Trees for wet ground

Trees for wet ground

There are numerous trees that can survive in damp, moist ground locations, but only a few that can cope with periods of flooding. Here are The Tree & Hedge Company’s recommendations of trees for wet ground.

D = Tolerant of damp ground
S = Tolerates short floods
L = Tolerates long floods

• Field maple / Acer campestre – S
• Box elder / Acer negundo – S
• Norway maple / Acer pseudoplatanus varieties – S
• Red maple / Acer rubrum – L
• Silver maple / Acer saccharinum – L
• Alder species & varieties / Alnus – L
• Horse chestnut / Aesculus hippocastanum – S
• River birch / Betula nigra – S
• White birch / Betula pubescens – S
• Hornbeam / Carpinus betulus – S
• Katsura tree / Cercidiphyllum – S
• Indian bean tree / Catalpa bignoniodes – S
• Turkish hazel / Corylus colurna – S
• Honey locust / Gleditsia triacanthos varieties – S
• Sweet gum / Liquidambar styraciflua – L
• Tulip tree / Liriodendron tulipifera – S
• Dawn redwood / Metasequoia glyptosroboides – S
• Swamp cypress / Taxodium distichum – L
• White cedar / Thuja occidentalis – S
• Western red cedar / Thuja plicata – S
• Scots pine / Pinus sylvestris – D
• London plane / Platanus acerifolia – L
• Poplar species / Populus – L
• Bird cherry / Prunus padus – L
• Wing nut / Pterocarya fraxinifolia – L
• Pin oak / Quercus palustris – S
• English oak / Quercus robur – S
• Willow species and varieties / Salix – L
• Small-leaved Lime / Tilia cordata – S