Street Tree Species List
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3′-4′ PARKWAYS
BRONZE LOQUAT
(Eriobotrya deflexa)
Height: 25 feet
Evergreen
Water Use: Moderate
Overhead Power Lines: Safe
Defining Characteristic: White flowers in spring and produces non-edible fruit
Native To: Taiwan and Southern Vietnam
CHITALPA
(Chitalpa tashkentensis)
Height: 25 – 35 Feet
Deciduous
Water Use: Tolerant
Overhead Power Lines: Safe
Defining Characteristic: Showy lavender flowers in Spring, Summer, or Fall. Lanceolate to Ovate leaves.
Native To: California
CRAPE MYRTLE
(Lagerstroemia indica)
Height:25 feet
Deciduous
Water Use: Drought Tolerant
Overhead Power Lines:Safe
Defining Characteristic:Lavender, pink, red, rose or white flowers in summer. It blooms best in full sun, when it receives moderate moisture.
Native To:China
DESERT WILLOW
(Chilopsis linearis)
Height: 15 – 30 Feet
Deciduous
Water Use: Tolerant
Overhead Power Lines: Safe
Defining Characteristic: Fragrant lavender, pink, rose or white flowers in Spring or Summer. Leaves linear.
Native To: California, Texas, and Mexico.
EASTERN REDBUD
(Cercis canadensis)
Height:Up to 25 feet
Deciduous
Water Use:Drought Tolerant
Overhead Power Lines:Safe
Defining Characteristic:Pink or rose flowers bloom in spring. Leaves are an attractive lemon in fall.
Native To: Eastern United States
HONG KONG ORCHID TREE
(Bauhinia blakeana)
Height: 20-40 feet
Deciduous
Water Use: Moderate
Overhead Power Lines: Safe
Defining Characteristic: Flowers showy. Fragrant pink, purple, or rose. Flowers in Spring or Fall.
Horticultural Hybrid
LEMON BOTTLEBRUSH
(Callistemon citrinus)
Height: 20-25 feet
Evergreen
Water Use: Drought Tolerant
Overhead Power Lines: Safe
Defining Characteristic: Flowers Showy. Red. Flowers in Spring or Summer. Brown Capsule fruiting in the Fall.
Native To: Eastern Australia
NEW ZEALAND CHRISTMAS TREE
(Metrosideros excelsa)
Height: 30-35 feet
Evergreen
Water Use: Drought Tolerant
Overhead Power Lines: Safe
Defining Characteristic: Oblong to ovate, dark green leaves. Red showy flowers in Spring or Summer.
Native To: New Zealand
PURPLE LEAF PLUM
(Prunus cerasifera)
Height: 15- 25 feet
Deciduous
Water Use: Moderate
Overhead Power Lines: Safe
Defining Characteristic:Obviate green, red, or purple leaves. Fragrant white flowers in Spring. Prolific, red, edible drupe, fruiting in Summer.
Native To: Asia/Invasive to California
PURPLE ORCHID TREE
(Bauhinia variegata)
Height: 25 feet (average)
Deciduous
Water Use: Drought Tolerant
Overhead Power Lines: Safe
Defining Characteristic: Fragrant, lavender or pink flowers in spring or winter
Native To: India and China
ST. MARY MAGNOLIA
(Magnolia grandiflora)
Height: 20-25 feet (average)
Evergreen
Water Use: Moderate
Overhead Power Lines: Safe
Defining Characteristic: Dark green, oval leaves. Fragrant white flowers in Spring, Summer, or Fall.
Native To: Southeastern United States
SWEET SHADE
(Hymenosporum flavum)
Height: 20-35 feet (average)
Evergreen
Water Use: Moderate
Overhead Power Lines: Safe
Defining Characteristic: Showy, fragrant yellow flowers in Spring or Summer.
Native To: Austalia
WEEPING BOTTLE BRUSH
(Callistemon viminalis)
Height: 15-20 feet (average)
Evergreen
Water Use:Drought Tolerant
Overhead Power Lines: Safe
Defining Characteristic: Flowers Showy. Red. Flowers in Spring or Summer. Brown Capsule fruiting in the Fall.
Native To: Eastern Austalia
WESTERN REDBUD
(Cersis occidentalis)
Height: 15-20 feet (average)
Decidious
Water Use:Tolerant
Overhead Power Lines: Safe
Defining Characteristic: Pink or rose flowers bloom in spring. Leaves are an attractive lemon in fall. Leaves more rounded than C. canadensis
Native To: California, Arizona, and Utah.
WHITE BOTTLEBRUSH
(Callistemon salignus)
Height: 20-25 feet (average)
Evergreen
Water Use:Drought Tolerant
Overhead Power Lines: Safe
Defining Characteristic: Flowers Showy. Cream or yellow. Flowers in Spring or Summer. Brown Capsule fruiting in the Fall.
Native To: Australia
WHITE ORCHID TREE
(Bauhinia variegata v. candida)
Height: 20-35 feet (average)
Evergreen
Water Use:Drought Tolerant
Overhead Power Lines: Safe
Defining Characteristic: Flowers Showy. Fragrant White. Flowers in Spring or Winter. Large brown legume fruiting in the Summer.
Horticultural Hybrid
4′-6′ PARKWAYS
AFRICAN SUMAC
(Searsia lancea)
Height: 25 feet
Evergreen
Water Use: Drought Tolerant
Overhead Power Lines: Safe
Defining Characteristics: Great screen tree, inconspicuous flowers in Summer
Native To:Southeastern United States
BRISBANE BOX
(Lophostemon confertus)
Height: 45 feet
Evergreen
Water Use: Drought Tolerant
Overhead Power Lines: Unsafe
Defining Characteristic: White flowers in spring
Native To: Australia
CAJEPUT
(Melaleuca quinquenervia)
Height: 20-40 feet
Evergreen
Water Use: Drought Tolerant
Overhead Power Lines: Unsafe
Defining Characteristics: Striking, exfoliating bark. Elliptic to oblong, green leaves. Showy pink, purple, or yellow flowers in Summer or Fall. Persistent brown of gray capsule fruiting year round.
Native To: Eastern and Northern Austalia
CATALINA IRONWOOD
(Lyonothamnus floribundus)
Height: 35-40 feet
Evergreen
Water Use: Drought Tolerant
Overhead Power Lines: Unsafe
Defining Characteristics: Pinnate, dark green leaves. Showy, white flowers. Small, brown capsule fruiting in Fall.
Native To: California
CHINESE FRINGE TREE
(Chionanthus retusus)
Height: 10 – 20 feet
Deciduous
Water Use: Drought Tolerant
Overhead Power Lines: Safe
Defining Characteristic: Clean looking tree with impressive, fragrant, and white flowers in Summer. Purple or blue fruit in Fall or Winter.
Native to: Eastern Asia
COMMON HACKBERRY
(Celtis occidentalis)
Height: 45 – 80 feet
Deciduous
Water Use: Moderate
Overhead Power Lines: Unsafe
Defining Characteristic: Ovate and green leaves with inconspicuous flowers in the Spring.
Native to: Eastern North America
EVERGREEN PEAR
(Pyrus kawakamii)
Height: 15 – 30 feet
Deciduous
Water Use: Moderate
Overhead Power Lines: Safe
Defining Characteristic: Elliptic to ovate, green leaves. Showy, fragrant white flowers in Spring or Winter. Very small, brown or mostly green pomes fruiting in Spring orSummer.
Native To: Taiwan and China
FLAXLEAF PAPERBARK
(Melaleuca linariifolia)
Height: 20 – 30 feet
Evergreen
Water Use: Drought Tolerant
Overhead Power Lines: Unsafe
Defining Characteristic: Striking, exfoliating bark. Linear, bluish green or gray green leaves. Showy, fragrant, white flowers. Brown of gray capsule fruiting in Fall.
Native To: Eastern Australia
GOLDEN RAIN
(Koelreuteria paniculata)
Height: 20 – 35 feet
Deciduous
Water Use: Drought Tolerant
Overhead Power Lines: Safe
Defining Characteristic: Leaves bipinnately compound with showy yellow flowers in Summer. Prolific brown capsule fruit in Fall.
Native to: Asia
JAPANESE PRIVET*
(Ligustrum japonicum)
Height: 10 – 15 feet
Evergreen
Water Use: Moderate
Overhead Power Lines: Safe
Defining Characteristic: Dark green, ovate leaves. Showy, fragrant, white flowers in Spring or Summer. Prolific, blakc or blue drupe fruiting in Fall, Winter or Summer.
Native To: Northeastern Asia
MAIDENHAIR TREE
(Ginkgo biloba)
Height: 35 – 65 feet
Deciduous
Water Use: Moderate
Overhead Power Lines: Unsafe
Defining Characteristic: Rhomboidal green leaves and flowers in Spring.
Native to: China
NORFOLK ISLAND PINE
(Araucaria heterophylla)
Height: 100 feet
Evergreen
Water Use: Moderate
Overhead Power Lines: Unsafe
Defining Characteristic: Leaves small, stiff, triangular, and green.
Native To: Norfolk Island
ORNAMENTAL PEAR
(Pyrus calleryana)
Height: 50 feet
Deciduous
Water Use: Moderate
Overhead Power Lines: Unsafe
Defining Characteristic: Ovate dark green leaves. Showy, fragrant white flowers in Spring or Winter. Brown or mostly green pome fruiting in Summer.
Native To: China
PEPPERMINT TREE
(Agonis flexuosa)
Height: 25-35 feet
Evergreen
Water Use: Drought Tolerant
Overhead Power Lines: Safe
Defining Characteristic: Showy, white flowers in spring or summer
Native To: Western Australia
SHRUBBY YEW PINE
(Podocarpus macrophyllus)
Height: 40 – 50 feet
Evergreen
Water Use: Drought Tolerant
Overhead Power Lines: Unsafe
Defining Characteristic: Lanceolate to linear green leaves. Inconspicuous flowers in Spring. Small, purple cone fruiting in Fall.
Native To: Eastern Asia
SILK TREE
(Albizia julibrissin)
Height: 20-35 feet
Deciduous
Water Use: Drought Tolerant
Overhead Power Lines: Unsafe
Defining Characteristic: Pink or rose flowers in spring or summer
Native To: Southwestern and Eastern Asia
SWEET BAY
(Laurus nobilis)
Height: 35 feet
Evergreen
Water Use: Drought Tolerant
Overhead Power Lines: Unsafe
Defining Characteristic: Green, white or yellow flowers in spring; bay leaves can be used in cooking.
Native To: Mediterranean region
WESTERN HACKBERRY
(Celtis reticulata)
Height: 25 – 35 feet
Deciduous
Water Use: Drought Tolerant
Overhead Power Lines: Safe
Defining Characteristic: Deciduous tree with small red berries. Found in riparian areas of the Southwest.
Native to: California
6′-8′ PARKWAYS
AFRICAN FERN PINE
(Afrocarpus falcatus)
Height: 50-65 feet
Evergreen
Water Use: Drought Tolerant
Overhead Power Lines: Unsafe
Defining Characteristic: Dense canopy, great for screens
Native To: Uganda, Ethiopia and Kenya
ALEPPO PINE
(Pinus halepensis)
Height: 60 feet
Evergreen
Water Use: Drought Tolerant
Overhead Power Lines: Unsafe
Defining Characteristic: Long living pine, great for shade
Native To: Mediterranean region
AUSTRALIAN WILLOW
(Geijera parviflora)
Height: 35 feet
Evergreen
Water Use: Drought Tolerant
Overhead Power Lines: Safe
Defining characteristic: Inconspicuous flowers in spring or fall
BLACK ACACIA
(Acacia melanoxylon)
Height: 40 – 50 feet
Evergreen
Water Use: Drought Tolerant
Overhead Power Lines: Unsafe
Defining Characteristic: Brown or purple legumes fruiting in Winter or Summer.
Native To: Australia
BLUE OAK
(Quercus douglasii)
Height: 50-65 feet
Evergreen
Water Use: Drought Tolerant
Overhead Power Lines: Unsafe
Defining Characteristic: Prolific brown acorns fruiting in Fall or Winter. Leaves oblong to ovate.
Native To: Central and Southern California
CANARY ISLAND PINE
(Pinus canariensis)
Height: 50-80 feet
Canopy Width: 20-35 feet
Evergreen
Water Use: Drought Tolerant
Overhead Power Lines: Unsafe
Native To: Canary Islands of Spain
CHINABERRY
(Melia azedarach)
Height: 30 – 35 feet
Deciduous
Water Use: Drought Tolerant
Overhead Power Lines: Unsafe
Defining Characteristic: Fragrant lavender flowers in Spring or Summer. Prolific yellow berry.
Invasive From: China and Northern India
CHINESE FLAME TREE
(Koelreuteria bipinnata)
Height: 35 feet
Deciduous
Water Use: Drought Tolerant
Overhead Power Lines: Unsafe
Defining Characteristic: Yellow flowers in summer or fall
Native To: Asia
CHINESE PISTACHE
(Pistacia chinensis)
Height: 35 feet
Deciduous
Water Use: Drought Tolerant
Overhead Power Lines: Unsafe
Defining Characteristic: Flowers in spring, has fragrant leaf. Medium green, red, gold, orange or multicolored in fall
Native To: China
COLUMBIA LONDON PLANE
(Planatus acerifolia)
Height: 70 – 85 feet
Deciduous
Water Use: Moderate
Overhead Power Lines: Unsafe
Defining Characteristic: Leaves palmate with prolific brown or mostly green achene fruiting in Summer.
Native To: Spain
CORK OAK
(Quercus suber)
Height: 70 feet
Evergreen
Water Use: Drought Tolerant
Overhead Power Lines: Unsafe
Defining Characteristic: Prolific brown acorns fruiting in Fall or Winter. Fissured bark.
Native To: Western Mediterranean and North Africa
INCENSE CEDAR
(Calocedrus decurrens)
Height: 70 – 90 feet
Evergreen
Water Use: Drought Tolerant
Overhead Power Lines: Unsafe
Defining Characteristic: Fragrant leaves and red brown, fibrous bark.
Native To: California and Western North America.
ITALIAN STONE PINE
(Pinus pinea)
Height: 40-80 feet
Canopy Width: 40-60 feet
Evergreen
Water Use: Drought Tolerant
Native To: Mediterranean Region
JACARANDA
(Jacaranda mimosifolia)
Height: 50 feet
Deciduous
Water Use: Moderate
Overhead Power Lines: Unsafe
Defining Characteristic: Blue or lavender flowers in spring, summer or fall
Native To: Northwestern Argentina and Bolivia
MADRONE
(Arbutus menziesii)
Height: 50 – 65 feet
Evergreen
Water Use: Drought Tolerant
Overhead Power Lines: Unsafe
Defining Characteristic: Prolific, small, red or orange berry fruiting in Fall or Winter.
Native To: California
MARINA STRAWBERRY TREE
(Arbutus marina)
Height: 40 – 50 feet
Evergreen
Water Use: Moderate
Overhead Power Lines: Unsafe
Defining Characteristic: Prolific, small, red or yellow berry fruiting in Fall or Winter.
MESA OAK
(Quercus engelmannii)
Height: 50 – 65 feet
Evergreen
Water Use: Drought Tolerant
Overhead Power Lines: Unsafe
Defining Characteristic: Prolific brown acorns fruiting in Fall or Winter. Leaves oblong to ovate.
Native To: Southern California
MEXICAN SYCAMORE
(Platanus mexicana)
Height: 50 feet
Deciduous
Water Use: Moderate
Overhead Power Lines: Unsafe
Defining Characteristic: Leaves palmate with prolific brown or mostly green achene fruiting in Fall or Winter.
Native To: Eastern United States
MONTEREY PINE
(Pinus radiata)
Height: 80 – 100 feet
Canopy Width: 25 – 36 feet
Evergreen
Water Use: Drought Tolerant
Native To: Central California
OLIVE TREE
(Olea europaea)
Height: 35 feet
Evergreen
Water Use: Drought Tolerant
Overhead Power Lines: Unsafe
Defining Characteristic: Inconspicuous, fragrant flowers in spring
Native To: The Mediterranean Region
SOAPBARK TREE
(Quillaja saponaria)
Height: 30 – 45 feet
Evergreen
Water Use: Moderate
Overhead Power Lines: Unsafe
Defining Characteristic: Yellow or cream flowers in Spring or Summer.
Native To: Chile
SOUTHERN LIVE OAK
(Quercus virginiana)
Height: 40 – 80 feet
Evergreen
Water Use: Moderate
Overhead Power Lines: Unsafe
Defining Characteristic: Prolific brown acorns fruiting in Fall or Winter. Furrowed, blocky bark.
Native To: Southern United States
STRAWBERRY TREE
(Arbutus unedo)
Height: 20 – 35 feet
Evergreen
Water Use: Moderate
Overhead Power Lines: Unsafe
Defining Characteristic: Prolific, medium sized, red or orange berry fruiting in Fall or Winter.
Native To: Southern Europe and Ireland
TORREY PINE
(Pinus torreyana)
Height: 40 – 50 feet
Canopy Width: 20 – 25 feet
Evergreen
Water Use: Drought Tolerant
Native To: Southern California
WESTERN SYCAMORE
(Platanus racemosa)
Height: 30 – 80 feet
Deciduous
Water Use: Moderate
Overhead Power Lines: Unsafe
Defining Characteristic: Leaves palmate with prolific brown or mostly green achene fruiting in Fall or Summer. Striking to exfoliating cream or light green bark.
Native To: California
8’+ PARKWAYS
ATLAS CEDAR
(Cedrus atlantica)
Height: 45 – 65 feet
Evergreen
Water Use: Drought Tolerant
Overhead Power Lines: Unsafe
Defining Characteristic: Leaves needle and bluish green or silver.
Native To: Algeria and Morocco
CAMPHOR TREE
(Cinnamomum camphora)
Height: 50 – 65 feet
Evergreen
Water Use: Moderate
Overhead Power Lines: Unsafe
Defining Characteristic: Leaves oval and light green.
Invasive From: China and Japan
CEDAR OF LEBANON
(Cedrus libani)
Height: 80 – 100 feet
Evergreen
Water Use: Drought Tolerant
Overhead Power Lines: Unsafe
Defining Characteristic: Large brown cone (1.5 -3.0 inches)
Native To: Mediterranean Region
COAST LIVE OAK
(Quercus agrifolia)
Height: 65 feet
Evergreen
Water Use: Drought Tolerant
Overhead Power Lines: Unsafe
Defining Characteristic: Long living oak; large, spreading canopy
Native To: Central and Southern California
DEODAR CEDAR
(Cedrus deodara)
Height: 60 feet
Evergreen
Water Use: Drought Tolerant
Overhead Power Lines: Unsafe
Defining Characteristic: Inconspicuous flowers in fall
Native To: Eastern Afghanistan, Northern Pakistan and North-Central India
TIPU TREE
(Tipuana tipu)
Height: 55 feet
Deciduous
Water Use: Moderate
Overhead Power Lines: Safe
Defining Characteristic: Flowers showy. Orange or yellow. Flowers in summer.
Native To: Bolivia and Southern Brazil
VALLEY OAK
(Quercus lobata)
Height: 50 – 70 feet
Deciduous
Water Use: Drought Tolerant
Overhead Power Lines: Unsafe
Defining Characteristic: Leaves obovate and lobed.
Native To: Central and Southern California