List of trees in our test (not a list of trees for planting near powerlines)

Some trees on this list are too tall for planting under power lines. Consult mature size details of each tree listed below before planting near wires.

Acacia farnesiana (Sweet Acacia) Acer buergerianum 'Streetwise' (Trident Maple) Aesculus pavia (Red Buckeye) Amelanchier arborea (Downy Serviceberry) Callistemon citrinus (Red Bottlebrush) Carpinus caroliniana (American Hornbeam) Cercis canadensis (Eastern Redbud) Cercis canadensis 'Forest Pansy' (Red Leaf Redbud) Chionanthus retusus (Chinese Fringetree) Chionanthus virginicus (White Fringetree) Cornus florida 'Weavers White' (Flowering Dogwood) Cornus foemina (Swamp Dogwood) Cornus mas 'Spring Glow' (Cornelian Cherry Dogwood) Crataegus flava (Yellowleaf Hawthorn) Crataegus viridis (Green Hawthorn) Elaeocarpus decipens (Japanese Blueberry) Eriobotrya japonica (Loquat) Feijoa sellowiana (Pineapple Guava) Forestiera segregata (Florida Privet) Halesia diptera (Two-winged Silverbell) Hamamelis mollis (Chinese Witchhazel) Ilex x attenuata 'Savannah' (Savannah Holly) Ilex cassine (Dahoon Holly) Ilex cornuta 'Burfordii' (Burford Holly) Ilex myrtifolia (Myrtle Holly) Ilex x 'Nellie R Stevens' (Nellie R Stevens Holly) Ilex vomitoria 'Dodds Cranberry' (Dodds Cranberry Yaupon Holly) Ilex vomitoria 'Pendula' (Weeping Yaupon Holly) Juniperus chinensis 'Spartan' (Spartan Juniper) Juniperus chinensis 'Torulosa' (Torulosa Juniper)

Lagerstroemia spp. (Crapemyrtle) Ligustrum japonicum (Ligustrum) Loropetalum chinensis 'Zhuzhou' (Loropetalum) Magnolia stellata (Star Magnolia) Myrcianthes fragrans (Simpson's Stopper) Myrica cerifera (Southern Waxmyrtle) Nyssa ogeche (Ogeechee Tupelo) Osmanthus americanus (Devilwood) Osmanthus fragrans (Sweet Olive) Ostrya virginiana (American Hophornbeam) Oxydendrum arboreum (Sourwood) Pinus glabra (Spruce Pine) Planera aquatica (Water Elm) Podocarpus macrophyllus (Podocarpus) Prunus angustifolia (Chickasaw Plum) Prunus campanulata (Taiwan Cherry) Prunus caroliniana (Cherry Laurel) Prunus cerasifera 'St Lukes' (Purple Leaf Plum) Prunus 'Okame' (Okame Cherry) Prunus persica 'Florida Home' (Flowering Peach) Prunus persica 'Martha Jane' (Flowering Nectarine) Prunus umbellata (Flatwoods Plum) Quercus prinoides (Dwarf Chestnut Oak) Rhamnus caroliniana (Carolina Buckthorn) Sapindus saponaria (Florida Soapberry) Stewartia malacodendron (Silky Camellia) Tabebuia chrysotricha (Golden Trumpet Tree) Tabebuia umbellata (Yellow Trumpet Tree) Ternstroemia gymnanthera (Cleyera) Vaccinium arboreum (Sparkleberry) Viburnum obovatum (Walters Viburnum) Vitex agnus-castus 'Shoals Creek' (Shoals Creek Chastetree)

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