Trees and urban greening

Public Trees

Residents who have received a notice that they will be receiving a public tree are invited to make their selection from the following:

*Please note that small deployment trees are reserved only for residences with medium tension voltage lines.

Photo	Species (name)	Autumn Leaf Color	Flowers	Size (deployment)	Growth Rate	Type	Notes
	Amur maple	Red	No	Small	Average	Deciduous	Beautiful fall colours and hardy.
	Canadian serviceberry	Red	Yes	Small	Average	Deciduous	Beautiful fall colours and flowers, hardy.
	Allegheny serviceberry	Red	Yes	Small	Average	Deciduous	Very beautiful spring flowering.
	Musclewood	Red	No	Small	Slow	Deciduous	Attracts butterflies and has a unique bark.
	Eastern redbud	Yellow	Yes	Small	Slow	Deciduous	Magnificent flowering.
	Amur maackia	Yellow	Yes	Small	Average	Deciduous	Fragrant flowers, similar to the Japanese lilac.
	Colorado fir	Green	No	Medium	Slow	Conifer	Resistant of urban stresses.
	Maple “autumn blaze”	Red	No	Medium	Fast	Deciduous	Magnificent fall colours. Resistant to urban stresses.
	Hackberry	Yellow	No	Medium	Average	Deciduous	Resistant to urban stresses.
	Hackberry “prairie sentinel”	Yellow	No	Medium	Average	Deciduous	Columnar form, resistant to urban stresses.
	Yellowwood	Yellow	Yes	Medium	Average	Deciduous	Beautiful flowers and a unique tree for Montreal.
	Maidenhair tree	Yellow	No	Medium	Slow	Deciduous	Unique leaf and turns yellow in the fall. Ancient tree historically.
	Honeylocust “northern acclaim”	Yellow	No	Medium	Average	Deciduous	Resistant to urban stresses.
	Honeylocust “shademaster”	Yellow	No	Medium	Average	Deciduous	Resistant to urban stresses.
	Honeylocust “street keeper”	Yellow	No	Medium	Average	Deciduous	Columnar form, resistant to urban stresses.
	Kentucky coffee tree “espresso”	Yellow	No	Medium	Slow	Deciduous	Resistant to urban stresses, no fruit variety.
	American sweetgum	Red	No	Medium	Fast	Deciduous	Fantastic fall colours.
	Black tupelo/gum	Red	No	Medium	Average	Deciduous	Magnificent fall colours, unique tree overall.
	Ironwood	Orange	Yes	Medium	Slow	Deciduous	Yellow leaves in the fall.
	Colorado Spruce	Green	No	Medium	Average	Conifer	Hardy conifer, well rounded tree.
	Scots pine	Green	No	Medium	Average	Conifer	Unique conifer with orange bark on the stem and branches.
	London plane	Yellow	No	Medium	Fast	Deciduous	Unique tree, rare for Montreal.
	English oak “columnar”	Red	No	Medium	Fast	Deciduous	Columnar form.
	American basswood “redmond”	Yellow	Yes	Medium	Fast	Deciduous	Beautiful flowers.
	European linden “glenleven”	Yellow	Yes	Medium	Fast	Deciduous	Beautiful flowers.
	Silver linden	Yellow	Yes	Medium	Fast	Deciduous	Beautiful flowers.
	Sugar maple	Red	No	Large	Slow	Deciduous	Magnificent fall colours, indigenous to Quebec.
	Catalpa	Yellow	Yes	Large	Fast	Deciduous	Big unique leaf and beautiful flowers.
	Black walnut	Yellow	No	Large	Fast	Deciduous	Unique tree and indigenous to Quebec. Resistant to urban stresses.
	Eastern larch/tamarack	Yellow	No	Large	Average	Conifer	Loses its soft needles in the fall, yellow in the fall. Very hardy.
	Tulip tree	Yellow	Yes	Large	Average	Deciduous	Nice flowers and leaf.
	Norway spruce	Green	No	Large	Fast	Conifer	Big conifer.
	Eastern white pine	Green	No	Large	Fast	Conifer	Big conifer, indigenous to Quebec.
	American sycamore	Brown	No	Large	Average	Deciduous	Large tree with unique bark, resistant to urban stresses.
	White oak	Red	No	Large	Average	Deciduous	Red-purple foliage in the fall, long-lived species.
	Swamp white oak	Red	No	Large	Slow	Deciduous	Long-lived species, resistant to urban stresses.
	Bur oak	Red	No	Large	Slow	Deciduous	Beautiful tree in the winter, long-lived species.
	Pin oak	Red	No	Large	Average	Deciduous	Similar to the red oak, more resilient.
	Elm “valley forge”	Yellow	No	Large	Fast	Deciduous	Resistant to urban stresses.
	Elm “accolade”	Yellow	No	Large	Fast	Deciduous	Resistant to urban stresses.

Public Trees 2022 (PDF)