974 CMR, § 3.07

Current through Register 1536, December 6, 2024

Section 3.07 - Appendix A: Plant Lists and Figures

(1)List I: Native Plants. This is a list of plants known to be native to this Massachusetts region . Other plants may exist and may be acceptable once their appropriateness to the list is demonstrated by the Applicant.

Botanical Name	Common Name
Shade Trees
Acer rubrum	Red Maple
Acer saccharinum	Silver Maple
Acer saccharum	Sugar Maple
Betula lenta	Sweet Birch
Betula lutea	Yellow Birch
Carya cordiformis+	Bitternut Hickory+
Carya glabra+	Pignut Hickory+
Carya ovata+	Shagbark Hickory+
Fagus grandifolia	American Beech
Fraxinus americana	White Ash
Fraxinus pennsylvanica 'Patmore'	Patmore Green Ash
Juglans cinerea+	Butternut+
Liquidambar styraciflua 'Rotundiloba'	Seedless Sweetgum
Liriodendron tulipifera	Tulip Tree
Nyssa sylvatica	Black Tupelo
Platanus occidentalis	American Planetree
Populus grandidentata	Bigtooth Aspen
Populus tremuloides	Quaking Aspen
Prunus americana	American Plum
Prunus serotina	Black Cherry
Quercus alba+	White Oak+
Quercus bicolor+	Swamp White Oak+
Quercus borealis+	Northern Red Oak+
Quercus coccinea+	Scarlet Oak+
Quercus palustris+	Pin Oak+
Quercus prinus+	Chestnut Oak+
Quercus velutina+	Black Oak+
Salix babylonica	Weeping Willow
Salix nigra	Black Willow
Sassafras albidum	Common Sassafras
Tilia americana 'Redmond'	Redmond Linden
Ulmus americana, disease-resist. var.	American Elm

+ These trees are recommended for planting on portions of the site away from walks or roads.

Ornamental Trees
Alnus rugosa	Hazel Alder
Amelanchier canadensis	Shadblow Serviceberry
Amelanchier laevis	Allegany Serviceberry
Betula nigra	River Birch
Betula papyrifera	Paper Birch
Betula populifolia	Gray Birch
Carpinus caroliniana	American Hornbeam
Cercis canadensis	Eastern Redbud
Cornus alternifolia	Pagoda Dogwood
Cornus florida ^	Flowering Dogwood ^
Crataegus punctata	Dotted Hawthorn
Hamamelis virginiana	Common Witchhazel

^ Cornus florida has been adversely affected by an anthracnose epidemic in the Northeast US for the past 20 years or so. Anthracnose spreads rapidly to other Flowering Dogwoods. Before using, check with local agricultural extensions for the status of anthracnose.

Botanical Name	Common Name
Groundcovers
Cornus canadensis	Bunchberry Dogwood
Epigaea repens	Trailing Arbutus
Gaultheria procumbens	Checkerberry Wintergreen
Maianthemum canadense	Canada Mayflower
Mitchella repens	Partridgeberry
Vaccinium angustifolium	Lowbush Blueberry
Vaccinium macrocarpum	Cranberry
Meadow Grasses/Wildflowers
Rebel II Tall Fescue
Palmer II Perr. Ryegrass
Jamestown Chewings Fescue
Indian Grass
Blackwell Switchgrass
Big Bluestem
Little Bluestem
Blue Joint Reedgrass
Antennaria alpina	Alpine Pussy-Toes
Aristida dichotoma	Poverty Grass
Aster linariifolius	Bristly Aster
Bulbostylis capillaris
Eragrostis spectabilis	Purple Lovegrass
Houstonia caerulea	Bluets
Juncus bufonius	Toad Rush
Senecio aureus	Golden Ragwort

(2)List II: Salt Tolerant Plants. This is a list of plants known to be tolerant of salt from road deicing in this Massachusetts region. Other plants may exist and may be acceptable once their appropriateness to the list is demonstrated by the Applicant.

Botanical Name	Common Name
Shade Trees
Acer campestre	Hedge Maple
Acer saccharinum*	Silver Maple*
Aesculus hippocastanum	Horse-chestnut
Betula lenta*	Sweet Birch*
Betula lutea*	Yellow Birch*
Fraxinus americana*	White Ash*
Gleditsia triacanthos inermis	Thornless Honeylocust
Nyssa sylvatica*	Black Tupelo*
Prunus serotina*	Black Cherry*
Quercus alba*+	White Oak*+
Quercus borealis*+	Northern Red Oak*+
Quercus macrocarpa+	Bur Oak+
Quercus robur+	English Oak+
Ulmus glabra	Wych Elm
Ulmus pumila	Chinese Elm
Ornamental Trees
Amelanchier canadensis*	Shadblow Serviceberry*
Betula papyrifera*	Paper Birch*
Betula populifolia*	Gray Birch*
Prunus pennsylvanica*	Pin Cherry*
Prunus virginiana*	Common Chokecherry*
Pyrus calleryana 'Aristocrat'	Aristocrat Pear
Pyrus calleryana 'Bradford'	Bradford Pear
Rhus copallina*	Flameleaf Sumac*
Salix discolor*	Pussy Willow*
Salix bebbiana*	Bebb Willow*
Sorbus decora	Showy Mountain Ash
Evergreen Trees
Juniperus virginiana*	Eastern Red Cedar*
Picea pungens 'glauca'	Blue Colorado Spruce
Pinus nigra	Austrian Pine
Pinus ponderosa	Ponderosa Pine
Pinus rigida*	Pitch pine*
Pinus thunbergii	Japanese Black Pine
Deciduous Shrubs
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi*	Bearberry*
Aronia melanocarpa*	Black Chokeberry*
Aronia prunifolia*	Purplefruit Chokeberry*
Hippophae rhamnoides	Common Seabuckthorn
Lindera benzoin*	Common Spicebush*
Myrica pennsylvanica*	Northern Bayberry*
Rhus glabra*	Smooth Sumac*
Rhus typhina*	Staghorn Sumac*
Salix humilis*	Prairie Willow*
Salix lucida*	Shining Willow*
Shepherdia argentea	Buffaloberry
Tamarix ramosissima	Five Stamen Tamarisk
Vaccinium corymbosum*	Highbush Blueberry*
Vaccinium stamineum*	Common Deerberry*
Viburnum cassinoides*	Witherod Viburnum*
Viburnum dentatum*	Arrowwood Viburnum*
Evergreen Shrubs
Pinus mugo mugo	Japanese Black Pine
Taxus canadensis*	Canada Yew*
Groundcovers
Epigaea repens*	Trailing Arbutus*
Vaccinium angustifolium*	Lowbush Blueberry*

* Native Plants

+ These trees are recommended for planting on portions of the site away from walks or roads.

(3)List III: Plants That Withstand Urban Conditions. This is a list of plants known to be appropriate to urban planting situations in this Massachusetts region. Other plants may exist and may be acceptable once their appropriateness to the list is demonstrated by the Applicant.

Botanical Name	Common Name
Shade Trees
Acer campestre'Queen Elizabeth'	Queen Elizabeth Hedge Maple
Acer freeman'Celebration'*	Celebration Maple
Acer rubrum 'Red Sunset'*	Red Sunset Red Maple*
Acer saccharum 'Green Mountain'*	Sugar Maple*
Acer tartaricum	Tartarian Maple
Carpinus betulus fastigiata	Pyramidal European Hornbeam
Celtis occidentalis 'Prairie Pride'	Prairie Pride Hackberry
Cladastris lutea	Yellowwood
Corylus colurna	Turkish Hazelnut
Eucommia ulmoides	Hardy Rubber Tree
Fraxinus excelsior 'Hessei'	Hesse European Ash
Fraxinus pennsylvanica 'Summit'*	Summit Ash*
Gingko biloba	Maidenhair Tree
Gleditsia triacanthos inermis	Thornless Honeylocust
Liquidambar styraciflua 'Moraine'*	Moraine Sweet Gum*
Maclura pomifera inermis 'Park'	Park Osage Orange
Nyssa sylvatica*	Black Tupelo*
Platanus acerifolia 'Bloodgood'	London Plane Tree 'Bloodgood'
Quercus borealis*+	Northern Red Oak*+
Sophora japonica 'Regent'	Regent Scholartree
Tilia cordata	European Littleleaf Linden
Zelkova serrata 'Village Green'	Village Green Zelkova
Ornamental Trees
Betula nigra 'Heritage'*	Heritage Birch*
Cercidiphyllum japonicum	Katsura Tree
Chionanthus virginicus	Fringe Tree
Cornus kousa 'Summer Stars'	Summer Stars Dogwood
Crataegus phaenopyrum	Washington Hawthorn
Ilex verticillata 'Winter Red'*	Winter Red Winterberry*
Magnolia stellata 'Gallaxy'	Galaxy Magnolia
Ostrya virginiana*	Hop Hornbeam*
Oxydendron arboreum	Sourwood
Prunus sargentii	Sargent Cherry
Pyrus calleryana 'Aristocrat'	Aristocrat Pear
Pyrus calleryana 'Bradford'	Bradford Pear
Syringa reticulata 'Ivory Silk'	Ivory Silk Tree Lilac
Deciduous Shrubs
Cornus sericea 'Kelseyi'	Kelsey Dwarf Red Osier Dogwood
Ilex verticillata 'Nana'*	Dwarf Winterberry*
Rhus aromatica 'Gro-low'	Dwarf Fragrant Sumac
Vaccinium angustifolium*	Lowbush Blueberry*
Groundcovers
Cotoneaster horizontalis	Rockspray
Hedera helix 'Baltica'	Baltic Ivy
Juniperus chinensis sargentii	Sargent Juniper
Juniperus horizontalis varieties	Creeping Juniper
Spiraea bumalda 'Anthony Waterer'	Anthony Waterer Spirea
Vinca minor	Periwinkle

* Native Plants

+ These plants are recommended for planting on portions of the site away from walks or roads.

(4)List IV: Invasive Plants. Partial list of plants known to be invasive in Massachusetts. For a complete list of invasive and potentially invasive species, refer to the Invasive Plant Atlas of New England (IPANE). Species on these lists are prohibited from being planted in Devens.

Botanical Name	Common Name
Shade Trees
Acer ginnala	Amur Maple
Acer platanoides	Norway Maple
Acer pseudoplatanus	Sycamore Maple
Populus alba	White Cottonwood
Robinia pseudoacacia	Black Locust
Deciduous Shrubs/Vines
Ampelopsis brevipedunculata	Porcelain Berry
Berberis thunbergii	Japanese Barberry
Berberis vulgaris	Common Barberry
Celastrus orbiculata	Oriental Bittersweet
Cynanchum louiseae	Black Swallow-wort
Elaeagnus umbellata	Autumn Olive
Elaeagnus angustifolia	Russian Olive
Euonymus alatus	Winged Euonymus
Euphorbia cyparissias	Cypress Spurge
Hesperis natonalis	Dame's Rocket
Ligustrum obtusifolium	Blunt-leaver Privet
Ligustrum vulgare	Privet
Lonicera japonica	Japanese Honeysuckle
Lonicera maackii	Amur Honeysuckle
Lonicera morrowii	Morrow's Honeysuckle
Lonicera tatarica	Tatarian Honeysuckle
Lonicera xbella	Morrow's x Tatarian Honeysuckle
Polygonum cuspidatum	Japanese Knotweed
Pueraria lobata	Kudzu
Rhamnus cathartica	Common Buckthorn
Rhamnus frangula	Shining Buckthorn
Rosa multiflora	Multiflora Rose
Meadow Grasses/Wildflowers
Achillea millefolium var. millefolium	Common Yarrow
Aegopodium podagraria	Goutweed
Alliaria petiolata	Garlic Mustard
Cabomba caroliniana	Fanwort
Centaurea maculosa	Spotted Knapweed
Cirsium canadense	Field or Canada Thistle
Coreopsis lanceolata	Lance-leaved Coreopsis (Tickseed)
Cytisus scoparius	Scotch Broom
Daucus carota	Queen Anne's Lace
Egeria densa	Giant Waterweek
Epilobium hirsutum	Hairy Willow-herb
Euphorbia cyparissias	Cypress Spurge
Galium mollugo	Field Madder
Glaucium flavum	Sea Poppy
Glechoma hederacea	Gill-over-the-ground (Ground Ivy)
Holcus lanatus	Velvet Grass
Hypericum perforatum	Common St. John's Wort
Iris pseudacorus	Yellow Iris
Linaria vulgaris	Butter and Eggs
Lysimachia nummularia	Moneywort
Lythrum salicaria	Purple Loosestrife
Myosotis scorpioides	True Forget-me-not
Myriophyllum heterophyllum	Variable Water-milfoil
Myriophyllum spicatum	Spiked Water-milfoil
Najas minor	Lesser Naiad
Nasturtium officinale	Watercress
Phalaris arundinace	Reed Canary Grass
Phragmites australis	Phragmites
Plantago lanceolata	Ribgrass (Lance-leaved Plantain)
Poa compressa	Canada Bluegrass
Potamogeton crispus	Curly or Crisped Pondweed
Ranunculus acris	Tall Buttercup
Ranunculus bulbosus	Bulbous Buttercup
Ranunculus repens	Creeping Buttercup
Ribes rubrum	Garden Red Currant
Rumex acetosella	Sheep Sorrel
Rumex crispus	Curled Dock
Rumex obtusifolius	Bitter or Broad-leaved Dock
Solanum dulcamara	Bittersweet Nightshade
Trapa natans	Water Chestnut
Tussilago farfara	Coltsfoot
Verbascum thapsus	Flannel-leaved Mullein
Lawn Grasses
Agrostis gigantea	Redtop, Upland Bentgrass
Festuca longifolia	Hard Fescue
Festuca ovina	Sheep Fescue

(5)List V: Street Trees.

(a) Shade trees that are particularly useful as street trees.

Botanical Name	Common Name
Acer rubrum	Red Maple
Acer saccharum 'Green Mountain'	Sugar Maple 'Green Mountain'
Cladrastis lutea	'Yellowwood'
Fraxinus americana 'Summit'	'Summit' White Ash
Fraxinus pensylvanica 'Patmore'	Green Ash 'Patmore'
Liquidambar styraciflua 'Rotundifolia'	Seedless Sweet Gum
Liriodendron tulipfera	Tulip Tree
Nyssa sylvatica	Tupelo
Quercus alba*	White Oak
Quercus bicolor*	Swamp White Oak
Quercus palustris*	Pin Oak
Quercus rubra*	Red Oak
Tilia americana 'Redmond'	Redmond American Linden
Ulmus american (disease resistant)	American Elm

(b) Street trees where no sidewalk or trail is located within the Right-of-way, all of the above species are recommended in addition to the following:

Botanical Name	Common Name
Quercus alba	White Oak
Quercus bicolor	Swamp White Oak
Quercus palustris	Pin Oak
Quercus rubra	Red Oak

(c)Urban Conditions. In Village Growth I and II, ITC, BCS, and within the Historic District overlay, where development density and/or intensity of use may be higher, the following list of non-native urban-tolerant plant material is recommended in addition to 974 CMR 3.07(5): List V: (a).

Botanical Name	Common Name
Acer platenoides	Norway Maple
Ginko biloba-male	Maidenhair Tree
Gleditsia triacanthos	Honeylocust
Platanus acerifolia 'Bloodgood'	London Plane 'Bloodgood'
Pyrus calleryana 'Bradford'	Bradford Pear or 'Aristocrat'
Tilia cordata	European Littleleaf Linden*
(*except on streets with on-street parking)
Zelcova serrata 'Village Green'	'Village Green' Zelcova

(6)List VI: Edible Landscape Plantings.* To promote locally grown foods, the following plants are recommended to satisfy landscaping requirements for commercial/industrial lots, residential parks, community gardens, and individual residential lots:

Groundcover Herbs	Edible-fruiting Groundcovers
Basil Rosemary Thyme Mint Sage Parsley	Strawberry Low-bush blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolia) Bunchberry (Cornus canadensis) Wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens) Mountain cranberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea)
Foliage Crops	Vegetable Producing
Swiss chard Rhubarb Kale Lettuces Asparagus Beets Onions Purple cabbage	Chili peppers Tomatoes Eggplant Brussels sprouts
Fruit-bearing Trees	Nut-bearing Trees
Apple Pear Cherry Peach Plum	Walnut Filbert
Traditional Landscaping Plants that Also Bear Fruit.
Shadbush (Amelanchier) Grape, blueberry (Vaccinium) Flowering crabapple (Malus) Mountain ash (Sorbus) Aronia and elderberry (Sambucus)

*Ensure minimal use of non-organic, chemical fertilizers and pesticides is factored in to maintenance plans for edible landscape plantings.

974 CMR, § 3.07