Texas Big Tree Registry A list of the largest trees in Texas Sponsored by Texas A & M Forest Service

Ornamental Species of Texas: 31

Common Name (also known as) Latin Name Remarks Cir. Threshold arborvitae, oriental Thuja orientalis 80'' or 6.7' cedar, Deodar Cedrus deodara 120'' or 10.0' crapemyrtle, common (common crape myrtle) Lagerstroemia indica 60'' or 5.0' cypress, Italian Cupressus sempervirens 15'' or 1.3' elm, Chinese (lacebark elm) Ulmus parviflora 90'' or 7.5' ginkgo Ginkgo biloba 120'' or 10.0' goldenraintree (golden raintree) Koelreuteria paniculata 50'' or 4.2' jacaranda (black poui) Jacaranda mimosifolia 60'' or 5.0' kapok (silk-floss-tree) Ceiba speciosa 120'' or 10.0' maple, Japanese Acer palmatum 30'' or 2.5' maple, silver Acer saccharinum 120'' or 10.0' myrtle, common crape (common crapemyrtle) Lagerstroemia indica 60'' or 5.0' oak, Compton's Quercus x comptoniae Natural hybrid: live X overcup oaks 180'' or 15.0' oak, sawtooth Quercus acutissima 60'' or 5.0' parasoltree, Chinese Firmiana simplex 60'' or 5.0' pine, Afghanistan Pinus eldarica 90'' or 7.5' pine, Aleppo Pinus halapensis 90'' or 7.5' pine, Austrian Pinus nigra 60'' or 5.0' pine, Italian stone Pinus pinea 90'' or 7.5' pine, Japanese black Pinus thunbergii 60'' or 5.0' pine, Norfolk Island Araucaria heterophylla 30'' or 2.5' pine, Scotch Pinus sylvestris 60'' or 5.0' pine, slash Pinus elliottii var. elliottii 90'' or 7.5' pine, yew plum (Japanese yew) Podocarpus macrophyllus 90'' or 7.5' pistache, Chinese Pistacia chinensis 120'' or 10.0' poinciana, royal Delonix regia 90'' or 7.5' poplar, yellow (tuliptree, yellow-poplar) Liriodendron tulipifera 150'' or 12.5' poui, black (jacaranda) Jacaranda mimosifolia 60'' or 5.0' raintree, golden (goldenraintree) Koelreuteria paniculata 50'' or 4.2' redwood, dawn Metasequoia glyptostroboides 120'' or 10.0' silk-floss-tree (kapok) Ceiba speciosa 120'' or 10.0' spruce, Colorado blue Picea glauca 30'' or 2.5' sycamore, Mexican Platanus mexicana 90'' or 7.5' tuliptree (yellow-poplar, yellow poplar) Liriodendron tulipifera 150'' or 12.5' willow, weeping Salix babylonica 120'' or 10.0' yellow-poplar (tuliptree, yellow poplar) Liriodendron tulipifera 150'' or 12.5' yew, Japanese (yew plum pine) Podocarpus macrophyllus 90'' or 7.5'