Many trees cannot tolerate the extremes of flood or drought but there are a few more resilient species that will hang in there. Here is a list of trees that will weather a surprising about of water, however we recommend you get in touch to check which trees will thrive in your particular area of wet ground.

If you can’t find the tree your looking for, please get in touch and we’ll source it for you.

Trees for damp/wet ground | Will tolerate short floods

Acer negundo
Acer pseudoplatanus in varieties
Acer rubrum in varieties
Acer saccharinum
Alnus in varieties
Betula nigra
Betula pubescens
Carpinus betulus
Catalpa bignonioides
Liquidamber styraciflua
Liriodendron tulipifera
Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Platanus x acerifolia
Quercus palustris
Salix in varieties
Taxodium distichum
Thuja plicata