Nominate a Tree

City: Dallas

  • Sweetgum

    Sweetgum is a valuable and sometimes troublesome forest tree in East Texas. It occurs on rich river bottoms and in swamps subject to frequent overflow, as well as on the dried uplands, as far west s the San Jacinto River Basin. The BARK is a light grey, roughened by corky scales in the first year,…

  • Sweetgum

    Sweetgum is a valuable and sometimes troublesome forest tree in East Texas. It occurs on rich river bottoms and in swamps subject to frequent overflow, as well as on the dried uplands, as far west s the San Jacinto River Basin. The BARK is a light grey, roughened by corky scales in the first year,…

  • Pistache, Chinese

    Chinese Pistache is native to China and is an introduced tree to the United States. It is a small to medium-sized that develops a symmetrical round crown if grown in full sun. 25 – 50 feet in height, with a spread of 25 – 40 feet, its broad spreading crown can form an umbrella-like canopy.…

  • Plum, Wild-Goose

    The Wild-goose Plum (Prunus hortulana) is a natural hybrid between the species, Americana and angustifolia. It is supposed to have originated in Kentucky. It grows wild from Maryland to Texas. It’s a tall, straight-limbed, thornless tree, with thin, oblong, flat leaves, and thick-skinned, juicy fruit. The trees reach about 20 feet tall and are loaded…

  • Plum, Wild-Goose

    The Wild-goose Plum (Prunus hortulana) is a natural hybrid between the species, Americana and angustifolia. It is supposed to have originated in Kentucky. It grows wild from Maryland to Texas. It’s a tall, straight-limbed, thornless tree, with thin, oblong, flat leaves, and thick-skinned, juicy fruit. The trees reach about 20 feet tall and are loaded…

  • Cypress, Pond

    The Pond Cypress usually grows to heights between 50 and 80 feet with spreads between 15 and 20 feet. The tree has a narrow, upright, conical shape with a fairly open canopy. For best growth, plant tree in moist acidic soil in full sun. It will also tolerate clay, loam, sand and slightly alkaline soils…

  • Polypodium

  • Persimmon, Common

    The Common Persimmon is a small to medium sized tree to 60 feet with a round-topped crown of crooked branches. In forest stands the stem may be straight, tall, and slender. Persimmons are widely distributed medium to large deciduous trees forming colonies via suckers. It is native to east and east-central Texas but is adaptable…

  • Persimmon, Common

    The Common Persimmon is a small to medium sized tree to 60 feet with a round-topped crown of crooked branches. In forest stands the stem may be straight, tall, and slender. Persimmons are widely distributed medium to large deciduous trees forming colonies via suckers. It is native to east and east-central Texas but is adaptable…

  • Persimmon, Texas

    Diospyros texana is a species of persimmon that is native to central and west Texas and southwest Oklahoma in the United States, and eastern Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas in northeastern Mexico. Common names include Texas Persimmon, Mexican Persimmon and the more ambiguous “black persimmon. D. texana is a multi-trunked small tree or large…