Parks and Rec Month - City Arborist

City arborist Trent Bristol shows us what an arborist does for Herriman.

Stump Grinder

Herriman City arborist Trent Bristol demonstrates the City's stump grinder equipment.

Tree Time with Trent (October 2024)

Herriman City arborist Trent Bristol holds instructional classes about taking care of trees. 

2020 Arbor Day Video

Herriman City and arborist Trent Bristol created this video in place of the traditional Arbor Day elementary school presentations during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

Planting Widths of 3-5 feet

• Chitalpa Chitalpa x tashkentensis (tree form)
• Crabapple Malus spp. (fireblight-resistant varieties)
• Golden Rain Tree Koelreuteria paniculata
• Hawthorn Crataegus spp. (thornless and flowering)
• Hop Hornbeam Ostrya virginiana
• Lilac, Chinese Syringa pekinensis
• Lilac, Japanese Syringa reticulata
• Maackia Maackia amurensis
• Maple, Amur Acer ginnala (tree form)
• Maple, Hedge Acer campestre
• Maple, Tatarian Acer tataricum (tree form)
• Redbud, Eastern Cercis canadensis
• Serviceberry Amelanchier x grandifolia (‘Autumn Brilliance’)
• Zelkova Zelkova serrata (‘City Sprite’ or ‘Wireless’)

Planting Widths of 5.5-10 feet

• Elm, Lace Bark Ulmus parvifolia
• Filbert, Turkish Corylus colurna
• Ginkgo Ginkgo biloba
• Hackberry, Common Celtis occidentalis
• Honey Locust Gleditsia triacanthos (thornless varieties)
• Hornbeam, European Carpinus betulus (Fastigiata)
• Kentucky Coffeetree Gymnocladus dioicus (fruitless)
• Maple, Manitoba (Boxelder) Acer negundo (‘Sensation’)
• Maple, Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus
• Maple, Sunset Series Acer truncatum x platanoides (Norwegian Sunset, Urban Sunset)
• Oak, Swamp White Quercus bicolor
• Oak, Northern Pin Quercus ellipsoidalis
• Oak, English Quercus robur
• Oak, Northern Red Quercus rubra
• Osage-Orange Maclura pomifera (‘White Shield’)
• Persian Parrotia Parrotia persica
• Linden, Littleleaf Tilia cordata
• Linden, Crimean Tilia euchlora
• Linden, Silver Tilia tomentosa
• Zelkova Zelkova serrata (‘Musashino,’ ‘Green Vase,’ or ‘Village Green’)

Planting Widths of 10+ feet (i.e. open space)

• Beech, European Fagus sylvatica
• Buckeye Aesculus glabra
• Catalpa, Northern Catalpa speciosa
• Dogwood, Cornelian Cherry Cornus mas
• Elm, American Ulmus americana (Dutch elm disease resistant varieties)
• Elm Hybrids Ulmus spp. (‘Frontier’ and ‘Accolade’)
• Hackberry, Netleaf Celtis reticulata
• Horsechestnut, Red Aesculus x carnea
• Japanese Pagoda Sophora japonica
• Linden, American Tilia americana
• Maple, State Street Acer miyabei
• Mimosa Albizia julibrissin
• Mulberry, White Morus alba (fruitless)
• Mulberry, Red Morus rubra (fruitless)
• Oak, Bur Quercus macrocarpa
• Oak, Chinkapin Quercus muehlenbergii
• Oak, Shumard Quercus shumardii
• Oak, Turkey Quercus cerris
• Oak, White Quercus alba
• Sycamore Platanus x acerifolia (‘London Plane Tree’)
• Tuliptree Liriodendron tulipifera
• Yellowwood Cladrastis kentuckea

Conifers: Best in Groupings At Entrances to Developments, Open Spaces, and in Non-Traditional Parking Strips At Least 20 Feet Wide

• Arborvitae Thuja orientalis
• Bald Cypress Taxodium distichum
• Cedar, Alaska Cupressus nootkatensis
• Cedar, Blue Atlas Cedrus atlantica var. Glauca
• Cedar, Deodar Cedrus deodara (‘Karl Fuchs’, ‘Kashmir’, ‘Shalimar’)
• Cedar, Eastern Red Juniperus virginiana
• Cedar, Incense Calocedrus decurrens
• Juniper, Chinese Juniperus chinensis
• Juniper, Rocky Mountain Juniperus scopulorum
• Pine, Austrian Pinus nigra
• Pine, Bosnian Pinus leucodermis (‘Heldrechii’)
• Pine, Eastern White Pinus strobus
• Pine, Limber Pinus flexilis (‘Vanderwolf’s Pyramid’)
• Pine, Scotch Pinus sylvestris
• Pine, Pinyon Pinus edulis
• Sequoia, Giant Sequoiadendron giganteum