Tree Species

Serving All of Cape Cod, the South Shore and Nantucket & Martha's Vineyard

Plant Hardiness Zone 6

Average Annual Minimum Temperature: 0 to -10 degrees Fahrenheit
Trees that grow in this zone's temperature extremes:

Zone Map

ZONE 6 TREE SPECIES

American Basswood Tilia americana
American Beech Fagus grandifolia
American Chestnut Castanea dentata
American Elm Ulmus americana
American Holly Ilex opaca
American Hornbeam Carpinus caroliniana
American Mountainash Sorbus americana
American Plum Prunus americana
American Sycamore Platanus occidentalis
Apple Malus pumila
Apricot Prunus armeniaca
Atlantic Whitecedar, Southern Whitecedar Chamaecyparis thyoides
Austrian Pine Pinus nigra
Baldcypress Taxodium distichum
Bigtooth Aspen Populus grandidentata
Bitternut Hickory Carya cordiformis
Black Cherry Prusus serotina
Black Cottonwood Populus trichocarpa
Black Locust Robinia pseudoacacia
Black Maple Acer nigrum
Black Oak Quercus velutina
Black Spruce Picia mariana
Black Tupelo, Blackgum Nyssa sylvatica
Black Walnut Juglans nigra
Black Willow Salix nigra
Boxelder Acer negundo
Bur Oak Quercus macrocarpa
Butternut Juglans cinerea
Chestnut Oak Quercus prinus
Chinese Chestnut Castanea molissima
Chinese Elm Ulmus americana
Chinkapin Oak Quercus muehlenbergii
Chokecherry Prunus virginiana
Cockspur Hawthorn Crataegus crusgalli
Colorado Blue Spruce Picea Pungens
Common hackberry Celtis occidentalis
Cucumbertree Magnolia Magnolia acuminata
Douglasfir Pseudotsuga menziesii
Downy Hawthorn Crataegus mollis
Eastern Arborvitae, Northern Whitecedar Thuja occidentalis
Eastern Cottonwood Populus deltoides
Eastern Hemlock Tsuga canadensis
Eastern Hophornbeam Ostrya virginiana
Eastern Redbud Cercis canadensis
Eastern Redcedar Juniperus virginiana
Eastern White Pine Pinus strobus
English Oak Quercus robur
European Alder Alnus glutinosa
European Larch Larix decidua
European Mountainash Sorbus aucuparia
Flowering Dogwood Cornus florida
Fraser Fir Abies fraseri
Ginkgo Ginkgo biloba
Goldenraintree Koelreuteria paniculata
Goodding Willow Salix gooddingii
Green Ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Honeylocust Gleditsia triacanthos
Horsechestnut Aesculus hippocastanum
Jack Pine, Scrub Pine Pinus banksiana
Japanese Pagodatree Sophora japonica
Juneberry, Downy Serviceberry, Shadbush Amelanchier arborea
Kentucky Coffeetree Gymnocladus dioicus
Littleleaf Linden Tilia cordata
Loblolly Pine Pinus taeda
Lombardy Black Poplar Populus nigra var. italica
London Planetree Platanus x acerifolia
Mimosa, Silk-tree albizia julibrissin
Mockernut Hickory Carya tomentosa
Northern Catalpa Catalpa speciosa
Northern Redoak Quercus rubra
Norway Maple Acer platanoides
Norway Spruce Picea abies
Ohio Buckeye Aesculus glabra
Osage-Orange Maclura Pomifera
Overcup Oak Quercus lyrata
Paper Birch Betula papyrifera
Pawpaw Asimina triloba
Peach Prunus persica
Pear Pyrus
Pecan Carya illinoinensis
Persimmon Diospyros virgniana
Pignut Hickory Carya glabra
Pin Oak Quercus palustris
Pitch Pine Pinus rigida
Plains Cottonwood Populus deltoides var. occidentalis
Ponderosa Pine Pinus ponderosa
Post Oak Quercus stellata
Prairie Crabapple Malus ioensis
Pumpkin Ash Fraxinus tomentosa
Quaking Aspen Populus tremuloides
Red Maple Acer rubrum
Red Mulberry Morus rubra
Red Spruce Picea rubens
River Birch Betula nigra
Rock Elm, Cork Elm Ulmus thomasii
Russion-Olive Elaeagnus angustifolia
Sassafras Sassafras albidum
Saucer Magnolia Magnolia x soulangiana
Scarlet Oak Quercus coccinea
Scotch Pine Pinus sylvestris
Shagbark Hickory Carya ovata
Shellbark Hickory Carya laciniosa
Shingle Oak Quercus imbricaria
Shortleaf Pine Pinus echinata
Siberian Elm Ulmus pumila
Silver Maple Acer saccharinum
Slippery Elm Ulmus rubra
Sour Cherry Prunus cerasus
Sourwood Oxydendrum arboreum
Southern Magnolia Magnolia grandiflora
Sugar Maple Acer saccharum
Swamp White Oak Quercus bicolor
Sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua
Thinleaf Alder, Mountain Alder Alnus tenuifolia
Tree of Heaven Ailanthus altissina
Umbrella Magnolia Magnolia tripetala
Washington Hawthorn Crategus phaenopyrum
Water Oak Quercus nigra
Weeping Willow Salix babylonica
Western Redcedar Thuja plicata
White Alder Alnus rhombifolia
White Ash Fraxinus americana
White Mulberry Morus alba
White Oak Quercus alba
White Poplar Populus alba
White Spruce Picea glauca
Willow Oak Quercus phellos
Yellow Buckeye Aesculus octandra
Yellow Poplar, Tulip Poplar, Tuliptree Liriodendron tulipifera
Yellowood Cladrastis lutea