Tree Talk & Winter Walk
Our annual Tree Talk Winter Walk is a perfect time to explore the beauty and benefits of native trees and shrubs. Choose from over 70 species of native trees and shrubs. Note: availability of species subject to change.
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| Scientific Name |
Common Name |
Duration |
Habit |
Sun |
Water |
| Acer grandidentatum |
Bigtooth maple, Big-toothed maple, Canyon maple |
Perennial |
Shrub, Tree
|
Sun |
Moist |
| Acer leucoderme |
Chalk maple |
Perennial |
Tree
|
Part-shade |
Dry |
| Acer negundo |
Ash-leaf maple, Ash-leaved maple, Box elder, Boxelder, Fresno de guajuco |
Perennial |
Tree
|
Sun |
Moist |
| Aesculus pavia var. flavescens |
Texas yellow buckeye, Yellow woolly buckeye, Pale buckeye, Plateau yellow buckeye |
Perennial |
Shrub, Tree
|
Part-shade |
Moist |
| Aesculus pavia var. pavia |
Scarlet buckeye, Red buckeye, Southern buckeye, Firecracker plant |
Perennial |
Shrub, Tree
|
Part-shade |
Moist, Dry |
| Amorpha fruticosa |
Indigo bush, False indigo bush, False indigo, Desert false indigo |
Perennial |
Shrub
|
Sun, Part-shade |
Moist |
| Anisacanthus quadrifidus var. wrightii |
Flame acanthus, Hummingbird bush, Wright's desert honeysuckle, Wright acanthus, Mexican flame, Wright's Mexican flame |
Perennial |
Shrub
|
Sun, Part-shade |
Moist, Dry |
| Aralia spinosa |
Devil's walkingstick, Devil’s walking-stick, Prickly Ash, Hercules club, Angelica tree |
Perennial |
Tree
|
Part-shade |
Moist |
| Callicarpa americana |
American beautyberry, French mulberry |
Perennial |
Shrub
|
Part-shade |
Moist |
| Cephalanthus occidentalis |
Common buttonbush, Buttonbush, Button willow |
Perennial |
Shrub
|
Shade, Part-shade |
Wet, Moist |
| Cercis canadensis var. mexicana |
Mexican redbud |
Perennial |
Tree
|
Sun, Part-shade |
Dry |
| Chilopsis linearis |
Desert willow, Flowering willow, Willow-leaved catalpa, Trumpet flower |
Perennial |
Tree
|
Sun |
Moist, Dry |
| Chromolaena odorata |
Jack in the bush, Fragrant boneset, Fragrant mistflower, Crucita, Blue mistflower |
Perennial |
Shrub
|
Part-shade |
Dry |
| Citharexylum berlandieri |
Berlandier's fiddlewood, Berlandier fiddlewood, Fiddlewood |
Perennial |
Shrub
|
Part-shade |
Dry |
| Cordia boissieri |
Mexican olive, Anacahuita, Texas wild olive, Anacahuite |
Perennial |
Shrub, Tree
|
Sun, Part-shade |
Moist, Dry |
| Cornus drummondii |
Roughleaf dogwood, Drummond's dogwood, Rough-leaf dogwood |
Perennial |
Tree
|
Shade, Part-shade |
Moist, Dry |
| Cotinus obovatus |
American smoke tree, Smoke tree, Texas smoke tree, Chittamwood |
Perennial |
Tree
|
Sun, Part-shade |
Dry |
| Crataegus marshallii |
Parsley hawthorn |
Perennial |
Tree
|
Part-shade |
Dry |
| Diospyros texana |
Texas persimmon, Mexican persimmon, Black persimmon, Chapote, Chapote prieto |
Perennial |
Tree
|
Sun, Part-shade |
Dry |
| Diospyros virginiana |
Common persimmon, Eastern persimmon |
Perennial |
Tree
|
Part-shade |
Dry |
| Ebenopsis ebano |
Texas ebony, Ebano |
Perennial |
Shrub
|
Sun |
Moist, Dry |
| Ehretia anacua |
Anacua, Sugarberry Anacua, Anaqua, Knockaway, Sandpaper tree |
Perennial |
Tree
|
Sun, Part-shade |
Dry |
| Erythrina herbacea |
Coralbean, Cherokee bean, Red cardinal |
Perennial |
Shrub
|
Sun, Part-shade |
Dry |
| Eysenhardtia texana |
Texas kidneywood, Kidneywood, Bee-Brush, Vara dulce |
Perennial |
Shrub
|
Sun |
Dry |
| Fallugia paradoxa |
Apache plume, Ponil |
Perennial |
Shrub
|
Part-shade |
Dry |
| Forestiera angustifolia |
Narrow-leaf forestiera, Tanglewood, desert olive, panalero, Texas swampprivet |
Perennial |
Tree
|
Sun |
Dry |
| Frangula caroliniana |
Carolina buckthorn, Carolina false buckthorn, Indian cherry |
Perennial |
Tree
|
Part-shade |
Moist |
| Fraxinus albicans |
Texas Ash |
Perennial |
Tree
|
Part-shade |
Dry |
| Fraxinus pennsylvanica |
Green ash, Red ash |
Perennial |
Tree
|
Sun, Shade, Part-shade |
Wet, Moist, Dry |
| Garrya ovata ssp. lindheimeri |
Lindheimer's silktassel, Lindheimer Silk Tassel, Lindheimer's Garrya |
Perennial |
Shrub
|
Part-shade |
Moist, Dry |
| Gleditsia triacanthos |
Honey locust, Common Honey-locust, Honey-locust, Thornless common honey-locust, Honey shucks |
Perennial |
Tree
|
Part-shade |
Moist |
| Gymnocladus dioicus |
Kentucky coffeetree, Stump tree |
Perennial |
Tree
|
Sun, Shade, Part-shade |
Moist, Dry |
| Heimia salicifolia |
Shrubby yellowcrest |
Perennial |
Shrub
|
Sun |
Moist |
| Hesperocyparis arizonica |
Arizona cypress |
Perennial |
Tree
|
Sun |
Dry |
| Ilex decidua |
Possumhaw, Possumhaw Holly, Deciduous Holly, Winterberry, Deciduous yaupon |
Perennial |
Shrub
|
Sun, Part-shade |
Moist |
| Ilex vomitoria |
Yaupon, Yaupon holly, Cassina |
Perennial |
Shrub, Tree
|
Sun, Shade, Part-shade |
Moist, Dry |
| Juglans microcarpa |
Little walnut, Nogalito, Texas walnut, Texas black walnut, River walnut |
Perennial |
Tree
|
Part-shade |
Dry |
| Leucaena retusa |
Goldenball leadtree, Littleleaf leadtree |
Perennial |
Tree
|
Part-shade |
Dry |
| Lindera benzoin |
Northern spicebush, Spicebush |
Perennial |
Shrub
|
Sun, Shade, Part-shade |
Wet, Moist, Dry |
| Liquidambar styraciflua |
Sweetgum, American sweetgum |
Perennial |
Tree
|
Part-shade |
Moist |
| Lycium berlandieri |
Berlandier's wolfberry, Wolfberry |
Perennial |
Shrub
|
Sun, Part-shade |
Dry |
| Maclura pomifera |
Osage orange, Bois d’ arc, Bodark, Horse apple, Hedge apple |
Perennial |
Tree
|
Sun |
Dry |
| Malpighia glabra |
Acerola, Barbados Cherry, Manzanita, Wild crapemyrtle |
Perennial |
Shrub
|
Part-shade |
Dry |
| Malus ioensis var. texana |
Texas crabapple, Blanco Crabapple |
Perennial |
Tree
|
Sun |
Moist |
| Morella cerifera |
Wax myrtle, Southern bayberry, Candleberry |
Perennial |
Shrub
|
Sun, Part-shade |
Wet, Moist |
| Morus rubra |
Red mulberry, Moral |
Perennial |
Tree
|
Sun, Shade, Part-shade |
Moist, Dry |
| Parkinsonia aculeata |
Retama, Paloverde, Mexican Palo Verde, Jerusalem thorn, Lluvia de Oro |
Perennial |
Tree
|
Sun |
Moist, Dry |
| Philadelphus ernestii |
Canyon mock orange, Canyon Mock-Orange, Mock-orange |
Perennial |
Shrub
|
Sun, Part-shade |
Moist, Dry |
| Platanus occidentalis |
American sycamore, Buttonwood, Plane-tree, Sycamore |
Perennial |
Tree
|
Sun, Shade, Part-shade |
Moist |
| Prunus caroliniana |
Cherry laurel, Carolina cherry laurel, Laurel cherry, Carolina laurel cherry |
Perennial |
Tree
|
Sun, Part-shade |
Moist |
| Prunus mexicana |
Mexican plum, Bigtree plum |
Perennial |
Tree
|
Sun, Part-shade |
Moist, Dry |
| Prunus serotina |
Black cherry, Rum cherry |
Perennial |
Tree
|
Sun, Shade, Part-shade |
Moist, Dry |
| Prunus serotina var. eximia |
Escarpment black cherry, Edwards Plateau black cherry |
Perennial |
Tree
|
Sun, Part-shade |
Moist |
| Ptelea trifoliata |
Wafer ash, Common hoptree, Hop tree |
Perennial |
Tree
|
Sun, Shade, Part-shade |
Wet, Moist, Dry |
| Quercus buckleyi |
Texas red oak, Buckley oak, Spanish oak, Spotted Oak, Rock Oak |
Perennial |
Tree
|
Sun, Part-shade |
Dry |
| Quercus emoryi |
Emory oak, Black Oak, Bellota, Roble Negro, Holly Oak, Apache Oak, Desert Live Oak, Western Black Oak |
Perennial |
Tree
|
Sun, Part-shade |
Moist, Dry |
| Quercus fusiformis |
Escarpment live oak, Plateau live oak, Texas live oak, Scrub live oak, Hill country live oak, Plateau oak |
Perennial |
Tree
|
Sun, Part-shade |
Dry |
| Quercus macrocarpa |
Bur oak, Burr oak, Savannah oak, Overcup oak, Prairie oak, Mossy-cup oak, Mossy-overcup oak, Blue oak |
Perennial |
Tree
|
Sun, Shade, Part-shade |
Wet, Moist, Dry |
| Quercus marilandica |
Blackjack oak, Barren oak, Black oak, Jack oak |
Perennial |
Tree
|
Part-shade |
Dry |
| Quercus polymorpha |
Mexican White Oak, Monterrey Oak, Netleaf white oak |
Perennial |
Tree
|
Sun, Part-shade |
Moist |
| Rhus aromatica |
Fragrant sumac, Aromatic sumac, Lemon sumac, Polecat bush |
Perennial |
Shrub
|
Sun, Shade, Part-shade |
Moist, Dry |
| Rhus glabra |
Smooth sumac |
Perennial |
Shrub
|
Sun, Shade, Part-shade |
Dry |
| Rhus virens |
Evergreen sumac, Tobacco sumac |
Perennial |
Shrub
|
Sun, Part-shade |
Dry |
| Robinia pseudoacacia |
Black locust, Honey locust |
Perennial |
Tree
|
Sun |
Moist, Dry |
| Sabal mexicana |
Mexican palm, Palma Di Micharos, Rio Grande palmetto, Texas palm, Texas palmetto |
Perennial |
Tree
|
Sun, Part-shade |
Moist, Dry |
| Sabal minor |
Dwarf palmetto, Palmetto, Bush palmetto |
Perennial |
Shrub
|
Sun, Shade, Part-shade |
Moist, Dry |
| Salvia greggii |
Autumn sage, Cherry sage, Gregg salvia |
Perennial |
Shrub
|
Sun |
Dry |
| Sapindus saponaria var. drummondii |
Western soapberry, Soapberry |
Perennial |
Tree
|
Sun, Part-shade |
Moist, Dry |
| Senna wislizeni |
Canyon senna, Shrubby senna, Dwarf senna |
Perennial |
Shrub
|
Sun |
Moist |
| Sophora secundiflora |
Texas mountain laurel, Mountain laurel, Mescal bean, Mescal bean sophora, Frijolillo, Frijolito |
Perennial |
Shrub, Tree
|
Sun, Part-shade |
Moist, Dry |
| Styphnolobium affine |
Eve’s necklace, Eve's necklacepod, Texas sophora |
Perennial |
Tree
|
Part-shade |
Dry |
| Symphoricarpos orbiculatus |
Coralberry, Indian currant, Buckbrush |
Perennial |
Shrub
|
Shade, Part-shade |
Moist, Dry |
| Taxodium distichum |
Bald cypress, Baldcypress, Common bald cypress, Southern bald cypress, Deciduous cypress |
Perennial |
Tree
|
Sun, Part-shade |
Moist |
| Taxodium mucronatum |
Montezuma bald cypress, Montezuma cypress, Mexican cypress, Ahuehuete, Sabino |
Perennial |
Tree
|
Part-shade |
Wet |
| Ulmus americana |
American elm, White elm |
Perennial |
Tree
|
Sun, Part-shade |
Moist |
| Ungnadia speciosa |
Mexican buckeye |
Perennial |
Tree
|
Sun, Part-shade |
Dry |