Trees for Polluted Air
The following list gives some suggestions of trees that can tolerate growing in areas with high levels of air pollution:
- Acer platanoides (Norway maple)
- Acer pseudoplatanus (Sycamore)
- Acer saccharinum (Silver maple)
- Aesculus hippocastanum (Horse chestnut)
- Alnus cordata (Italian alder)
- Alnus glutinosa (Black alder)
- Betula pendula (Silver birch)
- Carpinus betulus (Common hornbeam)
- Catalpa bignonioides (Indian bean tree)
- Corylus colurna (Turkish hazel)
- Crataegus (Hawthorn)
- Fraxinus (Ash)
- Ginkgo biloba (Maidenhair tree)
- Ilex x altaclerensis (Highclere holly)
- Magnolia grandiflora (Laurel magnolia)
- Malus (Apple)
- Populus (Poplar)
- Pyrus (Pear)
- Robinia
- Salix (Willow)
- Sophora japonica (Scholar's tree)
- Sorbus aria (Whitebeam)
- Sorbus aucuparia (Mountain ash)
- Sorbus intermedia (Swedish whitebeam)
- Taxus baccata (English yew)
- Taxus x media (Dense yew)