These plants can tolerate road salt spray and are recommended for roadsides, driveways and treated sidewalk areas.
	Shade Trees Botanical Name                                               Common Name                                              Zone Aesculus hippocastanum                                   Common Horsechestnut                                    4-7 Fraxinus americana                                          White Ash                                                        4-9 Ginkgo biloba                                                   Ginkgo                                                            4-8 Gleditsia triacanthos                                          Thornless honeylocust                                      4-9 Juglans nigra                                                     Black Walnut                                                  4-9 Populus alba                                                     White Poplar                                                   3-8 Quercus rubra                                                   Red Oak                                                         3b-7 Robinia pseudoacacia                                         Black Locust                                                  4-8 Syringa reticulata                                               Japanese tree lilac                                            3-7 Evergreens Picea glauca 'Densata'                                        Black Hills Spruce                                          2-6 Pinus banksiana                                                 Jack Pine                                                       2-6 Pinus nigra                                                        Austrian Pine                                                 3b-7 Shrubs    Caragana arborescens                                        Siberian peashrub                                            2-7 Eleagnus commutata                                          Silverberry                                                     4-6 Juniperus chinensis                                            Chinese juniper                                               4-9 Juniperus conferta                                             Shore juniper                                                  6-9 Myrica pensylvanica                                           Northern bayberry                                          3-6 Pinus mugo                                                       Mugo Pine                                                     3-7 Prunus maritima                                                 Beach plum                                                   3-6 Rhus typhina                                                      Staghorn sumac                                             4-8 Shepherdia argentea                                            Silver buffaloberry                                         2-6 Symphoricarpos albus                                         Common snowberry                                       3-7
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