Quality Trees | ||
Common Name | Botanical Name | Identification Notes |
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 |