Trees Susceptible to Lightening Injury
Botanical name Common name
SUSCEPTIBLE
FraxinusAsh
LiriodendronTulip tree
PiceaSpruce
PinusPine
PopulusPoplar
QuercusOak
UlmusElm
LESS SUSCEPTIBLE*
AesculusHorse chestnut
BetulaBirch
FagusBeech

*  No species is totally immune, and location and size of the tree are also factors influencing susceptibility.

From Tree Maintenance, P. P. Pirone. Copyright 1978 Oxford University Press, Inc. Reprinted by permission.