Salt Tolerance by Tree Species

Salt Tolerance of Trees
TREESLatin NameVulnerability To Salt
Arborvitae, AmericanThuja occidentalisSensitive
Ash, GreenFraxinus pennsylvanica lanceolataTolerant
Ash, WhiteFraxinus americanaTolerant
Birch, River Betula nigraModerately Tolerant
Black GumNyssa sylvaticaModerately Tolerant
BoxelderAcer negundo Moderately Tolerant
Buckeye, OhioAesculus glabraVery Tolerant
BuckthornRhamnus spp.Tolerant
Catalpa, Northern Catalpa speciosaModerately Tolerant
CottonwoodPopulus deltodiesVery Tolerant
CrabappleMalus spp.Sensitive
Dogwood, RodosierCornus stoloniferaSensitive
Douglas FirPseudotsuga taxifoliaSensitive
Eastern RedcedarJuniperus virginiana Moderately Tolerant
Elm, American Ulmus americanaModerately Tolerant
Elm, SiberianUlmus pumilaTolerant
GinkgoGinkgo biloba Tolerant
HackberryCeltis occidentalis Sensitive
HawthorneCrataegusspp. Sensitive
Hawthorn, CockspurCrataegus crusgalliModerately Tolerant
Hawthorn, EnglishCrataegus oxyacanthaSensitive
Hemlock, CanadaTsuga Canadensis Sensitive
Honey LocustGleditsia triacanthosTolerant
Horse ChestnutAesculus hippocastanumTolerant
JuniperJuniperusspp.Moderately Sensitive
Larch, European Larix decidua Sensitive
Linden, American Tilia americana Sensitive
Linden, Littleleaf Tilia cordata Sensitive
Locust, Black Robinia pseudoacacia Tolerant
Maple, AmurAcer ginnalaModerately Tolerant
Maple, HedgeAcer campestreModerately Tolerant
Maple, NorwayAcer platanoidesTolerant
Maple, RedAcer rubrumSensitive
Maple, SilverAcer saccharinumModerately Tolerant
Maple, Sugar Acer saccharumSensitive
Mulberry, RedMorus rubraTolerant
Oak, Bur Quercus macrocarpa Moderately Sensitive
Oak, EnglishQuercus roburSensitive
Oak, PinQuercus palustrisSensitive
Oak, RedQuercus rubraSensitive
Oak, WhiteQuercus albaSensitive
PearPyrusspp. Moderately Tolerant
Pine, AustrianPinus nigraVery Tolerant
Pine, E. WhitePinus strobusVery Sensitive
Pine,Ponderosa Pinus ponderosaModerately Tolerant
Pine, RedPinus resinosaSensitive
Pine, ScotchPinus sylvestrisSensitive
Plum, AmericanPrunus americanaSensitive
Quaking AspenPopulus tremuloidesModerately Tolerant
RedbudCercis canadensisSensitive
ServiceberryAmelanchierspp.Sensitive
Spruce, BlackPicea marianaSensitive
Spruce, ColoradoPicea pungensVery Tolerant
Spruce, NorwayPicea abiesSensitive
Spruce, WhitePicea glaucaSensitive
Sumac, SmoothRhus glabraTolerant
Sumac, StaghornRhus typhinaTolerant
Sycamore, AmericanPlatanus occidentalisSensitive
TamarackLarix laricinaTolerant
TuliptreeLiriodendron tulipiferaSensitive
Walnut, Black Juglans nigra Sensitive
WillowSalix spp.Moderately Tolerant
YewTaxus spp.Moderately Tolerant


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