Mt. Cuba Center’s Resilient Canopy project addresses the urgent need to adapt tree planting practices to meet the challenges posed by both climate change and major pests and diseases. The following plant lists can be used to help guide decision making for selecting trees that are predicted to thrive in the Delaware region by the year 2100. For more information on this project, visit our website at https://mtcubacenter.org/research/resilient-canopy/ Level 1. These species are likely to do well, even in a high warming scenario and do not currently have significant pest and disease concerns. Level 1- Species with No Concerns (Good in High Warming, No Pest/Disease) southern sugar maple (Acer floridanum)
American smoketree (Cotinus obovatus)
sour gum (Nyssa sylvatica)
chalk maple (Acer leucoderme)
barberry hawthorn (Crataegus berberifolia)
American hop-hornbeam (Ostrya virginiana)
ash-leaf maple (Acer negundo)
cock-spur hawthorn (Crataegus crus-galli)
sourwood (Oxydendrum arboreum)
red maple (Acer rubrum)
Harbison’s hawthorn (Crataegus harbisonii)
fevertree (Pinckneya bracteata)
silver maple (Acer saccharinum)
entangled hawthorn (Crataegus intricata)
short-leaf pine (Pinus echinata)
red buckeye (Aesculus pavia)
forest hawthorn (Crataegus iracunda)
pond pine (Pinus serotina)
seaside alder (Alnus maritima)
eastern hawthorn (Crataegus macrosperma)
loblolly pine (Pinus taeda)
smooth alder (Alnus serrulata)
parsley hawthorn (Crataegus marshallii)
scrub pine (Pinus virginiana)
downy serviceberry (Amelanchier arborea)
American sycamore (Platanus occidentalis)
pawpaw (Asimina triloba)
Washington hawthorn (Crataegus phaenopyrum) oneflower hawthorn (Crataegus uniflora)
flowering dogwood (Benthamidia florida)
green hawthorn (Crataegus viridis)
swamp cottonwood (Populus heterophylla)
river birch (Betula nigra)
common persimmon (Diospyros virginiana)
American wild plum (Prunus americana)
American hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana)
franklinia (Franklinia alatamaha)
black cherry (Prunus serotina)
mockernut hickory (Carya alba/tomentosa)
water-locust (Gleditsia aquatica)
wafer-ash (Ptelea trifoliata)
water hickory (Carya aquatica)
honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos)
white oak (Quercus alba)
southern shagbark hickory (Carya carolinaeseptentrionalis) bitternut hickory (Carya cordiformis)
little silverbell (Halesia carolina)
swamp post oak (Quercus lyrata)
two-winged silverbell (Halesia diptera)
basket oak (Quercus michauxii)
pignut hickory (Carya glabra)
American holly (Ilex opaca)
yellow chestnut oak (Quercus muehlenbergii)
pecan (Carya illinoinensis)
eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginiana)
post oak (Quercus stellata)
nutmeg hickory (Carya myristiciformis)
sweet gum (Liquidambar styraciflua)
southern swamp dogwood (Swida foemina)
shagbark hickory (Carya ovata)
tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera)
black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)
sand hickory (Carya pallida)
Osage-orange (Maclura pomifera)
clammy locust (Robinia viscosa)
black hickory (Carya texana)
southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora)
black willow (Salix nigra)
southern catalpa (Catalpa bignonioides)
bigleaf magnolia (Magnolia macrophylla)
gum bumelia (Sideroxylon lanuginosum)
northern catalpa (Catalpa speciosa)
umbrella magnolia (Magnolia tripetala)
buckthorn bully (Sideroxylon lycioides)
Mississippi hackberry (Celtis laevigata)
sweet bay (Magnolia virginiana)
silky camellia (Stewartia malacodendron)
common hackberry (Celtis occidentalis)
southern wild crab apple (Malus angustifolia)
sweetleaf (Symplocos tinctoria)
eastern redbud (Cercis canadensis)
red mulberry (Morus rubra)
pond-cypress (Taxodium ascendens)
Atlantic white-cedar (Chamaecyparis thyoides) fringe tree (Chionanthus virginicus)
water tupelo (Nyssa aquatica)
bald-cypress (Taxodium distichum)
yellowwood (Cladrastis kentukea)
Ogeechee tupelo (Nyssa ogeche)
swamp tupelo (Nyssa biflora)
eastern cottonwood (Populus deltoides)