Many trees provide relief and protection from the sun in the form of shade. A tree will make a great shade tree if it provides dense foliage and a spread that blocks direct sunligt. There are many different species that can be used for shade trees, and a long list of good candidates is below.

Types of Shade Trees

American Beech American Elm Amur Maple Autumn Blaze Red Maple Autumn Flame Red Maple Autumn Purple Ash Bald Cypress Bitternut Hickory Black Cherry Black Gum Black Locust Black Oak Black Walnut Black Willow Bloodgood London Planetree Box elder Chanticleer Flowering Pear Cherokee Sweetgum Tree Cherry Bark Oak Chestnut Oak Chinese Chestnut Chinese Elm Chinkapin Oak Cimarron Ash Columnar English Oak Dura-Heat River Birch Eastern Red Oak European Horse Chestnut Gobbler Sawtooth Oak Green Ash Hackberry Hardy Pecan Heritage River Birch Hybrid Willow Kentucky Coffee Tree Lacebark Elm Maidenhair Mockernut Hickery Northern Catalpa Northern Red Oak Nuttail Oak October Glory Red Maple Ohio Buckeye

Overcup Oak Patmore Ash Persimmon Pignut Hickory Pin Oak Pond Cypress Poplar Hybrid Post Oak Red Maple Red Sunset Red Maple River Birch Sassafras Tree Sawtooth Oak Scarlet Oak Shademaster Honey Locust Shagbark Hickory Shellbark Hickory Shumard Oak Siberian Elm Silver Maple Siouxland Cottonless Cottonwood Sourgum Southern Red Oak Sugar Maple Sugarberry Sunburst Golden Honey Locust Swamp Chestnut Swamp Oak Sweet Gum Sweetbay or Swamp Magnolia Sycamore Texana Nuttail Oak Thornless Honeylocust Tulip Poplar Tulip Tree Tupelo Water Oak Weeping Willow White Ash White Oak White Walnut Willow Oak Yellow Buckeye