn Crataegus crus-galli inermis Thornless Cockspur Hawthorn Crataegus laevigata English Hawthorn Crataegus x mordensis Morden Hawthorn Eucommia ulmoides Hardy Rubber-tree Ginkgo biloba Ginkgo Gleditsia triacanthos inermis Thornless Honeylocust Gymnocladus dioicus Kentucky Coffeetree Koelreuteria paniculata Goldenraintree Liquidamber styraciflua Sweetgum Liriodendron tulipifera Tulip Tree Maackia amurensis Amur maackia Malus cv Crabapple Parrotia persica Persian Ironwood Phellodendron amurense Amur Corktree Phellodendron lavallei Lavalle Corktree Platanus occidentalis American Sycamore Platanus x acerifolia London Planetree Prunus cerasifera Purpleleaf Plum Prunus padus Mayday Tree Prunus serotina Black Cherry Prunus x fontanesiana DeFontaine's Cherry Pyrus calleryana Callery Pear Pyrus fauriei Fauriei Pear Quercus alba White Oak Quercus bicolor Swamp White Oak Quercus buckleyi Texas Red Oak Quercus imbricaria Shingle Oak Quercus lyrata Overcup Oak Quercus macrocarpa Bur Oak Quercus michauxii Swamp Chestnut Oak Quercus muehlenbergii Chinkapin Oak Quercus palustris Pin Oak Quercus prinus Chestnut Oak Quercus robur English Oak Quercus shumardii Shumard Oak Quercus velutina Black Oak Quercus x mazei Colorado Foothills Oak Robinia pseudoacacia Blacklocust Styphnolobium japonicum Japanese Pagodatree Syringa pekinensis Chinese Tree Lilac Syringa reticulata Japanese Tree Lilac Tilia americana American Linden Tilia cordata Littleleaf Linden Tilia mongolica Mongolian Linden Tilia tomentosa Silver Linden Ulmus americana American Elm Ulmus japonica Japanese Elm Ulmus parvifolia Lacebark Elm Ulmus x Hybrid Elms Viburnum prunifolium Blackhaw Viburnum Zelkova serrata Japanese Zelkova