Look at shantung maple. They have yellow flowers in the spring when it gets large enough. Very strong tree. Voted one of best ice and wind resistance. To look at pictures - www.metromaples.com. The fall color is typically bright yellow. Occasionally, you get orange or red color. 'Fire Dragon' is very red in the fall every year no matter what. I don't know where you live but if you happen to live in North Texas, you can get it there in Ft Worth. Or you can wait till next winter and order one and have it ship it to you.

It grows pretty fast as well. It grew over 3 feet in my crappy soil. I imagine it'd grow more in better soil. It just can't handle constantly soggy soil unless you add top soil to make the water drain away from that area into the street.

Montezuma cypress is another tree that I can think of that will grow very fast in soggy soil. It is evergreen sister of bald cypress. I found one internet nursery selling it right now if you're interested. The seed source is from New Mexico so it's very cold hardy for montezuma cypress.

If you like red oak, Nuttall oak is a great tree that can thrive in soggy soil and will grow very fast. It needs acidic soil though so I don't know what your soil is like.

Too many trees to list.

Hi, could you give an indication of where you live so that recommendations can be considered based on location? Just general location is fine: Southern Mississippi, Northeastern Texas, Southwestern Georgia, etc.

Two large ones that grow fast to fairly fast and give solid shade are American elm (lots of new improved varieties re Dutch elm disease) and Burr oak.

I planted a Princeton American elm and have been very happy with its performance so far. I think this will be the start of its 5th season. A burr oak I planted in the summer of 2000 is also growing well (after my puppy quit eating it back then) and making nice shade.

Chinese Pistache also do well and have nice to great fall color if you don't mind a smaller tree and slower growth (at least here, Tx panhandle).

I also have planted a couple of 'Valley Forge' American elms and they have grown quickly and will get very tall. Unspectacular fall color, some damage from Japanese beetles in summer and there's something called elm leaf beetle that is harmful, but I haven't seen one, so I'm not sure how bad it is. These are, of course, the classic American street trees, famous for their beautiful, arching limbs and known for getting along with houses and sidewalks.

Liriodendron tulipifera is native, grows quickly and has a lovely, straight growth habit. Yellow/green flowers are not significant once the tree gets tall - they're too far away to see. Pleasant yellow fall color, no pests that I know of. Uncommon in gardens, as far as I can tell, but I've put one in mine. In the woods, I do not detect lots of rooty upheavals in the ground.

Catalpa speciosa grows fast, gets very large, lives a long time, flowers young and is fragrant in bloom and makes those cool seed pods. Lousy fall color, insect proof. I have known several older ones and they were pretty well behaved under sidewalks. They weren't close enough to buildings for me to know if they were problematic.

Liriodendron and catalpa are both eastern US trees and I'm not sure where you are...

Here is a link that might be useful: liriodendron

I second the recommendation for bur oak - in my plantings, it's characteristically one of the fastest-growing trees - averaging 1.5-2 ft or more per year; they make great 'shade trees', and have the potential to be here 400 years from now. Tolerant of a wide range of soil types and pH, extremely drought-resistant once established.
The only real drawback I see for them is lack of fall color - but they're great the other 50 weeks of the year, with interesting winter silhouette(the quintessential spooky old oak), thick corky bark on twigs, large, glossy green leaves, and large ornate acorns(well, those from the southern/western portion of its range are large - some in the range of 6-8/lb) which are relished by wildlife - and can be utilized as a food source by humans, as well.

thanks everyone for your input...ESH GA i live in central Louisiana

Since you live in Louisiana and 10% of the state is a wetland waiting on another hurricane you cant go wrong with taxodium. They grow fast. Bradford pears are not a good choice for hurricane alley. Bald cypress will grow like weeds. Perfect for your climate.

Some pines will grow very fast there. Dawn Redwood would be an alternative for those in the know. Get a few of those, run your pear trees through the chipper and use them for mulch. Someone will mistake you for a gardener.

Buy a fence and a rifle to fend off the inevitable wave of looting evacuees.

Bald cypress grows like weed there? Montezuma cypress grows like weeds on steroid.

Central Lousisiana conjurs up images of Alexandria, La. I've seen yards there with bald cypress, and cut cypress knees in the yard. If your yard is not well-drained, you may not want bald cypress due to the potential problem with the knees sticking up.

Willow Oak is probably the best choice no matter what your yard drainage is. It grows fast, is fairly strong, looks good, and is a relatively clean tree (small acorns, narrow leaf, less mess). It is adaptable to just about any condition imaginable in La. (that could support a house and yard that is).

Any of the Southern Pines (ex. Loblolly), Eastern Red Cedar, Pecans, or Oaks (White or Southern Red) would be other good choices there depending on yard drainage.

MC won't send knees up at all. Try that instead. Nutall red oak would be perfect for it as well.