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.

American hop hornbeam

Ostrya virginiana

Bald cypress

Taxodium distichum

Bur oak

Quercus macrocarpa

Chestnut leaf oak

Quercus castaneifolia

Chinese flame tree

Koelreuteria bipinnata

Chinese fringe tree

Chionanthus retusus

Chinese pistache

Pistacia chinensis

Columnar red maple

Acer × freemanii ‘Armstrong’

Columnar zelkova

Zelkova serrata ‘Musashino’

Eastern redbud

Cercis canadensis

Emerald Sunshine elm

Ulmus propinqua ‘JFS-Bieberich’

European hackberry

Celtis australis

European hornbeam

Carpinus betulus ‘Fastigiata’

Fig

Ficus carica

Frontier elm

Ulmus ‘Frontier’

Ginkgo

Ginkgo biloba ‘Autumn Gold’

Goldenrain tree

Koelreuteria paniculata

Hedge maple

Acer campestre

Japanese crabapple

Malus floribunda

Japanese snowbell

Styrax japonicus

Kentucky coffeetree

Gymnocladus dioicus ‘Espresso’

Littleleaf linden

Tilia cordata ‘Greenspire’

London plane

Platanus × acerifolia

Oregon ash

Fraxinus latifolia

Persian ironwood

Parrotia persica ‘Vanessa’

Persimmon

Diospyros kaki ‘Fuyu’

Pomegranate

Punica granatum ‘Wonderful’

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’

River birch

Betula nigra ‘Dura-Heat’

Saucer magnolia

Magnolia × soulangeana

Sawleaf zelkova

Zelkova serrata

Scarlet oak

Quercus coccinea

Shantung maple

Acer truncatum

Shumard oak

Quercus shumardii

Silver linden

Tilia tomentosa ‘Sterling’

Spring Snow crabapple

Malus ‘Spring Snow’

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’