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Belmar Municipal Building
601 Main Street, Belmar, NJ 07719
P: 732-681-3700
F: 732-681-3434
General Inquiries
info@belmar.com
Belmar Municipal Building
601 Main Street, Belmar, NJ 07719
Trees in Belmar
✅Belmar’s Preferred Tree-planting list for homeowners
Nursery grown, Quality A grade, and free of disease and insects. Balled and burlapped (B&B) using natural fiber rope and burlap.
Newly planted trees must be watered deeply for the first 2 years.“Gator bags” may be used during the summer months for irrigation.
Trees noted with an asterisk (*) are NOT considered salt tolerant.
Common Name | Botanical Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
Downy Serviceberry | Amelanchier arborea |
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Serviceberry, Shadblow/Cumulus | Amelanchier canadensis / A. laevis |
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Serviceberry, Apple | Amelanchier × grandiflora | hybrid |
Ivory Silk Japanese Lilac | Syringa reticulata |
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Carolina Silverbell* | Halesia tetraptera | |
Eastern Redbud* | Cercis canadensis | |
Amur Maple | Acer ginnala |
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Trident Maple | Acer buergerianum |
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🚫 List of Prohibited Invasive Species* in New Jersey as per the Invasive Species Management Act.
Common Name | Botanical Name |
|---|---|
Norway maple | Acer platanoides |
Tree of heaven | Ailanthus altissima |
Mimosa or silk tree | Albizia julibrissin |
Porcelain berry | Ampelopsis glandulosa var. brevipedunculata |
Japanese angelica tree | Aralia elata |
Japanese barberry | Berberis thunbergii |
Japanese clematis | Clematis terniflora |
Autumn olive | Elaeagnus umbellata |
Weeping lovegrass | Eragrostis curvula |
Winged burning bush | Euonymus alatus |
English ivy | Hedera helix |
Japanese hop | Humulus japonicus |
Sericea lespedeza | Lespedeza cuneata |
European privet | Ligustrum vulgare |
Amur honeysuckle | Lonicera maackii |
Morrow's honeysuckle | Lonicera morrowii |
Purple loosestrife | Lythrum salicaria |
Japanese crabapple | Malus toringo |
Chinese silvergrass | Miscanthus sinensis |
Eurasian water-milfoil | Myriophyllum spicatum |
Oriental photinia | Photinia villosa |
Running bamboo | Phyllostachys spp. |
Callery or Bradford pear | Pyrus calleryana |
Common buckthorn | Rhamnus cathartica |
Jetbead | Rhodotypos scandens |
Multiflora rose | Rosa multiflora |
European water chestnut | Trapa natans |
Siebold's arrowwood | Viburnum sieboldii |
Japanese wisteria | Wisteria floribunda |
Chinese wisteria | Wisteria sinensis |
* The Invasive Species Management Act in NJ (S1029/A4137), enacted on January 20, 2026, prohibits the propagation or importation of invasive species starting February 1, 2027, and prohibits the sale, distribution, or export of invasive species starting February 1, 2030. The law does not require the removal of existing plants.
CLICK HERE to download /print the preferred tree list
Questions or Suggestions? Email us at ShadeTree@Belmar.com