APPENDIX C:  TYPES OF TREES.
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