Nursery Tree Inventory- Find the Right Tree for Your Site!

 

 The Morton Arboretum developed a thorough list of trees that grow well in Northern Illinois and the site conditions in which they thrive. That information was used as the basis for their Northern Illinois Tree Selector, an online tool that uses your site conditions to provide a list of trees well-suited to your site and preferences. Using the online Tree Selector is a great way to increase the species diversity- and therefore the resilience, beauty, and habitat potential- of your property.

Knowing which species would grow well on your site is only half the battle. Once you've decided on the right tree, finding it may be tricky. The list below represents nurseries that have answered a survey regarding tree inventory in March and August of each year. Inclusion of a nursery does not imply endorsement. Any local nursery that would like to be included should fill out the survey, which is live year-round, here.

 

We have now also added a new page with updates of native shrubs can be purchased. Find it here.

 

The list below is sorted in alphabetical order by common name. You can scroll through to find your tree species or jump to your tree of choice by skimming the abbreviated list of common names or Latin names.

 

 

Alder, European black (Alnus glutinosa)

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Alder, European white (Alnus incana)

Alder, seaside (Alnus maritima)

 

 

 

Alder, speckled (Alnus incana ssp. rugosa)

 

Arborvitae, eastern (Thuja occidentalis)

 

Arborvitae, giant (Thuja plicata)

Arborvitae, Oriental (Platycladus orientalis (syn. Thuja orientalis))

Aspen, quaking (Populus tremuloides)

 

 

 

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Bald-Cypress,  (Taxodium distichum)

 

 

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Basswood, American (Tilia americana)

Basswood, American-American Sentry™ (Tilia americana 'MckSentry')

 

Basswood, white (Tilia americana  var. heterophylla)

 

 

Beech, American (Fagus grandifolia) 

Beech, European (Fagus sylvatica)

 

 

 

Birch-WHITE SATIN™ (Betula 'Madison')

 

 

 

Birch, river-FOX VALLEY™ (Betula nigra 'Little King')

 

Birch, gray (Betula populifolia)

 

Birch, paper (Betula papyrifera)

 

 

 

Birch, Renaissance Reflection® (Betula paperifera 'Renci')

 

Birch, river (Betula nigra)

 

 

 

Birch, sweet (Betula lenta)

 

 

 

Birch, Whitespire Senior (Betula populifolia 'Whitespire')

 

 

 

Birch, yellow (Betula alleghaniensis)

 

 

 

 

Boxelder (Acer negundo)

 

Buckeye, Ohio (Aesculus glabra)

 

 

 

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Buckeye, red (Aesculus pavia)

 

Buckeye, yellow (Aesculus flava)

Catalpa, Chinese (Catalpa ovata)

 

 

Catalpa, hybrid (Catalpa x erubescens)

 

Catalpa, northern (Catalpa speciosa)

Catalpa, southern (Catalpa bignonioides)

 

 

 

Cherry, Amur (Prunus maackii)

 

Cherry, black (Prunus serotina)

 

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Cherry, Higan (weeping) (Prunus subhirtella)

 

 

 

Cherry, Japanese flowering (Prunus serrulata)

 

 

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Cherry, Sargent (Prunus sargentii)

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Chestnut, Chinese (Castanea mollissima)

 

 

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Coffeetree, Kentucky (Gymnocladus dioicus)

 

 

 

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Corktree, Amur (male only) (Phellodendron amurense [male only])

 

 

 

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Cornel, Japanese (Cornus officinalis)

 

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Cottonwood, eastern (Populus deltoides)

 

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Crabapple and Apple, species and cultivars (Malus cultivars and species)

 

 

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Crabapple, prairie (Malus ioensis)

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Dogwood, Cornelian-cherry (Cornus mas)

 

Dogwood, flowering (Cornus florida)

 

 

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Dogwood, Hybrid Flowering (Cornus x rutgersensis)

 

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Dogwood, kousa (Cornus kousa)

 

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Dogwood, pagoda (Cornus alternifolia)

 

 

 

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Elm, Frontier (Ulmus 'Frontier')

 

 

 

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Elm, lacebark (Ulmus parvifolia)

 

 

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Elm, Morton Stalwart-Commendation™ (Ulmus 'Morton Stalwart')

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Elm, Morton-Accolade™ (Ulmus davidiana var. japonica 'Morton') 

 

 

 

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Elm, Patriot (Ulmus 'Patriot')

 

 

 

Elm, Princeton (Ulmus americana 'Princeton')

 

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Elm, Prospector (Ulmus davidiana var. japonica 'Prospector')

 

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Elm, Regal (Ulmus 'Regal')

 

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Elm, Siberian (Ulmus pumila)

 

 

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Elm-DANADA CHARM™ (Ulmus 'Morton Red Tip')

 

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Elm-TRIUMPH™ (Ulmus 'Morton Glossy')

 

 

 

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Fir, Douglas (Pseudotsuga menziesii)

 

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Fir, white (Abies concolor)

 

 

 

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Fringe tree (Chionanthus virginicus)

 

 

 

 

Fringe tree, Chinese (Chionanthus retusus)

 

 

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Ginkgo (male only) (Ginkgo biloba)

 

 

 

 

Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis)

 

 

 

Hawthorn, cockspur (Crataegus crus-galli)

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Hawthorn, cockspur (thornless) (Crataegus crus-galli var. inermis)

 

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Hawthorn, dotted (Crataegus punctata)

 

 

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Hawthorn, downy (Crataegus mollis)

 

Hawthorn, English (whitethorn) (Crataegus laevigata)

Hawthorn, green (Crataegus viridis)

 

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Hawthorn, scarlet (Crataegus coccinea)

 

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Hawthorn, single-seeded (Crataegus monogyna)

 

 

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Hawthorn, Washington (Crataegus phaenopyrum)

 

 

Hazlenut, Turkish (Corylus colurna)

 

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Hemlock, eastern (Tsuga canadensis)

 

 

 

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Hickory, bitternut (Carya cordiformis)

 

 

 

Hickory, mockernut (Carya tomentosa)

 

 

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Hickory, pignut (Carya glabra)

Hickory, red (Carya ovalis)

 

Hickory, shagbark (Carya ovata)

 

 

 

Hickory, shellbark (Carya laciniosa)

 

Holly, American (Ilex opaca)

 

Honey-locust (Gleditsia triacanthos)

Honey-locust, thornless (Gleditsia triacanthos f. inermis)

 

 

 

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Hornbeam, American (Carpinus caroliniana)

 

 

 

Hornbeam, European (Carpinus betulus)

 

 

Horse-chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum)

Horse-chestnut, red (Aesculus x carnea)

Ironwood (Ostrya virginiana)

 

Juniper, Chinese (Juniperus chinensis)

 

 

 

 

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Katsura tree (Cercidiphyllum japonicum)

 

 

 

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Larch, European (Larix decidua)

 

 

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Larch, Japanese (Larix kaempferi)

 

 

Lilac, Peking (Syringa pekinensis)

 

 

 

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Lilac, Peking-Bejing Gold™ (Syringa pekinensis 'Zhang Zhiming')

Lilac, Peking-China Snow™  (Syringa pekinensis 'Morton)'

 

 

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Lilac, tree (Syringa reticulata)

 

 

 

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Linden, big-leaved (Tilia platyphyllos)

 

Linden, little-leaved (Tilia cordata)

 

 

 

Linden, Mongolian (Tilia mongolica)

 

 

 

Linden, silver (Tilia tomentosa)

Locust, black (Robinia pseudoacacia)

 

 

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Maacki, Amur (Maackia amurensis)

Magnolia, cucumber (Magnolia acuminata)

 

 

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Magnolia, Japanese (Northern) (Magnolia kobus v. borealis)

 

Magnolia, Loebner's (Magnolia loebneri)

Magnolia, saucer (Magnolia × soulangeana)

 

 

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Magnolia, star (Magnolia stellata)

 

 

 

Magnolia, sweetbay (Magnolia virginiana)

 

 

 

Magnolia, umbrella (Magnolia tripetala)

 

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Maple - State Street™ (Acer miyabei 'Morton')

Maple, Amur (Acer ginnala)

Maple, black (Acer nigrum)

 

Maple, Freeman's (Acer x freemanii)

Maple, fullmoon (Acer japonicum)

 

Maple, hedge (Acer campestre)

Maple, Japanese (Acer palmatum)

 

Maple, Marmo Freeman's (Acer x freemanii 'Marmo')

Maple, Miyabe's (Acer miyabei)

 

Maple, nikko (Acer maximowiczianum)

 

 

Maple, Norway (Acer platanoides)

Maple, paperbark (Acer griseum)

 

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Maple, red (Acer rubrum)

Maple, Shantung (Acer truncatum)

Maple, silver (Acer saccharinum)

 

Maple, sugar (Acer saccharum)