Street Tree List from the City of Houston Planning Department Large Trees Common Name Scientific Name Hght Sprd Growth Rate Comments Texas sugar maple Acer barbatum Large 30 Medium Fall color Red maple Acer rubrum Large 30 Medium Fall color Pecan Carya illinoensis Large 50 Slow Fruit Black hickory Carya texana Large 20 Slow Fall color White ash Fraxinus americana Large 40 Fast Fall color Ginko Ginko biloba Large 40 Slow Fall color/male only Black walnut Juglans nigra Large 40 Slow Fall color Sweetgum Liquidambar stryaciflua Large 40 Fast Fall color Southern magnolia Magnolia grandiflora Large 45 Slow Evergreen Black gum Nyssa sylvatica Large 30 Medium Fall color Loblolly pine Pinus taeda Large 30 Fast Evergreen Mexican sycamore Platanus mexicana Large 50 Fast Unique leaf Sawtooth oak Quercus acutissima Large 40 Fast Drought tolerant White oak Quercus alba Large 50 Slow Sandy soils Southern red oak Quercus falcata Large 40 Slow Fall color Laurel oak Quercus laurifolia Large 40 Slow Semi-evergreen Overcup oak Quercus lyrata Large 40 Slow Large acorn Bur oak Quercus macrocarpa Large 50 Slow Large acorn Swamp chestnut oak Quercus michauxii Large 40 Slow Fall color Chinkapin oak Quercus muehlenbergii Large 40 Slow Fall color Water oak Quercus nigra Large 40 Medium Decidious Nuttall oak Quercus nutallii Large 40 Medium Fall color Willow oak Quercus phellos Large 40 Medium Decidious Monterray oak Quercus polymorpha Large 40 Fast Drought tolerant Loquat leaf oak Quercus rizophyllia Large 40 Fast Drought tolerant Shumard oak Quercus shumardii Large 40 Slow Fall color Post oak Quercus stellata Large 40 Slow Decidious Live oak Quercus virginiana Large 50 Slow Semi-evergreen Bald cypress Taxodium distichum Large 30 Fast Decidious Montezuma cypress Taxodium mucronatum Large 40 Fast Semi-evergreen Winged elm Ulmus alata Large 30 Medium Drought tolerant Cedar elm Ulmus crassifolia Large 30 Medium Drought tolerant Chinese elm Ulmus parvifolia Large 30 Fast Unique bark Drake elm Ulmus parvifolia var Drakii Large 30 Fast Unique bark Allee elm Ulmus parvifolia var Emer II Large 30 Fast Drought tolerant Small Trees Wholly bucket Bumelia lanuginosa* Small 30 Slow Unique leaf Texas persimmon Diospyros virginiana* Small 20 Medium Drought tolerant Anacua Ehretia anacua* Small 20 Slow Unique leaf Texas ash Fraxinus texensis* Small 25 Fast Decidious American holly Ilex opaca* Small 15 Slow Evergreen East palatka holly Ilex x attenuata var East palatka* Small 15 Slow Evergreen Savannah holly Ilex x attenuata var Savannah* Small 15 Slow Evergreen Sweetbay magnolia Magnolia virginiana* Small 20 Slow Evergreen Chinese pistache Pistacia chinensis* Small 25 Slow Fall color Black cherry Prunus serotina* Small 20 Medium Unique leaf Camby oak Quercus cambii* Small 20 Medium Drought tolerant Basswood Tilia carolinana* Small 15 Slow Large leaf