Revised Approved Tree List: Small Trees Annual Growth Rate Water Mature Mature Botanical Common Size Slow (<12") Needs Pest & Disease Residential Height Spread Description Disadvantages Park Landscape Name Name Class Medium (12"-24") (Low, Susceptibility & Street (Ft) (Ft) Fast (>24") Moderate) SMALL STATURE TREES SMALL STATURE TREES Punica Fruitless. Develops a white granatum California Sunset flower in spring. Fall color is Flat Mites, Leaf Rollers, SMALL 10-15 10 M M Wet fruit litter issue. x x 'California Pomegranate gold. Adapted to a variety of soil Heart Rot Sunset' conditions. Caesalpinia Utility friendly. Use thornless Cascalote Extra structural cacalaco SMALL 15-20 15-25 M L variety. Heat and sun loving White flies x x (thornless) pruning needs. 'Smoothie' plant. Attracts humming birds. Utility friendly. Mid-summer flowering with blue or lavender Vitex agnus- Branch strength rated Chaste tree SMALL 10-15 15-20 M M flowers. Deciduous - fall color is N/A x x x castus as medium weak not showy. Resistant to oak root fungus. Utility friendly. Taller specimens may require minor height Chionanthus Chinese fringe Wet fruit litter issue. SMALL 10-20 6-12 M M reduction if under wires. N/A x x x retusis tree Allergy Health Hazard. Fragrant white flowers. Dark purple drupes. Utility friendly. California native. Dry fruit litter issue. Chilopsis linearis Desert willow SMALL 15-30 10-20 F L Drought tolerant. Attracts birds. Root Rot x x x Allergy Health Hazard. Bright and colorful flowers. Appendix | 107 Revised Approved Tree List: Small Trees (Continued) Annual Growth Rate Water Mature Mature Botanical Common Size Slow (<12") Needs Pest & Disease Residential Height Spread Description Disadvantages Park Landscape Name Name Class Medium (12"-24") (Low, Susceptibility & Street (Ft) (Ft) Fast (>24") Moderate) SMALL STATURE TREES SMALL STATURE TREES Utility friendly. Taller specimens may require minor height reduction if under wires. Cercis Deciduous with gold fall color. canadensis var. Oklahoma Glossy, chordate leaves. Showy, Scales, Canker, Leaf SMALL 15-20 15 M M N/A x x x texensis redbud pink flowers in spring. Spot, Verticillium 'Oklahoma' Persistent, purple seed pod in summer. Low potential for root damage. Resistant to wind damage. Utility friendly. Drought tolerant. Grows in a variety of Dodonaea soil conditions. Attracts Scales, Phytophthora, viscosa Purple hopseed SMALL 15-20 10-15 F L birds.Showy pink or white seed N/A x x x Root Rot 'Purpurea' develops in summer or fall. Not Deer Palatable. None Known Health Hazard. Cotinus Leaf Rollers, Leaf Spot, Royal Purple' Utility friendly. Purple to red leaf Branches droop but coggygria 'Royal SMALL 12-20 10-20 M L Canker, Scab, x x x smoke tree color. Showy pink flowers. resist breakage. Purple' Verticillium Utility friendly. Taller specimens may require minor height reduction if under wires. California native. Adapted to a Scales, Thrip, Sudden Heteromeles Toyon SMALL 15-25 8-15 M L wide variety of soil conditions. Wet fruit litter issue. Oak Death, Oak Root x x x arbutifolia Dark green, opblong foliage. Rot, Root Rot Evergreen. Showy, white flowers in summer. Drought resistant. Attracts birds and bees. Appendix | 109 Revised Approved Tree List: Medium Trees Annual Growth Rate Water Mature Mature Botanical Common Size Slow (<12") Needs Pest & Disease Residential Height Spread Description Disadvantages Park Landscape Name Name Class Medium (12"-24") (Low, Susceptibility & Street (Ft) (Ft) Fast (>24") Moderate) MEDIUM STATURE TREES MEDIUM STATURE TREES Low root damage potential. Tree Awkward shape when is extremely durable and young. Requires some tolerant to both urban and rural structural pruning. conditions. It's also drought, Pistache Chinese pistache Female trees produce MEDIUM 40-50 30-40 M L heat, and wind tolerant. Long Root Rot, Verticillium x x x chinensis (male only) clusters of small lived species provides much round green berries shade and produces spectacular which some consider fall colors in shades of orange, messy. red-orange, and crimson. Utility friendly. Taller specimens Branch Strength Tristaniopsis Elegant water may require minor height Rated as Medium MEDIUM 20-35 15-25 S L Scales x x x laurina 'Elegant' gum reduction if under wires. Can be Weak. Dry fruit litter trained as a multi-trunked tree. issue. Low root damage potential Magnolia ranch strength is medium with liliiflora ‘Nigra’ x dense leaves. Longevity is Aphids, Scales, Spider 'Galaxy' Magnolia MEDIUM 20-30 15-20 M M Low availability x x x Magnolia. medium. Tree blooms at a Mites, Leaf Spot sprengeri ‘Diva’ young age. Low root damage potential Allergy Health Hazard. Beetle Borers, Plant Koelreuteria Tolerates cold, heat, drought, Low density leaf. Goldenrain MEDIUM 20-35 20-35 M M Bug, Scales, Root Rot, x x x paniculata wind and alkaline soil. Requires Verticillium low to moderate maintenance. Appendix | 111 Revised Approved Tree List: Medium Trees (Continued) Annual Growth Rate Water Mature Mature Botanical Common Size Slow (<12") Needs Pest & Disease Residential Height Spread Description Disadvantages Park Landscape Name Name Class Medium (12"-24") (Low, Susceptibility & Street (Ft) (Ft) Fast (>24") Moderate) MEDIUM STATURE TREES MEDIUM STATURE TREES Low root damage potential. Requires moderate Tropical flowering tree is one of maintenance to Lagerstroemia Japanese crape the most outstanding summer remove suckers and Aphids, Powdery MEDIUM 20-30 20-30 M M x x x fauriei myrtle bloomers. Leaves are appealing to prune for flowers. Mildew, Sooty Mold as they turn red right before This trees provides they fall in the winter. little shade. Utility friendly. Taller specimens may require minor height reduction if under wires. Scales, Thrip, Resistant to oak root fungus. Arbutus Anthracnose, Marina Madrone MEDIUM 40-50 40 M L Red, exfoliating bark. White to Wet fruit litter issue. x x 'Marina' Phytophthora, Root pink, bell-shaped flowers. Pom- Rot, Rust pom-shaped red or yellow berries. Attracts birds. Evergreen. Acer Lower water need than most Rocky Mountain grandidentatum MEDIUM 20-35 15-30 S M maples. Canopy develops into a N/A Decay fungi x x x Glow Maple 'Schmidt' tight, oval shape. California native. Usually does not grow above 20 ft. Utility friendly, but may need minor Laurus nobilis Saratoga bay MEDIUM 15-40 15-30 M L maintenance. Resistant to Dry fruit litter issue. Scales x x 'Saratoga' laurel psyllid. Green, white, or yellow flowers in spring. Fragrant leaf can be used in cooking. Columnar structure, evergreen foliage. Linear leaves with gray- Dry fruit litter issue. Acacia green color. Showy, fragrant, Allergy Health Hazard. Shoestring acacia MEDIUM 20-30 10-20 F L N/A x x stenophylla yellow flowers in winter or Branch Strength spring. Long, brown seed pods. Rated as Weak. Drought tolerant. Appendix | 113 Revised Approved Tree List: Medium Trees (Continued) Annual Growth Rate Water Mature Mature Botanical Common Size Slow (<12") Needs Pest & Disease Residential Height Spread Description Disadvantages Park Landscape Name Name Class Medium (12"-24") (Low, Susceptibility & Street (Ft) (Ft) Fast (>24") Moderate) MEDIUM STATURE TREES MEDIUM STATURE TREES Utility friendly. Taller specimens may require minor height reduction if under wires. Resistant to oak root fungus. Scales, Thrip, Strawberry Gray bark exfoliates to reveal Anthracnose, Arbutus unedo MEDIUM 20-35 20-35 M L Allergy Health Hazard. x x x madrone red-brown bark underneath. Phytophthora, Root Showy, white, bell-shaped Rot, Rust flowers. Orange or red pom-pom- shaped flowers. Attracts birds. Evergreen. Scales, Anthracnose, Fruitless. Evergreen with gray- Root Damage Oak Root Rot, Olea europaea green, ovate leaves. Attracts 'Swan Hill' Olive MEDIUM 25-35 25-30 M L Potential Rated as Phytophthora, Root x x 'Swan Hill' birds. Resistant to Texas Root Moderate. Rot, Sooty Mold, Rot. Verticillium Branches don't droop, and resist breakage. Very hardy. Evergreen. Root Damage Ebenopsis ebano Texas ebony MEDIUM 25-40 25-40 M L Persistent, large, black or brown Potential Rated as N/A x x seed pod. Showy, fragrant, High. Thorns. yellow flowers in summer. Appendix | 115 Revised Approved Tree List: Large Trees Annual Growth Rate Water Mature Mature Botanical Common Size Slow (<12") Needs Pest & Disease Residential Height Spread Description Disadvantages Park Landscape Name Name Class Medium (12"-24") (Low, Susceptibility & Street (Ft) (Ft) Fast (>24") Moderate) LARGE STATURE TREES LARGE STATURE TREES Has distinctive, green, fan- shaped leaves which turn yellow Canker Diseases (if Ginkgo biloba 'Autumn Gold' Allerget Health LARGE 50-80 30-40 M M in the fall. Tolerates and adapts trunk is repeatedly x 'Autumn Gold' ginkgo Hazard. to a wide range of harsh growing wounded) conditions. Beetle Borers, California Flathead Borer, Caterpillars, Resistant to oak root fungus. Root Damage Sudden Oak Death, Acer Attracts bees. Gold fall color. Bigleaf maple LARGE 30-75 30-50 F M Potential Rated as Root Rot, Oak Root x x macrophyllum Native to western U.S. Fire High. Rot, Annosus Root Resistance is Favorable. Disease, White Mottled Rot, Leaf Spot, Verticillium Caterpillars, Insect California native. Slow-growing. Galls, California Oak Leaves are blue-green. Moth, Gall Wasp, Quercus Evergreen. Resistant to Allergy and Poisonous Scales, Crown Rot, Blue oak LARGE 50-65 40-50 S L x douglasii verticillium. Desirable Wildlife Health Hazard. Mistletoe, Oak Root Plant. Branch Strength Rated as Rot, Brown Rot, Strong. Powdery Mildew, Root Rot Moderate root Tolerates