Tree Protection in New Jersey (2026)

Old Bridge Township treats mature heritage trees as nearly untouchable under Code § 457-1D: removal from any property…

Brick Township requires a Shade Tree Commission or Engineering Department permit before removing, cutting, or damaging…

Freehold Township protects mature heritage and historic trees under Chapter 336, Article II. The Township Forester…

Hamilton Township bars removal of any tree officially designated "historic" under Code § 550-117 unless the applicant…

Jackson Township's Tree Removal ordinance lets the Shade Tree Commission designate individual trees as "historic,"…

Lakewood Township protects any tree the governing body formally designates historic, plus 'Specimen Trees' listed under…

Chapter 66 of the Monroe Township Code in Middlesex County, New Jersey, designates one tree, the Monroe Oak at Block…

In the City of Vineland, § 425-85.B(5) of the City Code requires development design to give particular attention to…

In the City of East Orange, § 51-193 of the Land Use Chapter protects mature trees during development: any existing…

Howell Township defines a specimen/landmark tree as any tree with a DBH of 16 inches or greater, and a landmark tree as…

The Village of Ridgewood, Bergen County, New Jersey has no separate landmark or heritage-tree label. Instead, Village…

Toms River Township defines any tree of 16 inches or greater DBH as a landmark tree and requires developers to…

In East Brunswick Township, every site plan, subdivision and general development plan must preserve as undeveloped open…

Freehold Township singles out heritage trees (mature trees of a size the Township Forester defines by species) and…

Hamilton Township protects trees the Shade Tree Commission designates as "specimen" trees, including rare species or…

Jackson Township, New Jersey designates certain trees as specimen or historic under Chapter 405 of its Township Code…

Lakewood Township names dozens of specific tree species as protected 'specimen trees' once they exceed a listed trunk…

In Monroe Township, Middlesex County, Specimen Trees get stronger protection than ordinary trees. Removal needs the…

Beyond its general six-inch tree removal permit rule, Old Bridge Township singles out 'specimen' and 'historic' trees…

Toms River's tree ordinance singles out "specimen trees", exceptional trees measured against New Jersey's Record Trees…

Bayonne's tree preservation chapter protects any living deciduous tree over two inches in trunk diameter, any conifer…

Edison Township singles out 'specimen trees', any tree with a trunk diameter of sixteen inches or more, for extra…

In the City of Hoboken, Chapter 169 of the City Code protects any tree with a trunk diameter of four inches or more…

Howell Township Code § 188-191 bars cutting, removing or destroying any tree growing in the Township without a permit…

Section 175-147 of the Monroe Township Code, Gloucester County, NJ, bars development that would cause irreversible harm…

Trenton requires a Tree Permit before removing any street tree with a trunk 2.5 inches or more in diameter, or any…

Freehold Township requires a permit from the Shade Tree Commission before anyone plants, cuts, prunes, or otherwise…

In the City of Bayonne, every development application must plant street trees under City Code § 33-10.17.c: spaced…

Bergenfield requires a Shade Tree Committee permit before anyone plants, trims, or removes a tree on any public…

In Bloomfield Township, New Jersey, no one plants a shade tree on any public highway or park without a written permit…

Brick Township requires street trees installed with a subdivision or site plan to be chosen from an approved species…

Planting a tree in a Cherry Hill Township right-of-way or on public property needs a Street Opening Permit from the…

Planting a shade or ornamental tree along any Clifton street or park needs a $10 permit from the Public Works Director…

In East Brunswick Township, a developer pays for and installs all new plantings in a subdivision and holds them under…

In the City of East Orange, street trees go in on both sides of every public street per an approved landscape plan…

New development in Edison must plant one shade tree for every 50 feet of right-of-way frontage, plus perimeter trees…

Elizabeth's design standards set the minimum size for new street trees at two-inch caliper, measured one foot above the…

Hackensack requires City Manager approval before anyone plants, prunes, or otherwise disturbs a shade tree standing on…

Hamilton Township's site plan landscaping standards require street trees along every public right-of-way, spaced an…

Hoboken's Shade Tree Commission sets exact rules for planting a tree along any city sidewalk or public right-of-way…

In Howell Township, New Jersey, street trees reviewed by the approving authority must measure at least 2 1/2 inches in…

Before planting or setting out any shade tree along an Irvington street, § 610-4 requires a written permit from the…

Jackson Township Code § 244-193 requires developers to plant shade or street trees from an approved species list…

Jersey City requires one street tree, new or existing, for every 25 feet of street frontage on any development or…

Lakewood Township, Ocean County, New Jersey requires new development to plant street trees on both sides of every…

Linden's tree ordinance defines the planting strip as the part of the street right-of-way between the property line and…

No one may plant a shade or ornamental tree in a Long Branch street, park, or parkway without approval of the species…

In Monroe Township, Gloucester County, street trees must come from the official species list kept by the Township Tree…

Anyone erecting new buildings in Monroe Township, Middlesex County, that need site plan or subdivision approval must…

No shade or ornamental tree or shrub can be planted in a public highway or place in the City of New Brunswick until the…

Planting any shade tree in a Newark street or city park requires written permission from the Director of Public Works…

Every new development in Old Bridge Township must plant street trees at set intervals along the right-of-way…

In Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey, subdivision streets get shade trees in the three-foot right-of-way strip, spaced…

No one may plant or set out a tree in a Passaic street, park, or planting strip without a written permit from the…

Paterson's Land Development Ordinance spaces new street trees 25 to 40 feet apart, sets a minimum trunk size, and…

In the City of Perth Amboy, new buildings that need site plan or subdivision approval must plant pollution-resistant…

Piscataway Township requires new subdivision streets to be lined with shade trees planted in the public right-of-way no…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, shade trees are planted at intervals of forty feet along a right-of-way and at…

Village of Ridgewood Code § 190-84 sets fixed placement standards for street trees: both sides of the right-of-way, no…

Street and shade trees planted in Toms River's public right-of-way must come from an approved species list and be…

Trenton's zoning ordinance requires developers to plant shade trees in the curb lawn and on-site under § 315-11.9…

In the City of Vineland, street trees planted between property lines and the roadway must come from an approved species…

Section 134-85.5 of the Wayne Township Code requires shade trees along all public rights-of-way in a development: large…

In the Town of West New York, New Jersey (Hudson County), no one can plant or permit a poplar or willow tree in any…

Planting a tree or shrub along a Woodbridge street requires a Township permit, and the planting must match the species…