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City: Ft. Worth

  • Oak, Live (Escarpment)

    Quercus fusiformis (also often referred to as Q. virginiana var. fusiformis), commonly known as Texas live oak, escarpment live oak or plateau live oak, is an evergreen or nearly evergreen tree native to south-central North America. In the United States, it occurs from southern Oklahoma south through Texas, from about Corpus Christi in the east…

  • Zelkova, Japanese

    The form of the Japanese Zelkova is a small to medium-sized low branching vase-shaped tree. This appearance is maintained when very young and when very old. The Japanese Zelkova makes a good street tree because of its dense shade, ability to grow in marginal soils and its resistance to pests and pollution. It grows to…

  • Maple, Boxelder

    Acer negundo is a small, usually fast-growing and fairly short-lived tree that grows up to 33–82 ft tall, with a trunk diameter of 12–20 in, rarely greater than 3 ft, in diameter. It often has several trunks and can form impenetrable thickets. This species prefers bright sunlight. It often grows on flood plains and other…

  • Walnut, English

    English Walnuts are tall broad-headed trees with large leaves. Most of the species are hardy, and very valuable part trees, with a massive, straight trunk, and a light and airy broad top. Though many fungi and insects prey on the walnut, none of them do very serious damage. Typically they are a medium to large…

  • Redbud, Oklahoma

    `Oklahoma’ Redbud is a deciduous tree, native to southwestern North America including Texas, which reaches 30 to 40 feet in height with a 15 to 20-foot width, and grows slowly into a rounded or vase shape. Young trees are a bit irregularly-shaped and benefit from some training and pruning to form an upright, more uniform…

  • 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,…

  • Pecan

    The Pecan, the “State Tree of Texas”, is found native in the state from the Piney Woods westward throughout Central Texas, centering in the watershed of the Colorado River. It makes an excellent shade tree and is very valuable for the nut crop it bears. Many varieties are planted in orchards. The pecan is a…

  • Oak, Texas Red

    The Texas Red Oak has been called by many names; the Texas Oak, the Spanish Oak, as well as a variety of the Shumard, but most agree it is a distinct tree species. It is typically found on dry limestone hills and ridges from Central and West Texas to the Edwards Plateau. A hallmark of…

  • Oak, Sawtooth

    Quercus acutissima, the Sawtooth Oak, is an oak originally native to eastern Asia, in China, Korea and Japan. It is now also present in North America. It is closely related to the Turkey Oak, classified with it in Quercussect. Cerris, a section of the genus characterized by shoot buds surrounded by soft bristles, bristle-tipped leaf…

  • Oak, Lacey

    The Lacey Oak is one of the toughest oaks, endemic to the dry Texas limestone hills thriving in places where no other oak does. It is a smaller oak than most, with a round top and shrub like appearance. Dark, blue green leaves are its distinguishing features with very small acorns. The stout trunk (up…