Tree Protection in Oregon (2026)

Hillsboro's code doesn't use the term 'heritage tree': it protects large 'specimen' trees by species and diameter, like…

The Salem City Council designates heritage trees by resolution on the property owner's own nomination, based on the…

Eugene designates heritage trees by administrative rule based on size, history, location or species, and separately…

Portland designates Heritage Trees by City Council action, and removing, pruning, or injuring one without written…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, Albany Municipal Code § 7.98.120 lets the Parks, Recreation, and Tree Advisory…

Beaverton's Development Code protects Significant Individual Trees, Historic Trees, and Significant Grove/SNRA trees…

In the City of Corvallis, a tree only becomes a protected 'Historically Significant Tree' once it sits on a Designated…

Gresham designates individual trees or groves as Significant when they show distinctive size, beauty, historic…

In the City of Tigard, Oregon, any person can nominate a tree of landmark importance as a heritage tree, but the owner…

The City of Corvallis protects mapped Significant Vegetation, meaning trees over four inches in caliper and shrubs over…

Salem Revised Code Chapter 808 bars removal of any rare, threatened, or endangered tree species regardless of trunk…

In Significant Habitat areas within the urban growth boundary, only trees on the county's Native Tree List Category A…

Before a Gresham building or land-use permit disturbs ground near a Regulated, Required, or Significant tree, the…

Within Multnomah County's mapped SEC riparian overlays, developers cannot clear more than half of mature trees (6-inch…

In the City of Tigard, Oregon, tree protection by species applies in sensitive lands: only native trees listed on the…

In Bend's Central Business District, a City right-of-way tree may only be removed if it's replaced under Bend Code §…

In the City of Tigard, Oregon, no person shall plant a street tree without prior written approval through the City…

In the City of Albany, Oregon, Albany Municipal Code § 7.98.060 sets minimum planting strip widths for street trees…

Beaverton requires street trees along every new land division's frontage before the city will approve the final plat…

Anyone planting a tree, shrub, or other plant that can grow taller than 24 inches in a City of Corvallis park strip…

Eugene requires an approved street tree plan before any new street can be created, under EC 7.280: developers must…

New Gresham development must include one street tree for every 35 feet of frontage, each at least 1.75 inches in…

Planting, removing, or replacing a tree in the Hillsboro right-of-way next to your property requires a City permit…

Lane County requires a planting strip along urban arterial and collector streets for street trees, landscaping, and…

Medford requires a free written permit from the Parks and Recreation Director before anyone but a city employee plants…

Planting, maintaining or removing a street tree in the public right-of-way of unincorporated Multnomah County requires…

Portland requires new development and street-improvement projects to plant one street tree for every 25 feet of…

Every property owner developing along a Salem street must plant City-approved street trees as a condition of final…

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, Development Code section 4.2.140 requires a street tree in the public right-of-way…

New development in unincorporated Washington County that fronts a public or private street must plant street trees…