Some Trees Recommended For Texas
By Dr. William C. Welch, Landscape Horticulturist
Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
Scientific Name Common Name Area Best
Adapted For *Growth Rate Outstanding
Characteristics* 1-EAST TEXAS • 2-SOUTH TEXAS • 3-WEST TEXAS • 4-NORTH TEXAS • 5-CENTRAL TEXAS • 6-ADAPTED TO MOST AREAS OF TEXAS
MEDIUM AND LARGE TREES Betula nigra River Birch 1 Fast Trunks and bark Carya illinoensis Pecan 6 Medium Fruit and shade Cedrus deodora Deodar Cedar 6 Medium Color and form Celtis occidentalis Hackberry 6 Fast Fast shade Ehretia anacua Anaqua 1,2,3,5 Medium Shade Firmiana simplex Chinese Parasol 1,2,3,5 Medium Green trunks Fraxinus velutina Arizona Ash 2,3,5 Fast Fast shade Ginkgo biloba Ginkgo 6 Slow Fall leaf color Gymnocladus dioica Kentucky Coffee Tree 4,5 Medium Shade Liquidambar styraciflua Sweetgum 1,2,3,5 Fast Fall leaf color Liriodendron tulipifera Tulip Poplar 1 Fast Fall color, flowers Magnolia grandiflora Southern Magnolia 1 Slow to Medium Foliage, flowers Morus alba (male) Fruitless Mulberry 3,5 Fast Fast shade Pinus elliottii Slash Pine 1 Fast Evergreen Pinus halepensis Aleppo Pine 1,2,3,5 Medium Evergreen Pinus ponderosa Ponderosa Pine 4 Medium Evergreen Pinus taeda Loblolly Pine 1 Fast Evergreen Pinus thunbergii Japanese Black Pine 6 Medium Evergreen Pinus nigra Austrian Pine 4 Medium Evergreen Pistacia chinensis Chinese Pistachio 6 Medium Fall leaf color Platanus occidentalis American Planetree
Sycamore6 Fast Fast growth,
trunks, rapid growthPyrus calleryana Calleryana Pear 6 Medium Spring flowers Pyrus calleryana bradfordii Bradford Flower Pear 1,3,4,5 Medium Spring flowers,
Fall leaf colorPicea pungens Colorado Blue Spruce 4 Slow Color and form Quercus virginiana Live Oak 1,2,3,5 Medium Evergreen, dependable Quercus macrocarpa Bur Oak 6 Medium Large acorns Quercus nigra Water Oak 1 Medium to fast Relatively fast growth Quercus shumardii Shumard Oak 1,2,5 Medium Fall leaf color Quercus texana Texas Oak 1,2,3,5 Medium Fall leaf color, form Sapindus drummondii Soapberry 6 Medium Fall leaf color, fruit Sapium sebiferum Chinese Tallow 1,2,5 Fast Fall leaf color Taxodium distichum Bald Cypress 6 Medium Fine texture,
adaptabilityUlmus crassifolia Cedar Elm 6 Medium Fall color, dependability Ulmus parvifolia Chinese Elm 6 Medium Shade * 1-EAST TEXAS • 2-SOUTH TEXAS • 3-WEST TEXAS • 4-NORTH TEXAS • 5-CENTRAL TEXAS • 6-ADAPTED TO MOST AREAS OF TEXAS
SMALLER TREES Cornus florida Dogwood 1 Medium Flowers, fruit, form Cercis spp. Redbud 6 Fast Flowers Chilopsis linearis Desert Willow 2,3,5 Medium Flowers Chionanthus virginicus Fringe Tree 1 Medium Flowers Cordia boissieri Wild Olive 2 Medium Flowers Crataegus spp. Hawthorn 6 Medium Flowers, fruit Crataegus opaca Mayhaw 1 Medium Flowers, fruit Diospyros texana Mexican Persimmon 2,3,5 Medium Trunks, evergreen,
foliageDiospyros khaki Japanese Persimmon 6 Medium Fruit Eleagnus angustifolia Russian Olive 6 Fast Shade, windbreak Ilex opaca American Holly 1 Slow Form, fruit, evergreen Ilex decidua Possumhaw Holly 1,2,3,5 Medium Fruit Ilex vomitoria Yaupon Holly 6 Medium Fruit, evergreen Koelreuteria bipinnata Southern Golden Raintree 1,2,5 Fast Flowers, fruit Koelreuteria paniculata Panicled Golden Raintree 3,4,5 Medium Flowers, fruit Lagerstroemia fauriei Japanese Crapemyrtle 1,2,5 Medium Trunks, flowers Lagerstroemia indica Crapemyrtle 6 Medium Flowers Magnolia soulangeana Japanese Magnolia 1 Medium Flowers Malus spp. Crabapple 1,3,4,5 Medium Flowers Olea manzanilla Manzanilla Olive 1,2,3,5 Medium Gray foliage Parkinsonia aculeata Jerusalem Thorn 1,2,3,5 Fast Flowers, fine texture Pithecellobium flexicaule Texas Ebony 2 Medium Flowers Prosopis glandulosa Mesquite 1,2,3,5 Fast Fast growth rate,
form and leaf colorPrunus mexicana Mexican Plum 1,2,3,5 Medium Fragrant flowers, trunks Prunus persica Flowering Peach 1,3,4,5 Fast Spring flowers Rhamnus caroliniana Carolina Buckthorn 1,2,5 Medium Fruit, foliage Sophora secundiflora Texas Mountain Laurel 2,3,5 Fast Evergreen, fragrant flowers Zizyphus jujuba Chinese Date 6 Medium Fruit * 1-EAST TEXAS • 2-SOUTH TEXAS • 3-WEST TEXAS • 4-NORTH TEXAS • 5-CENTRAL TEXAS • 6-ADAPTED TO MOST AREAS OF TEXAS
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