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Palestine |
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Code of Ordinances |
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Chapter 40. DEVELOPMENT |
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Article XII. LANDSCAPING, BUFFERYARD, PARK AND OPEN SPACE STANDARDS |
§ 40-315. Approved tree list.
Latest version.
TABLE 40-14
APPROVED TREE LISTCommon Name Scientific Name Mature Height Street Parking Areas Evergreen Fall
ColorAttractive Flowers Showy Fruit Unique Bark/Trunk Fragrant Streambank Wildlife Drought
ToleranceAsh, green Fraxinus pennsylvanica 50+ Feet X Y X X X High Ash, white Fraxinus americana 50+ Feet X P,Y X X Moderate Basswood, American Tilia americana 50+ Feet X Y X X X Moderate Beech, American Fagus grandifolia 50+ Feet C,Y X X Moderate Cedar, Japanese * Cryptomeria japonica 50+ Feet X X C,Y X High Cherry, black Prunus serotina 50+ Feet O,R,Y X X X X X Moderate Cypress, bald Taxodium distichum 50+ Feet X C,Y X X X X High Cypress, pond Taxodium ascendens 50+ Feet X C,Y X X X High Elm, American Ulmus Americana 50+ Feet X Y X X High Elm, slippery Ulmus rubra 50+ Feet X Y X X High Ginkgo (male only) * Ginkgo biloba (male only) * 50+ Feet X Y X High Hickory, bitternut Carya cordiformis 50+ Feet Y X High Hickory, black Carya texana 50+ Feet Y X High Hickory, mockernut Carya tomentosa 50+ Feet Y X High Hickory, pignut Carya glabra 50+ Feet Y X High Hickory, shagbark Carya ovata 50+ Feet Y X X Moderate Hickory, water Carya aquatica 50+ Feet Y X X High Kentucky coffee-tree Gymnocladus dioica 50+ Feet X Y X X X High Magnolia, southern Magnolia grandiflora 50+ Feet X X X X X X Moderate Magnolia, sweetbay Magnolia virginiana 50+ Feet X Semi X X X X X Moderate Maple, red Acer rubrum 50+ Feet X O,R,Y X X X X Moderate Mulberry, red Morus rubra 50+ Feet X X X Moderate Oak, black Quercus velutina ## 50+ Feet X C,R X Moderate Oak, bur Quercus macrocarpa # 50+ Feet C,Y X X X High Oak, cherry bark Quercus falcata var. pagodaefolia ## 50+ Feet X C X Moderate Oak, chinquapin Quercus muehlembergii # 50+ Feet X O,R,Y X High Oak, laurel Quercus laurifolia ## 50+ Feet X Y X Moderate Oak, live Quercus virginiana ## 50+ Feet X X X X High Oak, nuttall Quercus nuttallii ## 50+ Feet X R X X Moderate Oak, overcup Quercus lyrata # 50+ Feet X C X X Moderate Oak, post Quercus stellata # 50+ Feet X Y X X High Oak, sawtooth * Quercus accutissima ## 50+ Feet X Y X X High Oak, Shumard red Quercus shumardii ## 50+ Feet X O,R X High Oak, southern red Quercus falcate ## 50+ Feet X C X Moderate Oak, swamp chestnut Quercus michauxii # 50+ Feet X R X X X X Moderate Oak, white Quercus alba # 50+ Feet X R X X Moderate Oak, willow Quercus phellos ## 50+ Feet X Y X X High Pecan Carya illinoensis 50+ Feet Y X X High Pine, loblolly Pinus taeda 50+ Feet X X X X X X X Moderate Pine, shortleaf Pinus echinata 50+ Feet X X X X X X High Sweetgum, fruitless Liquidambar styraciflua 'Rotundiloba' 50+ Feet X O,P,R,Y X Moderate Sycamore, American Platanus occidentalis 50+ Feet X Y X X X High Tupelo, black (blackgum) Nyssa sylvatica 50+ Feet X P,R,Y X X High Tupelo, water Nyssa aquatica 50+ Feet X Y X X Moderate Walnut, black Juglans nigra 50+ Feet X X X Moderate Bois d' arc (Osage orange) (male) Maclura pomifera (male) 26—49 Feet X Y X X High Bumelia, woollybucket (gum bumelia) Bumelia lanuginose 26—49 Feet X X X High Cedar, atlas * Cedrus atlantica 26—49 Feet X X High Cedar, deodar * Cedrus deodara 26—49 Feet X X High Cedar, eastern red (female) Juniperus virginiana (female) 26—49 Feet X X X X X X High Cedar, eastern red (male) Juniperus virginiana (male) 26—49 Feet X X X X X High Cedar, Lebanese * Cedrus libani 26—49 Feet X X High Cherry, common choke Prunus virginiana 26—49 Feet Y X X X X X X High Cherry, laurel Prunus caroliniana 26—49 Feet X X X X X High Cypress, Leyland * Cupressocyparis leylandii 26—49 Feet X X X High Elm, lacebark * Ulmus parvifolia 26—49 Feet X P,R,Y X High Elm, water Planera aquatica 26—49 Feet X Y X X X Moderate Elm, winged Ulmus alata 26—49 Feet X Y X High Holly, American (female) Ilex opaca (female) 26—49 Feet X X X X X X X High Holly, American (male) Ilex opaca (male) 26—49 Feet X X X X X X High Hornbeam, American (ironwood) Carpinus caroliniana 26—49 Feet X O,R,Y X X Moderate Hornbeam, eastern hop Ostrya virginiana 26—49 Feet X Y X X X X High Magnolia, southern 'Little Gem' Magnolia grandiflora 'Little Gem' 26—49 Feet X X X X X X X X Moderate Maple, Florida Acer barbatum 26—49 Feet X O,Y X High Persimmon, common (male) Diospiros virginiana (male) 26—49 Feet X R,Y X X High Pistache, Chinese (male only) * Pistacia chinensis (male only)* 26—49 Feet X O,R,Y X High Sassafras Sassafras albidum 26—49 Feet X O,P,R,Y X X X X X High Silverbell, Carolina Halesia Carolina 26—49 Feet X X X X X Moderate Soapberry, western Sapindus saponaria 26—49 Feet X X High Sweetleaf, common Symplocos tinctoria 26—49 Feet X Semi X X X X High Yellowwood Cladrastis kentukea 26—49 Feet X C,Y X X X X Moderate Alder, hazel Alnus serrulata 10—25 Feet X O,Y X X X Moderate Buckeye, red Aesculus pavia 10—25 Feet X X X X Moderate Carolina buckthorn Rhamnus caroliniana 10—25 Feet X O,R X X High Chinquapin, Alleghany Castanea pumila 10—25 Feet Y X X X Moderate Crabapple * Malus spp.* 10—25 Feet Y X X X X Moderate Crape myrtle * Lagerstroemia spp. * 10—25 Feet X O,R,Y X X High Dogwood, flowering Cornus florida 10—25 Feet X P,R X X X Moderate Dogwood, rough-leaf Cornus drummondii 10—25 Feet X P,R X X X High Dogwood, stiff Cornus foemina 10—25 Feet X P,R X X X X X Moderate Elder, American Sambucus Canadensis 10—25 Feet Y X X X X Moderate Fringetree, American Chionanthus virginicus 10—25 Feet X Y X X X X Moderate Hawthorn, mayhaw Crataegus opaca 10—25 Feet X X X X X Moderate Hawthorn, parsley Crataegus marshallii 10—25 Feet X X X X High Holly, dahoon Ilex cassine 10—25 Feet X X X X X Moderate Holly, yaupon (female) Ilex vomitoria (female) 10—25 Feet X X X X X High Magnolia, pyramid Magnolia pyramidata 10—25 Feet X X X X X Low Magnolia, saucer * Magnolia x soulangiana * 10—25 Feet X Y X X Moderate Maple, chalk Acer leucoderme 10—25 Feet X O,R,Y X X High Maple, Japanese * Acer palmatum * 10—25 Feet X O,P,R,Y X Moderate Pawpaw Asimina triloba 10—25 Feet Y X X Moderate Plum, Chickasaw Prunus angustifolia 10—25 Feet X X X X High Plum, flatwoods Prunus umbellata 10—25 Feet Y X X X Moderate Plum, Mexican Prunus mexicana 10—25 Feet O X X X X X Moderate Redbud, eastern Cercis canadensis 10—25 Feet X Y X X High Serviceberry, shadeblow Amelanchier arborea 10—25 Feet X O,R,Y X X X Moderate Silverbell, two-winged Halesia diptera 10—25 Feet X X X X X Moderate Snowbell, American Styrax americanum 10—25 Feet X X X X Moderate Snowbell, bigleaf Styrax grandifolius 10—25 Feet X X X X Moderate Sparkleberry Vaccinium arboretum 10—25 Feet X R X X X X X High Stewartia, Virginia Stewartia malacodendron 10—25 Feet X X X Moderate Sumac, shining Rhus copallina 10—25 Feet X O,R X X X High Sumac, smooth Rhus glabra 10—25 Feet X O,R X X X High Sumac, staghorn Rhus typhina 10—25 Feet X O,R,Y X X X X Moderate Viburnum, arrow-wood Viburnum dentatum 10—25 Feet X O,P,R,Y X X X Moderate Viburnum, blackhaw Viburnum prunifolium 10—25 Feet X P X X X Moderate Viburnum, possumhaw Viburnum nudum 10—25 Feet X P,R X X X X Moderate Viburnum, rusty blackhaw Viburnum rufidulum 10—25 Feet X P,R X X X X High Wax-myrtle, southern Myrica cerifera 10—25 Feet X X X X X X X Moderate Witch hazel, common Hamamelis virginiana 10—25 Feet X Y X X Moderate Witch hazel, vernal Hamamelis vernalis 10—25 Feet X Y X X X Moderate *Not Native to United States C = Copper
# White Oak Group O = Orange
## Red Oak Group R = Red
P = Purple
Y = Yellow
(Ord. No. O-78-08, § I(Exh. A), 10-27-2008)