Planting Trees Near Power Lines
If you’re considering planting trees, make sure you look out for power lines.
In general, trees that grow to 25 feet or less are appropriate to plant near power lines. If trees are in the vicinity of high-voltage transmission lines, the recommended height is no more than 10 to 12 feet.
Look for trees at your local nurseries that are tagged with the TreeSmart logo. If you’re not sure the tree you’re considering meets the TreeSmart criteria, ask your landscape professional. Here is a list of 56 trees we suggest:
| Golden desert ash | Cornelian cherry dogwood | Rocky Mountain glow maple |
| California buckeye | Japanese dogwood | Rocky Mountain maple |
| Akebono cherry | Glorybower Tartarian maple | Autumn flowing cherry |
| Goldenrain tree | Trident maple | Mount Fuji flowering cherry |
| Crimson cloud hawthorn | Krauter Vesuvius plum | Sargent cherry |
| Lavalle hawthorn | Mt. St. Helens plum | Summer glow bird cherry |
| Snowbird hawthorn | Newport plum | Adirondack crabapple |
| Thornless cockspur hawthorn | Thundercloud plum | Centurian crabapple |
| Washington hawthorn | Allegheny serviceberry | Golden raindrops crabapple |
| American hornbeam | Autumn brilliance serviceberry | Indian summer crabapple |
| Ivory silk Japanese tree lilac | Cole's select serviceberry | Japanese flowing crabapple |
| Amur maackia | Princess Diana serviceberry | Prairifire crabapple |
| Victoria magnolia | Carolina silverbell | Red jewel crabapple |
| Crimson sentry maple | Fragrant snowbell | Robinson crabapple |
| Flame maple Japanese snowbell | Sentinel crabapple | Globe Norway maple |
| Smoke tree | Snowdrift crabapple | Hedge maple |
| Sourwood | Sugar tyme crabapple | Japanese maple |
| Japanese stewartia | Tschonoskii crabapple | Paperbark maple |
