Shady 80

Recommended trees for a cooler Sacramento region

It's important to plant the right tree in the right place. Use this catalog to help narrow down your tree selection. This list includes over 80 of the best trees for the Sacramento region — trees that will thrive in our climate and soil, that are ideal for urban and suburban areas, and that are relatively free of serious pests and diseases.

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Download our list of recommended trees. Please note that some information, especially regarding tree availability, is subject to change.

Afghan pine

Pinus eldarica

Aleppo pine

Pinus halepensis

American hop hornbeam

Ostrya virginiana

Arizona cypress

Hesperocyparis arizonica

Australian willow

Geijera parviflora

Austrian black pine

Pinus nigra

Bald cypress

Taxodium distichum

Blue atlas cedar

Cedrus atlantica ‘Glauca’

Blue oak

Quercus douglasii

Bottle tree

Brachychiton populneus

Bronze loquat

Eriobotrya deflexa

Bubba desert willow

Chilopsis linearis ‘Bubba’

Bur oak

Quercus macrocarpa

California bay laurel

Umbellularia californica

California buckeye

Aesculus californica

California sycamore

Platanus racemosa

Camphor

Camphora officinarum

Canary Island pine

Pinus canariensis

Carob tree

Ceratonia siliqua

Chaste tree

Vitex agnus-castus

Chestnut leaf oak

Quercus castaneifolia

Chinese flame tree

Koelreuteria bipinnata

Chinese fringe tree

Chionanthus retusus

Chinese pistache

Pistacia chinensis

Coast live oak

Quercus agrifolia

Columnar red maple

Acer × freemanii ‘Armstrong’

Columnar zelkova

Zelkova serrata ‘Musashino’

Cork oak

Quercus suber

Deodar cedar

Cedrus deodara

Desert Museum palo verde

Parkinsonia × ‘Desert Museum’

Dwarf Southern magnolia

Magnolia grandiflora

Eastern redbud

Cercis canadensis

Emerald Sunshine elm

Ulmus propinqua ‘JFS-Bieberich’

European hackberry

Celtis australis

European hornbeam

Carpinus betulus ‘Fastigiata’

Evergreen pear

Pyrus kawakamii

Fern pine

Afrocarpus gracilior

Fig

Ficus carica

Frontier elm

Ulmus ‘Frontier’

Fruitless olive

Olea europaea

Ginkgo

Ginkgo biloba ‘Autumn Gold’

Goldenrain tree

Koelreuteria paniculata

Hedge maple

Acer campestre

Holly oak

Quercus ilex

Incense cedar

Calocedrus decurrens

Interior live oak

Quercus wislizeni

Italian stone pine

Pinus pinea

Japanese crabapple

Malus floribunda

Japanese snowbell

Styrax japonicus

Jeffrey pine

Pinus jeffreyi

Kentucky coffeetree

Gymnocladus dioicus ‘Espresso’

Littleleaf linden

Tilia cordata ‘Greenspire’

London plane

Platanus × acerifolia

Loquat

Eriobotrya japonica

Oregon ash

Fraxinus latifolia

Pepper tree

Schinus molle

Persian ironwood

Parrotia persica ‘Vanessa’

Persimmon

Diospyros kaki ‘Fuyu’

Pineapple guava

Feijoa sellowiana

Pomegranate

Punica granatum ‘Wonderful’

Ponderosa pine

Pinus ponderosa

Prairifire crabapple

Malus ‘Prairifire’

Princeton Sentry ginkgo

Ginkgo biloba ‘Princeton Sentry’

Prospector elm

Ulmus ‘Prospector’

Red maple

Acer rubrum

Red oak

Quercus rubra

Red Push pistache

Pistacia × ‘Red Push’

Red tip photinia

Photinia × fraseri

River birch

Betula nigra ‘Dura-Heat’

Saucer magnolia

Magnolia × soulangeana

Sawleaf zelkova

Zelkova serrata

Scarlet oak

Quercus coccinea

Shantung maple

Acer truncatum

Shiny xylosma

Xylosma congestum

Shoestring acacia

Acacia stenophylla

Shumard oak

Quercus shumardii

Silver linden

Tilia tomentosa ‘Sterling’

Southern live oak

Quercus virginiana

Southern magnolia

Magnolia grandiflora

Spring Snow crabapple

Malus ‘Spring Snow’

Strawberry tree

Arbutus ‘Marina’

Sweet bay laurel

Laurus nobilis

Texas red oak

Quercus buckleyi

Trident maple

Acer buergerianum

Triumph elm

Ulmus ‘Morton Glossy’

Tulip tree

Liriodendron tulipfera

Tupelo

Nyssa sylvatica

Turkey oak

Quercus cerris

Upright English oak

Quercus robur ‘Fastigiata’

Valley oak

Quercus lobata

Washington hawthorn

Crataegus phaenopyrum

Western redbud

Cercis occidentalis

Willow oak

Quercus phellos

Wireless zelkova

Zelkova serrata ‘Wireless’

Yellow Bird magnolia

Magnolia × ‘Yellow Bird’