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Open Space
Hartford's Urban Forest
Often taken for granted, Hartford's trees comprise an urban forest and represent one of the city's most treasured assets. These trees are diverse in size and stage of maturity, ranging from state champions to select cultivars to common but beautiful specimens.
Unusual species include:
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Species
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Location
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| Sweetgum - "Liquidamber styracaflua" | Maple Avenue - Preston Street to South Street |
| Pyramidal European Hornbeam - "Carpinu betulus fastigiata" |
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| Maidenhair - "Ginko biloba" |
Sheldon Street - Prospect Street to Columbus |
| Zelkova - "Zelkova serrata" |
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| Katsura - "Cercidiphylum" | Hillside Avenue - Princeton Street to Amherst |
| Goldearain Tree - "Koelreuteria paniculata" | Frost of City Hall and library |
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Horsechestnut - Hesculus hippocastanum" |
Ansonia Street - "Fairfield to Cheshire" |
| Korean Evodia - "Evodia danielii" | White Street - Fairfield to Broad Street |
| Globe Norway Maple - "Acer platanoides globe" | Baldwin Street - South Street to Cowles |
| Amur Corktree - "Phellodendron amurense" |
Branford Street - Cornwall to Palm |
| Globe blue ash - "Fraxinus quadrangulata globe" | Cowles Street - Campfield Avenue to Fenwich Street |
| Fastigiate English Oak - "Quercus robar fastigiata" | Forest Street - Farmington Avenue to Hawthorne Street |
| Bradford Flowering Pear - "Pyrus calleryana bradford" | Freeman Street - Fairfield Avenue to Roger Street |
| Radiant Flowering Crab - Malus "Radiant" | Scarborough Street - Albany Avenue to Asylum Avenue |
| Snowdrift Flowering Crab - Malus "Snowdrift" | Scarborough Street - Albany Avenue to Asylum Avenue |
| Columnar Norway Maple - Acer platanoides "Columnare" | Flatbush Avenue - Zion to Hillside Avenue |
| London planetree - Platanus acerfolla | Hebron Street - Cornwall Street to Granby Street |
| Flowering Cherry - Prunus serrolata "Kwanzan" | Hughes Street - Zion Street to Hillside Avenue - Hawthorne Street |
| Crataegus Iaevigata - "Crimson cloud" | Governor Street - Main Street to Prospect Street |
