Which of these trees have pretty flowers in the spring?

Post date: 2021-04-17 15:10:38

Do you know a lot about flowering trees? Can you tell me which species have traditionally pretty flowers in the spring? Northeastern US (New England).

This is for a data project I'm doing as part of a class I'm taking for fun at the library, if you're curious. I found out that my city maps every tree (amazing!), and for my final project I want to map the neighborhoods in my city that will have the most flowering ornamental trees in the spring.

The list of trees is as follows (I converted the most common ones from latin names into common names. I only broke it down to the genus level, because at the species level it was completely unmanageable):
Maple
Aesculus
Ailanthus
Alnus
Amelanchier
Betula
Carpinus
Carya
Catalpa
Cedrus
Hackberry
Cercidiphyllum
Cercis
Chionanthus
Cladrastis
Dogwood
Corylus
Hawthorn
Empty
Eucommia
Fagus
Ash
Ginkgo
Honey Locust
Gymnocladus
Halesia
Hamamelis
Hibiscus
Ilex
Juglans
Juniperus
Koelrenteria
Sweet Gum
Liriodendron
Maacki
Magnolia
Crab Apple
Metasequoia
Morus
Nyssa
Ostrya
Other
Oxydendrum
Parrotia
Paulownia
Picea
Pinus
Plane Tree
Populus
Black Cherry
Callery Pear
White Oak
Robinia
Salix
Sophora
Sorbus
Stewartia
Stump
Lilac
Taxodium
Tilia
Tsuga
Elm
Zelkova

Thank you!

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