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Tree Canopy Spread & Coverage After 10 or 20 Years©

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Planting

Spread at

10 year

10 year

20 year

20 year

 
 

size

planting

spread

coverage

spread

coverage

 
Tree species

(height(ft.)/caliper(in.)

(ft.)

(ft.)

(sq. ft.)

(ft.)

(sq. ft.)

 

DECIDUOUS TREES:

Acer buergeranum

6-7

3-4

8-10

50-79

12-15

113-177

 
A. campestre

6-7

3-4

8-10

50-79

12-15

113-177

 
A. ginnala

6-7

3-4

8-10

50-79

12-15

113-177

 
A. palmatum

6-7

3-4

8-10

50-79

12-15

113-177

 
A. platanoides

2-2 1/2

5-7

12-15

113-177

15-20

177-314

 
A. pseudoplatanus

2-2 1/2

5-7

12-15

113-177

15-20

177-314

 
A. rubrum

2-2 1/2

5-7

12-15

113-177

15-20

177-314

 
A. saccharinum

2-2 1/2

5-7

15-17

177-227

22-25

280-491

 
A. saccharum

2-2 1/2

5-7

12-15

113-177

15-20

177-314

 
Aesculus hippocastanum

2-2 1/2

5-7

12-15

113-177

18-22

254-380

Albizia julibrissin

6-7

3-4

10-12

79-113

12-15

113-177

 
Alnus glutinosa

2-2 1/2

5-7

10-12

79-113

15-18

177-254

 
Amelanchier arborea

6-7

4-6

10-12

79-113

14-16

154-201

 
A. laevis        
Betula maximowicziana

2-2 1/2

3-5

10-12

79-113

15-18

177-254

 
B. nigra

2-2 1/2

5-7

13-16

133-201

18-20

254-314

 
B. papyrifera

2-2 1/2

4-6

10-12

79-113

15-18

177-254

 
B. pendula

2-2 1/2

3-5

10-12

79-113

18-20

254-314

 
B. platyphylla

2-2 1/2

3-5

10-12

79-113

15-18

177-254

 
Carpinus betulus 'Fastigiata'

2-2 1/2

2-3

6-8

28-50

10-12

79-113

 
C. caroliniana

2-2 1/2

3-5

10-12

79-113

12-15

113-177

 
        
Carya illinoiensis

2-2 1/2

5-7

15-17

177-227

20-25

314-491

 
C. ovata

2-2 1/2

5-7

10-13

79-133

12-15

113-177

 
Castanea mollissima

2-2 1/2

5-7

10-12

113-177

12-15

113-177

 
        
Celtis laevigata

2-2 1/2

5-7

12-14

113-154

15-18

177-254

 
C. occidentalis

2-2 1/2

5-7

13-16

133-201

18-22

254-380

 
        
Cercidiphyllum japonicum

6-7

2-3

8-10

50-79

12-15

113-177

 
        
Cercis canadensis

6-7

2-3

10-12

79-113

13-16

133-201

 
C. chinensis

6-7

2-3

8-10

50-79

10-13

70-133

 
        
Chioanthus virginicus

6-7

2-3

8-10

50-79

10-12

79-113

 
Cladrastis lutea

2-2 1/2

3-5

12-15

113-177

15-18

177-254

 
        
Cornus florida

6-7

2-3

8-10

50-79

12-15

113-177

 
C. kousa

6-7

2-3

10-12

79-113

12-15

113-177

 
C. mas

6-7

2-3

6-8

28-50

8-12

50-113

 
        
Cotinus coggygria

6-7

3-4

8-10

50-79

12-15

113-177

 
Crataegus crusgalli

6-7

3-4

10-12

79-113

12-15

113-177

 
C. phaenopyrum

6-7

3-4

8-10

50-79

10-12

79-113

 
C. viridis

6-7

3-4

8-10

50-79

12-15

113-177

 
        
Diospyros virginiana

2-2 1/2

4-6

10-12

79-113

12-15

113-177

 
Elaeagnus angustifolia

6-7

3-4

10-12

79-113

15-18

177-254

 
      

 

 

Eucommia ulmoides

2-2 1/2

4-6

10-12

79-113

12-15

113-177

 
        
Fagus grandifolia

2-2 1/2

4-5

10-12

79-113

12-15

113-177

 
F. sylvatica

2-2 1/2

4-5

10-12

79-113

12-15

113-177

 
        
Franklinia alatamaha

6-7

2-3

8-10

50-79

10-13

79-133

 
        
Fraxinus americana

2-2 1/2

4-5

12-15

113-177

15-18

177-254

F. pennsylvanica

2-2 1/2

4-5

10-12

79-113

12-15

113-177

 

‘Marshall’s Seedless’

  

    
        
        
Ginkgo biloba

2-2 1/2

3-5

8-10

50-79

10-13

79-133

 

              ‘Sentry’

2-2 1/2

2-3

6-8

28-50

8-10

50-79

 
        
Gleditsia

2-2 1/2

3-5

13-16

133-201

16-20

201-314

 
triacanthos var. inermis   

   

‘Imperial’ & 'Skyline'

       

Shademaster'

       
        
Gymnocladus dioicus

2-2 1/2

5-7

10-12

79-113

12-15

113-177

 
        
Juglans nigra

2-2 1/2

5-7

12-15

113-177

18-20

254-314

 
Koelreuteria paniculata

6-7

2-3

8-10

50-79

12-15

113-177

 
        
Lagerstroemia indica

6-7

3-4

6-8

28-50

12-15

113-177

 
 

      
Larix decidua

2-2 1/2

5-7

12-14

113-154

15-18

177-254

 
Liquidamber styraciflua

2-2 1/2

5-7

12-15

113-177

15-18

177-254

 
        
Liriodendron tulipifera

2-2 1/2

5-7

12-15

177-227

15-18

177-254

 
        
Maclura pomifera

2-2 1/2

5-7

13-15

133-177

18-20

254-314

 
        
Magnolia acuminata

2-2 1/2

5-7

8-10

50-79

12-15

113-177

 
M. macrophylla

6-7

3-4

7-9

38-64

10-12

79-113

 
M. x soulangiana

6-7

3-4

8-10

50-79

10-15

79-177

 
M. stellata

6-7

3-4

5-7

20-38

8-10

50-79

 
M. virginiana

6-7

3-4

8-10

50-79

10-12

79-113

 
        
Malus spp.

6-7

3-4

8-12

50-113

10-15

79-177

 
        
Metasequoia glyptostroboides