Recommended Texas Native Trees

Scientific Name *indicates plant native to El Paso County	Common Name	Comments	Available?
Acacia farnesiana var. smallii	Sweet Acacia	Flowers, shade	usually
Acacia greggii v. greggii*, v. wrightii	Catclaw acacia	Flowers, screen	usually
Acer grandidentatum	Bigtooth Maple	Shade, fall folg.	sometimes
Acer negundo	Box Elder	Shade	usually
Arbutus xalapensis var. texana	Texas Madrone	Fls. fruit., evrgn	sometimes
Celtis laevigata var. reticulata*	Canyon Hackberry	Shade, fruit	usually
Cercis canadensis var. mexicana	Mexican Redbud	Flowers, patio	usually
Chilopsis linearis*	Desert Willow	Flowers	usually
Chilopsis x Catalpa hybrid	Chitalpa	Flowers, patio	usually
Cupressus arizonica (C. glabra)	Arizona Cypress	Evrgn, screen	usually
Diospyros texana	Texas Persimmon	Patio, fruit	sometimes
Fraxinus cuspidata	Flowering Ash	Flowers, patio	usually
Fraxinus greggii	Greggs Ash	Screen	usually
Fraxinus velutina*	Arizona Ash	Shade	usually
Juglans major	Arizona Walnut	Shade, fruit	sometimes
Juglans microcarpa	Little Walnut	Shade, fruit	sometimes
Juniperus deppeana	Alligator Juniper	Evrg. bark	sometimes
Juniperus flaccida	Drooping Juniper	Evrg. foliage	sometimes
Juniperus monosperma*	One-Seed Juniper	Evrg.	sometimes
Juniperus scopulorum	Rocky Mountain Juniper	Evrg.	usually
Leucaena retusa	Goldenball Leadtree	Flowers, patio	usually
Parkinsonia aculeata (naturalized*)	Mexican Palo Verde	Flowers, thorns	usually
Parkinsonia x Cercidium hybrid	"Desert Museum" Palo Verde	Flowers, patio	usually
Pinus cembroides	Mexican Pinon	Evrg. fruit	sometimes
Pinus edulis	Pinon Pine	Evrg. fruit	usually
Pinus englemannii	Apache Pine	Evrg., foliage	sometimes
Pinus leiophylla var. chihuahuana	Chihuahuan Pine	Evrg.	seldom
Pinus remota	Border Pinon	Evrg. fruit	seldom
Pistacia texana (P. mexicana)	Texas Pistache	Fls. fruit, folg.	sometimes
Populus deltoides var. wislizenii*	Rio Grande Cottonwood	Shade	usually
Populus fremontii var. mesetae	Arizona Cottonwood	Shade	sometimes
Prosopis glandulosa*	Honey Mesquite	Fls. fruit, shade	usually
Prosopis pubescens*	Screwbean Mesquite	Fls. Fruit, shade	usually
Prunus serotina var. virens* var. rufla	Southwestern Chokecherry	Flowers, fruit	sometimes
Ptelea trifoliata var. angustifolia*	Hoptree	Flowers, fruit	sometimes
Quercus arizonica*	Arizona White Oak	Shade, fruit,evrg	sometimes
Ouercus emoryi	Emory Oak	Shade, fruit,evrg	usually
Quercus fusiformis (Q. virginiana var.)	Escarpment Live Oak	Shd, fruit, evrg.	usually
Quercus gambelii*	Gambel Oak	Shade, fruit	usually
Quercus glaucoides (O. laceyi)	Lacey Oak	Shade, fruit	sometimes
Quercus gravesii	Chisos Red Oak	Shd. fruit, folg.	usually
Quercus grisea	Gray Oak	Shd. fruit, evrg.	sometimes
Quercus hypoleucoides	Silverleaf Oak	Shade, fruit,evrg	sometimes
Quercus muhlenbergii	Chinquapin Oak	Shade, fruit	usually
Quercus oblongifolia	Mexican Blue Oak	Shade, fruit	sometimes
Quercus polymorpha	Monterry Oak	Shade, fruit	usually
Quercus rugosa	Netleaf Oak	Shade, fruit	sometimes
Rhus lanceolata	Flameleaf Sumac	Fls, fall foliage	usually
Robinia neomexicana*	New Mexico Locust	Flowers, suckers	usually
Salix goodingii*	Gooding Willow Flowering	Shade	sometimes
Sambucus mexicana	Mexican Elder	Flowers, fruit	usually
Sapindus saponaria var. drummondii*	Western Soapberry	Fls. fruit, shd.	usually

Ornamentals for Far West Texas Index