Community OutreachTree Trimming: Wire-Friendly Trees
We will be happy to provide advice on tree selections suitable for planting near wires. For further information please call 516-946-8977. Many of these trees are readily available at nurseries on Long Island
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- Accolade Flowering Cherry (disease resistant cultivars only)
- Acer ginnala
- Acer campestre
- Acer buergeranum
- Acer tataricum
- Acer truncatum
- Amelanchier: "Autumn Sunset”, “Cumulus”, “Robin Hill Pink”
- American Hornbeam
- Amur Maackia
- Amur Maple
- Canada Red Cherry
- Callery Pear (not Bradford)
- Carpinus caroliniana
- Cornus kousa
- Crataegus cruz-galli: “Inermis”
- Flowering Crabapple (disease resistant cultivars only)
- Goldenrain Tree
- Hedge Maple
- Japanese Tree Lilac
- Koelreuteria paniculata
- Kousa Dogwood
- Maackia amurensis
- Malus spp.
- Prunus spp.: “Accolade”
- Prunus virginiana: “Canada Red”
- Pyrus calleryana: “Chanticleer”, “Aristocrat”, “Capital”, “Whitehorse”
- Tatarian Maple
- Thornless Cockspur Hawthorne
- Trident Maple
- Serviceberry
- Shantung Maple
- Syringa reticulata
LIPA’s response to individual line clearance requests is limited to emergencies for example, a tree limb actually leaning on a LIPA wire or causing a downed electric wire. If this occurs, call us right away at 1-800-490-0075.
Overview | Tree Planning | Proper Planting | Wire-Friendly Trees | Asian Longhorned Beetle
