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Texas Arboretum: Trees for Utility Lines
Plant the Right Tree in the Right Place. Native trees that are appropriate for planting near overhead utility lines.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Bauhinia lunarioides | Anacacho orchid tree Anacacho bauhinia Orchid tree Texas plume | |
| Cercis canadensis var. texensis | Texas redbud | |
| Chilopsis linearis | Desert willow Flowering willow Willow-leaved catalpa Trumpet flower | |
| Cornus drummondii | Roughleaf dogwood Drummond's dogwood Rough-leaf dogwood | |
| Diospyros texana | Texas persimmon Mexican persimmon Black persimmon Chapote Chapote prieto | |
| Ilex decidua | Possumhaw Possumhaw Holly Deciduous Holly Winterberry Deciduous yaupon | |
| Ilex vomitoria | Yaupon Yaupon holly Cassina | |
| Leucaena retusa | Goldenball leadtree Littleleaf leadtree | |
| Morella cerifera | Wax myrtle Southern bayberry Candleberry | |
| Prunus mexicana | Mexican plum Bigtree plum | |
| Rhus lanceolata | Prairie flameleaf sumac Flame-leaf sumac Prairie sumac Lance-leaf sumac | |
| Rhus virens | Evergreen sumac Tobacco sumac | |
| Sophora secundiflora | Texas mountain laurel Mountain laurel Mescal bean Mescal bean sophora Frijolillo Frijolito | |
| Styphnolobium affine | Eve’s necklace Eve's necklacepod Texas sophora | |
| Ungnadia speciosa | Mexican buckeye | |
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
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