Trees Suitable for The Woodlands
For pictures and more detail about these plants, refer these helpful resources:
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Plant Database at www.wildflower.org/plants/
Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder at www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/plantfinder/plantfindersearch.aspx
Native Plant Society of Texas, Houston Chapter Native Plant Info at www.npsot.org/wp/houston/native-plant-info/
TREES Common name Scientific name Mature Requirements Wildlife value Type Bloom or Fall color Native height Black Gum or Nyssa sylvatica 30-50 ft Sun to part Deciduous Red, orange and pur- Yes Black Tupelo shade ple in fall Cherry Laurel Prunus 15-36 ft Sun to part Birds Evergreen Late spring bloom of Yes laurocerasus shade showy white flower clusters Drummond Red Acer rubrum 50-70 ft Sun Birds Deciduous Red in fall Yes Maple Fringe Tree Chionanthus 12-20 ft Sun to part Birds Deciduous Showy, fragrant white Yes virginicus shade blooms in late spring Hackberry Celtis 40-60 ft Sun to part Birds Deciduous insignificant Yes occidentalis shade Pollinators Loblolly Pine Pinus taeda 60-100 ft Sun to part Birds Evergreen Yes shade Pollinators Larval host to elfin butterfly Mexican Plum Prunus 15-35 ft Sun to part Birds Deciduous Showy, fragrant white Yes mexicana shade Pollinators and pink blooms in Larval host to early spring tiger swallowtail butterfly Oak, Shumard Quercus 50-90 ft Sun to part Mammals, Deciduous Yes shumardii shade birds. Host to Horaces Duskywing butterfly. Oak, Southern Q. falcate 100+ ft Part shade Mammals, Deciduous Yes Red birds. Host to banded hair- streak and white M hair- streak butter- flies. Oak, Water Q. nigra 72-100 ft Part shade Mammals, Deciduous Yes birds, butter- flies. Host to several hair- streak species of butterfly. Common name Scientific name Mature Requirements Wildlife value Type Bloom or Fall color Native height Oak, White Q. alba 72-100 ft Sun to part Mammals, birds Deciduous Yes shade and butterflies. Host to Edwards Hairstreak butterfly.
Parsley Crataegus 12-36 ft Part shade Mammals, Deciduous White blooms in early Yes Hawthorn marshallii birds, native spring. Red and or- bees and ange fall color. butterflies. Pawpaw Asimina triloba 20-35 ft Shade to part Mammals, polli- Deciduous Maroon blooms in Yes shade nators. Host to spring, followed by zebra swallow- edible fruit in fall. tail butterfly. Rusty yellow fall col- or. Possumhaw Ilex decidua 15-30 ft Shade to part Mammals and Deciduous Yellow color in fall. Yes shade birds Redbud Cercis 15-30 ft Shade to part Birds and polli- Deciduous Showy pink flowers in Yes Canadensis shade nators. early spring. Leaves yellow in fall. River Birch Betula nigra 36-72 ft Part shade Birds Deciduous Gold Yes Rusty Blackhaw Viburnum 12-20 ft Part shade Mammals, Deciduous Clusters of white Yes Viburnum rufidulum birds, pollina- flowers in spring fol- tors. lowed by dark blue berries. Texas Diospyros 10-15 ft Shade to part Mammals, Deciduous White to green fra- Yes Persimmon texana shade birds, pollina- to semi- grant blooms in spring tors. Larval host evergreen with edible fruit in to Gray hair- late summer to fall. streak and Hen- rys Elfin butter- fly. Yaupon Holly Ilex vomitoria 12-25 ft Sun, part Birds and polli- Evergreen Tiny white blooms in Yes shade, shade nators. spring. Females pro- Larval host to duce copious Henrys elfin amounts of red ber- butterfly. ries.
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