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CITY OF HORACE TREE LIST
Additional information on the various trees contained in this Tree List may be found on North Dakota State University’s tree extension website. To view the NDSU Tree Handbook, click here.
CITY OF HORACE TREE LIST
This Tree List was approved by resolution of the Horace City Council on April 2, 2018.
| SPECIES | HEIGHT | DESCRIPTION | EXAMPLES |
| Amur Maple | 15'-20' | Bright reddish; fall color. | Flame; Embers |
| Flowering Crabapple | 10'-25' |
Valued for foliage; flowers, and variations in form and size; fruitless variety only or variety with fruit. |
Radiant; Spring Snow; Royal Raindrops |
| Japanese Lilac Tree | 20'-25' | Large, showy flowers; attractive winter fruit display. | |
| Prairie Gem Flowering Pear | 15'-30' | White flowers; hardiest of all pears. | |
| Ironwood | 15'-30' | Slow growing; exfoliating bark. | |
| Hawthorn | 15'-18' | Small red fruit; drought tolerant. | Thornless Cockspur |
| Amur Chokecherry | 15'-25' | White flowers; bright amber to deep coppery-orange bark. | |
| Oak | 40'-70' | Large, long-lived; produces acorns, slow growing, drought resistant. | Bur Oak; Prairie Stature Oak; Mongolian Oak |
| Elm | 35'-65' | Large, umbrella-shaped tree; must be Dutch-Elm Disease resistant. | Discovery; Prairie Expedition; Cathedral Accolade |
| Hackberry | 40'-60' | Drought tolerant; alkaline soils and wind tolerant; similar form to Elm. | |
| Honeylocust | 30'-50' | Small leaflets; salt tolerant; fast growing; must be thornless. | |
| Alder | 25'-45' | Rapid-growing, drought tolerant, cone-like fruit | Imperial; Northern Acclaim; Skyline |
| Corktree | 25'-35' | Cork-like appearance on trunk and branches | Amur; His Majesty |
| Kentucky Coffeetree | 40'-50' | Drought and salt tolerant; large seedpods | |
| Linden or Basswood | 40'-60' | Large stature; excellent shade; aromatic flowers | Boulevard; Redmond; Harvest Gold; Greenspire; Corinthian; Dropmore; Norlin |
| Maple | 40'-65' | Known for unique leaves and fall colored; subject to iron chlorosis locally; Sugar Maple and Red Maple are not recommended; Boxelder Maple is not allowed. | Autumn Blaze; Celebration; Emerald Lustre; Silver Cloud; Northline; Silver Queen; Skinner |