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The following is a selection of medium to large trees that perform well in Midwest landscapes. A medium-sized tree is typically defined as reaching 30 - 70 ft. in height, while large trees are 70 ft. or more.
Acer miyabei
'Morton' STATE STREET
miyabe maple
Height:
30 - 40 ft.
Spread:
30 - 40 ft.
Sun:
Full sun to part shade
Water:
Medium
Use:
Shade tree
Fall color:
Golden-yellow
Gymnocladus dioicus
Kentucky coffee tree
Height:
60 - 80 ft.
Spread:
40 - 55 ft.
Sun:
Full sun
Water:
Medium
Use:
Lawns, parks
Tolerates:
Drought, air pollution
Acer rubrum
'Franksred' RED SUNSET
red maple
Height:
40 - 50 ft.
Spread:
30 - 40 ft.
Sun:
Full sun to part shade
Water:
Medium to wet
Use:
Specimen tree for lawn or park
Fall color:
Red
Halesia carolina
Carolina silverbell
Height:
30 - 40 ft.
Spread:
20 - 35 ft.
Sun:
Full sun to part shade
Water:
Medium
Use:
Border, woodland garden
Tolerates:
Black walnut
Flower:
Showy
Acer saccharum
sugar maple
Missouri Native
Height:
40 - 80 ft.
Spread:
30 - 60 ft.
Sun:
Full sun to part shade
Water:
Medium
Use:
Specimen tree for lawn or park
Fall color:
Red
Liriodendron tulipifera
tulip tree
Missouri native
Height:
60 - 90 ft.
Spread:
30 - 50 ft.
Sun:
Full sun
Water:
Medium
Use:
Shade or lawn tree for large landscapes
Tolerates:
Rabbit, deer, clay and wet soils
Fall Color:
Yellow
Carpinus caroliniana
American hornbeam
Missouri Native
Height
: 20 - 35 ft.
Spread:
20 - 35 ft.
Sun:
Part shade to full shade
Water:
Medium
Use:
Understory tree for shady areas
Fall color:
Yellow, orange and red
Metasequoia glyptostroboides
dawn redwood
Height
: 70 - 100 ft.
Spread
: 15 - 25 ft.
Sun
: Full sun
Water
: Medium to wet
Use
: Street tree, rain garden
Tolerates
: Deer, clay and wet soils, air pollution
Fall Color
: Red-bronze
Celtis laevigata
sugarberry
Missouri Native
Height:
60 - 80 ft.
Spread:
60 - 80 ft.
Sun:
Full sun to part shade
Water:
Medium to wet
Use:
Shade or street tree, rain garden
Tolerates:
Clay soil, wet soil and air pollution
Attracts:
Birds
Nyssa sylvatica
black gum
Missouri native
Height:
30 - 50 ft.
Spread:
20 - 30 ft.
Sun:
Full sun to part shade
Water:
Medium to wet
Use:
Shade or street tree, rain garden
Tolerates:
Wet and clay soils, black walnut
Attracts:
Birds
Fall Color:
Scarlet
Note:
Black gum is
not
related to sweet gum (
Liquidambar styraciflua
) and does not have "gum balls"
Celtis occidentalis
hackberry
Missouri native
Height:
40 - 60 ft.
Spread
: 40 - 60 ft.
Sun:
Full sun to part shade
Water:
Medium to wet
Use:
Shade or street tree, rain garden
Tolerates:
Clay soil, wet soil and air pollution
Attracts:
Birds
Parrotia persica
Persian ironwood
Height:
20 - 40 ft.
Spread:
20 - 30 ft.
Sun:
Full sun
Water:
Medium
Use:
Street tree
Tolerates:
Clay soil, air pollution
Fall color:
Yellow, orange, red
Cercidiphyllum japonicum
katsura tree
Height:
40 - 60 ft.
Spread:
25 - 60 ft.
Sun:
Full sun to part shade
Water:
Medium
Use:
Shade tree
Tolerates:
Clay soil
Fall color:
Yellow
Quercus shumardii
chinkapin oak
Missouri native
Height:
40 - 60 ft.
Spread:
30 - 40 ft.
Sun:
Full sun
Water:
Dry to medium
Use:
Shade or street tree
Tolerates:
Drought, dry soil
Additional oak species:
Q. alba
,
Q. bicolor
,
Q. coccinea
,
Q. muhlenbergii
,
Q. rubra
Cladrastis kentukea
yellowood
Missouri native
Height:
30 - 50 ft.
Spread:
40 - 55 ft.
Sun:
Full sun
Water:
Medium
Use:
Shade tree
Fall color:
Yellow
Flower:
Showy
Sassafras albidum
sassafras
Height:
30 - 60 ft.
Spread:
25 - 40 ft.
Sun:
Full sun to part shade
Water:
Medium
Use:
Flowering tree
Tolerates:
Deer, drought, clay soil
Fall color:
Red, yellow
Diospyros virginiana
persimmon
Missouri native
Height:
35 - 60 ft.
Spread:
25 - 35 ft.
Sun:
Full sun to part shade
Water:
Dry to medium
Fruit:
Edible
Tolerates:
Drought, clay/dry soil, air pollution
Attracts:
Birds
Taxodium distichum var. distichum
bald cypress
Missouri native
Height
: 50 - 70 ft.
Spread
: 20 - 45 ft.
Sun
: Full sun
Water
: Medium to wet
Use
: Rain garden
Tolerates
: Deer, clay and wet soils
Fall color
: Red
Ginkgo biloba
maidenhair tree
Height
: 50 - 80 ft.
Spread:
30 - 50 ft.
Sun:
Full sun
Water:
Medium
Use:
Shade tree, parks
Tolerates:
Deer, clay soil, air pollution
Fall color:
Yellow
Note:
Ginkgo trees are dioecious (separate male and female trees). Female trees produce fruits that can be messy and have a foul odor.
Tilia cordata
little-leaf linden
Height:
50 - 70 ft.
Spread:
35 - 50 ft.
Sun:
Full sun to part shade
Water:
Medium
Use:
Shade, street or flowering tree
Tolerates:
Drought
Flower:
Fragrant