Native to Europe and Western Asia. Can grow as tall as 25 to 35 feet spreading as wide as 25 to 35 feet with a low canopy. They requires full to partial sunlight. This is a relatively low maintenance tree that should only be pruned in summer. They require an average amount of water. They can live more than 80 years under ideal conditions.
Native to interior western North America scattered throughout Montana to central Texas. And to Coahuila I northern Mexico. Bigtooth Maple can reach a maximum height of 35 feet and 20 to 30 feet wide with a rounded shape and low canopy. It can live up to 50 to 150 years. It grows yellow flowers in the spring with separate male and female flowers on the same tree. Grows best in moist to dry and well drained soil. Requires moist to dry and well drained soils. Attracts birds.
Native to Europe. Strawberry Tree can grow to 40 to 50 feet and about 40 feet wide. It has evergreen foliage and showy pink flowers in various seasons and a small red or yellow berry in the Fall or Winter that attracts wildlife. It can live 50 to 150 years. It has low water needs and is resistant to root fungus.
Native to the Norfolk Islands to the east of Australia. This tree can grow up to 200 feet tall and spread up to 60 feet wide. This tree is not a true pine. The green leaves are stiff and scaly. Produces cones large cones (over 3 inches in size) during summer and fall. It can live longer than 150 years. This tree requires moist soils and the branches can fall if the moisture level falls. It is a tropical tree
Native to California and Western North America. Can grow to 70 to 90 feet tall and 10 to 15 feet wide. It grows conical and erect. It tolerates moist and dry soils and is drought tolerant California incense-cedar can be noted for having a very pleasant woody smell that gives it its name.
Maidenhair tree is native to China where it has little habitat left. Can grow to a maximum height of 35 to 65 feet tall with a 25 foot spread. Fall foliage is yellow. It prefers sun requires 15- 20 gallons weekly in the first two years and then as needed from then on. This tree is tolerant to drought as well as other harsh conditions. The female fruit has a distinct odor but is an Asian delicacy when boiled or roasted and its leaves are used in Chinese herbal medicine.
Native to the Monterey Peninsula.This tree starts off with a pyramidal shape as a young tree, but as it ages it changes to a spreading shape. It can get up to 90 feet tall and spread 70 feet. It typically usually lives up to 150 years old in good conditions and up to 300 years in ideal conditions. Recently this species was changed from Cupressus to the genus Hesperocyparis, which means “western or new cypress” after new DNA evidence showed it was not closely related to Old World cypress species. This is an evergreen tree with scale-like leaves. It fruits in the fall, bearing light brown green cones that are used by wildlife.
Native to eastern Asia, its native range spans from China to Korea and Japan. The Golden Rain Tree usually grows between 20 and 35 feet tall, but can get taller, and has a crown that spreads about 40 feet wide. This is a deciduous tree with green leaves pinnately compound leaves that turn from green to yellow or orange. It has showy yellow flowers in the summer. This tree can live 50 to 150 years old. It is drought tolerant.
Native from the Himalayas through southern China. Can grow to a maximum height of 20 to 25 feet and spread 15 to 25 feet. They can live 50 to 150 years. They have showy lavender flowers in the summer. They thrive in moist to dry soil and full sun. Drought tolerant. Attract birds.
Native to Australia. Can grow to be as large as 30 to 50 feet tall and 10 to 30 feet wide. Can live 50 to 150 years. Smog tolerant and drought tolerant once established. Produces distinctive white flowers in the spring and small brown or red fruit capsule in the summer. Does best in moist to dry soil. Drought tolerant.
Native to the Channel islands off the Southern California Coast. Grows 20 to 30 feet high and spreads 12 to 15 feet wide. Is a moderate growing evergreen tree. Produces white flowers in spring and summer. This tree is fire resistant and requires well drained soils.
Native to Eastern United States. Can grow to 30 to 50 feet tall and 20 to 30 feet wide. Can live longer than 150 years. Sour Gum grows well in wet to dry soil and is drought tolerant. It attracts birds and its fruit is desirable to wildlife.
Native to China. Can grow to a maximum height of 50 feet tall and 35 feet wide. Can live 50 to 150 years. Grows well in moist to dry soil. Produces showy, white , fragrant flowers in the Spring or Winter. Attracts birds. Used in Chinese medicine and cuisine.
Native to California. Can grow as tall as 30 to 80 feet tall and 20 to 50 feet wide. Can live longer than 150 years. Does well in moist to dry soil. Shading capacity rated as dense when leaves are present. Monoecious (has separate male and female flowers). Tolerates extreme heat and wind.
Native to Central and Southern California. Can grow to be 20 to 70 feet tall and 20 to 70 feet wide. Can live longer than 150 years. With age it’s canopy can grow much wider that its height providing a lot of shade. Does best in moist to dry soil. Deer palatable. Produces acorns in Fall or Winter. It is fire resistant and desirable to wildlife.
Native to Eastern United States. Grows to a maximum height of 70 feet tall and 50 feet wide growing at a moderate pace. It produces ½ to 1 ½ inch acorns in Fall or Winter. Desirable to wildlife. Not deer palatable. Does best in moist soil, deep rich soil. Less susceptible to mistletoe that other oaks. Remarkable Fall color.
Native to South Central and Eastern Europe. Can grow as tall as 100 feet tall and as wide as 70 feet. It can live longer than 150 years. It produces ½ to 1 ½ inch acorns in Fall or Winter. Does best in moist to dry soil. Desirable to wildlife. Deer palatable.
Native to Eastern United States. Can grow as tall as 70 feet tall and 40 feet wide.Does best in wet to dry soil. Can live longer than 150 years. It produces ½ to 1 ½ inch acorns in Fall or Winter. Desirable to wildlife. Not deer palatable.
Native to Western Mediterranean and North Africa. Can grow as large as 70 feet tall and 70 feet wide. Can live longer than 150 years. It produces ½ to 1 ½ inch acorns in Fall or Winter. Desirable to wildlife. Bark is a source of commercial cork.
Native to California and Mexico. Found natively on the Channel Islands. Can grow as large as 20 to 50 feet tall and 25 to 40 feet wide. Does best in moist to dry soil. Drought tolerant. It produces ½ to 1 ½ inch acorns in Fall or Winter. Desirable to wildlife.
Native to Southern United States. Can grow as large as 40 to 80 feet tall and 60 to 100 feet wide. Can live longer than 150 years. Does best in moist to wet soil. Foliage is partly evergreen and partly deciduous. It produces ½ to 1 ½ inch acorns in Fall or Winter. Desirable to wildlife. Deer palatable.
This species is an evergreen tree native to Calfornia. As a street tree it grows to around 100 feet tall but in the wild under ideal conditions it can get close to 400 feet tall. The canopy extends anywehere between 15 and 30 feet. The leaves are linear, thin, and scale like. Redwoods can live to be over 600 years old in the wild. In the fall and winter it produces cones. It will grow best in moist soils.
Native to the Northern Coast of California. This evergreen tree grows to 70 feet tall and its canopy extends out 25 feet, giving it a conical shape. It has dark green scalelike leaves. It can live to be greater than 150 years old and its growth rate is moderate to fast. It flowers in spring and produces small brown cones in summer and fall. It is not drought tolernat, it grows best in moist soils.
Accolade Elm is derived from a hybrid of Ulmus japonica and Ulmus wilsoniana and was first planted in Illinois in 1924. It Can grow as large as 50 to 60 feet tall and 25 to 40 feet wide. Can live longer than 150 years. Does best in moist but well drained soil. Drought tolerant. Highly resistant to Dutch Elm Disease, and Elm Leaf Beetle. Attracts birds and squirrels.
Frontier Elm is derived from a hybrid of Lacebark Elm and Smooth Leaf Elm. It can grow to be 40 feet tall and 30 feet wide. Its water needs are moderate and it is less drought tolerant than most elms. It’s resistant to Dutch Elm Disease and Elm Leaf Beetles. It’s a vibrant reddish-purple color in the fall. It grows fast tolerating poor soils.
Native to Eastern Asia. Can grow as large as 50 to 65 feet tall and 50 to 65 feet wide. Can live 50 to 150 years. Grows best in moist soils. More resistant to Dutch Elm Disease than most elms.