Corning, New York list of approved street trees, 2026
The City of Corning Public Works department publishes a list of approved street trees in three size groups, with footnotes for non-native species, upright form and park trees. This page copies the groups, the planting rules printed with them and the power line notice.
Checked against the sources at the bottom of this page on October 9, 2026. Rules, fees and pay change: the source has the last word.
This page reports what the official source says. It is not legal advice: ask the office named here. It is also not planting advice and it does not say which tree suits a site. The city’s Public Works page links a document titled List of Approved Street Trees. It is a four-page PDF with no printed date. The PDF metadata shows it was created on July 13, 2026, and the file name carries 2026. The first page says the species were chosen with local conditions in mind, naming resistance to insects and disease, durability in ice and wind and sound structure as the aims.
Rules printed on the first page
- The list is for planting within the city right-of-way.
- The city sets a minimum of 10 feet between any planted tree and water valves or sewer cleanouts, where present.
- The city names Dig Safely New York as the contact, by phone at 811, at least two full working days before the planned planting date.
- The page ends with the sentence “No other tree species will be allowed in the city right of way.”
How the table is laid out
The table has three columns: a size label that runs down the side, botanical name and common name. The size label cells are merged, so each label covers many rows, and the large-trees label starts on the third page. Reading the table as the PDF draws it gives 15 small, 23 medium and 17 large rows, 55 in all. Four footnote numbers follow the names. Footnote 1 sits on the botanical name heading and says all proposed species are native or naturalized unless indicated otherwise and available from commercial nurseries in New York State, and that small trees are recommended for planting under powerlines. Footnote 2 marks non-native species described as appropriate as maintained in New York State (28 rows). Footnote 3 calls for the upright form of the street tree to be specified (9 rows). Footnote 4 marks trees recommended as park trees (7 rows).
Names are copied as the PDF prints them, with its capitalisation, spellings and typing slips. The PDF puts a space or a footnote mark inside some names; those marks are given as footnote numbers here.
Small trees, under 30 feet (15 rows)
| Botanical name and footnotes as printed | Common name as printed |
|---|---|
| Acer Ginnala 'Flame', Ruby Slippers (footnote 2) | Flame Maple, Ruby Slippers Maple |
| Acer Pensylvanicum | Striped Maple/Snakebark Maple |
| Acer Saccharum 'Barret Cole'/Apollo (footnote 3) | Apolloa Maple |
| Acer Tataricum (footnote 2) | Tatarian Maple |
| Amelachier Grandiflora (footnote 3) | Serviceberry (several cultivators) |
| Amelachier Laevis (footnote 3) | Serviceberry (several cultivators) |
| Carpinus Caroliniana (footnote 3) | American Hornbean (several cultivators) |
| Cercis Canadensis | Eastern Redbud |
| Crataegus Crusgalli 'Inermis' (footnote 2) | Thornless Cockspur Hawthorn |
| Crataegus Virdis 'Winter King' (footnote 2) | Winter King Hawthorn |
| Malus Cultivars (footnote 2,3) | Crabapple |
| Cornus Florida (footnote 4) | Flowering Dogwood |
| Prunus Sargentii 'Columnaris' (footnote 2) | Columnar Sargent Cherry |
| Syringa Reticulata (footnote 2) | Japanese Tree Lilac |
| Ulmus Davidiana x Japonica 'Burgundy Glow' (footnote 2) | Northern Empress Elm |
Medium trees, 30 to 45 feet (23 rows)
| Botanical name and footnotes as printed | Common name as printed |
|---|---|
| Acer Campestre (footnote 2) | Hedge Maple |
| Acer Freemanii (footnote 2,3) | Firefall Maple |
| Acer Rubrum (footnote 3) | Red Maple (several Cultivators) |
| Aesculus Glabra | Ohio Buckeye |
| Betula Lenta | Sweet Birch, Cherry Birch |
| Carpinus Betulus (footnote 2) | European Hornbeam |
| Cercidiphllum Japonicum (footnote 2) | Katsura Tree |
| Cladrastis Kentuckea (footnote 4) | Yellowwood |
| Corylus Colurna (footnote 2) | Turkish Fibert |
| Gleditsia T.I 'Draves' PPS1698 (footnote 2) | Street Keeper Honeylocust |
| Gleditsia T.I. 'Impole' (footnote 2) | Imperial Honeylocust |
| Gleditsia Triacanthos | Honey Locust: Inermis imperial majestic Shademaster |
| Gymnocladus Dioicus | Kentucky Coffee Tree |
| Liriodendron Tulipifera 'Fastigiatum' | Columnar Tuliptree |
| Lirquidambar Styraciflua | Sweetgum |
| Prunus Sargentii 'Columnaris' (footnote 2,3) | Columnar Sargent Cherry |
| Quercus Acutissima (footnote 2) | Sawtooth Oak |
| Quercus x Bimundorum 'Midwest' (footnote 2) | Prairie Stature Oak |
| Quercus x 'JFS-KW1Qx' / Streetspire (footnote 2) | Streetspire Oak |
| Tillia Cordata (footnote 2) | Little Leaf Linden |
| Tillia Tomentosa (footnote 2) | Silver Linden |
| Ulmus x 'Frontier' (footnote 2) | Frontier Elm (Dutch Elm Disease Resistant) |
| Ulmus x 'Patriot' (footnote 2) | Patriot Elm (Dutch Elm Disease Resistant) |
Large trees, over 45 feet (17 rows)
| Botanical name and footnotes as printed | Common name as printed |
|---|---|
| Acer Saccharum (footnote 4) | Sugar Maple |
| Celtis Occidentalis (footnote 2) | Common Hackberry |
| Ginko Biloba | Maidenhair Tree (Male selection only) |
| Nyssa Sylvatica | Black Tupelo (many cultivars) |
| Platanus Acerifolia (footnote 2,3) | London Plane Tree |
| Platanus occidentalis | Sycamore or American Planetree |
| Quercus Alba | White Oak |
| Quercus Bicolor | Swamp White Oak |
| Quercus macrocarpa (footnote 4) | Bur Oak |
| Quercus palustris (footnote 4) | Pin Oak |
| Quercus Robur 'Fastigiata' (footnote 2) | Columnar English Oak |
| Quercus rubra | Red Oak |
| Taxodium distichum | Baldcypress |
| Tilia euchlora (footnote 2,4) | Crimean Linden |
| Ulmus americana | Dutch Elm Disease Resistant (many cultivators) |
| Zelkova serrata | Japanese Zelkova |
| Liriodendron tulipifera (footnote 2,4) | Tulip Tree |
Where the list says it came from
The last page lists nine recommended resources. They include a Penn State Extension guide to trees suitable for urban street planting (revision 4/19), Cornell University’s Urban Horticulture Institute recommendations on stress tolerance, a Northeast urban trees book by a SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry professor, a utility’s list of small trees for planting under low overhead lines, a Cornell Cooperative Extension field guide to Tree City USA, a book on trees in the urban landscape, a book on trees of New York State and a nursery catalogue for Fall 2024 to Spring 2025. The city does not say which entry came from which source.
Powerlines
A second Public Works document, Tree Maintenance Near Powerlines, says the electric utility NYSEG prunes trees around its powerlines from time to time for the safety and dependability of service in the city. It sends questions about that pruning to the utility and names the utility and the New York State Public Service Commission as holders of information on tree maintenance. The PDF metadata shows it was created on August 3, 2016. How utility pruning rules are set is covered on the vegetation management rules page.
Limits
- The creation date is not an approval date. The city prints none.
- Size groups were read from the page image because the text layer separates the merged size labels from their rows.
- The size groups are as the city sets them and do not match the other cities’ groups exactly.
This list sits beside the others on the city lists comparison page.