LARGE TREES FOR HOUSTON

Houston Code of Ordinances, ch. 33, App. A-1

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APPENDIX A-1. - LARGE TREES FOR HOUSTON Botanical Name | Common Name* | Comments Acer rubrum var drummondii | D Drummon Red Maple | Wet sites Acer rubrum var tridens | D Trident Red Maple | Wet sites Acer barbatum | D Southern or Texas Sugar Maple Betula nigra | D River Birch | Wet sites Bumelia lanuginosa | D Chittamwood, Gum bumelia or Wooly Bucket | Drought-tolerant/Attracts birds Carya cordiformis | D Bitternut Hickory Carya illinoenses | D Pecan | Nut Carya texana | D Black Hickory | Drought-tolerant Carya tomentosa | D Mockery Nut Hickory | Fruit Diospyros virginiana | D Persimmon, eastern | Fruit Ehretia anacua | D Anacua | Flowering/Fruit/Drought-tolerant Fraxinus americana | D White Ash Fraxinus Pennsylvanica | D Green Ash Ginkgo biloba | D Ginkgo | Male only Ilex opaca (and cultivars) | E American Holly | Female/Fruit Juglans nigra | D Black Walnut Liquidambar styraciflua | D Sweetgum | Fall color Liriodendron tulipifera | D Tulip tree or Yellow Poplar | Flowering/Wet sites Magnolia grandiflora | E Southern Magnolia | Flowering Magnolia virginiana | E Sweet Bay Magnolia | Flowering/Wet sites Metasequoia glyptostroboides | D Dawn Redwood Nyssa aquatica | D Water tupelo | Wet sites Nyssa sylvatica var biflora | D Swamp tupelo or Black Gum | Wet sites Nyssa sylvatica var sylvatica | D Black Gum | Fruit/Fall color Pinus palustris | E Longleaf Pine Pinus taeda | E Loblolly Pine Pinus glabra | E Spruce Pine Plantanus mexicana | D Mexican Sycamore | Wet sites Plantanus occientalis | D Sycamore Prunus serotina | D Black Cherry | Flowering/Fruit Quercus acutissima | D Sawtooth Oak Quercus alba | D Oaks, white | Fall color Quercus canbii | D Canby Oak Quercus falcata | D Southern Red Oak Quercus laurifolia | D Laurel Oak Quercus lyrata | D Overcup Oak | Wet sites Quercus macrocarpa | D Bur Oak | Wet sites/Drought-tolerant Quercus michauxii | D Swamp Chestnut Oak | Fall color Quercus muehlenbergii | D Chinkapin Oak | Drought-tolerant Quercus nutallii | D Nutall Oak | Fall color/Wet sites Quercus palustris | D Pin Oak | Fall color Quercus phellos | D Willow Oak Quercus polymorpha | D Monterrey Oak Quercus rizophyllia | D Loquat Leaf Oak Quercus shumardii | D Shumard Oak | Fall color Quercus stellata | D Post Oak Quercus virginiana | D Live Oak Sassafras albidum | D Sassafras | Fall color/Attracts birds Taxodium distichum var distichum | D Bald Cypress | Wet sites/Drought-tolerant Taxodium distichum var nutans | D Pond Cypress Taxodium mucronatum | D Montezuma Bald Cypress Tilia caroliniana | D Carolina Basswood Ulmus americana | D American Elm Ulmus alata | D Winged Elm Ulmus crassifolia | D Cedar Elm | Drought-tolerant Ulmus parvifolia var drakii | D Drake Elm Zelkova serrata | D Japanese Zelkova [11]

Source: City of Houston, Code of Ordinances and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/houston/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH33PLDE_APXA-1LATRHOFetched: 10/26/2026

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