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Approved Street Trees

Tree Board LogoAPPROVED STREET TREES

 

Approved Street Trees for Paonia’s Public Right-of-Ways (ROW)

Trees within this list are those which, given proper and consistent maintenance including supplemental irrigation, proper pruning, and avoidance of chemical contaminants, will be assets to Paonia’s public ROW’s. While this list is a good guide for private property planting, there are additional quality tree species not included as their growth habit conflicts with the space near the edge of a street and visibility (conifers, weeping trees, etc.). 

This list may act as a guide for private property trees. Trees not included on the approved street tree list may not be planted in the public right-of-way (as a street tree) without express permission from the town board. If a tree is excluded, it may be permitted on a case-by-case basis. Contact the Town of Paonia (https://townofpaonia.colorado.gov/) for details, site inspections, and planting permits. 

Per the Town of Paonia municipal code, the adjoining property owner is responsible for providing water to street trees, and the town of Paonia will provide suggested standard maintenance services (pruning and removal) for street trees. A free permit is required from the Town for tree planting and removal of any trees in the public ROW. 

Per Paonia’s Tree Board, the following species are no longer permitted to be planted as street trees (invasive, poor performance, threatened by pests, weak-wooded, etc.): 

  • Any of the poplar (Populus) species including cottonwoods 
  • Aspen (Populus tremuloides) 
  • Any of the willow (Salix) species
  •  Siberian elm (Ulmus pumila) 
  • Weeping and pendulous trees 
  • Ash (Fraxinus) species 
  • Silver maple (Acer saccharinum) 
  • Autumn Blaze / Freeman maple (Acer x freemannii) 
  • Sunburst honeylocust (Gleditsia triacanthos inermis 'Sunburst') 
  • Russian-olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia) 
  • Tree-of-heaven (Ailanthus altissima) 

Minimum Spacing Requirements · 35’ between shade trees · 25’ between understory trees · 30’ from curb at intersections · 20’ from streetlights · 10’ from alleys, driveways & fire hydrants · 7’ from attached sidewalks · 5’ from water meters

Here are three links from Town of Paonia: