Appendix C. TYPES OF TREES.  


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  • Quality Trees
    Common Name
    Botanical Name
    Identification Notes
    Pecan
    Carya illinoensis
    Pecan fruit, compound leaves
    Cedar Elm
    Ulmus crassifilia
    Decidious, 1 to 2-inch dark green leaves
    Shumard Red Oak
    Quercus shumardii
    Deep pointed lobes in leaves
    Texas Red Oak
    Quercus texana
    Vertical multi-mink shape
    Live Oak
    Quercus virginiana
    1-1/2-inch dark green pointed leaves
    Bur Oak
    Quercus macrocarpa
    Large acorn, leaf border at end
    Post Oak
    Quercus stellata
    Deep lobes, rounded tip on leaf
    Black Jack Oak
    Quercus marilandica
    Leathery; 3 to 7-inch leaf, no lobes
    Lacebark Elm
    Ulmus parvifolia
    Small dark serrated green leaves
    Chinese Pistache
    Pistacia chinensis
    3-inch sickle leaflets, fall color
    Sweetgum
    Liquidambar styraciflua
    Star shaped leaf
    Austrian Pine
    Pinus nigra
    2 needles
    Chinquapin Oak
    Quercus muhlenbergii
    Oblong 4 to 6-inch serrated leaf
    Southern Magnolia
    Magnolia grandiflora
    Large evergreen leaf, white flower
    Bald Cypress
    Taxodium distichum
    Feather-like foliage, fall color
    Caddo Maple
    Acer barbatum 'Caddo'
    5-lobed leaf
    Texas Hickory
    Carya texana
    5 leaflets, 1 to 2-inch nut
    Western Soapberry
    Sapindus drummondii
    18-inch compound leaf, 1/2-inch clear fruit
    Red Cedar
    Juniperus: virginiana
    Native, pyramidal shape
    Marginal Trees
    Cottonwood
    Populus deltoides
    Deep fissures in bark, heart shape leaf
    Mesquite
    Prosopis glandulosa
    Lacy open foliage, 10-inch bean fruit
    American Elm
    Ulmus americana
    "V" shaped main branching
    Slash Pine
    Pinus elliotti
    Tall cylindrical shape
    Honeylocust
    Gleditsia triacanthos
    Lacy foliage, thornless variety only
    Japanese Black Pine
    Pinus thunbergii
    Twisted growth, dark green needles
    Deodar Cedar
    Cedrus deodara
    Large pyramidal evergreen
    Understory Trees
    Common Name
    Botanical Name
    Identification Notes
    Redbud
    Cercis canadensis
    Purple/white flower
    Mexican Plum
    Prunis mexicana
    White flower, exfoliating bark, thorns
    Possumhaw Holly
    Ilex decidua
    Showy orange/red fruit, deciduous
    Golden Raintree
    Koelrutaria paniculata
    Yellow flower, panicled fruit
    Yaupon Holly
    Ilex vomitoria
    Evergreen, light bark, red fruit
    Cherry Laurel
    Prunus carolimana
    Glossy evergreen foliage, shrubby
    River Birch
    Betula nigra
    White flaky bark
    Eves Necklace
    Sophora affmis
    Dull green tear-dropped shape leaf
    Persimmon
    Diospyros virgininana
    Thin, smooth, pale grey bark
    Rusty Blackhaw
    Viburnum nufidulum
    Glossy, dark green leaved white flowers
    Wax Myrtle
    Myrica cerifera
    Light olive-green leaves, pale blue berries