Common
Name
| Scientific
Name
| Size
| Features
| Problems
|
| Red Maple
| Acer rubrum
| 60 ft. x 45 ft.
| -deciduous
-red flowers in spring
-winged red fruit following flowers
-will grow in wet or moist conditions
-red, orange and yellow fall color
-general neat appearance
| . |
| Silver Maple
| Acer saccharinum
| 60 ft. x 40 ft.
| -deciduous
-yellow-orange, red fall color
-clean in appearance
-easy culture
-fast growth
| -brittle branches
-susceptible to insects and fungus diseases |
| Box Elder
| Acer negundo
| 40-60 ft.
| -deciduous
-fast growth
-yellow fall color
-easy culture
| -brittle branches
-short lived
-susceptible to diseases |
| Catalpa
| Catalpa bignonioides
| 60 ft.
| -deciduous
-easy culture
-clusters of white flowers in early summer
-seed pod in winter
-large coarse textured leaves
| . |
| Ginkgo
| Ginkgo biloba
| 80 ft.
| -deciduous
-long lived
-very clean
-yellow fall color
-good street tree
-easy culture
| -may be difficult to obtain
-slow rate of growth
-must choose the male tree for planting as female has
objectionable fruit |
| Pecan
| Carya varieties
| 60-80 ft.
| -deciduous
-early to lose leaves and late to make foliage in spring
-nuts
-good shade
| -common pecan insects and diseases
-root system may be damaging |
| Sweetgum
| Liquidambar styraciflua
| 60-80 ft.
| -deciduous
-fall color
-easy culture
-upright, neat form
| -difficult to transplant
-seed balls |
| Southern Magnolia
| Magnolia grandiflora
| 60-80 ft.
| -long lived
-glossy, evergreen coarse textured foliage
-large white, fragrant blooms beginning in early summer
-attractive seed pod
| -relatively slow growth
-susceptible to scale insects and leaf diseases
-prefers acid, loose organic soil |
| Sycamore
| Platanus occidentalis
| 80-100 ft.
| -deciduous
-fast growth
-attractive trunks and limbs
-easy culture
| -messy leaf and seed-ball droppage
-susceptible to leaf diseases
-root system can be damaging |
| Loblolly Pine
| Pinus taeda
| 60-80 ft.
| -relative fast growth
-evergreen--fine textured to allow filtered shade
-easy culture if within native growth area
| -susceptible to typical pine insects and
diseases
-pollen at bloom may be objectionable |
| Shortleaf Pine
| Pinus echinata
| 40-60 ft.
| -evergreen
-makes low branched, screening tree
-fast growth
| -prefers sandy soils
-susceptible to common pine insects and diseases |
| Longleaf Pine
| Pinus palustris.
| 60-80 ft.
| -evergreen
-long graceful needles--open character
-ideal specimen tree
-relatively disease free
| -slow growth as young tree |
| Water Oak
| Quercus nigra
| 60-80 ft.
| -deciduous
-fast growth
-relatively clean
-slow to shed its foliage in winter
| -gets heart rot
-dead branches occur |
| Willow Oak
| Quercus phellos
| 60-80 ft.
| -deciduous
-long lived
-shiny, green foliage
| . |
| Live Oak
| Quercus virginiana
| 40 ft. x 80 ft.
| -evergreen
-easy culture
-long lived
| -vigorous root system may be damaging
-medium-slow rate of growth |
| Post Oak
| Quercus stellata
| 60-80 ft.
| -deciduous
-large stately tree
-easy culture
-long lived
| . |
| Shumard Red Oak
| Quercus shumardi
| 60-80 ft.
| -deciduous
-good red fall color
-long lived
-very clean in appearance
-easy culture
| . |
| Weeping Willow
| Salix babylonica
| 50 ft. x 50 ft.
| -deciduous
-fast growth
-fine textured--graceful form
-excellent accent tree
-yellow fall color
| -best in moist conditions
-short lived
-weak wooded
-fiberous root system may be damaging
-because of spread, must allow large growing area |
| American Elm
| Ulmus americana
| 60-80 ft.
| -deciduous
-yellow fall color
-good street tree
-easy culture
| -fiberous roots may be damaging |
| Tulip Tree, Yellow Popular
| Liriodendron tulipifera
| 60-80 ft. x 40 ft.
| -deciduous
-upright form
-clean and neat in appearance
-yellow fall color
-attractive flowers
| -somewhat temperamental in culture
-demands moisture |
| Bald Cypress
| Taxodium distichum
| 60-80 ft.
| -deciduous (conifer)
-beautiful new foliage in spring
-will grow in wet conditions
-fine textured foliage
-conical form (not a good shade tree
-easy culture--prefers sun
| . |
| Deodara Cedar
| Cedrus deodara
| 60-80 ft.
| -evergreen
-conical form
-fine textured--graceful branching
-blue-green foliage
-excellent specimen tree
| -terminal may die which often mars the beauty
of the tree form
-slow rate of growth
-low branched, thus not a good shade tree |
| Hackberry
| Celtis laevigata
| 50-70 ft.
| -deciduous
-easy culture
-relatively fast growth
| -weak wooded
-berries which birds distribute |
| Blackgum, Black Tupelo
| Nyssa sylvatica
| 60-80 ft.
| -deciduous
-upright form--horizontal branching
-vivid red fall color
-neat in appearance
| -difficult to transplant
-likes moisture and may be temperamental in culture |
| Arizona Ash
| Fraxinus berlandieriana
| 40-60 ft.
| -deciduous
-rich green foliage
-fast growth
-easy culture
-attractive seed pod
| -remains in weak condition several years after
planting, thus susceptible to borers |