Appendix A-1. LARGE TREES FOR HOUSTON  


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  • Botanical Name Common Name* Comments
    Acer rubrum var drummondii D Drummon Red Maple Wet sites
    Acer rubrum var tridens D Trident Red Maple Wet sites
    Acer barbatum D Southern or Texas Sugar Maple
    Betula nigra D River Birch Wet sites
    Bumelia lanuginosa D Chittamwood, Gum bumelia or Wooly Bucket Drought-tolerant/Attracts birds
    Carya cordiformis D Bitternut Hickory
    Carya illinoenses D Pecan Nut
    Carya texana D Black Hickory Drought-tolerant
    Carya tomentosa D Mockery Nut Hickory Fruit
    Diospyros virginiana D Persimmon, eastern Fruit
    Ehretia anacua D Anacua Flowering/Fruit/Drought-tolerant
    Fraxinus americana D White Ash
    Fraxinus Pennsylvanica D Green Ash
    Ginkgo biloba D Ginkgo Male only
    Ilex opaca (and cultivars) E American Holly Female/Fruit
    Juglans nigra D Black Walnut
    Liquidambar styraciflua D Sweetgum Fall color
    Liriodendron tulipifera D Tulip tree or Yellow Poplar Flowering/Wet sites
    Magnolia grandiflora E Southern Magnolia Flowering
    Magnolia virginiana E Sweet Bay Magnolia Flowering/Wet sites
    Metasequoia glyptostroboides D Dawn Redwood
    Nyssa aquatica D Water tupelo Wet sites
    Nyssa sylvatica var biflora D Swamp tupelo or Black Gum Wet sites
    Nyssa sylvatica var sylvatica D Black Gum Fruit/Fall color
    Pinus palustris E Longleaf Pine
    Pinus taeda E Loblolly Pine
    Pinus glabra E Spruce Pine
    Plantanus mexicana D Mexican Sycamore Wet sites
    Plantanus occientalis D Sycamore
    Prunus serotina D Black Cherry Flowering/Fruit
    Quercus acutissima D Sawtooth Oak
    Quercus alba D Oaks, white Fall color
    Quercus canbii D Canby Oak
    Quercus falcata D Southern Red Oak
    Quercus laurifolia D Laurel Oak
    Quercus lyrata D Overcup Oak Wet sites
    Quercus macrocarpa D Bur Oak Wet sites/Drought-tolerant
    Quercus michauxii D Swamp Chestnut Oak Fall color
    Quercus muehlenbergii D Chinkapin Oak Drought-tolerant
    Quercus nutallii D Nutall Oak Fall color/Wet sites
    Quercus palustris D Pin Oak Fall color
    Quercus phellos D Willow Oak
    Quercus polymorpha D Monterrey Oak
    Quercus rizophyllia D Loquat Leaf Oak
    Quercus shumardii D Shumard Oak Fall color
    Quercus stellata D Post Oak
    Quercus virginiana D Live Oak
    Sassafras albidum D Sassafras Fall color/Attracts birds
    Taxodium distichum var distichum D Bald Cypress Wet sites/Drought-tolerant
    Taxodium distichum var nutans D Pond Cypress
    Taxodium mucronatum D Montezuma Bald Cypress
    Tilia caroliniana D Carolina Basswood
    Ulmus americana D American Elm
    Ulmus alata D Winged Elm
    Ulmus crassifolia D Cedar Elm Drought-tolerant
    Ulmus parvifolia var drakii D Drake Elm
    Zelkova serrata D Japanese Zelkova

     

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