Typical ten-year heights of some native trees

Estimates of how fast some native trees will grow

10-14 Feet...

• American Beech - Fagus grandifolia
• Hackberry - Celtis occidentalis
• Shagbark Hickory - Carya ovata
• Kentucky Coffeetree - Gymnocladus dioicus
• Bur Oak - Quercus macrocarpa
• White Oak - Quercus alba
• Ohio Buckeye - Aesculus glabra
• Yellow Buckeye - Aesculus octandra

15-19 Feet...

• Ohio Buckeye - Aesculus glabra
• Serviceberry - Amelanchier canadensis
• Pin Oak - Quercus palustris
• Red Oak - Quercus coccinea
• Yellow Poplar - Liriodendron tulipifera
• Black Walnut - Juglans nigra
• Sweet Gum - Liquidambar styraciflua
• Washington Hawthorn - Crategus phaenopyrum

20-24 Feet...

• Red Maple - Acer rubrum
• Basswood - Tilia americana
• Sugar Maple - Acer saccharum
• Eastern White Pine - Pinus strobus
• American Elm - Ulmus americana

25-29 Feet...

• Green Ash - Fraximus pennsylvanica
• CucumberTree - Magnolia acuminata
• Silver Maple - Acer saccharinum

30-34 Feet...

• Sycamore - Platanus occidentalis

50 feet...

• Black Willow - Salix nigra

Sources of this information...

• Chart from the Morton Arboreum, Lisle, Illinois, reprinted in Trees for American Gardens by Donald Wyman (Copyright 1951 by the McMillan Company, New York.)

• Native Trees for Urban and Rural America by Gary L. Hightshoe. (Copyright 1978 by the Iowa State University Research Foundation, Ames, Iowa 50011.)

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