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EAST TEXAS LARGE NATIVE TREES |
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Genus/ Species |
Common Name |
Hght. |
Wdt. |
Special landscape qualities |
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Fagus grandiflora |
American Beech |
50-70' |
40-70' |
grandeur tree with golden bronze fall color |
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Ilex opaca |
American Holly |
20-50' |
18-40' |
choose a superior cultivar with red, yellow,
or orange-red berries, |
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Taxodium distichum |
Bald
Cypress |
50-70' |
20-30 |
distinctive texture and form, -interesting
knees at base of trunk, -plant wet or dry areas |
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Magnolia macrophylla |
Bigleaf magnolia |
30-40' |
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creamy white fragrant blooms in June, 8-10"
across-bright green leaves 12-32'lg, 7-12"w |
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Prunus serotina |
Black Cherry |
50-60' |
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white blooms in May, yellow or red fall color |
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Juglans Nigra |
Black
Walnut |
50-75' |
50-75' |
prized for it's wood, a nice shade tree |
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Nyssa sylvatica |
Blackgum or Tupelo |
40-75' |
40-60' |
one of our best for red fall color, pyramid
shape, bark interest |
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Juniperus virginiana |
Eastern Red Cedar |
40-50' |
8-20' |
one of a few southern conifers, aromatic
foliage and bark |
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Magnolia fraseri |
Fraser Magnolia |
30-40' |
30-40' |
bold large-leaf Magnolia, striking medium
green leaves |
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Gordonia lasianthus |
Gordonia, Loblolly Bay |
30-60' |
20-30' |
evergreen, leathery, glossy leaves, -fragrant
white blooms, May to Sept. |
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Gleditsia triacanthos |
Honey Locust |
30-70' |
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greenish-yellow, fragrant blooms; needs
filtered shade; thornless varieties available |
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Quercus virginiana |
Live Oak |
40-80' |
60-95' |
very large, long lived, evergreen oak, NEEDS
A LARGE SITE, faster growth with regular watering, over
planted |
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Magnolia virginiana |
Loblolly |
40-60' |
30-60' |
fragrant white blooms in early summer, -the
best Magnolia for wet soil |
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Acer rubrum |
Maple, Red |
40-60' |
40-60 |
fall color but inconsistent, ranges from
yellow to orange to red, |
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Acer saccharum |
Maple, Sugar |
60-75' |
40-60 |
fall-brilliant yellow to burnt orange, a few
red; 'Mosely's' from LA red & yellow |
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Quercus marcrocarpa |
Oak,
Burr |
70-80' |
70-90' |
long lived w/massive branches & large crown,
large decorative acorns |
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Quercus muhlenbergii |
Oak, Chinkapin |
40-60' |
50-80' |
yellow to orangish-brown fall color |
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Quercus falcata |
Oak, Red |
60-75' |
60-75' |
leaves turn red in fall, spring growth-dusty
bronze-red, shallow root system. |
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Quercus shumardii |
Oak, Shumard Red |
40-60' |
40-60' |
russet-red fall color |
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Quercus michauxii |
Oak, Swamp Chestnut |
60-100 |
60-100 |
pale, silvery, gray bark,- vivid red fall
color, leaves emerge yellow in early spring |
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Quercus alba |
Oak, White |
70-90' |
60-80' |
aristocratic oak with rich red fall color and
gray, plated bark, appears to be peeling |
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Quercus phellos |
Oak, Willow |
40-60' |
30-40' |
leaves turn bronze/yellow to orange/yellow in
fall, tolerates heat, drought, stress |
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Pinus taeda |
Pine, Loblolly |
60-90' |
40-60' |
fast growing, quick screen, effective with
hardwoods |
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Pinus palustris |
Pine,
Long leaf |
80-100 |
40-60' |
elegant pine w/long, arching needles,-needs
sandy soil, slow growing |
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Magnolia pyramidata |
Pyramid Magnolia |
20-35' |
15-25' |
Rare but wonderful medium sized Magnolia |
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Betula nigra |
River Birch |
40-70' |
40-60' |
multitrunked; arching branches, -papery,
peeling bark, don't plant close to buildings |
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Sassafras albidium |
Sassafras |
30-50' |
20-40' |
sun/part shade; large mitten leaves and
yellow to deep orange to scarlet flaming fall color |
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Pinus echinata |
Short leaf |
50-80' |
40-60' |
short tuffs of needles allow sun to filter
through to understory, dry soil |
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Magnolia grandiflora |
Southern Magnolia |
68-80' |
30-50' |
Estate tree for those with space to grow it,
smaller cultivars available, large white blooms |
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Liquidambar styraciflua |
Sweetgum |
60-70' |
40-50' |
great fall color -rich yellow-red-purple
leaves, 'Rotundiloba' fruitless/fall color less striking |
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Platanus occidentalis |
Sycamore |
70-100 |
65-80' |
massive branches, large leaves,-bark
effective w/ cream, olive, light brown |
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Liriodendron tulipifera |
Tulip Tree |
70-90' |
35-50' |
aristocratic tree with greenish yellow blooms
and golden yellow fall color |
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Nyssa aquatica |
Water Tupelo |
40-60' |
40-60' |
for wet sights, larger leaf and fruit, more
open and narrower crown Sylvatica. |
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MEXICO OAKS |
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Quercus polymorpha |
Monterrey Oak |
40-60' |
40-50' |
fast growing, almost evergreen, also sold as
Mexican White oak |
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Quercus risophylla |
Evergreen Oak |
30' |
30-40' |
Leathery evergreen leaves, a great smaller
oak |
