Each of the following tree species meet one of the following criteria:
1. They usually occur as shrubs in our native forest but very rarely will achieve tree size.
2. They are non-native but not invasive, and are sometimes reported to the Delaware Forest Service.
3. They are unusual species with only one or two known in the State.
Common Name, Latin Name | Location | Points | C.B.H. | Height | Crown |
Atlas cedar, Cedrus atlantica | 317 S. Walnut St., Milford | 247 | 158 | 75 | 55 |
Austrian pine, Pinus nigra | Corner of Hercules Rd. and Lancaster Pike, New Castle | 181 | 107 | 64 | 40 |
Balsam fir, Abies balsamea | Ross Mansion, Seaford | 200 | 109 | 80 | 46 |
Cedar of Lebanon, Cedrus libani | Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington | 222 | 146 | 58 | 73 |
Colorado blue spruce, Picea pungens | Wilmington Country Club, Wilmington | 149 | 81 | 63 | 21 |
Douglas-fir, Pseudotsuga menziesii | Belmont Hall, Smyrna | 223 | 127 | 83 | 56 |
English yew, Taxus baccata | Christ Episcopal Church, Dover | 235 | 164 | 54 | 67 |
European larch, Larix decidua | Brandywine Park, Wilmington | 196 | 106 | 77 | 53 |
Fraser fir, Abies fraseri | 4353 Summit Bridge Rd., Middletown | 200 | 131 | 60 | 38 |
Giant sequoia, Sequoiadendron giganteum | Buck Rd., Greenville | 281 | 181 | 90 | 42 |
Himalayan pine, Pinus wallichina | Winterthur, Wilmington | 291 | 181 | 95 | 62 |
Incense-cedar, Calocedrus decurrens | Marl Pit Rd., Middletown | 238 | 157 | 73 | 34 |
Japanese umbrella pine, Sciadopitys verticillata | 1472 Ashland Clinton School Rd., Yorklyn | 103 | 52 | 45 | 23 |
Nikko fir, Abies homolepis | Winterthur, Wilmington | 189 | 132 | 44 | 53 |
Nordmann fir, Abies nordmanniana | Buena Vista, New Castle | 270 | 173 | 86 | 44 |
Northern white-cedar, Thuja occidentalis | 4 Sunnyside Rd., Greenville | 132 | 74 | 50 | 32 |
Norway spruce, Picea abies | Hagley Museum, Wilmington | 239 | 109 | 120 | 40 |
Littleleaf linden, Tilia cordata | Ross Mansion, Seaford | 305 | 197 | 93 | 60 |
Red pine, Pinus resinosa | Bellevue State Park, Wilmington | 153 | 74 | 72 | 30 |
Tamarack, Larix laricina | Buena Vista, New Castle | 185 | 115 | 55 | 58 |
Red mulberry, Morus rubra | 2158 Lighthouse Rd., Smyrna | 306 | 256 | 32 | 75 |
Witch-hazel, Hamamelis virginiana | Hagley Museum, Wilmington | 69 | 26 | 36 | 28 |
Bladdernut, Staphylea trifolia | 1 Walker’s Mill Rd, Wilmington | 123 | 67 | 44 | 50 |