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Landscape Trees By Scientific Name T-Z

Scientific Name Common Name Comments 
Taxodium distichum
Thumbnail picture of Baldcypress (Taxodium distichum) tree in fall color Select for larger images and information. 		 Baldcypress
 
  • Size: medium sized, deciduous conifer tree (50' tall by 40' wide)
  • Flowers/fruits: not significant
  • Fall color: nice red-brown fall color
  • Culture: very adaptable from wet to dry
  • Disease/insect: none serious
  • Use: deciduous shade tree, deer camps, urban tree
  • Native to wet areas in Arkansas
  • Cultivar: 'Shawnee Brave'
Tilia cordata
Thumbnail picture of Littleleaf Linden (Tilia cordata) tree. Select for larger images and more information. 		 Littleleaf Linden
 
  • Size: medium sized tree (50' tall by 40' wide)
  • Flowers: flowers in May/June, fragrant
  • Fruits: fruit (nutlet) hangs from unique tongue-shaped bract
  • Fall color: none. Distinctive heart-shaped leaves
  • Culture: fairly adaptable
  • Disease/insect: none serious
  • Use: lawn tree
Tsuga canadensis
Thumbnail picture of Canadian Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis). Select for larger images and information.   		 Canadian Hemlock
  
  • Size: medium sized conifer tree (50' tall by 40' wide)
  • Culture: best in shade, rich moist soils; best in Northwest Arkansas
  • Disease/insect: woolly adelgid, scale
  • Use: needle evergreen for the shade in Northwest Arkansas. Will tolerate shearing. Very fine textured
Ulmus alata
Thumbnail picture or Winged Elm (Ulmus alata) tree. Select for larger images and more information. 		 Winged Elm
 
  • Size: medium sized native tree (45' tall by 45' wide)
  • Flowers/fruits: not significant
  • Fall color: none
  • Culture: very adaptable
  • Disease/insect: none serious
  • Use: rarely planted in maintained landscapes
  • Stems have distinctive corky 'wings'
  • Native tree
Ulmus parvifolia
Thumbnail picture of Chinese Elm (Ulmus parvifolia). Select for larger images and information. 		 Chinese Elm, Lacebark Elm
 
  • Size: medium sized tree (50' tall by 45' wide)
  • Flowers/fruits: not significant
  • Fall color: typically not great in Arkansas. Leaves small and glossy
  • Bark: known for exfoliating bark
  • Culture: very adaptable
  • Use: lawn tree, good urban tree
  • Cultivars: Allee®, Athena®, 'Drake'
Zelkova serrata
Thumbnail picture of Zelkova (Zelkova serrata) trees in maroon fall color Select for larger images and more information. 		 Zelkova
 
  • Size: small/medium sized tree (30' tall by 25' wide)
  • Flowers/fruits: not significant
  • Fall color: can be deep maroon but rarely see in Arkansas
  • Culture: very adaptable
  • Disease/insect: none
  • Use: street tree, lawn tree
  • Looks very much like an elm
  • Cultivars: 'Green Vase', 'Village Green'
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