Relative tolerance of cultivated species to short-term flooding during the growing season. (Source: White 1973)
Species	Common Name	Tolerant¹	Intolerant²
SHADE TREES
Acer platanoides	Norway maple		X
Acer rubrum	Red maple	X
Acer saccharum	Sugar maple		X
Betula papyrifera	Paper birch		X
Betula populifolia	Gray birch		X
Ceris canadensis	Redbud		X
Cladrastis lutea	Yellowwood		X
Cornus florida	Flowering dogwood		X
Cornus florida "Cloud 9"			X
Cornus florida "Cherokee Chief"			X
Cornus florida var. rubra	Red flowering dogwood		X
Cornus mas	Cornelian cherry	X
Crataegus phaenopyrum	Washington hawthorn		X
Crataegus lavallei	Lavalle hawthorn		X
Fraxinus americana	White ash	X
Gleditisa inermis	Thornless honeylocust	X
(=G. triacanthos var. inermis)
Juglans nigra	Black walnut	X
Magnolia soulangeana	Saucer magnolia		X
Malus pumila "Dolgo"	Dolgo crabapple	X
Malus sp. "Lodi," "McIntosh,"	Apple		X
"Radiant," "Hope," and "Bechtel"
Morus alba	White mulberry	X
Platanus occidentalis	Sycamore	X
Populus deltoides	Eastern cottonwood	X
prunus persica	Flowering peach		X
Prunus serotina	Black cherry		X
Prunus subhirtella var.pendula	Weeping cherry		X
Quercus rubra	Red oak		X
Robinia pseudoacaicia	Black locust		X
Salix alba	White willow	X
Salix discolor	Pussy willow	X
Sorbus aucuparia	European mountain-ash		X
Tilia cordata	Littleleaf linden	X
EVERGREENS
Juniperus chinensis var:pfitzeriana	Pfitzer juniper	X
Juniperus virginiana	Eastern redcedar	X
Picea abies	Norway spruce		X
Picea pungens	Colorado spruce		X
Picea pungens var. glauca	Colorado blue spruce		X
Taxus cuspidata	Upright yew		X
Taxus cuspidata var.expansa	Spreading yew		X
Taxus media "Hicksii"	Hick's yew		X
Thuja occidentalis	Eastern arborvitae		X
Tsuga canadensis	Eastern hemlock		X
SHRUBS
Berberis thunbergii	Japanese barberry	X
Cornus paniculata	Gray-stem dogwood	X
Ligustrum obtusifolium var. regelianum	Regel privet	X
Viburnum dentatum	Arrowwood	X
Viburnum lentago	Sweet viburnum	X
Viburnum trilobum	American cranberry bush	X