| Trees for heavy clay soils. Below is a list a trees for clay soils in Kentucky. This is part of a list that was compiled by Mike Klahr, Boone County Extension Agent for Horticulture. You will find that these trees do well in clay soils because they tend to develop shallow root systems. This can cause them to be invasive if planting beds are put in their root zones.
Acer campestre, Hedge Maple Acer ginnala, Amur Maple Acer griseum, Paperbark Maple Acer nigrum, Black Maple Acer platanoides, Norway Maple Acer pseudoplatanoides, Planetree Maple Acer rubrum, Red Maple Acer saccharinum ‘Silver Queen’, Silver Maple Acer x fremanii, ‘Armstrong’, Red-Silver Maple Alnus glutinosa, European Alder Alnus rogosa, Speckled Alder Amelanchier arborea, Downy Serviceberry Amelanchier laevis, Allegheny Juneberry Amelanchier species, Serviceberry Betula nigra, River Birch Betula nigra ‘Heritage’, River Birch Carpinus betulus, European Hornbeam Carpinus caroliniana, American Hornbeam Carya glabra, Pignut Hickory Carya ovata, Shagbark Hickory Carya tomentosa, Mockernut Hickory Catalpa species, Catalpa Celtis laevigata, Sugar Hackberry Celtis occidentalis, Common Hackberry Cercis canadensis, Eastern Redbud Chamaecyparis species, Falsecypress Chionanthus virginicus, White Fringetree Cornus mas, Corneliancherry Dogwood Cotinus species, Smoketree Crateagus crusgalli, Cockspur Hawthorn Crataegus mollis, Downy Hawthorn Crataegus nitida, Glossy Hawthorn Crataegus phaenopyrum, Washington Hawthorn Crataegus punctata, Thicket Hawthorn Crataegus viridis ‘Winter King’, Winter King Hawthorn Diospyros virginiana, Persimmon Eucommia ulmoides, Hardy Rubber Tree Evodia daniellii, Korean Evodia Faxinus americana, White Ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica, Green Ash Fraxinus quadrangulata, Blue Ash Ginko biloba, Ginko Gleditsia triacanthos inermis, Thornless Honeylocust Gymnocladus dioicus, Kentucky Coffeetree Hovenia dulcis, Japanese Raisintree Ilex decidua, Possumhaw Ilex pedunculosa, Longstalk Holly Juniperus virginiana, Eastern Red Cedar Koelreuteria paniculata, Goldenraintree Larix species, Larch Liquidambar styraciflua, American Sweetgum Liriodendron tulipfera, Tuliptree Maackia amurensis, Amur Maackia Maclura pomifera, Oasage-orange Magnolia grandiflora, Southern Magnolia Magnolia virginiana, Sweetbay Magnolia Malus species, Flowering Crabapple Nyssa sylvatica, Black-gum Ostrya virginiana, American Hophornbeam (Ironwood) Phellodendron amurense, amur Corktree Picea abies, Norway Spruce Picea glauca, White Spruce Picea glauca densata, Black Hills Spruce Picea omorika, Serbian Spruce Picea pungens glauca, Colorado Blue Spruce Pinus flexilis, Limber Pine Pinus ponderosa, Ponderosa Pine Platanus occidentalis, Sycamore Platanus x acerifolia, London Planetree Populus tremuloides, Quaking Aspen Ptelea trifoliata, Hoptree Pyrus calleryana, Callery Pears Quercus acutissima, Sawtooth Oak Quercus alba, White Oak Quercus bicolor, Swamp White Oak Quercus coccinea, Scarlet Oak Quercus macrocarpa, Bur Oak Quercus muehlenbergii, Chinkapin Oak Quercus nigra, Water Oak Quercus palustris, Pin Oak Quercus shumardii, Shumard Oak Rhus typhina, Staghorn Sumac Salix nigra, Black Willow Sophora japonica, Japanese Pagodatree Syringa reticulata, Japanese Tree Lilac Taxodium distichum, Common Baldcypress Thuja species, Arborvitae Tilia americana, American Linden (Basswood) Tilia americana ‘Redmond’, American Linden Tilia cordata, Littleleaf Linden Ulmus americana, American Elm Ulmus parvifolia, Lacebark (True Chinese) Elm Ulmus x ‘Regal’, Hybrid Elm Viburnum lentago, Nannyberry Viburnum Viburnum prunifolium, Blackhaw Viburnum End of Alex Keenan Presentation
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