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Status: Significant Tree

  • 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…

  • Maple, Florida

    Florida Maple is the southeastern relative of Northern Sugar Maple (which has larger leaves) and is often classed as a variety of that species. The two intergrade where their ranges meet. Unlike Sugar Maples, Florida Maples are not tapped commercially for sugar.It thrives in full sun and likes wet soil conditions. A rapid growing tree…

  • Oak, Post

    Post oak, sometimes called iron oak, is a medium-sized tree abundant throughout the Southeastern and South Central United States where it forms pure stands in the prairie transition area. This slow-growing oak typically occupies rocky or sandy ridges and dry woodlands with a variety of soils and is considered drought resistant. In the Southeast, mature…

  • 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…

  • Cypress, Bald

    The BALD CYPRESS grows in swamps which are flooded for prolonged periods, and on wet stream banks and bottomlands. It occurs in East Texas west to the Nueces River and also along streams and rivers of Central Texas. The straight trunk has numerous ascending branches, and narrow conical outline. In old age the tree generally…

  • Sycamore, American

    A sycamore can grow to massive proportions, typically reaching up to 30 to 40 meters (98 to 130 ft) high and 1.5 to 2 meters (4.9 to 6.6 ft) in diameter when grown in deep soils. The largest of the species have been measured to 51 meters (167 ft), and nearly 4 meters (13 ft)…

  • Sycamore, American

    A sycamore can grow to massive proportions, typically reaching up to 30 to 40 meters (98 to 130 ft) high and 1.5 to 2 meters (4.9 to 6.6 ft) in diameter when grown in deep soils. The largest of the species have been measured to 51 meters (167 ft), and nearly 4 meters (13 ft)…

  • Tuliptree

    The Tuliptree typically reaches heights between 70 and 90 feet with spreads between 35 and 50 feet. If planted in an open area, the tree will develop a spread out, oval crown, but if planted in a compact area (as it usually is in nature), a conical ovoid crown develops near the top of the…

  • 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…

  • 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…