(A) Landscaping defined. Landscaping shall include any or a combination of the following trees, ornamental shrubs, earthen berms, flowers, ground cover, plant materials, sod, mulch, grass, decorative rock, or bark.
Trees Recommended for the Durant Area | ||||||
Common Name | Botanical Name | Evergreen/ Deciduous | Height/ Width | Soil | Water | Exposure |
Trees Recommended for the Durant Area | ||||||
Common Name | Botanical Name | Evergreen/ Deciduous | Height/ Width | Soil | Water | Exposure |
Small Trees | ||||||
Amur Maple | Acer ginnala | D | 20' x 15' | MC, PD | L | S, PSH |
Callery Pear | Pyrus calleryana | D | 25' x 35' | MD | M | S |
Crepe Myrtle | Lagerstoremia indica | D | 15' x 10' | MD | L | S, PSH |
Flowering Dogwood | Cornus flordia | D | 25' x 25' | MD | M | PSH |
Holly, Possumhaw | Ilex decidua | D | 15' x 10' | PD | MM | S, PSH |
Purpleleaf Plum | Prunus cerasifera | D | 20' x 10' | MD | M | S |
Redbud* | Cercix canadensis | D | 20' x 15' | MD | L | S, PSH |
Saucer Magnolia | Magnolia soulangiana | D | 20' x 10' | WD | M | PSH |
Shantung Maple | Acer truncatum | D | 25' x 25' | MD | M | S, PSH |
Smoke Tree | Cotinus eoggyria | D | 15' x 10' | MD | L | S |
*Official state tree of Oklahoma | ||||||
Medium Trees | ||||||
Ash, Green | Fraxinus Pennsylvanica | D | 60' x 40' | MD | M | S |
Bald Cypress | Taxodium distichum | D | 60' x 30' | MD, PD | L | S |
Black Gum | Nyssa sylvatica | D | 50' x 30' | MD | M | S |
Caddo Sugar Maple | Acer saccharum | D | 50' x 40' | MD | L | S |
Chinese Pistachio | Pistacia chinensis | D | 40' x 30' | MD | L | S |
Honeylocust (thornless) | Gleditsiatriacathos | D | 50' x 30' | MD | M | S |
Kentucky Coffee Tree, Male | Gymnocladous dioica | D | 50' x 30' | MD | M | S |
Lacebark Elm | Ulmusparvifolia | D | 50' x 35' | MD, PD | L | S, PSH |
Loblolly Pine | Pinus taeda | D | 50' x 20' | MD | M | S |
Sassafrass | Sassafras albidum | D | 40' x 30' | MD | M | S |
Southern Magnolia | Magnolia grandiflora | E | 50' x 35' | MD | M | S, PSH |
Large Trees | ||||||
Burr Oak | Quercus macrocarpa | D | 70' x 70' | MD | M | S |
Gingk | Gingko bilboa | D | 80' x 60' | MD, WD | M | S |
Live Oak | Quercus virdiniana | E | 40' x 70' | MD, WD | M, L | S |
Pecan | Carya illinoensis | D | 80' x 40' | MD | L | S |
Shumard Red Oak | Quercus shumardii | D | 80' x 50' | MD | L | S |
Sweet Gum | Liquidambar styraciflua | D | 80' x 50' | MD | L | S |
Water Oak | Quercus nigra | D | 70' x 80' | MD | M | S |
Key:
Soil: MD =Moderately drained PD = Tolerates poor drainage WD = Well-drained Water: L = Low M = Moderate Exposure: S = Sun PSH = Part shade | ||||||
Undesirable Trees for Planting:
Russian Olive Fruitless Mulberry Silver Maple Non-native Pines Poplar Bradford Pear Tree of Heaven | ||||||
(B) Landscaping. All new construction will have landscaping adjacent to the frontage of building on any street or public right-of-way in commercially and residentially zoned properties. The landscaping will be at least 5% of the total gross area of the lot. A drawing and/or description of the landscaping will be submitted with the site plan or building permit.
(C) Landscape dumpsters. Trash dumpsters on commercial property subject to public view will be screened by buildings, fences, walls, berms, or landscape buffers.
(D) Clear sight triangle. Landscaping shall not be obstructing traffic visibility at street intersections or at access points to streets.
(Prior Code, § 157.061) (Ord. 1490, passed 1-10-2006)