Greening the Gateway Cities

MA Urban Canopy Project

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Limited Use Trees

The GGCP plants over 50 different species of trees.  The goal of the program is to reduce household heating and cooling energy use by increasing tree canopy cover in urban residential areas, so large canopy shade trees are our preferred trees to plant.

We plant with the principle of “Right Tree, Right Place” and additional categories of trees enable flexibility while planting in challenging urban conditions.  Overhead utility wires, close proximity of other buildings, and other infrastructure limitations require the GGCP to use trees of all shapes and sizes to fit the various planting locations.

All trees are subject to availability and the discretion of the local Urban Forester.  If you see a tree you like, let us know!  It will help to guide the tree siting process.

  • Cherry Plum

  • Chokecherry

  • Cornelian Cherry Dogwood

  • Flowering Crabapple

  • Flowering Magnolia

  • Hawthorn

  • Higan Cherry

  • Japanese Tree Lilac

  • Kousa Dogwood

  • Kwanzan Cherry

  • Redbud

  • Sargent Cherry

  • Serviceberry

  • Seven-Son Flower

  • Yoshino Cherry

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  • Preferred Canopy Trees
  • Medium Canopy Trees
  • Evergreen Trees

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For more information please contact Local GGCP Offices at:

Barnstable: 774-487-5677
Brockton: 617-626-1503
Chelsea: 617-626-1459
Chicopee: 617-626-1473
Everett: 617-626-1459
Fall River: 617-626-1571
Fitchburg: 617-626-1514
Haverhill: 617-626-1516
Holyoke: 617-626-1473
Lawrence: 978-974-0770, x7016
Leominster: 617-626-1514
Lowell: 617-626-1516
Lynn: 617-626-1502
Malden: 617-626-1456
New Bedford: 617-626-1571
Pittsfield: 617-626-1515
Quincy: 617-626-1570
Revere: 617-626-1459
Salem: 617-626-1502
Springfield: 413-736-3111
Taunton: 617-626-1503
Westfield: 617-626-1473
Worcester: 617-626-1458

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